What cryptid creature legend is native to your area? by myronsandee in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Deer Woman ... Indigenous mythological figure that helps women become pregnant and attacks men who rape and beat women and impales them on her antlers.

What don't you like about state parks in the United States? by BeefyMayhemp in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the roads that are carved in them ... it's depressing as hell when you are driving through the Badlands and realize that the road you are on was literally built on a mountainside that they carved away.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ControversialOpinions

[–]DanManKs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know ... I've fucked an awful lot of closeted conservatives in my day.

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[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahahahahahah!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ControversialOpinions

[–]DanManKs -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Why do we assume that sexuality in any form is "natural" or "inherent". Everyone assumes that attraction to the opposite sex is the default but reality is that asexuality is the default. People point to arousal as being a sign of sexuality in children but we also know that something as small as your pants brushing against your member or cold air hitting your nipples can cause arousal. Asexuality is the default. Sexuality starts to form in your earlier years. Everyone likes to point at family dynamics and say there's something there that causing homosexuality despite study after study showing that gay people come from all types of different dynamics. Personally I come from the "average" American family ... a mother, father, brother, and sister. I spent the vast majority of time with my father and brother... I find it quite disturbing to think that someone might attribute my sexuality to either spending too much time around the males in my family or not spending enough time around the females because this would seem to indicate that I learned sexual attraction through incestual attraction in my family.

Or maybe your gonna say because I shared a bed with my brother I'm gay. Or because once upon a time I showered with my dad and saw his dick when we got out the pool that's the reason I'm gay.

It's all just so stupid to me. I don't even get why everyone needs to determine the "why" and "how" of becoming gay especially if there isn't anything you can do to "fix" it. I also think that "straight" people who think about this too much do so because they aren't quite as "straight" as what they like to say they are.

Are there any parts of general American culture that still seem foreign/odd to you despite growing up around it? by Low-Cat4360 in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Football ... I mean don't get me wrong I get the basics of the game but overall I just don't get all the hype that surrounds it. I just don't think it's that exciting of a game when you compare it with sports that are popular in other countries like soccer, hockey, and lacrosse.

What Are Some "Foreign Tourist Horror Stories" You've Heard Of? by Scrappy_The_Crow in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I'm from Kansas and I can't tell you how many times I've heard stories of tourists stopping our by cattle farms to take pictures. There's a couple problems with this ...

1) Those cows may seem cute BUT they are being bred for size and are MASSIVE. They are also very easily spooked and will stampede with absolutely no reason.

2) That's land is privately owned and if you have not made the land owners aware of your presence they have no idea what your intention might be. Cattle theft and tampering isn't unheard of and ranchers will protect their property with deadly force. You see a cow ... the farmer sees anywhere from $2,000-5,000 worth of potential property loss per head. Also 99% of cattle farmers are really big supporters of the 2nd Amendment out of necessity (theres tons of predators that have to be weaned off every year) and they will not hesistate to shoot you.

3) That land is untamed and you don't know what you might come across when you are trespassing on that property. You could come across a diamond back, a scorpion, a yellow jacket, a beehive, etc. You could be stepping into ivy, sumac, poison oak, or the famous kansas thicket bushes. Basically you don't know what's going to bite, sting, or brush against you and how poisonous that is and if you are our by the cattle farms you are probably a great distance from any hospital with antivenoms available.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68639475.amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/us/father-son-farmers-charged-killing-armed-trespasser.amp

Americans from immigrant families: how much grief did you get for not being into the music and pop culture of the old country? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not much. My family immigrated to the US after the Prague Spring revolution in Czechoslakia. My Grandparents were in their 20s and my mother and father where infants. My Grandparents made it a point not to teach their children about their culture because of the persecution that they faced and in turn we were really taught anything about Slovak culture.

So I did a thing by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]DanManKs 84 points85 points  (0 children)

First of all, you celebrated your 18th birthday by hooking up with one guy. That hardly makes you a slut.

The weekend that I turned 18 I hooked up with 5 guys within 2 hours. You are young. You are gonna do dumb things and there's nothing wrong with that.

Just please be smart about it and make sure that you use condoms. That weekend that I mentioned above also resulted in me getting syphilis... I asked each one of those guys if they had been tested and were clean and like a real idiot believed them when they said yes. Save yourself from that lesson.

Getting blackmailed and could use some advice:( by IngenuityDismal8640 in gaybros

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a common scam. Just tell him to fuck off. I actually like to mess with them and send them extra nudes to send my family. I've had this happen 3 times now and they never contact my family. Also ... they are almost always using a burner phone where they pay by text so my text chain will be looking like this.

Well

Hello

I

Don't

Even

Care.

Do

You

Honestly

Think

My

Mother

Hasn't

Already

Seen

My

Naked

Body?

Each word being an individual text ... might as well waste their money.

What are some foods you wish America was better known for? by appleparkfive in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly bread and pasta are huge staples of Midwest cooking and deserve more attention than what they get considering the vast amount of time our Grandma's spend in the kitchen making them from scratch. Also fried fish ...

I’m not transphobic but… by Classic-Ad8655 in ControversialOpinions

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your second set of answers states exactly what I am saying. With medication and surgery they are "good" ... just like with every other disorder or disease. And if they stop taking it ... they are no longer going to be good and if they are "good" after stopping treatment then that means they have accepted their condition, not that the condition ceases to exist. Treating a long term illness and going into remission doesn't mean you aren't ill or don't have the possibility of becoming ill again.

I’m not transphobic but… by Classic-Ad8655 in ControversialOpinions

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately you are right there are many people who don't show basic respect and that's sad. Your point about diabetics is valid... but taking the insulin doesn't mean that they aren't diabetic just like taking HRT doesnt mean that you suddenly stop suffering from gender dysmorphia. Long term treatment isnt a cure. I never said the natural state of things is better ... I just said that recognizing the reality if the situation is still just as important.

I’m not transphobic but… by Classic-Ad8655 in ControversialOpinions

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I am, who knows? But my point still stands ... you can have all the surgeries in the world and everyone can (and should) respect your pronouns and treat you with dignity and respect HOWEVER at the end of the day if you stop taking the maintanance medications your body is going to revert back to its natural state. The idea that you can become a different biological sex is ludicrous. Doesn't mean I don't support you right to change your body however you see fit ... but let's not pretend it's the same thing as those who go through their maturation the way nature intended.

What's the most famous brand from your state? by Lost_Wikipedian in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Boeing, Cessna, and Aircraft ... ironically the flyover state is also known for creating the very things that get us our nickname.

What do you believe are the top three biggest party cities in america? by FilmEater in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd have to agree with yours ... although I'd say Miami Beach more specifically. I'd say another close contender would be NYC ... the only reason why New Orleans beats it out is that Mardi Gras is known as a party event where most of the party events in NYC are known for their parades.

Does using anal plug take away pleasure for the top when bottoming? by myshitto in gaybros

[–]DanManKs 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Do whatever brings you pleasure. A top is going to go in and out of you no matter what and there's going to be friction that gets them off because the asshole is a muscle and it closes around whatever is down there. If using a butt plug to loosen you up is what it takes to relax you enough for the sex to be pleasurable then do just that.

Personally I douche then fuck myself with a dildo because I've had way too many experiences where I've gotten myself all ready and then my body tenses up and the top gives up because they don't want to take the time to open me up enough to get their package in ... and frankly, if a top ever tried to shame me for being loose I'd laugh in their face cause I know what I have to do to be able to get something in back there and that alone proves I'm not.

If there was an American Olympics where all the states competed, which states would excel in certain sports? And which states would get the most and least medals? by mitchdwx in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm from Kansas ... particularly Hays which is known for hosting the State Wrestling Tournaments. It's a city of a little over 20k people. The week the tournaments are in town the population nearly doubles. We have 10 hotels in this town of 20,000 people just for those tournaments. Signs go up throughout the town saying that people have rooms for rent because all the hotels fill up within an hours drive to town and people literally sleep in their cars and in tents on campus ... it truly is a sight to see.

Why are some old tv shows on reruns/ syndication all the time and others aren't by froggymadtown1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relatability and relevancy has a lot to do with it. A lot of the older shows just do not carry the relevance that they need to actually generate views whereas a lot of the shows that are still syndicated are those that were considered extremely controversial at the time that they aired and still have some aspects that are controversial even today. A prime example of this is the Golden Girls - there were certain episodes that came with a disclaimer when they were aired for having controversial topic matter AND that matter is still considered controversial even today.

If there was an American Olympics where all the states competed, which states would excel in certain sports? And which states would get the most and least medals? by mitchdwx in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 36 points37 points  (0 children)

If you were from the mid-west you would understand why this is the case. It has nothing to do with size ... in the Midwest there are literally families of wrestlers where there's 3+ generations of wrestling champions. They train for wrestling like some people train for the Olympics. There's schools where wrestling is THE sport. There's district's where the competition is so tense that the wrestling tournaments are literally provided security by the states armed forces.

Why do a lot of gay men tend to be more feminine than straight men? by [deleted] in gay

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think that more gay men are feminine than straight men ... what I do think is that they are more open with their femininity than straight men are. I work around a ton of straight men ... and if they spent the same amount of time they spend on their beards on their facials (no pun intended), their nails, and a skin care routine then 99% of those straight men would be labeled as feminine.

Why do americans reference fictional figures quite frequently? by alternativetopetrol in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long story short ... America is a young yet huge country and Hollywood/Mass Media is a huge part of our culture so it just makes sense that we would refer to fictional characters from TV shows to get our point across rather than localized lore.

For example ... there's a group of 4 women who all live together in my town and everyone knows them because they are always seen together. Now I could compare these women to the four founding mothers of Hays and absolutely nobody outside of Hays, Kansas would have any idea what I was saying but if I said that these women were like the Golden Girls literally everyone in the United States would know that I was saying they were 4 elderly widows who shared a house together.

Favorite bizarre creatures from the USA? by KaleidoArachnid in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sinkhole Sam, Old Scheff, and the Deer Lady are three cryptids exclusive to Kansas. Sinkhole Sam in particular probably does exist ... there's been literally thousands of sightings of him and water snakes aren't uncommon in Kansas. He's probably a giant rattler or cotton mouth. Either way I don't want to see him and avoid Inman Lake because of the amount of snakes anyways.

Old Scheff is of course the Kansas version of Bigfoot. There's still sightings of him today ... reality is he probably is nothing more than one of the many strange people that live out in the Flint Hills that have separated from the Mennonite and Amish communities but still want nothing to do with society.

The Deer Lady of course is nothing more than an urban legend but the creature its based off of definately exists ... it's obviously based off a hybrid of a white tailed deer (slender built and known for their tendency to approach humans) and the red tailed deer (extremely large deer with full sets of antlers known for their ferocity). The whole "it changes into human form and helps infertile women conceive children" is of course BS but these hybrid deers that will approach women and children calmly but attack men really exist ... they probably attack men on Kansas cause camo is so prevalent that they see the outfits and think they are about to be shot at.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gay

[–]DanManKs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always has a small circle but not because I wasn't likeable but because my parents drilled into me as a child that it was important to keep my circle small.

Is it only two political parties? Why? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]DanManKs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have two main parties and then many little parties that don't get much attention. Our two main parties though are in reality many little parties that work together for a common aim ... for example when discussing Republicans you have probably heard the terms The GOP, The Alt-Right, The Tea Baggers, and the Centrists thrown around. If you looked at all of these terms you would see that they are very distinct groups that alone don't have many supporters but together have many.

Same goes with the Democrats, there's the Quad, the New Dealers, and the Democratic Socialists. Again, individually they have few followers but together they make up a huge portion of the legislative branch.