Don’t be shallow, part III

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Pursuant to the last two entries, I would like to point out that at no time have I meant to insinuate that one can only be a Man if one wears suits, is in possession of a white-collar job and drives a bloody Volvo.

“Men” are not required to own more than one button-down shirt or have more than three pairs of dress shoes. Men can live in bloody shacks, kill their own food, and wear jeans 365 days of the year (Viggo) or never wear shoes (Peter) and look gorgeous in skirts (you name it). They don’t have to own Brioni or Ferragamo. Messieurs Levi and Taylor work just fine. Saying you must wear a suit to be a Man is like saying you must wear stockings to be a Woman: it’s fucking ludicrous.

Clothing does not make the man; material possessions do not make the man. A man is made up the things he does and the way he carries himself. Men are made up of deeds and actions, and preferably putting the toilet seat down. I have never meant to imply otherwise, and my apologies if anyone thought I had.

*No offense to the Volvo owners out there, either, I know you all have cars of bloody steel. Volvos are like the Cher of cars – completely indestructible, in the good way.

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Re: yo, ho, how I hate lj

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You're just as bad as me. Somebody tries to tell you they care and it's all 'Whatever, dude!'