Poll of the Day > I don't like the new God of War games, they mean to criticize my masculinity.

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ItsKaljinyuTime
11/30/22 2:37:40 PM
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Nichtcrawler-X posted...
They complain about a form of toxic behaviour that is classically linked to masculinity, but not exclusive to it.

No one's talking about "toxic femininity," unless they mean to tie it back to toxic masculinity. No one's complaining about "The Matriarchy."

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adjl
11/30/22 3:02:53 PM
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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
I know what this is about. When people complain about these things, they're saying toxic masculinity is at the root of it.

Wanting to kill people is not toxic masculinity. That's just plain ol' being a dink.

Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a man is toxic masculinity.

Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a woman would be toxic femininity.

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Mensis
11/30/22 3:15:36 PM
#53:


ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
"The Matriarchy."
10/10 troll

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Shananagainz
11/30/22 5:46:31 PM
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adjl posted...
Wanting to kill people is not toxic masculinity. That's just plain ol' being a dink.

Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a man is toxic masculinity.

Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a woman would be toxic femininity.

This is exactly what Ive been trying to say. Also doubting OP actually finished the game and this topic seems to prove that.

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ItsKaljinyuTime
11/30/22 9:33:14 PM
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adjl posted...
Wanting to kill people is not toxic masculinity. That's just plain ol' being a dink.

Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a man is toxic masculinity.

Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a woman would be toxic femininity.

The argument from the people who cry "toxic masculinity" is that these ideas propagate in society because we stifle men from being like New Kratos, we instead prefer men to be like Classic Kratos. We believe that quiet introspect is not as cool or manly as being a fight-and-fuck machine, and that's toxic thinking.

But I don't think it is toxic thinking.

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adjl
11/30/22 10:30:38 PM
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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
The argument from the people who cry "toxic masculinity" is that these ideas propagate in society because we stifle men from being like New Kratos, we instead prefer men to be like Classic Kratos. We believe that quiet introspect is not as cool or manly as being a fight-and-fuck machine, and that's toxic thinking.

But I don't think it is toxic thinking.

adjl posted...
Believing that wanting to kill people makes somebody more of a man is toxic masculinity.


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ItsKaljinyuTime
11/30/22 10:45:40 PM
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You just ignored my explanation, but that's what someone who doesn't have actual conversations about that stuff would do.

The only people saying "It's not what you think" can't even answer what it is. They only have their viewpoints to go by.

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adjl
11/30/22 10:48:45 PM
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No, I acknowledged your explanation. Your explanation just contained no semantic content that wasn't already addressed by what I'd already said, so I saw no need to create a new response.

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ItsKaljinyuTime
11/30/22 11:22:08 PM
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adjl posted...
No, I acknowledged your explanation. Your explanation just contained no semantic content that wasn't already addressed by what I'd already said, so I saw no need to create a new response.

I could just cite examples where God of War is being discussed as a "positive masculinity" counterpoint to the classic God of Wars. But that's something obvious and pervasive enough that you should've seen it by now if you don't live in a hugbox.

But because you do live in a hugbox, even if I showed these conversations to you, you'd just say "Oh those don't count. Those guys are wrong, I decide what the toxic masculinity conversation is about."

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adjl
12/01/22 8:28:37 AM
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I don't really care what the rest of the conversation is about. I'm responding specifically to what you have explicitly said in this topic, for which that single sentence is a perfectly adequate response. I don't doubt that there's further nuance to it, but until you present that nuance as part of your position, my response to you doesn't need to respond to that further nuance.


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ItsKaljinyuTime
12/01/22 9:28:05 PM
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adjl posted...
I don't really care what the rest of the conversation is about. I'm responding specifically to what you have explicitly said in this topic, for which that single sentence is a perfectly adequate response. I don't doubt that there's further nuance to it, but until you present that nuance as part of your position, my response to you doesn't need to respond to that further nuance.

That's what I'm saying. I could find you example after example of people talking about God of War as a new positive masculinity vs. toxic masculinity allegory, but all you'd say is "All of you are wrong, only I know what toxic masculinity is."

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Metalsonic66
12/01/22 9:30:09 PM
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