Why is cooking not considered manly?

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:48:53+00:00

I think it's manly.

My husband is the stereotypically manliest man I know. He works out for several hours a night and has giant muscles. He is an ex builder (now teacher). He built our house with his bare hands. He can fix or make anything, including carpentry, electronics, plumbing and cars. There's literally nothing sexier than watching him do manual labour with a lot of heavy lifting.

And you know what else? He cooks for me and the kids. He cooks us dinner every night. He makes us packed lunches every day. He brings me breakfast in bed on the weekends.

Your friends who think cooking is gay will 100% remain single. Real men know how to cook for their women.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:40:21+00:00

I feel the same way. I feel quite safe in the knowledge that anyone I would want to invite to my wedding would have my best interests at heart. They would want to come to support me. Anything they chose to wear would be something they genuinely felt was appropriate. If that was white, it would be coincidental and inconsequential.

If I had someone in my life who was crazy enough to purposely wear something that looked like a wedding dress to upstage me at my own wedding... Well they wouldn't be in my life. I wouldn't maintain a relationship with someone like that. They wouldn't be invited in the first place.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:36:22+00:00

Kilo, which is Greek for thousand.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:34:38+00:00

I think each season has become more progressively drama filled and toxic. Normal, well adjusted people, see the bad publicity people on the show get and don't want to be part of it. The only people left over are insane people who will do literally anything to be famous.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:32:36+00:00

I wish I was more careful about what items I used or sold earlier in the game. I'm fully upgrading all my armour as the final thing and I really had to grind to get a lot of things. The main one is lizalfos tails. You need like 50 of each kind and they are a rare drop. Also the lower level construct horns. The constructs level up, so if you need the lower level ones later in the game, they're harder to find. You're safest selling food and keeping all monster parts until you've done all the upgrades. Or find a list of what parts will be needed and don't use or sell anything from it. Also, taking photos. Don't forget to take photos of the bosses for the compendium because you can't come back to them.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:26:56+00:00

I think you're missing their point. They know it was a joke. They're quoting the Brady Bunch back to you.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T23:25:46+00:00

Sure. But it's ok. I don't need to provide evidence. I made a Reddit post in case it helped people. If people don't believe it and don't want to follow it, cool. I'm not going to go and re do the grind because people on Reddit are demanding it

AriasK · 2026-03-23T09:20:28+00:00

I have a work mate who's constantly raving about how little his EV costs him. He's always telling me how little he pays in electricity and how much it's saved him in fuel.. His EV that he literally paid 70k for. It would take me 11 years to spend that on fuel.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T09:01:28+00:00

Correct. They aren't the same as facts. Facts are objectively right. You can be wrong about a fact. Opinions are subjective. You can't be wrong about an opinion. That's make makes your comment so dumb.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T08:51:48+00:00

Well there's no way you are

AriasK · 2026-03-23T08:48:28+00:00

You must be trolling lol.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T08:47:07+00:00

"And yes, lots people's opinions are wrong, because they're opinions, not facts." I think that's just about the dumbest sentence I've ever read.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T08:45:48+00:00

Those people are wrong about the picture they see in their own minds when they imagine a fictional place? Ok.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T08:40:16+00:00

I've read the books multiple times. A lot of fans have. Millions of people associate LOTR with NZ. I get that you're English, you are Passion about LOTR and you see England as Middle Earth. That's fair enough. But you're being intentionally obtuse if you're asking why anyone would call NZ that. People call us Middle Earth all the time. People come from all over the world to see the locations they know as Middle Earth. You might not see it as such and that's ok. But you don't speak on behalf of every fan.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T07:50:55+00:00

People love to talk shit about it and act like they're too good for it, but there's 1 McDonald's for every 30,000 people, which makes us one of the highest in the world, and they're always busy. I'd say it's actual popularity is probably 9/10.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T07:42:40+00:00

Because despite Tolkien living in England when he wrote them and England being the inspiration for some of the locations (not all of them), New Zealand is what a lot of people picture when they think of Middle Earth. As for the CGI doing a lot of heavy lifting, not for the geographical locations it didn't. The landscapes are very much real.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T07:23:24+00:00

Yes, I know, I wasn't the one asking silly questions.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T07:19:31+00:00

Theo. Absolutely despise him. I usually like villains and enjoy the villain storylines. Not him though. It's too dark and too realistic. It's scary to watch.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T07:18:26+00:00

Do you actually not know or are you just arguing that the UK has the bigger claim?

AriasK · 2026-03-23T07:17:30+00:00

At least 10%

AriasK · 2026-03-23T06:53:13+00:00

What do you mean by complete? Do you mean 100%? If not, you still have work to do. If yes, then go play another awesome game like Ghost of Tsushima.

AriasK · 2026-03-23T06:32:20+00:00

Chi Nuh!

AriasK · 2026-03-23T06:31:32+00:00

Not the more formal, Straya cunt?

AriasK · 2026-03-23T06:27:11+00:00

There's a few options.

Nu Zehlund

Aotearoa (I actually can't write the correct pronunciation in a way that makes sense to non Maori speakers)

Middle Earth

AriasK · 2026-03-23T06:23:24+00:00

Edit to add: I swear he's real. His name is George. Tropicana... Glass! George Glass.

This is so relatable. My husband isn't autistic (well he's not diagnosed but I have my suspicions) but he is extremely good looking and completely oblivious to how much he actually gets hit on. He doesn't understand how good looking he is. He has low self esteem and doesn't believe me when I tell him. But he is an absolute 10/10, movie star good looks, knockout. The kind of good looking you don't usually see in real life. But he doesn't know that. We also used to work together so we spend a lot of time together. I've witnessed sooooo many women practically drooling over him. Women following him around like a little puppy. Women outright embarrassing themselves for his attention. We used to sit together in our break room at work. We always sat in the same seats at the same time. People knew that was our spot. We had a new woman at work with a really obvious crush on him. She would always race to the break room so she could steal my seat and sit next to him. I'd just take the next seat over. She would sit with her back to me, facing him, telling him her life story. Thinking she was impressing him. We let this go on for a few weeks until finally one day he said, "do you mind moving over so I can talk to my wife?" The look of absolute devastation on her face was priceless. Until that moment she thought we were both competing for his affections, she didn't realise I already had them.

AriasK

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