Son, come and give me a hand carrying this washing machine / Yeah, if you could just carry the plug so I don't trip
A overly manlyman post.
Your dad has had a "small cut" for three days. It needs nine stitches. He drove himself to hospital with a tea towel round it and complained about the parking. A man at the gym skips the warm up because warming up is for soup. Five minutes later he's on the floor by the leg press, explaining it's a stretch. It's minus four. Your neighbour is in shorts. He's been in shorts since 1998. He walks the dog in shorts, and the dog is wearing a coat. At the supermarket a man refuses a basket and carries fourteen items in his arms, including eggs. He makes it to the till. The eggs don't. **Why it caught on:** an old photo of a shirtless, moustached boxer, often said to be the nineteenth century fighter Mike Conley, became Reddit's Overly Manly Man, and an old portrait taking itself completely seriously is the perfect stage for silly ideas of toughness.