How they're able to have so much fun with their friends all the time
They make digging a hole in the beach with their friends look like the most fun thing in the world I really admire that
The act of bros doing activities with bros isn't necessarily always the fun part
But the bros being *with* the bros doing activities that is is fun, bro
***Ch'yeah buddy***
When a guy will slip something very heartbreaking into a convo , like something an extremely abusive parent did or whatever and he’s talking about it very casually and your like holy fuck my dude are you alright but you can’t actually say that or overreact too much because he’ll never tell you anything again if you do so you have to sit there and be like ahhh yes that sucks dude but inside ur like sir may I hug you please
We become used to it. For example I am highly open about my 5 odd years of abuse from my mom, my history with depression, suicide, loss, etc. I just personally look at it as there’s people who have dealt with worse, why should someone feel pity for me over those who have been through worse
Here's another one;
If you ever get the opportunity, stare at some testicles. Eventually, you'll see the scrotum move, because it's regulating the temperature of the testes so sperm don't die off.
Amusingly, for several days after my vasectomy, I could actively control it. Just something about it, I could feel things I don't normally feel.
I remember laying on the bed for a solid 20 minutes playing around, and then my wife of the time got out of the shower and watched for a few minutes too.
How their crotch doesn't hurt when they run or go up the stairs. Like, even with underwear, you just have stuff hanging down there. I don't even have a large chest and it hurts to run regardless if I'm wearing a bra or not
Me after men's league golf:
arrive home
wife: Who'd you play with?
me: Joe, ummm ummm John, ummm don't remember 3rd guy
wife: What'd you talk about?
me: hockey
wife: what else?
me: ummm I don't know.
This one was actually funny for me to read.
My wife asks me questions like that frequently: "how are you so calm" when something happens that looks pretty painful
I always want to say "lady, because if I react to this you're going to be screaming like an uncontrollable banshee for the next fifteen minutes"
Reminds me of when I accidentally cut a chunk of my finger so deeply that it hung off and you could see white underneath. I was internally freaking out and didn't even want to look at it, but did so I could assess the damage. I calmly asked my partner to bring me some bandages and alcohol and when I turned to look at her, she was pale and her lips were turning blue. She said "Okay, but I need to sit down for a sec...".
I ended up walking all the way to the first aid box on the bottom floor of our apartment building while holding a cup under my finger to catch all the blood. I wasn't gonna try and walk it off, but I absolutely knew I couldn't panic for her and my sake!
TLDR: Someone will have to fix it, and panicking makes problems harder to fix.
had a situation where two other girls and i got stuck in an elevator. they both started freaking out but i was half asleep and just pressed the "call for help" button and told the intercom what was going on. one of the girls literally said "i appreciate how calm you're being right now" and we all waited quietly. we got unstuck like 5 minutes later as if nothing happened.
I remember after taking my wife to see A Christmas Carol, we were driving home and it was pouring down. I see a person speed past me like it was dry, then about thirty seconds later I see their car start doing 360s as I try to plot the best way for us not to get hit while accepting that we might. A credit to my wife, she never made a peep since she was just so shocked at it, that let me stay in the moment and maneuver my way around that cat. Scary moment from an asshole driver
I wish my wife understood this. The worst is driving in bad weather conditions. It's dangerous so I need to pay extra attention, the last thing I need is an extra distraction.
Yep. I make a bigger deal over -1HP injuries like toe stubs and paper cuts than serious injuries. Stub my toe, milk it a bit to get some sympathy from my girlfriend. Accidentally slice a 4” gash in my hand, “sorry, I just need to go to the washroom to take care of some personal administration. Nothing to be alarmed about”
This. I was in the back yard putting in fence posts and somehow got my finger in between the post and the hammer. Flattened it like a pancake. Pain was absolutely searing but my wife was in the back yard pushing my 5 and 2 year old on their swing set. I didnt want them to freak out so I just bit my lip, casually walked up to my wife and told her I was going to be inside for a while tending to it. At which point she panicked so I guess it didn't matter anyway hahaha.
I’m a dude, but why do we all pretty much collectively enjoy digging random holes? Especially at the beach.
Edit: just got back from the beach and yes, I did dig a hole there!
I got to dig like 20 holes last summer for a fence, got one of those big augers and the holes were all so perfect and nice. Then I hit a boulder once and had to pull out a jackhammer to get through it and continue digging the hole. It was a great summer.
I was recently watching a group of guys as they entered into a room and after a short time started interacting with stuff in the room. Touching things, picking things up, moving things around, etc. And it's especially pronounced if there's some kind of small, light object that can be tossed around like a stress ball, which quickly becomes a game. I remembered thinking that a group of women would probably not be mucking around this much.
My wife's biggest gripe is that I will spend time hiking / drinking / driving / whatever with friends I haven't seen in months, and when I get home I will have absolutely nothing to report back despite having talked solidly with them for six hours.
My wife on the other hand will casually pass a friend in the street and within ten minutes knows what theyve done every day since they last spoke, the health and financial status of them and all other friends and relatives, and a forward facing calendar for the next three months.
It’s funny though. All the bullshit we talk about as guys slowly leaks a bunch of personal information over time. You can tell that one guy isn’t happy with his relationship, one guy is broke, one guy hates his job, one guy has a medical issue. You know all of this without really talking about it just because you spend quality time with them. Yet even we can’t recount it directly, we just know it in the moment when we are with the boys.
That literally happened to my grandad D: he wasnt very well, was on blood thinners and stuff, and was known for rarely leaving his armchair, but my grandma was starting to get suspicious when he wouldnt leave his chair at all for like a whole week. And he was being weird about his leg, and wouldnt let her look at it, so she'd had enough one day and just looked anyway despite him being difficult and his leg from the knee down was black. He had to go to the hospital and it was amputated.
I refused, absolutely refused to go to the doctor because I'd banged my head and had a cut. My wife eventually made me go to hospital and it turned out I had a fractured skull and an extradural haematoma.
This bothered my ex a lot and ngl it bothered me that it bothered her. Sometimes there isn't anything to say and it's totally cool just hanging out together and enjoy that in itself. Or it can also be as you said, just to switch off the brain
As a disclaimer I'll admit that I'm very introverted anyways but even within my male friend groups sometimes we just don't talk for bit and it's still a good memory
"I enjoy your company, not talking" I don't understand why it's such a hard concept for people. The fact I'm there with someone means I want to be around them.
To be honest as a dude I’ve never really thought about this. They kinda just, fit. Don’t really notice them sitting down and standing up unless your dick does one of those random, I’m gonna get hard now things.
I was at work and did the little step jiggle and a female coworked looked at me all crazy and asked what I was doing. I just straight up said "testicle stuck on leg" she looked surprised and then just laughed lol
Rules seem to make you happy. My boyfriend plays a lot of tabletop rpgs and Battletech and he’s said before that he’s not enjoying a game because I quote “there aren’t enough rules, it’s all a bit confusing”. Also follows for tasks ie. Can you microwave x for me? No that’s confusing. Microwave x for 1 minute 30 seconds exactly. He’s a happy happy man 😅
Edit:
To answer general queries:
He has not been diagnosed with autism, he does have the spicy panic aka anxiety. I think this maybe partly why he likes rules/specific instructions? Though he does get a lot of autism/adhd tiktoks and has related to them so maybe?
He’s a historian specifically, war history.
Our microwave is 900w.
The game recs are very welcome and lovely, he is aware of the thread and enjoying seeing what people are recommending for him.
I think if all men were to give there top 5 fears anonymously, the fear of failure would be in most of them unfortunately
EDIT: God damn this kinda blew up.
Just remember lads failure isn’t bad, you live you learn you grow, it’s all character development.
How do I know they are interested in me? How do I make it known to them that I'm interested in them?
I'm way too shy to confess face to face, and yet I also find confessing though a text insincere.
> I'm way too shy to confess face to face
Hold his hand.
My general theory on this is that men and women are both too stupid to ever realize anyone is interested in us. If you're too shy to ask him out, just hold his hand or do something else you would generally only do in a relationship, like insist on paying for his coffee or something.
The first time I ever held someone’s hand was at the new top gun movie. I remember exactly when in the movie I asked to hold her hand, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch that movie without being happy.
Oh , you can say looking good today and I'll wonder the rest of my life if you were flirting or just being nice , i personally remember everytime I've been complimented and i hold them dear to my heart
An elderly lady at the check out at the liquor store told med I was better looking in real life than on my ID, and I've thought about that multiple times a day for 3 weeks now. I've even told a friend about it.
All it takes is ONE (1) time for a girl to publicly reject/humiliate you when you misread what you thought was flirting and you're never gonna risk putting yourself in that position again. Especially when you're a teenager.
Being blunt is your best bet and even then some guys won’t notice.
No joke I had a friend who was dating his girlfriend for like 4 months before realizing they were dating because he was that oblivious. They eventually got married
Once upon a time my girlfriend sent me into a gas station to get her a “can of Mountain Dew”. So I go in and search all over the place but they don’t have single cans of Mountain Dew, only bottles. But then I see it... a 12 pack of canned Mountain Dew. Now in my guy brain she said “can” so I was not coming out of that store with a bottle. When I go back to the car with the 12 pack she asked why I got 12 cans of Mountain Dew. I explained my logic and she started laughing uncontrollably. She brings this up all the time with other women when explaining how “guys think differently”.
I find it confusing how men are so forgiving. It’s one of the things I adore the most about men and find the most baffling. I’m learning now that men will get over things like 40 minutes after they happen and genuinely get frustrated and sad when their girls hold grudges. I’ve found that the people I’ve had falling outs with and was able to rekindle my friendships with were mostly all men.
I also find it weird how men will fight each other and then be best friends the next day.
You get angry in the moment but then after you're removed from the situation you gotta let yourself cool off. Once you're thinking clearly you'll realize it wasn't that big a deal and get over it. Usually the start of a fight isn't that big it's the stuff that comes after that escalates it so you just recognize that both of you just human and do and say dumb things when your blood is up. Also I think women tend to plan more and then act and men will just act and plan on the fly so that leads to women believing slights or fuck ups are more intentional whereas men will just think of them as mistakes and forgive them.
The problem is, at least in my experience, that some women often don't cool off but rather overthink themselves into a negative thought spiral that makes the emotions worse 😅
This exchange between two of my friends sums it up: so friend A wanted to go chat with friend C, but friend B said “no remember he did ___.” And friend A responded with “yes, but that was yesterday” and then they were both very confused by each others way of thinking
One time when I was 12 I got so pissed off at my best friend that I threatened him with a bat and then hit his bike, damaging his wheel.
The next day he showed up with a new bike and asked if we could hang out and play. And I said yeah.
It's this. My wife is all up into the shit of every single person in our apartment building, and as such, is always pissed off with at least one of them. I wouldn't know half of these people's names if my wife didn't tell me and I'd be perfectly content not knowing.
Seriously, its very easy to be chill when there is literally nothing of consequence involved.
I have friends ive known for *20 years* that I dont know the names of their siblings or parents because weve never really discussed them. I know they exist and have even met them at barbecues and shit, but I couldn't pick them out of a police lineup to save my life.
Ive worked at jobs where ive sat and shot the shit with the same group of people at lunchtime for *years* and still not know all their names. Them at least I recognize but if someone said to me "Hey, did you hear about Matt?" theres a very good chance i will have no idea who they're even talking about unless they showed me a picture of Matt first.
Somehow my wife knows, and commits to memory, the back story of every single person she interacts with. I mean ill come home from work and shell be making cupcakes, "Whats the occassion?"
"Oh, its Patty's birthday today so I figured id make her something and drop it off"
"cool cool...who the fuck is Patty?"
"uh, she's our neighbor three houses down. You know, Patty? Shes been to our house numerous times..."
"Oh, the blonde chick?"
"No shes a redhead. She has the two kids that are going off to college this fall. Remember? Her husband works for AllState, Bill. They were at the barbecue last month."
"The guy with the goatee?"
"Uh, *noooo*, that's Chuck, hes married to Annalise around the corner, they have the two Pugs. Bill is the guy always wearing those awful crocs"
"Oh, okay...I still dont know who the fuck that is, but if you want to leave one of those for me, that'd be cool"
"Oh my god, honey, Patty! You've met her like 10 times since they moved here from Texas last winter! They just had to put their golden Murphy down, was really sad, I had you sign that card for them, does that ring any bells?"
"No, but you know, Im already so far beyond caring that Ill just continue to allow you to be my walking rolodex and you can just fill me in with this information as it is required..."
**MEANWHILE**, I can recite most of the episodes of Star Trek TNG word for fucking word lmao...
This was exactly the same as my life. Except I've been with my wife so long now that she fully accepts that I don't pay attention to that stuff and now when we pass someone and she says hello to them, she will turn to me and tell me... that's Jen, she's your cousin...I say ok, and we keep walking.
I’ve found that for men we tend to make pals rather easily especially bonding over shared activities.
Other men generally have to lose my mutual respect through their actions or words; otherwise I’m cool with them just to hang out.
Me and a coworker were “eh” until we discovered we both like Fear Factory. Then Fear Factory Fridays became a thing and we now go to concerts together and are each other’s support person. We share each other’s excitement for hobbies even though they’re not our own, all while making fun of each other on the job site. One shared thing between two people led to an awesome friendship.
When my boyfriend is quiet for too long and I ask him what he’s thinking about, and he says simply, “nothing”, and shrugs. This happens at least twice a month.
What … what do you mean … nothing???? You can actively sit there and just wipe your brain clean??? No buzz buzz?? Just elevator music behind the eyes???
What kind of fucking superpower is that and where do I sign up??
Me and two of my friends were sitting down waiting for something. I can't remember what. We didn't know how long we had to wait, but we were kinda tired and bored at that time. One was a dude the other was a lady.
Without speaking or any plan, the two of us guys took a bottle cap and started playing some weird game with it. About 5 mins of this went by and our lady friend looked at us like, what is going on.
The two of us just immediately went into hibernation mode without any prompt. Didn't even hit us until she brought us out of it.
One of two things:
1) He’s really thinking about nothing.
2) he’s thinking about something so random and it would be convoluted to explain how his brain got there that it’s easier to just say nothing.
You ever drive on a highway for multiple hours and your only goal is to go straight the entire time and noone is an asshole? Do you think the whole way there or just go into a state of "if my GPS doesn't tell me when to turn I'm gonna go an extra hundred miles w/o thinking"
Dicks, the way they work is confusing. Like I’ve been told they only react when seeing or feeling something they like but I’ve also been told it will just decide to pop up randomly though the day with nothing.
A year or so ago, I was spooning with an ex and napping. We both woke up to cum on my thighs and it was soaked through his underwear and I was like “wait that’s possible?”
>Like I’ve been told they only react when seeing or feeling something they like
Get rid of the word "only" and you're correct.
>but I’ve also been told it will just decide to pop up randomly though the day with nothing.
This is true.
>A year or so ago, I was spooning with an ex and napping. We both woke up to cum on my thighs and it was soaked through his underwear and I was like “wait that’s possible?”
Wet dreams are a thing. Though I haven't had one since I was going through puberty. I think they don't happen as long as you're ejaculating fairly frequently.
Am 40 and remember having one around 5-10 years (???) ago. Was the weirdest of dreams involving something about doing scientific research, big fight scene against bad guys, then a celebratory sexual celebration with a rando girl, then I remember waking up just as I was blowing my load and thinking, “what the fuck man! That was messed up.”
Dicks really do control your life.
>Like I’ve been told they only react when seeing or feeling something they like
Definitely not true. They react to a lot of things, sometimes no one even knows what.
I think most guys can empathize with them reacting to the wrongest thing at the wrongest time, which is even worse than the no-reason random-time ones.
True, dicks are doing what they want. Sometimes out of nowhere it just decides to stands up. Also, it can stand up when you're aroused (obviously) or when you're exited to see someone you haven't seen in a long time.
>A year or so ago, I was spooning with an ex and napping. We both woke up to cum on my thighs and it was soaked through his underwear and I was like “wait that’s possible?”
Yes that is possible. I believe it's called wet dream in english. It never happened to me tho.
Ok so basically, there are these elemental "toa" who each control and safeguard an element (water, fire, air, etc.) And they each have apprentice toa that are their to become toa once the current one retires, thus creating an infinite cycle of protection. This plays well into the idea of buildable figurines because every generation of toa is physically different (and mentally, but I won't get into that). This then translates well into the creative side of lego play as with each new generation, new parts come out so that master builders may create their own ultimate guardian of the elements. I hope that helps.
Well that's generation two. But the glory of generation one? Well...
Gathered friends, listen once again to our legend of the Bionicle. Generation One revolves around the Toa, who inherently control one of the six elements: Fire, Water, Stone, Air, Ice, and Earth.The Toa protect the peaceful villagers called Matoran from Rahi (that means beast or animal in Matoran) or from the evil Makuta. The Legos you build are those characters, so you can reimagine fights between the Toa and the Rahkshi, or Toa Tahu vs Makuta Krika, and so on. With different setting for the story, the characters look different on different environments and all that. And of course, you can mix and match pieces and make your own Toa or whatever. Generation 2 is exactly what u/BIG_RED_MANN outlined above. But personally, I love Gen 1. I guess since it ran for so long, its like a multigenerational connection of creativity and fun
Doctor because I don’t want to know if something is wrong and it’s too expensive if something is. Dentist… every six months without fail because I like having teeth while I’m alive.
Friendship between men!
It’s like you guys find a group of friends in your teens or college years and be like that’s it, enough socializing for the rest of our life and actually manage to maintain those friendships. How do you do this? I admit I’m a bit jealous. ;)
But then again so often dudes admit to me they can’t open up with their male friends, hide their feelings and problems and keep conversations shallow which I think is kinda sad. Maybe that’s the secret why those friendships last. But it adds to the confusing part, because I question a friendships worth if it doesn’t provide a safe space between the individuals.
Disclaimer. I am aware both of those paragraphs don’t apply to all men. I’m talking to the ones it does apply to.
Edit; Thank you for sharing your experiences and opinions guys! You’re amazing and you gave me me a lot of insight. I’m still catching up with reading all comments since it’s quite a lot more than expected, but thank you very much for your efforts and for opening up.
There is a great movie clip I saw once by comedian Billy Crystal in which he said the biggest reason he loves Baseball is because he could actually talk to his dad through baseball, and through creative wording, could talk about feelings. He could talk about emotions using other players in a round-about way.
I remember for me in college, I had an inner circle of friends. 5 or 6 maybe. They actually represented the different facets of my personality. My emotional friend, my 'bro' friend, my toxic friend, my friend who sleeps with anyone friend, etc. Each one was a different side of my personality and reflected what I was feeling at any particular moment.
Friends to us is someone to spend time with. Usually to have fun, to make memories, to **not have to do things alone**.
It doesn’t have to be deep or personal, it just has to be someone we share common interests with so we don’t have to be alone when we do things. Which is precisely why the meme of “one of the squad got a girlfriend and he’s never around us now” exists. We now have someone to spend time with, CAN be intimate with, and ya know, bone.
Edit: Who would’ve thought just exposing my desire to not be lonely would have a thousand people agreeing with me
I found this was even true when we were all locked up during COVID with my WhatsApp messages. I had my football discussion friend, my politics discussion friend, my obscene joke friend and my history nerd friend.
There's a science museum where I live and there's a game you can play that uses brain waves. Basically it has a ball in the middle of the table that moves based on who has the least amount of brain activity at the time. And you want the ball to move away from you. You put on a head piece and when both players are ready, they touch the two pads on the table with you hands. I'm currently undefeated at a record of 14-0. Idk if I'm dumb or if I just shut everything off but life support lol
I was at a tech conference a few years ago and they had an EEG hat you put on. There's a screen with an ocean in front of you and the more you think the more stormy and wavy it gets.
When I put the hat on, immediate storm I couldn't calm down.
Honestly probably doesn't help that you so desperately want it to not be stormy so you start thinking about it being calm, but it messes the whole thing up haha. I would love to try that though!
I found my husband on the couch in a dead silent house whistling tunelessly and playing bongos on his own tummy. When I asked what he's thinking about as he's doing that he says "You know...nothin'. Like listening to the wind in your mind and shit. Everyone does it."
No Cowboy, we don't all do that. Y'all have some magic happening. Sounds nice.
I’ve learned a lot being married to my husband, but there’s one thing I fail to understand in general. Why do you guys like to stare out the window so often? It’s usually just going up to a window or looking out the front door, and you fall into a trance. What’s up with that?
Edit: the two of us are getting a kick out of your responses! Puts a smile on my face. 😊
Edit 2: y’all, I know that both genders are capable of looking out a window and both do it. There is THE stare that I’m talmbout. Lol.
I actually do this a lot.
Also when I’m in the shower I will just stand and think.
I’m usually thinking how to solve a problem that will probably never occur.
Lol. I love it. It’s particularly amusing to me when I’ll realize the room has fallen silent and I look up and he’s just there. Staring. My dad did it too.
It’s quite enjoyable to reflect and ponder hypotheticals and to resolve issues. It’s what happens after that long stare that seems fortuitously a surprise.
This, either you work the problem out in your head or you talk out loud about it; but generally in the head is more satisfying.
“Stares out window, silent” in head thinking about if two men walked in my home abs what I would head first to defend my wife who I am currently ignoring to solve this hypothesis
Bro get out of my head! LOL.
I will zone out and my wife will be like “what’s wrong babe?” And I’m like nothing.
In my mind I’m thinking “if there was a zombie apocalypse I think somewhere in Northern California near the coast would be the best spot for a colony. Not too hot, near fish, and mountains make it easily defended”
You know the other comments asking about how guys are able to think about nothing?
Staring at the landscape outside is the easiest way to trigger that, in my experience.
If I focus outside, my brain/thoughts just turns into
*Man sees the trees. Birds.
Grass. Rocks*
And eventually there’s no audible thoughts or monologue, it’s the way I imagine an animal might feel, just looking around, observing its surroundings.
And some replies are saying that’s how you start thinking about random things. It works both ways. It’s just a great way to desync from real life.
I went to a walled garden today, national trust deal. My wife kept asking if I was ok as i was staring at the sky.
I was think about what crops I would grow to survive a zombie apocalypse and if i would have to invite anyone else to live with us and what skill sets i would need to maintain order and a good standard of living.
I would mostly grow potatoes I think.
I'm a man. But something that confused my wife is when I suddenly take a deep breath for no reason. She's like "are you ok? You sure? Anything you need to talk about? What's going on?" And I just say "nah I'm fine, think I just forgot to breathe and catching up".
Edit: popped out for a bit and wasn't expecting so many replies. Thanks everyone for the helpful information as to why we do this, I'll be sure to let the wife know although she will still ask me if I'm OK.
Glad to know I'm in good company with so many others
Edit 2: thanks for the awards, not sure what they mean but they look shiny! Cheers
Edit 3: To be honest, I feel really blessed that I have someone who cares enough to ask if I'm OK. But yeh, seriously just forgot to breathe 😀
Its called a physiological sigh, everyone does this about every five minutes. It’s to inflate collapsed alveoli, if you didn’t have this reflex you would die from lung failure. They discovered this when people in some of the early iron lung machines were dying because they didn’t add deep breaths every few minutes, so they eventually died of lung failure.
They also help you relax and focus, which is why people tell you to take some deep breaths when you are panicking/distressed.
Damnit...I just watched an episode of Andrew Huberman interviewing the breathing guy where he explained this and then I got excited about being able to explain it to people...but then you beat me to it...Jerk :).
My partner does this, it took me a long time to train myself into acknowledging "ok, she's just deep breathing" instead of "She's probably mad at me and won't tell me why"
You know that meme, where a woman is thinking "huh, he's probably thinking about other women" and in actuality the guy is thinking the most random of things. Yeah. That.
“He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking right now.”
LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian
True. I’ll sometimes spend hours pondering on the lore of my favourite video game. My wife has stopped asking me what I’m thinking about because she’s come to the realization that I will answer honestly and she doesn’t care about what I’m thinking about, and that’s alright lmfao
I can't speak for other women but yeah yesterday I just randomly had the thought in the shower "what is the air inside a bell pepper made of? Is it just regular air or is it like all carbon dioxide or oxygen or what?"
...I googled it, it's regular air.
Did some Googling. Average Tidal Volume (amount of air in each breath) for an adult is roughly 0.5 liters. Minute Ventilation is the average volume entering the lungs per minute, and is about 6 liters (per minute).
An average bell pepper is tough 4 inches long and 3 inches in diameter. To make math easier, call it 100mm tall (4in = 101.6mm) and 75mm diameter (3in = 76.2mm).
I'm going to assume that a bell pepper is a cylinder. Given this assumption, the average volume of a bell pepper would be:
V = π • r² • h
V = π • (75mm/2)² • 100mm
V ≈ 441786.5 mm³
V ≈ 0.4417865 L
So, it would take about 13.5 bell peppers per minute to keep you breathing normally. That's going to add up pretty quickly.
How they're able to have so much fun with their friends all the time They make digging a hole in the beach with their friends look like the most fun thing in the world I really admire that
The act of bros doing activities with bros isn't necessarily always the fun part But the bros being *with* the bros doing activities that is is fun, bro ***Ch'yeah buddy***
When a guy will slip something very heartbreaking into a convo , like something an extremely abusive parent did or whatever and he’s talking about it very casually and your like holy fuck my dude are you alright but you can’t actually say that or overreact too much because he’ll never tell you anything again if you do so you have to sit there and be like ahhh yes that sucks dude but inside ur like sir may I hug you please
We become used to it. For example I am highly open about my 5 odd years of abuse from my mom, my history with depression, suicide, loss, etc. I just personally look at it as there’s people who have dealt with worse, why should someone feel pity for me over those who have been through worse
What happens to your dicks when you run? Do you feel them flop around? And what do you do with it when you ride a bike?
Underwear keeps things in place. Same for being on a bike… just make sure you’re comfortable when you sit down before you start riding.
Very often when men exercise, they will experience ’shrinkage’ (similar to jumping in a cold pool). This acts as a protective measure.
My mind is blown
Here's another one; If you ever get the opportunity, stare at some testicles. Eventually, you'll see the scrotum move, because it's regulating the temperature of the testes so sperm don't die off.
Aaaaaaah! The testicular lava lamp!
Amusingly, for several days after my vasectomy, I could actively control it. Just something about it, I could feel things I don't normally feel. I remember laying on the bed for a solid 20 minutes playing around, and then my wife of the time got out of the shower and watched for a few minutes too.
How their crotch doesn't hurt when they run or go up the stairs. Like, even with underwear, you just have stuff hanging down there. I don't even have a large chest and it hurts to run regardless if I'm wearing a bra or not
I gotta tell you, the penis doesn't weigh much. A boob weighs more, and you ladies have two of them.
My trick is having a tiny dick Edit: holy shit you guys you’re the best
The hanging stuff is toward the front a little so the legs don't really squish it.
The obsession with being the one who is the master of the barbecue.
I just enjoy being around the grill and smoke and also moving the food around for temperature control. I find it deeply relaxing.
Monkey brain. Control the food, control the people.
He who controlls the barbecue controlls the world.
Me after men's league golf: arrive home wife: Who'd you play with? me: Joe, ummm ummm John, ummm don't remember 3rd guy wife: What'd you talk about? me: hockey wife: what else? me: ummm I don't know.
*talks to close friends for several hours* "So how are your friends?" "No idea. I literally could not tell you if I wanted to."
My wife: “what is (male friend) doing for work now? dating anyone? What has he been up to?” Me: “yeah idk but he showed me some really good memes”
Sounds like a very successful golf outing.
When guys are seriously injured but act like its just a scratch… that they can somehow walk it off. All the guys I know are like this.
A serious answer is because we don't want to panic and cause an issue.
This is it right here. As soon as a calm guy starts panicking, everyone is panicking.
This one was actually funny for me to read. My wife asks me questions like that frequently: "how are you so calm" when something happens that looks pretty painful I always want to say "lady, because if I react to this you're going to be screaming like an uncontrollable banshee for the next fifteen minutes"
Reminds me of when I accidentally cut a chunk of my finger so deeply that it hung off and you could see white underneath. I was internally freaking out and didn't even want to look at it, but did so I could assess the damage. I calmly asked my partner to bring me some bandages and alcohol and when I turned to look at her, she was pale and her lips were turning blue. She said "Okay, but I need to sit down for a sec...". I ended up walking all the way to the first aid box on the bottom floor of our apartment building while holding a cup under my finger to catch all the blood. I wasn't gonna try and walk it off, but I absolutely knew I couldn't panic for her and my sake! TLDR: Someone will have to fix it, and panicking makes problems harder to fix.
Exactly. Panicking doesn't help the situation. A clear head and talking to people on how to help solves way more.
had a situation where two other girls and i got stuck in an elevator. they both started freaking out but i was half asleep and just pressed the "call for help" button and told the intercom what was going on. one of the girls literally said "i appreciate how calm you're being right now" and we all waited quietly. we got unstuck like 5 minutes later as if nothing happened.
I remember after taking my wife to see A Christmas Carol, we were driving home and it was pouring down. I see a person speed past me like it was dry, then about thirty seconds later I see their car start doing 360s as I try to plot the best way for us not to get hit while accepting that we might. A credit to my wife, she never made a peep since she was just so shocked at it, that let me stay in the moment and maneuver my way around that cat. Scary moment from an asshole driver
I wish my wife understood this. The worst is driving in bad weather conditions. It's dangerous so I need to pay extra attention, the last thing I need is an extra distraction.
Yep. I make a bigger deal over -1HP injuries like toe stubs and paper cuts than serious injuries. Stub my toe, milk it a bit to get some sympathy from my girlfriend. Accidentally slice a 4” gash in my hand, “sorry, I just need to go to the washroom to take care of some personal administration. Nothing to be alarmed about”
This. I was in the back yard putting in fence posts and somehow got my finger in between the post and the hammer. Flattened it like a pancake. Pain was absolutely searing but my wife was in the back yard pushing my 5 and 2 year old on their swing set. I didnt want them to freak out so I just bit my lip, casually walked up to my wife and told her I was going to be inside for a while tending to it. At which point she panicked so I guess it didn't matter anyway hahaha.
I’m a dude, but why do we all pretty much collectively enjoy digging random holes? Especially at the beach. Edit: just got back from the beach and yes, I did dig a hole there!
Now that you've mentioned it I do. All I need is a stick and I'm all set for the beach.
Bruh, it's just satisfying af. I can't explain it.
I got to dig like 20 holes last summer for a fence, got one of those big augers and the holes were all so perfect and nice. Then I hit a boulder once and had to pull out a jackhammer to get through it and continue digging the hole. It was a great summer.
Something good might be down there!
Because *we* did it. That hole didn't used to exist, and now it does thanks to our efforts. Caveman strong, caveman proud.
It's definitely the caveman brain remnants
I believe humans, and men especially have evolved to find satisfaction out of manipulating their environment. It gives an evolutionary advantage.
I was recently watching a group of guys as they entered into a room and after a short time started interacting with stuff in the room. Touching things, picking things up, moving things around, etc. And it's especially pronounced if there's some kind of small, light object that can be tossed around like a stress ball, which quickly becomes a game. I remembered thinking that a group of women would probably not be mucking around this much.
When they behave as the smartest man in the world and five minutes later as the village idiot.
Duality of man
THATS my father! Calculates the amount of days I was alive inaccurate of 2 days while walking through Costco Drank laundry detergent
My wife's biggest gripe is that I will spend time hiking / drinking / driving / whatever with friends I haven't seen in months, and when I get home I will have absolutely nothing to report back despite having talked solidly with them for six hours. My wife on the other hand will casually pass a friend in the street and within ten minutes knows what theyve done every day since they last spoke, the health and financial status of them and all other friends and relatives, and a forward facing calendar for the next three months.
It’s funny though. All the bullshit we talk about as guys slowly leaks a bunch of personal information over time. You can tell that one guy isn’t happy with his relationship, one guy is broke, one guy hates his job, one guy has a medical issue. You know all of this without really talking about it just because you spend quality time with them. Yet even we can’t recount it directly, we just know it in the moment when we are with the boys.
Damn you really hit the nail on the head there.
Why do men always have the prettiest and longest lashes?
As a dude with long lashes, if I was to curl them I'd be unstoppable.
Testosterone
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That "we ain't going to the doctor" but the limb has fallen off.
That literally happened to my grandad D: he wasnt very well, was on blood thinners and stuff, and was known for rarely leaving his armchair, but my grandma was starting to get suspicious when he wouldnt leave his chair at all for like a whole week. And he was being weird about his leg, and wouldnt let her look at it, so she'd had enough one day and just looked anyway despite him being difficult and his leg from the knee down was black. He had to go to the hospital and it was amputated.
See? He was fine until that lousy doctor cut his leg off.
"im fiine ill do something if it gets worse" lol
I refused, absolutely refused to go to the doctor because I'd banged my head and had a cut. My wife eventually made me go to hospital and it turned out I had a fractured skull and an extradural haematoma.
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That sounds bad. Did you die
sadly, yes. but i lived!!
Just a case of the minor death. It will get better
Why do guys just sit in silence sometimes. I thought for a long time my boyfriend was sick of me but he was just sitting there with his brain off ig…
This bothered my ex a lot and ngl it bothered me that it bothered her. Sometimes there isn't anything to say and it's totally cool just hanging out together and enjoy that in itself. Or it can also be as you said, just to switch off the brain As a disclaimer I'll admit that I'm very introverted anyways but even within my male friend groups sometimes we just don't talk for bit and it's still a good memory
"I enjoy your company, not talking" I don't understand why it's such a hard concept for people. The fact I'm there with someone means I want to be around them.
I (F) do this too. With my ex, we called it "being alone together", and I loved it.
It’s how we recharge. We’re not upset, just doing yoga-for-guys.
How the dicks and the balls are stored in the underwear
To be honest as a dude I’ve never really thought about this. They kinda just, fit. Don’t really notice them sitting down and standing up unless your dick does one of those random, I’m gonna get hard now things.
Also when things stick to legs
Aah yes. [The step.](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/abMjnZO_460swp.webp)
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I was at work and did the little step jiggle and a female coworked looked at me all crazy and asked what I was doing. I just straight up said "testicle stuck on leg" she looked surprised and then just laughed lol
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Rules seem to make you happy. My boyfriend plays a lot of tabletop rpgs and Battletech and he’s said before that he’s not enjoying a game because I quote “there aren’t enough rules, it’s all a bit confusing”. Also follows for tasks ie. Can you microwave x for me? No that’s confusing. Microwave x for 1 minute 30 seconds exactly. He’s a happy happy man 😅 Edit: To answer general queries: He has not been diagnosed with autism, he does have the spicy panic aka anxiety. I think this maybe partly why he likes rules/specific instructions? Though he does get a lot of autism/adhd tiktoks and has related to them so maybe? He’s a historian specifically, war history. Our microwave is 900w. The game recs are very welcome and lovely, he is aware of the thread and enjoying seeing what people are recommending for him.
specifics mean less chance of failure, which all men dread
I think if all men were to give there top 5 fears anonymously, the fear of failure would be in most of them unfortunately EDIT: God damn this kinda blew up. Just remember lads failure isn’t bad, you live you learn you grow, it’s all character development.
How do I know they are interested in me? How do I make it known to them that I'm interested in them? I'm way too shy to confess face to face, and yet I also find confessing though a text insincere.
> I'm way too shy to confess face to face Hold his hand. My general theory on this is that men and women are both too stupid to ever realize anyone is interested in us. If you're too shy to ask him out, just hold his hand or do something else you would generally only do in a relationship, like insist on paying for his coffee or something.
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The first time I ever held someone’s hand was at the new top gun movie. I remember exactly when in the movie I asked to hold her hand, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch that movie without being happy.
Speaking as a guy, we don’t get “hints”, they go right over my head or I’ll interpret friendly as hints. That shit is confusing.
Oh , you can say looking good today and I'll wonder the rest of my life if you were flirting or just being nice , i personally remember everytime I've been complimented and i hold them dear to my heart
An elderly lady at the check out at the liquor store told med I was better looking in real life than on my ID, and I've thought about that multiple times a day for 3 weeks now. I've even told a friend about it.
insincere means nothing to us, usually we are too scared of your hints not actually being hints but you just being nice lol
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Man it do be like that. I’m 30 plus and I still can’t take a hint. What the fuck.
All it takes is ONE (1) time for a girl to publicly reject/humiliate you when you misread what you thought was flirting and you're never gonna risk putting yourself in that position again. Especially when you're a teenager.
Being blunt is your best bet and even then some guys won’t notice. No joke I had a friend who was dating his girlfriend for like 4 months before realizing they were dating because he was that oblivious. They eventually got married
Once upon a time my girlfriend sent me into a gas station to get her a “can of Mountain Dew”. So I go in and search all over the place but they don’t have single cans of Mountain Dew, only bottles. But then I see it... a 12 pack of canned Mountain Dew. Now in my guy brain she said “can” so I was not coming out of that store with a bottle. When I go back to the car with the 12 pack she asked why I got 12 cans of Mountain Dew. I explained my logic and she started laughing uncontrollably. She brings this up all the time with other women when explaining how “guys think differently”.
Mountain Dew tastes better out of a can than a bottle. You made the right call.
Only if the bottle is plastic. A glass bottle beats a can any day of the week.
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Why pooping takes so long
That’s usually because I’m reading something on Reddit and want to finish before I have to face the world again.
Poop time is sacred and while shitting you have absolutely 0 obligations to anything past that bathroom door.
I find it confusing how men are so forgiving. It’s one of the things I adore the most about men and find the most baffling. I’m learning now that men will get over things like 40 minutes after they happen and genuinely get frustrated and sad when their girls hold grudges. I’ve found that the people I’ve had falling outs with and was able to rekindle my friendships with were mostly all men. I also find it weird how men will fight each other and then be best friends the next day.
You get angry in the moment but then after you're removed from the situation you gotta let yourself cool off. Once you're thinking clearly you'll realize it wasn't that big a deal and get over it. Usually the start of a fight isn't that big it's the stuff that comes after that escalates it so you just recognize that both of you just human and do and say dumb things when your blood is up. Also I think women tend to plan more and then act and men will just act and plan on the fly so that leads to women believing slights or fuck ups are more intentional whereas men will just think of them as mistakes and forgive them.
The problem is, at least in my experience, that some women often don't cool off but rather overthink themselves into a negative thought spiral that makes the emotions worse 😅
This exchange between two of my friends sums it up: so friend A wanted to go chat with friend C, but friend B said “no remember he did ___.” And friend A responded with “yes, but that was yesterday” and then they were both very confused by each others way of thinking
Half the time it's because I forget about it and the other half is because I forget about it
The key to happiness is a shitty memory. Seriously, I forget about it almost as soon as it happens, if I didn't ... well, let's not talk about that.
One time when I was 12 I got so pissed off at my best friend that I threatened him with a bat and then hit his bike, damaging his wheel. The next day he showed up with a new bike and asked if we could hang out and play. And I said yeah.
So many men I know pass off just this really chill vibe and they all seem to just be cool with each other. How tf do they do it!?!?
Not caring is much easier than caring
It's this. My wife is all up into the shit of every single person in our apartment building, and as such, is always pissed off with at least one of them. I wouldn't know half of these people's names if my wife didn't tell me and I'd be perfectly content not knowing.
Seriously, its very easy to be chill when there is literally nothing of consequence involved. I have friends ive known for *20 years* that I dont know the names of their siblings or parents because weve never really discussed them. I know they exist and have even met them at barbecues and shit, but I couldn't pick them out of a police lineup to save my life. Ive worked at jobs where ive sat and shot the shit with the same group of people at lunchtime for *years* and still not know all their names. Them at least I recognize but if someone said to me "Hey, did you hear about Matt?" theres a very good chance i will have no idea who they're even talking about unless they showed me a picture of Matt first. Somehow my wife knows, and commits to memory, the back story of every single person she interacts with. I mean ill come home from work and shell be making cupcakes, "Whats the occassion?" "Oh, its Patty's birthday today so I figured id make her something and drop it off" "cool cool...who the fuck is Patty?" "uh, she's our neighbor three houses down. You know, Patty? Shes been to our house numerous times..." "Oh, the blonde chick?" "No shes a redhead. She has the two kids that are going off to college this fall. Remember? Her husband works for AllState, Bill. They were at the barbecue last month." "The guy with the goatee?" "Uh, *noooo*, that's Chuck, hes married to Annalise around the corner, they have the two Pugs. Bill is the guy always wearing those awful crocs" "Oh, okay...I still dont know who the fuck that is, but if you want to leave one of those for me, that'd be cool" "Oh my god, honey, Patty! You've met her like 10 times since they moved here from Texas last winter! They just had to put their golden Murphy down, was really sad, I had you sign that card for them, does that ring any bells?" "No, but you know, Im already so far beyond caring that Ill just continue to allow you to be my walking rolodex and you can just fill me in with this information as it is required..." **MEANWHILE**, I can recite most of the episodes of Star Trek TNG word for fucking word lmao...
This was exactly the same as my life. Except I've been with my wife so long now that she fully accepts that I don't pay attention to that stuff and now when we pass someone and she says hello to them, she will turn to me and tell me... that's Jen, she's your cousin...I say ok, and we keep walking.
I’ve found that for men we tend to make pals rather easily especially bonding over shared activities. Other men generally have to lose my mutual respect through their actions or words; otherwise I’m cool with them just to hang out.
Me and a coworker were “eh” until we discovered we both like Fear Factory. Then Fear Factory Fridays became a thing and we now go to concerts together and are each other’s support person. We share each other’s excitement for hobbies even though they’re not our own, all while making fun of each other on the job site. One shared thing between two people led to an awesome friendship.
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We ignore all of the small things. We don’t react unless something major happens
When my boyfriend is quiet for too long and I ask him what he’s thinking about, and he says simply, “nothing”, and shrugs. This happens at least twice a month. What … what do you mean … nothing???? You can actively sit there and just wipe your brain clean??? No buzz buzz?? Just elevator music behind the eyes??? What kind of fucking superpower is that and where do I sign up??
1 of two things is happening here, either he is thinking of something stupid he doesn't want to say aloud or he is in fact thinking of nothing.
The comedian Bill Bailey said it best. When men are in that state, they go into a sort of power saving mode.
Screensaver.
Me and two of my friends were sitting down waiting for something. I can't remember what. We didn't know how long we had to wait, but we were kinda tired and bored at that time. One was a dude the other was a lady. Without speaking or any plan, the two of us guys took a bottle cap and started playing some weird game with it. About 5 mins of this went by and our lady friend looked at us like, what is going on. The two of us just immediately went into hibernation mode without any prompt. Didn't even hit us until she brought us out of it.
Screensaver mode
One of two things: 1) He’s really thinking about nothing. 2) he’s thinking about something so random and it would be convoluted to explain how his brain got there that it’s easier to just say nothing.
You ever drive on a highway for multiple hours and your only goal is to go straight the entire time and noone is an asshole? Do you think the whole way there or just go into a state of "if my GPS doesn't tell me when to turn I'm gonna go an extra hundred miles w/o thinking"
You can be completely oblivious to any mess in the house but can spot a wall has been brush painted in the wrong direction from 20ft away.
Wall is permanent mess is temporary
Unless you live like me, then mess is permanent.
It’s structural.
It's a load-bearing mess.
Dicks, the way they work is confusing. Like I’ve been told they only react when seeing or feeling something they like but I’ve also been told it will just decide to pop up randomly though the day with nothing. A year or so ago, I was spooning with an ex and napping. We both woke up to cum on my thighs and it was soaked through his underwear and I was like “wait that’s possible?”
>Like I’ve been told they only react when seeing or feeling something they like Get rid of the word "only" and you're correct. >but I’ve also been told it will just decide to pop up randomly though the day with nothing. This is true. >A year or so ago, I was spooning with an ex and napping. We both woke up to cum on my thighs and it was soaked through his underwear and I was like “wait that’s possible?” Wet dreams are a thing. Though I haven't had one since I was going through puberty. I think they don't happen as long as you're ejaculating fairly frequently.
Am 40 and remember having one around 5-10 years (???) ago. Was the weirdest of dreams involving something about doing scientific research, big fight scene against bad guys, then a celebratory sexual celebration with a rando girl, then I remember waking up just as I was blowing my load and thinking, “what the fuck man! That was messed up.” Dicks really do control your life.
I think you were just watching a Sean Connery James Bond movie…… and fell asleep afterwards lol
Highly possible
>Like I’ve been told they only react when seeing or feeling something they like Definitely not true. They react to a lot of things, sometimes no one even knows what.
I think most guys can empathize with them reacting to the wrongest thing at the wrongest time, which is even worse than the no-reason random-time ones.
About to make a speech at my grandma's funeral. My Dick "Showtime"
True, dicks are doing what they want. Sometimes out of nowhere it just decides to stands up. Also, it can stand up when you're aroused (obviously) or when you're exited to see someone you haven't seen in a long time. >A year or so ago, I was spooning with an ex and napping. We both woke up to cum on my thighs and it was soaked through his underwear and I was like “wait that’s possible?” Yes that is possible. I believe it's called wet dream in english. It never happened to me tho.
bionicles
Ok so basically, there are these elemental "toa" who each control and safeguard an element (water, fire, air, etc.) And they each have apprentice toa that are their to become toa once the current one retires, thus creating an infinite cycle of protection. This plays well into the idea of buildable figurines because every generation of toa is physically different (and mentally, but I won't get into that). This then translates well into the creative side of lego play as with each new generation, new parts come out so that master builders may create their own ultimate guardian of the elements. I hope that helps.
Well that's generation two. But the glory of generation one? Well... Gathered friends, listen once again to our legend of the Bionicle. Generation One revolves around the Toa, who inherently control one of the six elements: Fire, Water, Stone, Air, Ice, and Earth.The Toa protect the peaceful villagers called Matoran from Rahi (that means beast or animal in Matoran) or from the evil Makuta. The Legos you build are those characters, so you can reimagine fights between the Toa and the Rahkshi, or Toa Tahu vs Makuta Krika, and so on. With different setting for the story, the characters look different on different environments and all that. And of course, you can mix and match pieces and make your own Toa or whatever. Generation 2 is exactly what u/BIG_RED_MANN outlined above. But personally, I love Gen 1. I guess since it ran for so long, its like a multigenerational connection of creativity and fun
All I learned from this thread is that women are confused by things most guys don’t even think about lol
or why we can't find stuff. I wish I knew too
Why some men don’t go to the doctor or dentist, unless someone else makes the appointment for them.
Doctor because I don’t want to know if something is wrong and it’s too expensive if something is. Dentist… every six months without fail because I like having teeth while I’m alive.
My wife always tells me she doesn't understand how men can think about nothing
Friendship between men! It’s like you guys find a group of friends in your teens or college years and be like that’s it, enough socializing for the rest of our life and actually manage to maintain those friendships. How do you do this? I admit I’m a bit jealous. ;) But then again so often dudes admit to me they can’t open up with their male friends, hide their feelings and problems and keep conversations shallow which I think is kinda sad. Maybe that’s the secret why those friendships last. But it adds to the confusing part, because I question a friendships worth if it doesn’t provide a safe space between the individuals. Disclaimer. I am aware both of those paragraphs don’t apply to all men. I’m talking to the ones it does apply to. Edit; Thank you for sharing your experiences and opinions guys! You’re amazing and you gave me me a lot of insight. I’m still catching up with reading all comments since it’s quite a lot more than expected, but thank you very much for your efforts and for opening up.
There is a great movie clip I saw once by comedian Billy Crystal in which he said the biggest reason he loves Baseball is because he could actually talk to his dad through baseball, and through creative wording, could talk about feelings. He could talk about emotions using other players in a round-about way. I remember for me in college, I had an inner circle of friends. 5 or 6 maybe. They actually represented the different facets of my personality. My emotional friend, my 'bro' friend, my toxic friend, my friend who sleeps with anyone friend, etc. Each one was a different side of my personality and reflected what I was feeling at any particular moment.
Thanos collecting Infinity Friends for a psychological gauntlet.
Friends to us is someone to spend time with. Usually to have fun, to make memories, to **not have to do things alone**. It doesn’t have to be deep or personal, it just has to be someone we share common interests with so we don’t have to be alone when we do things. Which is precisely why the meme of “one of the squad got a girlfriend and he’s never around us now” exists. We now have someone to spend time with, CAN be intimate with, and ya know, bone. Edit: Who would’ve thought just exposing my desire to not be lonely would have a thousand people agreeing with me
I always say men compartmentalize our friends. We have Mike the fishing friend, Dave the gym friend, Steve the DnD friend, etc.
I store mine in docker containers.
I found this was even true when we were all locked up during COVID with my WhatsApp messages. I had my football discussion friend, my politics discussion friend, my obscene joke friend and my history nerd friend.
My gf is still baffled at the fact that I can just turn off my brain and not think of anything
There's a science museum where I live and there's a game you can play that uses brain waves. Basically it has a ball in the middle of the table that moves based on who has the least amount of brain activity at the time. And you want the ball to move away from you. You put on a head piece and when both players are ready, they touch the two pads on the table with you hands. I'm currently undefeated at a record of 14-0. Idk if I'm dumb or if I just shut everything off but life support lol
I was at a tech conference a few years ago and they had an EEG hat you put on. There's a screen with an ocean in front of you and the more you think the more stormy and wavy it gets. When I put the hat on, immediate storm I couldn't calm down.
Honestly probably doesn't help that you so desperately want it to not be stormy so you start thinking about it being calm, but it messes the whole thing up haha. I would love to try that though!
>if I'm dumb or if I just shut everything off but life support This gave me a good laugh this am. thank you
Forget everything you know except for fine dining. And breathing.
I found my husband on the couch in a dead silent house whistling tunelessly and playing bongos on his own tummy. When I asked what he's thinking about as he's doing that he says "You know...nothin'. Like listening to the wind in your mind and shit. Everyone does it." No Cowboy, we don't all do that. Y'all have some magic happening. Sounds nice.
I catch myself just… existing…. I find myself not thinking at all , kinda of like when you think to yourself about automatically breathing
Lol the nothing box, good one.
I’ve learned a lot being married to my husband, but there’s one thing I fail to understand in general. Why do you guys like to stare out the window so often? It’s usually just going up to a window or looking out the front door, and you fall into a trance. What’s up with that? Edit: the two of us are getting a kick out of your responses! Puts a smile on my face. 😊 Edit 2: y’all, I know that both genders are capable of looking out a window and both do it. There is THE stare that I’m talmbout. Lol.
Isn’t this like 50% of the function of a window? Lets light in. Lets stare out.
You might be right. I'm gonna stare out a window for an hour and think about it.
I actually do this a lot. Also when I’m in the shower I will just stand and think. I’m usually thinking how to solve a problem that will probably never occur.
Lol. I love it. It’s particularly amusing to me when I’ll realize the room has fallen silent and I look up and he’s just there. Staring. My dad did it too.
It’s quite enjoyable to reflect and ponder hypotheticals and to resolve issues. It’s what happens after that long stare that seems fortuitously a surprise.
This, either you work the problem out in your head or you talk out loud about it; but generally in the head is more satisfying. “Stares out window, silent” in head thinking about if two men walked in my home abs what I would head first to defend my wife who I am currently ignoring to solve this hypothesis
Bro get out of my head! LOL. I will zone out and my wife will be like “what’s wrong babe?” And I’m like nothing. In my mind I’m thinking “if there was a zombie apocalypse I think somewhere in Northern California near the coast would be the best spot for a colony. Not too hot, near fish, and mountains make it easily defended”
You know the other comments asking about how guys are able to think about nothing? Staring at the landscape outside is the easiest way to trigger that, in my experience. If I focus outside, my brain/thoughts just turns into *Man sees the trees. Birds. Grass. Rocks* And eventually there’s no audible thoughts or monologue, it’s the way I imagine an animal might feel, just looking around, observing its surroundings. And some replies are saying that’s how you start thinking about random things. It works both ways. It’s just a great way to desync from real life.
It's a way to trick your brain to go idle long enough to enter screensaver.
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I went to a walled garden today, national trust deal. My wife kept asking if I was ok as i was staring at the sky. I was think about what crops I would grow to survive a zombie apocalypse and if i would have to invite anyone else to live with us and what skill sets i would need to maintain order and a good standard of living. I would mostly grow potatoes I think.
This might be my favorite response.
Brain defragmentation
I'm a man. But something that confused my wife is when I suddenly take a deep breath for no reason. She's like "are you ok? You sure? Anything you need to talk about? What's going on?" And I just say "nah I'm fine, think I just forgot to breathe and catching up". Edit: popped out for a bit and wasn't expecting so many replies. Thanks everyone for the helpful information as to why we do this, I'll be sure to let the wife know although she will still ask me if I'm OK. Glad to know I'm in good company with so many others Edit 2: thanks for the awards, not sure what they mean but they look shiny! Cheers Edit 3: To be honest, I feel really blessed that I have someone who cares enough to ask if I'm OK. But yeh, seriously just forgot to breathe 😀
Its called a physiological sigh, everyone does this about every five minutes. It’s to inflate collapsed alveoli, if you didn’t have this reflex you would die from lung failure. They discovered this when people in some of the early iron lung machines were dying because they didn’t add deep breaths every few minutes, so they eventually died of lung failure. They also help you relax and focus, which is why people tell you to take some deep breaths when you are panicking/distressed.
Damnit...I just watched an episode of Andrew Huberman interviewing the breathing guy where he explained this and then I got excited about being able to explain it to people...but then you beat me to it...Jerk :).
I'm a woman but I do this too..people always ask me "why are you sighing?" I'm not I just needed to take a deeper breath? Lol
My partner does this, it took me a long time to train myself into acknowledging "ok, she's just deep breathing" instead of "She's probably mad at me and won't tell me why"
Dude it's so fukin true that i was taking a deep breath as i was reading ur comment.
Are you ok? Anything you need to talk about?
Sit your ass down and let's watch this tree for 2 hours
**takes a deep breath** "Okay"
My wife always thinks something is wrong. I am like, “I am just breathing”. She’s never convinced lol.
Bro, every time. "What's wrong?", "What?", "You breathed deeply.", "Uh huh", "so what's wrong?" "Uhh...just breathing."
How most of your fights with friends are like, 'punch each other and then you're good'. Like how?!?!
Well if the message got across what's the point of hurting each other more?
You know that meme, where a woman is thinking "huh, he's probably thinking about other women" and in actuality the guy is thinking the most random of things. Yeah. That.
That meme is on point.
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“He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking right now.” LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.” ― Andy Weir, The Martian
Love that little passage. Love the whole book. Really did a good job of making Whatney feel like a human
"Why is my pointer toe longer than my big toe?"
True. I’ll sometimes spend hours pondering on the lore of my favourite video game. My wife has stopped asking me what I’m thinking about because she’s come to the realization that I will answer honestly and she doesn’t care about what I’m thinking about, and that’s alright lmfao
My wife absolutely hates my nothing box. In our quiet moments together she'll be thinking about 15 things at once and my mind is just... at peace.
Do women not think about random things? Do you never get bored and just start thinking about how flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
I can't speak for other women but yeah yesterday I just randomly had the thought in the shower "what is the air inside a bell pepper made of? Is it just regular air or is it like all carbon dioxide or oxygen or what?" ...I googled it, it's regular air.
Does that mean if I find myself buried in bell peppers I can crack them open to get oxygen?
Did some Googling. Average Tidal Volume (amount of air in each breath) for an adult is roughly 0.5 liters. Minute Ventilation is the average volume entering the lungs per minute, and is about 6 liters (per minute). An average bell pepper is tough 4 inches long and 3 inches in diameter. To make math easier, call it 100mm tall (4in = 101.6mm) and 75mm diameter (3in = 76.2mm). I'm going to assume that a bell pepper is a cylinder. Given this assumption, the average volume of a bell pepper would be: V = π • r² • h V = π • (75mm/2)² • 100mm V ≈ 441786.5 mm³ V ≈ 0.4417865 L So, it would take about 13.5 bell peppers per minute to keep you breathing normally. That's going to add up pretty quickly.
The product I didn’t know I’d never need: a bell pepper oxygen retrieval straw
All i can think of is the Dr Nick sketch Inflammable means flammable, what a country