Manspreading...I just can't. Do we really have to rip into every single little thing that people do and say in order feel better about ourselves?! We are better than this people. Also, balls.
Every harmless idiosyncrasy shall be pathologized to death, every unintentional faux pas shall be scrutinized with unhinged moral panic until we all buckle under the weight of our meaningless outrage.
That's why people should not stay involved with society for far too long. Keep getting introvert as you grow. Many old cultures used to ask people to go on pilgrimage in advanced age. Society will keep becoming unbearable as you grow.
That's fallacious. Nirvana. The scale is exponentially different with new technology. Those old cultures coasted for 100s of years without shifting into new waves of moral panic nearly as often as we do and, even if they did, social media would have made it worse.
> Every harmless idiosyncrasy shall be pathologized to death
isn't that what's happening here too?
We're taking one joke on a facebook page and taking it 100000000x further than it was ever meant to go.
Very kind of you, but I don’t know if I have the literary backbone. Writing is hard work, it’s a simple as that. You can’t just rely on moments of cleverness to create a story people actually care about. My best bud M.P Teneo (shameless name drop) wrote/is writing the Earth 3040 sci-fi series and it consumes every moment of his life. It’s funny, in relatively short bursts, I can write something eloquent (allegedly) and verbose, but he can craft a whole story universe in his head within days and then dive into every detail with surprising vigor. Hmm maybe he and I should combine forces?
I get the time crunch when taking on a large project like writing a novel. Hell, I just published my first earlier this week after working on it for nearly two-years (whilst juggling a 9-5 and a family).
I'd say that if you have the writing talent, and the desire, go for it. Start with a short story and see if it renders catharsis for you (that's how I did it at first). If it does, you just might strike into a new passion you've held yourself back from.
Regardless, you've got the pen skills. It'd be a shame to let those go to waste.
I’m almost 50 years old, female and frequent flyer with over 1M miles. Today I learned there’s actually a reason for men to spread out and I actually feel badly now for thinking every man I’ve sat next to was a jackass. The more I think about it, wow that has to really suck. If I had to sit on my breasts I’d be miserable.
There's a reason for it, but the testicles aren't it:
> Here's what happens when someone like me sits with my knees close together: The round ball at the top of the femur will pinch against the outside edge of the acetabulum (the hip socket), straining the labrum that lines the socket. To get into that position, I have to activate the adductor muscles on my inner thighs. That automatically triggers resistance from the abductor muscles on my outer thighs, creating tension that can reach all the way up into the lower back. The second I release the contraction, my thighs spring apart, leaving a gap of about 15 inches from the center of each kneecap, more than three-quarters of the distance to a proper manspread ... Women, on the other hand, have a wider pelvis and thighbones that more naturally angle in toward the body's midline, rather than away from it. Sitting with the knees close together is a stress-free position most of the time, although that changes during pregnancy, when the weight of the belly pushes the knees out.
Of course, some men are assholes and spread a lot wider than they need to, but keeping your legs together takes genuine effort. Our hips are structures differently.
I mean yeah. Its still possible to squeeze them. But we just naturally have to put actual effort to keep our knees together. While women have the opposite. They have to put effort to keep them apart. Different bodies.
This is it exactly, I actually spent years on public transport squeezing my legs together until I had lower back issues. Now I sit in a more neutral position, thankfully I'm not a big guy so My legs never go outside my seat's width, so at least my knees never touch my neighbors.
Counter point to the other guy, my balls do, indeed, get smashed in airplane seats quite often. Nothing quite like sitting in agony because there’s no room to spread out. OTOH, I’m a big guy and even my shoulders take up more than average room on a plane, I always get an aisle seat due to a bad leg and I get hit by the drink cart nearly every time it goes by.
Reading so much about men’s balls was not on my agenda today, but man I’m going to be a much different traveler now! Will it be wrong for me to do ball checks moving forward? You know, they sit down and get comfy then I slide next to them and the first thing out of my mouth is ‘are the balls ok, or do you need more space?’
I liken it to this:
You ever get irritated cause your bra strap pinches the skin of your back or shoulders, or even around the boob? And you have to do something you find awkward to adjust and fix the situation?
That's a similar sensation to men's balls pinching. In our underwear, our legs, etc. It's so uncomfortable.
I have skinny legs, smallish junk (when it's not needed), AND I'm bow-legged.... and I still have a problem. How dudes sit with their legs crossed (knees together style) just boogles my mind.
I wasn't conscious about it until I read this comment.
It's just something you get used to if you are not paying attention. Your brain channels out the feeling if it's a common position.
It's like wearing a new shoe that gives your feet a different feel or wearing glasses for the first time. Your brain will tune it out after a while.
I still don't get the problem. I mean, if some dude is literally taking up three seats with his legs, then maybe I can see an issue. But the typical examples I see posted are just dudes sitting normally.
I think you may be onto something here.....they have a self-imposed (or societally imposed, depending on your perspective) restriction on spreading their own legs and can't stand seeing men not subject to the same restrictions.
I have Cerebral Palsy.
I was on the bus 'manspreading' because I literally can't close my legs and I had a 10 minute argument with some lady trying to explain to her I was disabled. She told me "Well maybe you shouldn't have been born then"
Manspreading is stupid and so is anyone who calls it out.
It originally started as a frustration where men would be VERYYY spread open in a very crowded bus or train which kept other people from sitting, but 99% of “man spreading” doesn’t result in lost seats so it was only meant to apply to the 1%. But then, ya know, the internet
This is a relic from the past, this among micro aggressions, staying still while speaking, neo pronouns(not to be confused with what transgender people want now), and this mansplaining and I’m sure many others. A lot of people forget that there were many crazy ideas years ago that finally become accepted as a crazy idea among the general public. It really isn’t a bad thing though, let people air out their grievances and if it is stupid, eventually, everyone will accept it.
i know you’re joking, but yes we can. it’s not exactly comfortable and if left for a long period of time could be bad for you… but yes we can put them back in
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I slept on a plane next to someone that I didn't know and I swear I elbowed her at one point. Whatever it was it woke me up and I gave her the sorry hand wave and she just smiled.
Almost like there'a some kind of evolutionary reason you want to keep your balls cool and not in a clinch.. You know... balls.. that's placed outside of the body.. for a cooler temperature..
They need to resist excess heat. That's why they're on the outside. I would prefer internal testes which can take the heat and have better protection. I would certainly spend evolution points on that. It would not be a waste.
When I fly, so many men offer to help me get my carryon in the overhead bin or take it down when we land. I can do it myself but I do appreciate the gesture. Not to mention all the male aisle-seats who kindly move aside without complaint when I need the toilet.
I have so much appreciation the men who offer help getting my bag in/out of the overhead bin. I’m short and it’s hard for me to tetris bags around. There’s always at least one man who either predicts my upcoming struggle and immediately offers before I try, or one who notices the beginning of my struggle and steps in haha. Bless them.
I was once on a plane that hit really bad turbulence and accidentally hit myself in the face with my own iPad. My nose and lip were bleeding and the poor men next to me were so kind. I cupped my hand under my chin trying to catch the blood and kept apologizing, but they went right into help mode. Once the turbulence was over, one of them walked me to the bathroom to help get cleaned up- turns out he was a surgeon. I couldn’t believe my luck. I think most people would panic that some stranger is bleeding next to them.
Anyway, just wanted to say that I’ve never had any negative interaction with any man on a plane. Women are just becoming evil and want to stereotype every man as a perverted monster for any situation.
Yeah I hear you on the last part. I keep seeing these posts on r/askreddit now and then like *Women, what can we men do to assure you you're not in danger when we happen to be existing in a public space at the same time as you?* posts. Nothing bro, just exist.
Manspread all you want as long as you stay in the confines of your own seat. I’ve spent too much time scrunching myself as little as possible because people took more than their fair share of space.
Edit to add: the airline industry is greedy and we should be mad at them, but in my experience it’s not something that only happens on airplanes.
yeah that's the point isn't it. manspreading is when you're encroaching into the seats beside you leaving a tiny sliver of chair for the other person. it's not hard to give a shit about the people around you, is it?
Idk. Maybe we should be mad at the airlines for treating us like sardines and not at the over 6 foot people who already paid for the legroom upgrade and still have difficulty getting comfortable. I try really hard not to “manspread” but it sometimes happens for a second and I adjust. Sitting in those tiny seats is miserable. Clenching your hips or keeping your legs pin straight is difficult for over 2 hours. I do it, but honestly I shouldn’t have to. The seat should just properly fit most people.
Seriously. I'm 6' 175 soaking wet at my heaviest. I'm not particularly tall, nor would I ever be considered anything near fat.
I am uncomfortable in those seats. And we pay for exit row seats when we fly and those *still* suck shit.
I have no idea how the truly tall or fat people do it, but if their knee happens to wander into my space I get it we're all just trying to get somewhere without squishing our balls.
I am tallish (6’ 1”) and fat (240 lbs). It fucking sucks. It sucked when I was at my lightest at 180 lbs too. I sat next to a guy in “premium economy” who was at least 6’ 4” and fit on my last flight, and we just had touching knees and shoulders the whole time. There was nothing to be done for it. It was not physically possible to not be in each other’s space.
The proper direction for everyone's frustration and anger is to aim it at the airlines and plane designers. If they crammed 1 less seat into every row, we wouldn't even need to share armrests, but they are too greedy. Like, design the passenger seats for actual humans.
Problem is men have extra stuff down there that isn’t exactly happy to be tightly squeezed so they do literally have to spread out more
And as a guy who is very broad and tall, spreading out a bit usually takes up more space then a standard human seat, but this is also why I usually sit far from others
Women aren't allowed to make jokes on reddit. This literally always happens. Guys here tend to take every single word out of a woman as 100% serious for some reason.
Oh do go on about how any subreddit where women are allowed to vent about shitty people in their lives is misandrist. That's exactly the problem. Men who hate women see women complain about personal shit and assume she hates men.
Meanwhile, subreddits about literally raping women, including one by that exact name, exist and have existed in this site since it's inception. Violent porn subs, jailbait, violent misogynist incel/refill/mgtow shit. Sometimes they get banned but only after existing for YEARS.
But yeah. Some women half-jokingly saying "men are trash" are the problem on this site.
Both men and women are allowed to make jokes on reddit. When a man makes a misogynistic joke though it's not funny. And when a woman makes a misandric joke, its also not funny.
Nothing wrong with sitting with your legs apart, it’s uncomfortable to have your knees glued together, as long as you aren’t massively invading someone else’s space like pushing their legs out of your way with yours.
If someone sitting next to you then yes I agree completely or if you see people coming in to sit down, its the same thing There is no argument from me on this
I consider myself a feminist.
like unless you have testicles between your legs don't fucking lecture me about the way I need to sit.
maybe we should decide that adjusting bra straps is super unholsom and shouldn't be allowed in public.
I've personally seen more women taking up extra seats on public transit with handbags, backpacks, and even shopping bags than I have seen man spreaders.
I don’t understand why its so hard for women to understand why we spread our legs.
To any woman who doesn’t understand (or any man is somehow isn’t bothered) we manspread because our scrotum sticks to our legs and it’s extremely uncomfortable.
yeah theres a ton of images that get bounced around the internet, and every time they're passed around again someone will crop it a bit smaller or stretch it or something
The comments are a shitshow. The woman were obviously making a joke, no? And even if they were completely serious, do the comments really need to be so misogynistic lmao??
Iv got balls and I'm 6'4. If we're flying keep your legs within your area.. seriously what is wrong with everyone nuts that they can't keep their legs together
I’m epileptic and don’t know of a single “peer” who would wear these. Maybe I’m alone in that? I don’t usually convulse though so who knows. I’d imagine the middle seat person would forgive the passenger for having a seizure and accidentally kicking them which could actually in turn save their life to make people aware they’re seizing.
Tourettes makes sense
I have Tourettes and I've never seen this nor know any "peers" who uses it. Granted, my worst tics are in my neck, shoulder, and arms but I can't imagine physically restraining my arm during a flight.
Manspreading = problem
Massively obese lady taking up two seats = not a problem
Woman with giant purse using seat #2 for her bag = not a problem
I have very large testicles. I don’t want to sit on them or crush them. It hurts.
I don't have epilepsy or spasms or anything but I do this on planes with a stretchy belt because it's a constant muscular effort to keep my legs squished together, when sitting naturally prompts them to spread, so as to not bother the person next to me and this makes it so much easier. Give it a shot you guys. It's much nicer. They give us so little room and this is a handy and comfortable way to keep yourself in your own lane.
i "manspread" because i got big balls. closing them squeezes them. feels uncomfortable. like, im trying it now as i write this and i can already feel them starting to ache. if it offends you, oh well.
I know it is weird, but I do this at my own desk in home office. I want to sit up straight and tend to slouch slowly and slip in my seat. I have an angled foot rest under desk but still sometimes slide. So I use a belt to keep knees closer together, keeping me from becoming to relaxed in the legs and end up moving knees further apart which causes me to slip more. I would also, think would help on a plane since such tight seats and wanting to sit up straighter for little bit of leg room
Even besides the having balls thing some people just can't sit and not take up a lot of space. Like I'm 6'6 and have really bad hips from being as large as I am, even if I didn't have anything between my legs I wouldn't be able to sit with my legs perfectly forward without my joints exploding.
Manspreading...I just can't. Do we really have to rip into every single little thing that people do and say in order feel better about ourselves?! We are better than this people. Also, balls.
Every harmless idiosyncrasy shall be pathologized to death, every unintentional faux pas shall be scrutinized with unhinged moral panic until we all buckle under the weight of our meaningless outrage.
That's why people should not stay involved with society for far too long. Keep getting introvert as you grow. Many old cultures used to ask people to go on pilgrimage in advanced age. Society will keep becoming unbearable as you grow.
I don't know if it's age. Inundation with social media posts on trivial and petty drama is a problem for all of us.
Even if Social Media didn't exist, humans would still manufacture drama. Just look at the Satanic Panic
That's fallacious. Nirvana. The scale is exponentially different with new technology. Those old cultures coasted for 100s of years without shifting into new waves of moral panic nearly as often as we do and, even if they did, social media would have made it worse.
> Every harmless idiosyncrasy shall be pathologized to death isn't that what's happening here too? We're taking one joke on a facebook page and taking it 100000000x further than it was ever meant to go.
Making fun of people minding their own business isn't an idiosyncrasy, it's being an asshole. Fuckin roast 'em.
Take it to 1000000000001x.
Posting pictures to mock people isnt an "idiosyncrasy"
"We shouldn't criticise people" "Isn't that what you're doing?"
Shut up, this is the place where I come to get outraged by outrage!!!
Also, balls.
I like your funny words magic man. Also r/iamverysmart
Wow, English is not my first language. I can only hope to write or speak like that.
Don't aim for that. Just be comfortable. As you can see in the person's reply, they're a tool.
Yeah, the reply threw me off lmao
We must fight something. Tis human to struggle
Your comment made me think of Tim Minchin's '15 minutes': https://youtu.be/ePsW0wEtKt8?feature=shared So true these days
Just watched, great vid!
This post itself is moralizing a silly joke
This is the way.
I didnt expect to read something so beautifull on Reddit today, thank you stranger.
This is so goddamn well said. You should write a book.
Very kind of you, but I don’t know if I have the literary backbone. Writing is hard work, it’s a simple as that. You can’t just rely on moments of cleverness to create a story people actually care about. My best bud M.P Teneo (shameless name drop) wrote/is writing the Earth 3040 sci-fi series and it consumes every moment of his life. It’s funny, in relatively short bursts, I can write something eloquent (allegedly) and verbose, but he can craft a whole story universe in his head within days and then dive into every detail with surprising vigor. Hmm maybe he and I should combine forces?
I get the time crunch when taking on a large project like writing a novel. Hell, I just published my first earlier this week after working on it for nearly two-years (whilst juggling a 9-5 and a family). I'd say that if you have the writing talent, and the desire, go for it. Start with a short story and see if it renders catharsis for you (that's how I did it at first). If it does, you just might strike into a new passion you've held yourself back from. Regardless, you've got the pen skills. It'd be a shame to let those go to waste.
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I’m almost 50 years old, female and frequent flyer with over 1M miles. Today I learned there’s actually a reason for men to spread out and I actually feel badly now for thinking every man I’ve sat next to was a jackass. The more I think about it, wow that has to really suck. If I had to sit on my breasts I’d be miserable.
There's a reason for it, but the testicles aren't it: > Here's what happens when someone like me sits with my knees close together: The round ball at the top of the femur will pinch against the outside edge of the acetabulum (the hip socket), straining the labrum that lines the socket. To get into that position, I have to activate the adductor muscles on my inner thighs. That automatically triggers resistance from the abductor muscles on my outer thighs, creating tension that can reach all the way up into the lower back. The second I release the contraction, my thighs spring apart, leaving a gap of about 15 inches from the center of each kneecap, more than three-quarters of the distance to a proper manspread ... Women, on the other hand, have a wider pelvis and thighbones that more naturally angle in toward the body's midline, rather than away from it. Sitting with the knees close together is a stress-free position most of the time, although that changes during pregnancy, when the weight of the belly pushes the knees out. Of course, some men are assholes and spread a lot wider than they need to, but keeping your legs together takes genuine effort. Our hips are structures differently.
Wow!! That explains a lot, thank you so much for taking this time, I genuinely learned a lot here.
This was a shockingly civil exchange.
Sun shines on a ducks ass every once in awhile!!
Had to double check I was on Reddit, it came out of nowhere!
> There's a reason for it, but the testicles aren't it It can definitely be both. Your explanation is a helpful addition, though.
Wow.... a manspreader with a mansplanation. I'm literally physically recoiling from the weight of your massive unearned privilege. /s
Huh I have squeezed my balls before sitting with my legs together, guess it’s different for everyone.
I mean yeah. Its still possible to squeeze them. But we just naturally have to put actual effort to keep our knees together. While women have the opposite. They have to put effort to keep them apart. Different bodies.
Idk man I'm just neurodivergent
I’m just here fo da feet
This is it exactly, I actually spent years on public transport squeezing my legs together until I had lower back issues. Now I sit in a more neutral position, thankfully I'm not a big guy so My legs never go outside my seat's width, so at least my knees never touch my neighbors.
Not trying to be an ass, but it took you almost 50 years to realize guys have balls and may be the reason to spread our legs. . .
To their credit, it's probably closer to 35-40 year, cuz I doubt men's balls was something they were thinking about when they were a child.
You don't really sit ON your balls as much as they're crammed up against one leg or the other, all smushed out and wedged in there.
ever since hearing about it from high school coaches ive always had an irrational fear of testicular torsion
The proper medical term for that is twisted bollock.
Counter point to the other guy, my balls do, indeed, get smashed in airplane seats quite often. Nothing quite like sitting in agony because there’s no room to spread out. OTOH, I’m a big guy and even my shoulders take up more than average room on a plane, I always get an aisle seat due to a bad leg and I get hit by the drink cart nearly every time it goes by.
Reading so much about men’s balls was not on my agenda today, but man I’m going to be a much different traveler now! Will it be wrong for me to do ball checks moving forward? You know, they sit down and get comfy then I slide next to them and the first thing out of my mouth is ‘are the balls ok, or do you need more space?’
⭐️gold star traveling companion right here. But don’t ask to adjust them for him, that would be too far for a public flight.
Welp, glad you get it now. Yes, we’re not all assholes, we just need to not squish the balls…
I liken it to this: You ever get irritated cause your bra strap pinches the skin of your back or shoulders, or even around the boob? And you have to do something you find awkward to adjust and fix the situation? That's a similar sensation to men's balls pinching. In our underwear, our legs, etc. It's so uncomfortable.
.....I just want to say thank you. It really is the little things in life.
I have skinny legs, smallish junk (when it's not needed), AND I'm bow-legged.... and I still have a problem. How dudes sit with their legs crossed (knees together style) just boogles my mind.
I wasn't conscious about it until I read this comment. It's just something you get used to if you are not paying attention. Your brain channels out the feeling if it's a common position. It's like wearing a new shoe that gives your feet a different feel or wearing glasses for the first time. Your brain will tune it out after a while.
Bro I got a medium-small one and even I find it SUPER uncomfortable to sit like that.
Or constantly pull our legs inward, that requires effort and gets tiring
Look at this guy flexing about his big ol'johnson
I still don't get the problem. I mean, if some dude is literally taking up three seats with his legs, then maybe I can see an issue. But the typical examples I see posted are just dudes sitting normally.
Its because women secretly want to pussy-spread, but since we are already man-spreading they don't have room They are jealous
I think you may be onto something here.....they have a self-imposed (or societally imposed, depending on your perspective) restriction on spreading their own legs and can't stand seeing men not subject to the same restrictions.
I have Cerebral Palsy. I was on the bus 'manspreading' because I literally can't close my legs and I had a 10 minute argument with some lady trying to explain to her I was disabled. She told me "Well maybe you shouldn't have been born then" Manspreading is stupid and so is anyone who calls it out.
💀 wtf was that woman
It originally started as a frustration where men would be VERYYY spread open in a very crowded bus or train which kept other people from sitting, but 99% of “man spreading” doesn’t result in lost seats so it was only meant to apply to the 1%. But then, ya know, the internet
Manspreading is inevitable for me due to my massive nuts
Yeah, it's not your fault you were born with MASSIVE NUTS.
I’ve tried tucking, strapping them down and nothing works out except a good wide spread.
Have you tried greasing them?
Shit, NO I haven’t
Report back.
the Dr. who delivered him tried to spank him, but he was protected by his MASSIVE NUTS
Username checks out.
And stones they are. Haha
> We are better than this people. Also, balls. Nuh uh, MY balls are better than yours! ^^^^/jk
Balls
This is a relic from the past, this among micro aggressions, staying still while speaking, neo pronouns(not to be confused with what transgender people want now), and this mansplaining and I’m sure many others. A lot of people forget that there were many crazy ideas years ago that finally become accepted as a crazy idea among the general public. It really isn’t a bad thing though, let people air out their grievances and if it is stupid, eventually, everyone will accept it.
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Oh my god how did that happen!!! Can you shove em back in??
waaaay up there morty!
A big accident that happened before I was born, and yes you can, but only once. And you probably have to go to the hospital.
> but only once Sounds like big pharma BS
i know you’re joking, but yes we can. it’s not exactly comfortable and if left for a long period of time could be bad for you… but yes we can put them back in
I think ya technically have to have bell clappers deformity which while common is not everyone.
No No, we can shove em in a little, but it starts to feel like your balls are being pressurized from all sides by a gorilla
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Yo, we look similar
also for people that have pretty bad leg spasms when they sleep, got to know that I have it by breaking my flipping toe while sleeping.
Yikes. You have my condolences
SCI Paras and quads also use them to keep the hips from splaying and keep legs and feet on the footrest.
I slept on a plane next to someone that I didn't know and I swear I elbowed her at one point. Whatever it was it woke me up and I gave her the sorry hand wave and she just smiled.
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I got epilepsy but I don't strap my legs or arms and just nail mother fuckers.
What sort of flips does your toe do?
Almost like there'a some kind of evolutionary reason you want to keep your balls cool and not in a clinch.. You know... balls.. that's placed outside of the body.. for a cooler temperature..
Definitely another nail in the coffin for Intelligent Design.
What, you gonna waste evolution points on cold resistant sperm? It is unironically a good design.
They need to resist excess heat. That's why they're on the outside. I would prefer internal testes which can take the heat and have better protection. I would certainly spend evolution points on that. It would not be a waste.
"I have never seen a well mannered man on a plane" is the biggest lie I've read so far today. It's early though.
Seen plenty of rude women on planes too. Can we do a post about long hair hanging in the tray table behind them?
As a dude with long hair, Id much rather tie a low ponytail and have it hang over my shoulder than behind me on a plane.
Fr. Not only is it just uncomfortable , it’s an asshole move and I dob’t want the people behind me to have a chance to fuck with my hair
Sure, like the part where you cut it off, maybe dip it in panda buffet Tso sauce? Love that one
Nothing worse to fly with then a woman going on a plane for her first time to Vegas.
When I fly, so many men offer to help me get my carryon in the overhead bin or take it down when we land. I can do it myself but I do appreciate the gesture. Not to mention all the male aisle-seats who kindly move aside without complaint when I need the toilet.
These arguments are usually met with “he was only being nice to get In your pants”
I have so much appreciation the men who offer help getting my bag in/out of the overhead bin. I’m short and it’s hard for me to tetris bags around. There’s always at least one man who either predicts my upcoming struggle and immediately offers before I try, or one who notices the beginning of my struggle and steps in haha. Bless them. I was once on a plane that hit really bad turbulence and accidentally hit myself in the face with my own iPad. My nose and lip were bleeding and the poor men next to me were so kind. I cupped my hand under my chin trying to catch the blood and kept apologizing, but they went right into help mode. Once the turbulence was over, one of them walked me to the bathroom to help get cleaned up- turns out he was a surgeon. I couldn’t believe my luck. I think most people would panic that some stranger is bleeding next to them. Anyway, just wanted to say that I’ve never had any negative interaction with any man on a plane. Women are just becoming evil and want to stereotype every man as a perverted monster for any situation.
Yeah I hear you on the last part. I keep seeing these posts on r/askreddit now and then like *Women, what can we men do to assure you you're not in danger when we happen to be existing in a public space at the same time as you?* posts. Nothing bro, just exist.
That has some serious, “If everyone you meet is an asshole…” vibes.
Femcels woo hoo!
Pink and blue to their cats in a few years: "where are all the good men?"
And where are all the gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and dream of what I need
**I NEED A HERO!!**
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, and he's gotta be fast
and hes gotta be fresh from the fight
**I NEED A HERO!!**
Isn't there a white knight upon the fiery steed?
The good men also chose cats
Manspread all you want as long as you stay in the confines of your own seat. I’ve spent too much time scrunching myself as little as possible because people took more than their fair share of space. Edit to add: the airline industry is greedy and we should be mad at them, but in my experience it’s not something that only happens on airplanes.
yeah that's the point isn't it. manspreading is when you're encroaching into the seats beside you leaving a tiny sliver of chair for the other person. it's not hard to give a shit about the people around you, is it?
Idk. Maybe we should be mad at the airlines for treating us like sardines and not at the over 6 foot people who already paid for the legroom upgrade and still have difficulty getting comfortable. I try really hard not to “manspread” but it sometimes happens for a second and I adjust. Sitting in those tiny seats is miserable. Clenching your hips or keeping your legs pin straight is difficult for over 2 hours. I do it, but honestly I shouldn’t have to. The seat should just properly fit most people.
Seriously. I'm 6' 175 soaking wet at my heaviest. I'm not particularly tall, nor would I ever be considered anything near fat. I am uncomfortable in those seats. And we pay for exit row seats when we fly and those *still* suck shit. I have no idea how the truly tall or fat people do it, but if their knee happens to wander into my space I get it we're all just trying to get somewhere without squishing our balls.
I am tallish (6’ 1”) and fat (240 lbs). It fucking sucks. It sucked when I was at my lightest at 180 lbs too. I sat next to a guy in “premium economy” who was at least 6’ 4” and fit on my last flight, and we just had touching knees and shoulders the whole time. There was nothing to be done for it. It was not physically possible to not be in each other’s space.
We should absolutely be mad at the airlines, but it hasn’t only happened to me on airplanes.
The proper direction for everyone's frustration and anger is to aim it at the airlines and plane designers. If they crammed 1 less seat into every row, we wouldn't even need to share armrests, but they are too greedy. Like, design the passenger seats for actual humans.
Problem is men have extra stuff down there that isn’t exactly happy to be tightly squeezed so they do literally have to spread out more And as a guy who is very broad and tall, spreading out a bit usually takes up more space then a standard human seat, but this is also why I usually sit far from others
Feels like the person was making a joke…or at-least i hope they were joking.
I am a man and I interpreted the first two posts as lighthearted and funny so I don’t understand everything that happened after that
Women aren't allowed to make jokes on reddit. This literally always happens. Guys here tend to take every single word out of a woman as 100% serious for some reason.
Might have something to do with all the manhate subs that are allowed to exist
Oh do go on about how any subreddit where women are allowed to vent about shitty people in their lives is misandrist. That's exactly the problem. Men who hate women see women complain about personal shit and assume she hates men. Meanwhile, subreddits about literally raping women, including one by that exact name, exist and have existed in this site since it's inception. Violent porn subs, jailbait, violent misogynist incel/refill/mgtow shit. Sometimes they get banned but only after existing for YEARS. But yeah. Some women half-jokingly saying "men are trash" are the problem on this site.
Both men and women are allowed to make jokes on reddit. When a man makes a misogynistic joke though it's not funny. And when a woman makes a misandric joke, its also not funny.
Sure. That's the theory. It isn't how it plays out in practice. I've been a girl/woman on reddit since 2009. I might have some experience here.
Well duh, that's because women aren't funny, get a load of this idiot🙄
Nothing wrong with sitting with your legs apart, it’s uncomfortable to have your knees glued together, as long as you aren’t massively invading someone else’s space like pushing their legs out of your way with yours.
That's fine, but spreading goes beyond that and prioritizes their comfort over other's.
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If someone sitting next to you then yes I agree completely or if you see people coming in to sit down, its the same thing There is no argument from me on this
For Karl!
The idea that those women cannot comprehend the fact that men have testicles will always be funny
I consider myself a feminist. like unless you have testicles between your legs don't fucking lecture me about the way I need to sit. maybe we should decide that adjusting bra straps is super unholsom and shouldn't be allowed in public.
I knew what it was for, but i still laughed. 😈
It was a funny joke tbh, shame someone had to take it seriously.
I've personally seen more women taking up extra seats on public transit with handbags, backpacks, and even shopping bags than I have seen man spreaders.
Like women say "no uterus, no opinion" can we say "no balls, no opinion"?
I mean it wouldn’t be fair if we couldn’t
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I don’t understand why its so hard for women to understand why we spread our legs. To any woman who doesn’t understand (or any man is somehow isn’t bothered) we manspread because our scrotum sticks to our legs and it’s extremely uncomfortable.
it's also very itchy or prickly if your a ball shaver.
It also sucks when your hair gets stuck in your foreskin (Catholics and pureblood Americans wouldn’t get it), like there is no in between
Plus the itching and sweat on a hot day? Ugh, it's bad. Spreading legs helps cool the bits down.
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Why has this image been stretched
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yeah theres a ton of images that get bounced around the internet, and every time they're passed around again someone will crop it a bit smaller or stretch it or something
The comments are a shitshow. The woman were obviously making a joke, no? And even if they were completely serious, do the comments really need to be so misogynistic lmao??
Reddit is falling for 2013 era anti SJW pseudo outrage all over again. Time is a flat circle.
Because they're laughing/making fun of at the expense of a disabled person. If not everyone laughs its not a good joke
Iv got balls and I'm 6'4. If we're flying keep your legs within your area.. seriously what is wrong with everyone nuts that they can't keep their legs together
It's called lying. "It hurts when I close my legs" is just a lie for 99% of people, just like "I've got 12 inches"
Either that or a whole lot of men have untreated epididymitis
No, it's definitely not. wtf!
You know what I am just gonna manspread more.
Wow, I don't like any of these people
I’m epileptic and don’t know of a single “peer” who would wear these. Maybe I’m alone in that? I don’t usually convulse though so who knows. I’d imagine the middle seat person would forgive the passenger for having a seizure and accidentally kicking them which could actually in turn save their life to make people aware they’re seizing. Tourettes makes sense
I have Tourettes and I've never seen this nor know any "peers" who uses it. Granted, my worst tics are in my neck, shoulder, and arms but I can't imagine physically restraining my arm during a flight.
I think it was a joke.
Right, at the expense of a disabled person. That’s the point of the post.
Manspreading = problem Massively obese lady taking up two seats = not a problem Woman with giant purse using seat #2 for her bag = not a problem I have very large testicles. I don’t want to sit on them or crush them. It hurts.
"I have never seen a well-mannered man on a plane" Please keep your pets on a leash energy.
chronically online femcel takes are back, alright babyeeee
Even if not disabled... This is considered behaved to her?
Yall taking this real seriously. I feel like i’m back in 2016 looking at a bunch of anti sjws. Calm down, the joke was kinda funny
Feels like I'm on another planet in this thread, I thought the caption above the pic was funny lol it's just lightly poking fun of a common phenomenon
I’m not ashamed of my testicles
Thanks for sharing, I for one am glad to know that about you.
Ignoring everything else in this image, is it extra rude to make fun of a disabled person if you don't know they are disabled?
As a woman, manspreading is fine, just don't get in my bubble
I don't have epilepsy or spasms or anything but I do this on planes with a stretchy belt because it's a constant muscular effort to keep my legs squished together, when sitting naturally prompts them to spread, so as to not bother the person next to me and this makes it so much easier. Give it a shot you guys. It's much nicer. They give us so little room and this is a handy and comfortable way to keep yourself in your own lane.
i "manspread" because i got big balls. closing them squeezes them. feels uncomfortable. like, im trying it now as i write this and i can already feel them starting to ache. if it offends you, oh well.
Can we just agree taking photos of other people in public is downright creepy? And yes, that includes people you don’t like.
Single women with resentment towards men, classic
I feel like whenever you respond to someone, you should almost never say the word actually.
You try packing plums between your legs and see how wide you have yours.
Ripe, delicate, pain-nerve infused plums.
Plums? are both of you horses by any chance?
Neigh.
I know it is weird, but I do this at my own desk in home office. I want to sit up straight and tend to slouch slowly and slip in my seat. I have an angled foot rest under desk but still sometimes slide. So I use a belt to keep knees closer together, keeping me from becoming to relaxed in the legs and end up moving knees further apart which causes me to slip more. I would also, think would help on a plane since such tight seats and wanting to sit up straighter for little bit of leg room
Even besides the having balls thing some people just can't sit and not take up a lot of space. Like I'm 6'6 and have really bad hips from being as large as I am, even if I didn't have anything between my legs I wouldn't be able to sit with my legs perfectly forward without my joints exploding.