Addendum to men should not look pretty

Additional rule.  Sports coat and shorts...No

Warning Labels and Natural Selection

So here we go with warning labels.  I can understand some. But we have gone way too far.  We have to be warned that coffee is hot.  That drinking bleach is bad.  That curling irons are for external use only(I know…).   Hell I even see things on TV for lawyers about ice machines can cause frostbite.

Some of my favorites

Do not use as dental drill – Rotary Tool

May cause eye irritation – Pepper Spray

Warning knives are sharp – Knives

Product will be hot after heating – Microwave Meal

Not for Human Consumption –Triops Fish Food

 

Time for a bit of common sense and natural selection. We cannot have someone else protect and warn us about everything we may face as we go through our lives.  Where does it stop?  I am sorry but if you are too irresponsible or dense to realize that using a hair dryer while in the shower may not be your best choice then we need to slowly start breeding that particular trait out of the gene pool.

Do you want protection and warnings about everything?

Think about something simple.  A cup of water. Does not seem too dangerous but it is a deadly and dangerous thing.  What would the warning label look like?

Warning
Spilled water is slippery
Drinking too much water  may cause death
Drinking too much water may lead to excessive urination
May cause ear infection
May cause malaria and other illness through breeding mosquitoes
Do not submerge nose and mouth may cause drowning
Cup may break causing sharp objects
Water may freeze causing excessive coldness, brain freeze, hypothermia, and frostbite
Water may get hot causing burns, and steamy conditions leading to fog and poor visibility

I guess the most depressing part of this is simply the label exists because either someone was dumb enough to actually engage in the behavior that the label warns against or someone in a room understood people well enough to know that someone would do this if they were not warned otherwise. Such as do not put hands in piranha tank. They call it a warning I call it a learning opportunity.

Ok in all seriousness it is about avoiding responsibility for our own actions plain and simple.  That’s it.

Men should not look pretty...

So really when did men decide they need to look pretty. I just don't get it. I am not delving in to orientation here. I really just don't give a damn  if you are  hetro, metro, homo, bi, tri, hyper, trans, sans, or whatever kind of orientation you live.

I am talking about short shorts, Tight pants, Five gallons of hair product, Manscaping. Manicuring, Pedicuring, Exfoliation kind of living. Maybe I missed the memo or maybe I choose to ignore it. I am sure we could eliminate our dependence on foreign oil simply by cutting male hair product usage by fifty percent. I still subscribe to what I suppose is the out dated belief that the bathroom is reserved for the three s's. Ok.and teeth brushing as well. If I have to define that for you I won’t figure it out. If you can’t you are probably already doomed.

Here are some simple rules for men to follow regarding this topic.  Violation could result in having your man card revoked.

-If hair grows there leave it. The face is an exception since it is just so much fun to annoy your wife with different facial hair trimmings.

-If you need more than a dime size amount of hair stuff or it takes more than 30 seconds yes that is all that is allowed then your hair is either too long or you are really just working too hard.

-Sandals and Jeans…No.

-Clothes should be loose, form fitting means you need a bigger size

Men should be handsome or good looking, not pretty. The second question to ask is why do females find this appealling. Since when did words like rugged, manly, and  tough get substituted with metro and sensitive.

Maybe much like other things it is a societal pressure. Just like air brushed magazines telling females what they should look like effect their perceptions of themselves,  they are also being told what they should find appealling.

 I plan on raising my kids with my old fashioned beliefs that men should behave, act, and look like men.  I still believe that deep down women deserve and ultimately will discover that the man they should seek is strong both mentally and morally, posses physical and mental toughness. The only fashion advice a male should be able to give their spouse or girlfriend is that they look nice and not how to color coordinate.  They should also not share hair tips or products.  Let’s hope this is just another trend that will loose ground and fade away, and not the continued wussification of our males