Clint Eastwood is an actor, the masculinity you attribute to him are just the characters he portrayed in his films. I lived next to Carmel (where he is the mayor) and met the man a few times. He is diminutive, humble, a vegan, and doesn’t drink. What makes Clint Eastwood special is his creative ability to tell a great story and create memorable characters. The man is an artist, a family man, and nothing like the characters in his movies.
[quote]StephenD wrote:
I think Jacks posts are entertaining the rest of you sad fucks, zip it
Some of you guys really do take this place way to seriously it fuckin GAL
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yeah you have to give him that
[quote]zoso764 wrote:
Clint Eastwood is an actor, the masculinity you attribute to him are just the characters he portrayed in his films. I lived next to Carmel (where he is the mayor) and met the man a few times. He is diminutive, humble, a vegan, and doesn’t drink. What makes Clint Eastwood special is his creative ability to tell a great story and create memorable characters. The man is an artist, a family man, and nothing like the characters in his movies.
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No shit, well put. Who else are the “manly men”? Guys who played them on the big screen? Charles Bronson? Stallone? Steve McQueen (okay, he really was since he was a badass race car driver and did a lot of the stunt driving himself in Bullitt) Van Damme? Reminds me of that Best Western commercial. “No, but I play one on TV!”
There’s no way hes vegan, that’s an insult to the man.
I think the reason we don’t have many MEN now days and instead have perma-teen effeminate male-types is because western society has pretty much reduced the male role to near useless and consider it unimportant. It’s at the point where anything masculine is considered bad.
Then on the other end we have some of these perma-teen types who have no idea what it means to be a man revolting and trying to figure out ways to be a man by dehumanizing females by ‘fucking them in the arse’ and ‘exploding their uterus’ and equating binge drinking and perma-teen behavior to masculinity. Like the thread starter.
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/
I think one of my favorite stories of Masculinity would have to be about Imperial Japanese Soldier Hiroo Onoda.
Heres an excerpt of the sheer awesomeness of him;“Hiroo Onoda is awesome because he’s also completely fucking insane. This guy fought World War II for 30 fucking years, which is a claim that not even some of the most hardcore fucking WWII re-enactors can make. He survived in the jungle for three decades with no supplies, no reinforcements, and no official orders, he refused to give up even when pretty much everybody from the Emperor to his own mother were telling him to come home, and he basically represents the physical embodiment of the mantra “refuse to lose”. As far as I’m concerned, that’s pretty badass.”
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Randy Shugart and Gary Gordon died defending a downed black hawk helicopter during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. (Better known as “Black hawk down”)
2 fucking guys against 100’s of Somalis, faceing certain death. These, are REAL men, RIP
Dont think the other picture loaded, here’s Gary Gordon.
Graeme Souness. Tough tackling football player who had a tendency to lodge his football studs deep into the groins of many a player. Bossed the midfield with authority and more importantly, a perm and 'tache combo. Also took his life into his own hands by planting a Galatasaray flag in the centre circle of their mortal enemies, Fenerbahce, pitch. That took balls.
[quote]Jack Urboady wrote:
Graeme Souness. Tough tackling football player who had a tendency to lodge his football studs deep into the groins of many a player. Bossed the midfield with authority and more importantly, a perm and 'tache combo. Also took his life into his own hands by planting a Galatasaray flag in the centre circle of their mortal enemies, Fenerbahce, pitch. That took balls.
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Another reason to not like soccer, kicking someone in the balls is considered manly and acceptable.
Souness is a wanker.
So this one guy was at a construction yard and was on the 6th floor of a building. He lost his radio and need a saw. So he gets the attention of a fellow employee at the bottom and tried to yell him to no avail. It was far to loud for the guy to hear him.
So the man on the 6th floor starts failing his arms to get his attention. He gets it. So he does hand gestures to tell the guy at the bottom for what he needs. So what he does was point to his eye to say “I” then to his knee to say “need” then started to move his arm back and forth to make a saw gesture.
Then guy at the bottom of the building then pulls down his pants and starts masturbating. The guy in the building said to himself “What the?!”. So the guy comes up with the saw and they guy that asked for the saw says “Why did you stat masturbating?” “I was telling you I was cuming”.
HAR HAR.
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
Jack Urboady wrote:
Pat Tillman. A legend who turned his back on a money spinning career in American Rugby to go and kill some insurgent scum for his beloved country. A jawline that was fit to adorn Mount Rushmore. Pat We will never forget your kind. RIP
Yes…yes a real American hero…but I have to say that was not the best career move…no…no.[/quote]
…the fuck? You’ve obviously missed the point.
Rangers dont get shot by other Rangers for no reason.[/quote]
I disagree, no matter how bad ass your unit is, friendly fire just happens during the fog of war.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Carlos Hathcock anyone?[/quote]
Hell yeah! Pink Mist!
[quote]NvrTooLate wrote:
Rangers dont get shot by other Rangers for no reason.
I disagree, no matter how bad ass your unit is, friendly fire just happens during the fog of war.[/quote]
Somehow I missed the post above yours, NvrTooLate- and I’d only reinforce what you wrote by adding that unfortunately, in the profession of arms it’s a tragic reality. More than people realize.
When someone who has no practical experience in such matters writes a statement as though it were unequivocal fact- based upon something they read written by a journalist (opinonated POV), and not a soldier it is totally without merit, and only underscores their ignorance. If you’re not-so-subtly implying that CPL Tillman was murdered…well then. Please stick to just being quietly unaware.
Any elderly man with no natural flexibility who suddenly decides to become a contortionist and succeeds is bad ass in my book.
People who take a lot of pain, like burns.
Exhibitionists with flabby bodies.
[quote]Jack Urboady wrote:
fighting_fires wrote:
i dont really mind your threads although there are A LOT but as for telling him to get a life, i think you should rethink that statement bc if you have time to make all these threads its looking like you may need a life. other than that most of your threads arent bad.
Ha Fighting_fires I was only explaining to my American friend that maybe he would be better served getting wound up over the truly important things in life other than the threads I am creating.
I haven’t come in here to piss on anyones parade. I’m just trying to stimulate some thought from members who are willing to contribute in a positive and productive manner. Thanks for your kind words though big yin they are truly appreciated.
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Truly a noble yet arduous hobby! Since roughly 70% of people have the intellectual curiousity of a bag of doughnuts, then the majority will denigrate your efforts. But then, there is the remaining 30% who will appreciate your efforts.
Price versus prize, the eternal dilemma…
[quote]NvrTooLate wrote:
Rangers dont get shot by other Rangers for no reason.
I disagree, no matter how bad ass your unit is, friendly fire just happens during the fog of war.[/quote]
As an aside: war is the most challenging yet rewarding experience a man can have, from what I’ve read. I’m too old and creaky to go, but all you young bucks should go – America is being taken over by the Femi-nazis, Girly Men, and Homosexual Perverts. Going to war will make you more masculine and you could bring that ‘state of mind’ back and defeat the lowlifes above who’re trying to destroy us.