The Retrosexual Code

I want a man that is all those things! Except he can also cry for things like our wedding day and the birth of our children. mmmm perfect man.
 
Luis G said:
You don't need such a thing, a real retrosexual will DEAL WITH IT. Among the things you can use: Belt's bucket, coin, another beer, a piece of wood, a sidewalk, knife, lighter and if there are no such things available, ask another retrosexual with a low IQ to open it up with his teeth.
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Front bumper on a '68 Camaro works well too. Especially if you don't personally OWN a '68 Camaro.
 
unclehobart said:
So long as a Kennedy sits in a position of power, there are only 49 states in my book. Massachusetts is a foreign power holding a few sports teams hostage.
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SouthernN'Proud said:
Front bumper on a '68 Camaro works well too. Especially if you don't personally OWN a '68 Camaro.
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You can also pop a cap using the door latch of any vehicle. :cool:
 
Gonz said:
Retrosexuals don't "discuss the merit of" anything. They do or they do not.
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Well you won't qualify with those 30,000 posts then. :laugh:

Maybe not retro but a manly man will discuss imports vs. domestics, Chevy vs. Ford, Colts vs. Patriots, Ditka vs. Jordan, Ali vs, Foreman, Halo 3 vs. Halflife, PC vs. Mac, etc well into the night.

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Luis G said:
You don't need such a thing, a real retrosexual will DEAL WITH IT. Among the things you can use: Belt's bucket, coin, another beer, a piece of wood, a sidewalk, knife, lighter and if there are no such things available, ask another retrosexual with a low IQ to open it up with his teeth.
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unclehobart said:
That trick doesn't work well with some bottles as they have cast a semi to full protective ring below the cap. It can be quite a PITA.
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Can no one else simply put the edge of the bottle cap against an edge and pop the cap off with the heel of their hand? I've never had it not work. You don't even have to strike it particularly hard. Well, maybe you do. ;)
 
I used to do that until I actually took a small chunk off of someones counter doing that. I felt so bad that I went to a bottle opener full time.
 
All this talk of popping the cap.

WTF?

Chew the glass off the top. It's called roughage.
 
eew, there is chivalry in there, which i don't like.
in my personal opinion, chivalry is sexist. i can open my own damn door, thank you.

and yes, i understand what chivalry is intended to convey, and that my opinion could be seen as warped, but it still bothers me.
 
I can open my own damned door as well... but if someone wants to be nice (beit female or male), then by all means, that's fine too. I never quite understood taking offence at the mere opening of a door? (FTR, I do consider myself a feminist).
 
i just feel like some of the things that are chivalrous to do indicate some weakness on my part. am i too delicate to pull out my own chair? too poor to buy my own dinner or movie ticket?
i do open doors for people, i do buy people dinner, i will let a friend do something before i do, but not because they are female/male/whatever -- just because they are a fellow human being and it's a nice thing to do. if a guy would not do these same things for another guy, i would question that. i am all for niceties and acts of kindness to others, but i don't think that the fact that i am female should mean that i get extra stuff like that.
i went to see a movie with a friend once, and we were waiting in line to buy our tickets. (we were each buying our own). but when it came to be his turn, he said "ladies first!" and let me go first. and i got upset. i would not have a problem with him letting me go first if he said, "you can go first, if you want to".

i just think there's too much socially-accepted sexism in our society. be nice to someone because they're a person, not because of their sex.
 
I think of it just as good manners. For example, you're about to intersect with an old man while walking. Do you stop to let the old man walk freely? If so, can such an act imply that the old man is inferior? No. Is the old man capable of stopping to let you pass? Sure. Should he/she be mad at you? Definitely not.

The final question is why you stopped to let him go first? Yes, because he is old, and there's nothing wrong with it.
 
One of my favorite movie lines of all time is still: "I don't know how many times I'ves told my boys, never call chicks broads."
 
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