The male thing seems so (finally) die out in younger generations. Just give people compliments, spread happiness. The world's already fucked up enough for gods sake
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2025
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Nicely written comment bro, you look marvelous today
What a supportive compliment, bro! You look sexy today
You three beautiful people are the reason I love this place.
You have a truly wonderful butthole bro.
No homo.
Just in case no one has told you recently
Nice cock bro
I'm in my mid thirties, me and my friends always have been like this. We also cuddle sometimes, always have. When we had movie nights we would have what we'd call the puppy pile - just put your head on my shoulder bro.
We didn't even know it was unusual until a friend visited with his gf while we had movie night and she was endeared when she saw the puppy pile "I love how comfortable you all are with each other!" - "What do you mean?"
Cuddle your bros, bros! It's nice :)
Speaking for myself, and likely the broad majority of adult straight men in the world, I would feel very uncomfortable in that kind of environment and would not enjoy physical contact with even good friends.
Is this feeling a product of an entire system of social constructs based on things like sexual insecurity and iron-age standards of masculinity? Definitely... but it's not something I could turn off and on, the mask has grown into the flesh.
Would our world be better if everyone, broadly, across all genders and ages and cultures were more physically close and less worried about sexual feelings or less concerned with physical intimacy of any kind? Also absolutely, so I hope this kind of culture does spread. We need people, men especially, to start having friends and relationships with other humans again. When we all decided as a society that men must be isolated walls of stone, we lost something important in our shared fabric.
I agree, my only contention is: not something important. Something fundamental to existence. Humans are primates, and touch is one of the most natural interactions a primate has. It is calming, safety, belonging.
A recent study I saw on science alert talked about how "men experience touching their partners as one of the best solutions to their anxiety". Yeah, no shit, the sun also rises in the morning lol just my 2 cents
I get you, but there's also implicit trust in a cuddle. I'm farsighted so my personal space extends like 20 feet away (where my eyes start to be able to focus) and if I can't see you well without my glasses on, you're in it.
Having a 20 foot sphere of personal space is ridiculous, so I've just gotten used to people being in my space. Five feet away could just as well be snuggling if I'm uncomfortable with you.
All that said, the improv group i used to be in had a regular bad movie night. There's always be at least fifteen people in a cuddle puddle. Sometimes I miss that.
Never ever have I felt any urge to touch someone I'm not sexually attracted to, not when drunk, not when high. I'd feel very uncomfortable in a group like this. Hated hugs since I was a kid.
One of my mentors taught me that when you think of a genuine compliment, you should give it. I mean figure out how to make it but creepy (no "hey girl you shit with that ass?") but genuine compliments brighten people's day and that spreads (kind of like how when someone is an asshole to us enough to make us in a bad mood, we spread it around)
"And it has pockets!" - Woman, mostly
Where are you buying bras with pockets?
Bras are just a pair of pockets if you think about it.
Some thing, you shouldn't think about too much
Speak for yourself. In my life I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about what goes in those pockets.
It's a very very happy topic.
"Inordinate" means you know that you've spent too much time thinking about breasts, or to use the scientific name "Whamamazingahs."
Tell us, were you breast fed? How recently?
Trust me, I'm a docotr!
I'm sure if you were willing to spend unholy amounts of money there's a bra with pockets but I do not even want to think the price!
I think there's sports bras with pockets, for runners
That's where you fit your iPod
A friend has extremely asymmetrical breasts, so a bra that fits their larger breast doesn't fit their smaller one. They have a gel insert to put into that cup to account for this, but they also made a little pocket pouch in the same shape/size.
A lot of pushup bras also have a little pocket for a smaller kind of gel insert. I know a couple people who find that pocket useful for hiding valuable and/or illicit things (e.g. drugs)
Any bra with removable inserts has pockets, and yes they are very handy in a pinch, but you access them from the armpit area, usually.
I love the glee that women show when displaying their pockets. One of the first things I did when learning to sew was add pockets to many of my garments, so I get to do this quite frequently. It's a sweet slice of trivial solidarity
Are you my wife?
My bros never wanna show me their lacy bras, but I know they wear them all the time.
Movie is called "Personal Services."
Best line = "I flew over fifty missions over Germany during the war. I had a bra and panties under my flight suit every time."
Girl half is def. accurate.
It’s not something I’ve ever done, but I’ve had a ton of friends do to me. And I absolutely do feel them or whatever they want.
My bff even showed me her nipple piercings after she got them, so I could compliment her on them :p
Boy half is somewhat accurate, but usually it'll be some other friend in the conversation who'll jump in with some stupid remark like "what you guys homo now", and the rest will join in and laugh.
Having learned their lesson, they'll know not to compliment another boy again, and to mock others if they do it.
It spreads like a cancer, really.
That’s a very depressing way to live imo. I’m sorry that’s a thing.
It's not universal. There are guys that are emotionally mature. But yeah this is a really dumb and common cultural thing.
Checks that no girls are around
Kisses my homies
*Checks that girls are around*
*Kisses my homies anyways*
Haha guys don't get compliments
I wish Sarah would start making new stuff again
I have never once clarified to someone that I wasn't hitting on them. lol
I have, but I was lying (it was my wife, I don't know how to not hit on her)
My friends compliment me on my physique and being well dressed pretty often. Sometimes they give me shit for it to but that's just banter. I don't compliment them much on their appearance but that's because they usually dress pretty schlubby and don't take care of themselves.
This is why "no homo" exists.
Men that cant admit other men look good or that they are handsome have serious insecurities.