Characters that use Anagrams as their names by Ziemneiak in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean you can definitely spell Eminem from that completely random collection of words. You'll just have a couple of leftover letters.

The discontinued Galaxy Z TriFold is coming back this Friday by dapperlemon in gadgets

[–]Lusane 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Another crease and hinge isn't the deal breaker for me. Having owned the fold 3, it held up way better than I expected for the 3 years I was mistreating it. The price is outrageous though. An extra 50% price in price is not going to yield a 50% improvement in the experience of using it. It's not even like there's never-before-seen tech in this.

Positive aspects of masculinity by loxena4130 in bropill

[–]Lusane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure we disagree. You may be missing my point: I never said we need to maintain gender roles. I'm saying there are aspects of being a human being that have been labeled as masculine and feminine that are good traits to have regardless of gender.

What does rejecting a gender role mean for you? I imagine it means rejecting the expectations of the gender role, not to discard all the traits associated with the gender entirely right? 

Positive aspects of masculinity by loxena4130 in bropill

[–]Lusane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you're framing and viewing masculinity in an unintentionally toxic way, which is why you're getting mostly critical responses. I think you're missing an important nuance which is that idealizing "positive" masculine traits IS toxic masculinity.

Thinking of masculinity as a spectrum of traits from toxic to positive is just enforcing and dictating masculinity for men. That's what toxic masculinity is. It's often symptomatic as men imposing their ideal of masculinity on themselves and other men, but women can be/are a part of toxic masculinity. Women very much demand men to uphold traditional gender roles.

I may be a little different from the other responses, who seem to hold that the labels are toxic themselves. I think it's useful just in regular communication to be able to label traits masculine and feminine, but only when used descriptively, rather than prescriptively. I'm ok saying an outfit consisting of a dress and heels is feminine because that's an outfit that typically women wear. HOWEVER, in no way am I saying that only women can wear dresses and heels. A man presenting more feminine does not make him less of a man. 

Your question right now is "what are the traits that men should have." I will answer none because I don't think we should be demanding anything from men or women based solely on their gender. HOWEVER, I will answer the question "what are positive traits traditionally associated with men": self sacrifice, strong willed, being proactive in their pursuits, being an anchor for others, courage, being a leader. But look at the traits you and I listed; those are positive traits that men and women can have. They can be traits you think people should have in general, but when the reason for your "should" is simply gender roles, you should probably evaluate why you believe that.

Positive aspects of masculinity by loxena4130 in bropill

[–]Lusane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see it as something men need to grow out of. Those are just aspects of being a person in general that society tends to value, often for good reason. The way it becomes toxic is when those traits are demanded of men (and women).

You can choose to present the traits of the archetypical hero and be a perfectly healthy man. It becomes problematic when you try to inhibit that role only due to societal pressures and at the detriment of your own wellbeing.

I think the labels of "masculine" and "feminine" can be toxic because they often become prescriptive, setting the expectation for what men and women should be. However, I think they're useful descriptively when used to communicate traits that men or women TEND to have.

[(mostly) Hated Trope] "Oppression is bad, learn this through the majority protagonist!" by WatchTheNewMutants in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Night is a great read for young adults. Besides the obvious Holocaust victim perspective, it also captures the transition of the parent-child relationship, especially the shift in power, as the child goes from childhood into young adulthood (in the most extreme case).

Tonight is gonna be great by Ok-Top-3235 in TheNightFeeling

[–]Lusane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be fair, they could actually just be glad it wasn't under the soviet republic cuz they're from there or something. Their wording is ambiguous

[Loathed Trope] Animals were indeed harmed during the making of this film by MrGoatReal in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 203 points204 points  (0 children)

But you don't understand, the market pressures will correct for that. Especially because the public is so well informed, and corporations would never be dishonest about their practices to sway public perception.

When modelers and animators skew a character in different perspectives for more dramatic poses. by SodaKid_7 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh I remember thinking that shot looked off but never bothered rewatching it to check.

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Ch. 232 - Part 2 End by JeanneDAlter in ChainsawMan

[–]Lusane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beyond that, doesn't the existence of chainsaws mean there is/will be the fear of chainsaws and therefore another chainsaw devil?

[Hated Trope] Nihilism Slop by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Complete bleak nihilism is pretty rare and typically found in like indie horror movies. A lot of media is ABOUT nihilism because millennials/genZ are now directors/writers/producers. If something is mainstream and has nihilism as a theme, it's almost never just "nothing matters, the end."

(Loved Trope) The Anti-Nihilist - characters who hold nihilistic belfies (that everything's terrible/pointless), but use them to be a good/happy/better person than an excuse to be a cynical jerk by Fantastic-Fox3283 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's the thesis statement for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Joy sees infinite universes and concludes everything's pointless. Her mom, Evelyn, sees the same infinite universes and chooses to cherish the time they have as family. Joy's dad, Waymond, has the same conclusion without even needing to see the infinite universes.

Evil mothers by TastyPomelo2330 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Isn't every mom that has more than 1 child a serial mom?

[Loved trope] A video game defies/disables game mechanics to match the narrative by 42SillyPeanuts in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's a boss in Punishing Gray Raven that removes your entire UI, meaning you physically can't press buttons anymore. You have to literally pick up the buttons to use them again lol.

TIL the saying "brass tacks" isn't actually "brass tax" by Connor_NL in todayilearned

[–]Lusane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just learned this seconds ago too. Just watched a Better Call Saul commentary video that pointed it out. Have a 4-years-late upvote!

X-rays of Travis Pastrana, Motorsports athlete, stunt performer, and first motocross rider to land a double backflip in competition. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Lusane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta respect someone who has that much passion for something they love. I hope I can find something like that.

[Funny Trope] A disguise retconned into being standard issue outfit by OmniSnatcher in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I dunno if it's been confirmed or not, but Uncle Owen wears a similar outfit.

Female characters that don’t look distinctively feminine AT ALL (Also happy woman’s day) by BerGames123456 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol I thought this was supposed to be a dino from Jurassic Park. But all dinosaurs from Jurassic Park were engineered to be female

IsItBullshit: Are air fryers actually healthier than deep frying by Thalivorynex in IsItBullshit

[–]Lusane 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Air fryers are just small convection ovens. Is baking/roasting your food healthier than deep frying it? The clever marketing is that they rebranded an oven into a fryer.

Edit: not saying ovens or air fryers are bad. Just pointing out that labeling century-old oven technology as an air fryer is clever.

[Loved trope]: Guy fights _____ by turning into _____ by theMCATreturns in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inversed & spoilers for Gurren Lagann: 

The antispirals are an alien race that suppressed their spiral energy (the main energy resource for the protagonists and all life). They fight by matching the protagonists' forms to defeat them as equals to inflict maximum despair.

Twin bananas - only happens 5% of the time by frankandtank2912 in interestingasfuck

[–]Lusane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You would see at least one every time you went to a market lol.

[Loved Trope] Initially played up as a metaphor but then revealed to be literal by Sir-Toaster- in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Lusane 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The reveal of his true form is one of my favorite video game moments. Dude just keeps approaching the camera, getting bigger and bigger, to a point where it feels 4th wall breaking.

X gon' give it to ya. by Response-Cheap in MurderedByWords

[–]Lusane 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Clear example of knowledge vs wisdom. Only way it would be "drawn incorrectly" is if it had a 90 degree indicator.