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rvwnsd Grand Master

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My guess is the person behind the profile wants someone who is secure in himself and who doesn't have to prove his manliness over and over again. I Googled the term and it seems to be quite a thing to talk about right now. This article from The Sydney Morning Herald sums it up.

 

FWIW, I prefer to use the term "shallow macho asshole."

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Rudynate Grand Master

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Basically, whatever it says on the package they aren't flushable. They were implicated in the London fat berg and our local sewage authority has warned against flushing them.

 

Believe me, I found out. These weren't wipes for personal use, but Clorox wipes for cleaning. I bought a couple packages of them and found them really convenient for cleaning. I always threw them in the waste basket. My partner saw them and starting using them too, but he was flushing them and I didn't catch it. Of course, after a few days of this, the sewer backed up and we had to call a guy. The guy came over, got the sewer unplugged and said,"Somebody's been flushing wipes." I immediately knew who.

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body2body Proficient

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There is an early scene in The Boys In The Band where Michael gifts Donald, with a can of Hairspray. He comments that it is labeled "control" not hairspray, and the can is marked " For Men, about 37 times on the goddamn can". Donald says "it's called butch assurance", to which Michael replies " they could call it "Balls" and it would still be hairspray".

This was in 1968 and we are still dealing with all this masculinity bullshit.

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rvwnsd Grand Master

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Feminine wipes with a different label. @body2body got it right when he cited that scene in Boys in the Band.

A female friend who is even more sensitive to scent than I am started using Dude Wipes because they are completely scent-free. Per her, the "feminine wipes" have a fragrance she does not like and irritate her skin.

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Nvr2Thick Grand Master

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I read a profile on line that said,"looking for a masculine male and no fragile masculinity." Does any one know what that means?

When the guys on my motorcycle forum get up in a tizzy about male passengers riding "nut to butt" I call out "fratboy problems."

 

 

Hey, now - those Dude Wipes are great. No artificial scent, no alcohol, no irritated ass. It is a dumb name, though.

Marketing shot down Asswipes.

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