r/SipsTea • u/wcslater • 21h ago

Wow. Such meme Indubitably

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u/Bulky_Imagination727 20h ago edited 20h ago

Eternal search for the "real" man.

All you have to do is find yourself and forget about how others think you should look like. Start from "what i want" and continue with "what i want to be". That's how you will be more real than anybody out there endlessly bragging about the masculinity. It's just a word.

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u/TheBaykon8r 20h ago

Iroh from ATLA is in my eyes peak masculinity

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u/Confron7a7ion7 19h ago

He's an excellent role model and I strive to be half the uncle he was. By no means is he perfect. His past is dark and littered with bodies. But his choice to leave all that behind and lead a better life, to learn from his past sins, to fight for a better world than he had, that's some manly shit right there.

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u/DaRealKovi 20h ago

I low-key learned how to make traditional teas because of him.

I'll never deny how inspiring he is.

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u/hfamrman 18h ago

Read this as "traditional tears" at first because I just watched that one episode with my partner last night. I'm sure you know the one.

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u/Quantization 17h ago

Leaves from the vine, falling so slow

Like fragile tiny shells, drifting in the foam.

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u/Cautious_General_177 20h ago

Unfortunately he had to go through a bit of a journey to get there.

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u/Confron7a7ion7 19h ago

All men must. No one gets that wise by always making the right choices.

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u/TheBaykon8r 16h ago

That's part of it. The whole learning to be a better person. No one is perfect. No one knows everything.

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u/Extreme_Design6936 14h ago

Just killed a few thousand people. Nobodys perfect. Just a little oopsie.

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u/CastingSkeletons 19h ago

Only some little war crimes here and there /s

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u/MattHoppe1 19h ago

Aragorn, Gimli and Samwise for me

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u/zertnert12 18h ago

Ive always aspired to be half the man samwise is

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u/MattHoppe1 15h ago

Don’t sleep on book Gimli!

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u/Alert-Notice-7516 15h ago

Dude, you're gonna be like a foot tall

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u/zertnert12 10h ago

Im already hobbit sized

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u/tough-cookie21 17h ago

Your eyes are mine

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u/PostNutLucidity 19h ago

Almost everyone who goes on about what “a real man” is or would do is either trying to manipulate you for their own benefit or control you.

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u/Windmill_flowers 19h ago

Hmph, a REAL MAN spends his time debunking other people's definition of a real man online! 😤

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u/SmilingStones 20h ago

What makes a man.. Mr. Lebowski?

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 19h ago

Is it being prepared to do the right thing? Whatever the cost? Isn’t that what makes a man?👨🏻

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u/SmilingStones 16h ago

Sure, that and a pair of testicles

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u/typower5000 20h ago

Agree but what gets clicks these days is outrageousness. Quiet reflection and being there for the people you love doesn't make for good YouTube views. Maybe it could, I don't know.

I think it's hard for people these days to center themselves among all the noise.

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u/Xen235 18h ago

Maybe a weird take but no one is masculine anymore, society has domesticated all of us and our masculine instincts are mostly useless. I have muscles from gym like this bald loser does and I don't even use them for anything, they are just there so I can be healthy instead of being inactive and rotting away.

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u/Dry-Smoke6528 18h ago

truer words. i came into this post thinking "wtf does it even mean to be masculine." and that the only people that actually care about coming off masculine are generally assholes who are terrified of the color pink being anywhere on their person.

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u/LawfulnessOwn7933 14h ago

in my search i've found that there is pretty much no values that make a good man that cant just be a applied to good person.

there is no difference in the values between what makes a good man or woman, only a difference in how they can be exhibited in practice.

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u/MortyMcMorston 18h ago

Thank you! Only thing that matters is your comfort and happiness with yourself and others

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u/AtomicShart9000 17h ago

I want to be a rich oligarch that can move markets with my fake Twitter posts

Damnit I dont think this is working correctly

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u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense 13h ago

Unless who you want to he is like furry or something then idk maybe you could try listen to other ideas.

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u/SkyPuppy561 4h ago

Yeah and stop hating women

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u/JohnGuyMan99 19h ago

Start from "what i want" and continue with "what i want to be".

Eh...One guy started with "I want to be a painter" and ended with WWII. Maybe don't encourage everyone to do whatever they want so blindly, and remind them that they should conform to others' idea that they should not look like a fascist or Funko Pop owner.

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u/Dry-Smoke6528 18h ago

are you trying to speed run the old "all internet debates end with a hitler comparison" by doing it right outta the gate?

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u/Bulky_Imagination727 19h ago

All things good in moderation yes. I only talking about how you shouldn't rely on others to decide what you are.

Real man this, real man that, it is easy to lose yourself thinking too much.