04-18-2019, 11:01 AM | #1 |
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Softboys
We've heard of "hipsters," often comprised of "millennials" but not exclusively so. Now there is... "softboys"?
With toxic masculinity under a long-overdue microscope, the time is ripe for a gentler, kinder sort of man. Enter the softboy, also known as the softboi. The softboy is part identity, part aesthetic. He’s nonthreatening, nontoxic, and knows how to wear a pastel. At least, that’s the dream. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...he-history-and https://medium.com/s/can-we-talk/hav...y-7e95e2c7f3e7 https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/03/what-...u-one-8305981/
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04-18-2019, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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This is the sort of **** I'm comfortable ignoring on any and all levels. Has yet to enter my life in any meaningful way.
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04-18-2019, 11:18 AM | #3 |
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So, from what I understand the term refers to a pick-up artist with a gentle facade? Is that it?
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04-18-2019, 11:20 AM | #4 |
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That's kind of what I'm getting out of it. Though it's not really a facade?
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04-18-2019, 11:43 AM | #5 |
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Really wish this need/trend to label every single god damned thing ever would end. It's like people can't have their own individual personalities and traits that are within the realm of normal human beings without it having to be labeled; and that goes both ways, labeling to be demeaning/criticizing or labeling to sound "special."
Cripe, some guys have always been softies, be it just on the inside or the outside too. So? Did humanity somehow forget up until now that the men of the world have not in fact all been lumberjacks? That said... if what you guys said is true and this is a new angle for the fake "good guy" agenda nonsense, that crap needs to quit too, like yesterday. Last edited by IndigoErth; 04-18-2019 at 11:51 AM. |
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04-18-2019, 03:48 PM | #7 | |
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Man, 3 links to crappy clickbait websites?! Including Buzzfeed?
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04-18-2019, 03:59 PM | #8 | |
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04-18-2019, 06:42 PM | #9 |
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What I get from this, is that neo nazis are now afraid of men who don't like to fight.
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04-23-2019, 09:39 PM | #10 |
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I ate so much over Easter that I am now a softboy.
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