At a bare minimum, every man should at least know how to ________

[u/Investi7]

[u/drizzyjdracco]

Modern day, survive alone.

ie. Cook, clean, laundry, run a dwelling, manage bills and income.

[u/Bizzle_B → u/drizzyjdracco]

Just to add, complete these tasks in full. For example, "Cook" means, purchase the food, store the food, prepare and cook the food and appropriately clean up after the fact without assistance. It doesn't count if you need to call your wife 4 times from the supermarket and then she does all the prep and clean up. I'm looking at you, barbecue dads!

[u/HelicaseRockets → u/Bizzle_B]

You're missing a few important steps before just purchasing food. You should also be able to plan meals that you want to eat, can afford, are reasonably healthy, and then be able to turn that meal plan into a shopping list.

[u/MrLavenderValentino → u/HelicaseRockets]

And not buy a bunch of shit that you never eat and it spoils

[u/dutch981 → u/MrLavenderValentino]

stares at my full bag of spoiled salad greens

[u/Spare-Blacksmith1376 → u/MrLavenderValentino]

Hey, settle down

[u/Vivid_Ad_55 → u/Spare-Blacksmith1376]

Is your avatar an eyelash?? Genius!

[u/DaigurenX → u/Vivid_Ad_55]

Not so genius if you're a sane person i.e. not using light mode

[u/lowfilife → u/Bizzle_B]

My husband will tell me last minute that he invited people over and his plans for food which never include sides. "So you were just going to serve them ribs and nothing else?" "Yes." Cue me panic cooking sides.

[u/Bizzle_B → u/lowfilife]

Yes! Mine will also invite a lot of people and not consider if we have sufficient cups and plates. I've always been tempted to let his guests drink out of bowls but I cave and go buy disposables every time.

[u/GoodMoaningAll → u/Bizzle_B]

Why not buy cups if thats a regular occurrence?

[u/Bizzle_B → u/GoodMoaningAll]

It's not regular enough to give up the storage space for that quantity of cups if that makes sense.

[u/Stormxlr → u/Bizzle_B]

You should just leave it all to him and let him be the fool ¯\(ツ)/¯ maybe he will learn

[u/TheCardinal_ → u/Bizzle_B]

Y’know. I keep hearing about divorced women complaining men still need their mothers on TikTok and “barbecue dad” made it click for what’s specifically the problem. My dad was like that. It boggles my mind how helpless he was in the kitchen or with housework.

But I was a mommas boy thats been taking care of myself since I was 14 when she passed. I assumed other men picked it up but forget about men that get married young and some just never learn how.

[u/pogioppa → u/Bizzle_B]

Very specific 🤔

[u/torioreo824 → u/drizzyjdracco]

This guy I work with literally doesn't know how to cook. When his wife is out of town, he just gets take out. He's even openly admitted to not knowing how to. And based on how he acts at work, I'm not sure what other basic household chores he isn't sure how to do.

[u/Dovahkiinthesardine → u/torioreo824]

I dont understand how you can not know how to cook AT ALL. I mean something like pasta + premade sauce should at least be possible for anyone, it even tells you how on the packaging

[u/issius]

Learn.

There is no one thing, a fully formed human needs to be able to learn new skills quickly and effectively. Knowing how you learn and being confident in your ability to learn, opens up so much opportunity.

[u/glibgloby → u/issius]

Frank Herbert put it well in Dune:

Muad'Dib learned quickly because the first thing he was taught was how to learn. The first lesson was that he could learn. Many people think that they can't learn, or that learning is too difficult. Muad'Dib knew that everything was a lesson that you could learn from.

[u/iplaytolwinthegame → u/glibgloby]

Going to college and learning about computers taught me how to learn. I now break down all my problems into levels of abstraction. Reality is easier to deal with when I do.

[u/IDespiseTheLetterG → u/iplaytolwinthegame]

Reality is of your own making. Abstracting it orders the way in which you generate it. Good stuff.

[u/InfiniteDenied → u/IDespiseTheLetterG]

This thread here sums up some of my favorite things from the past couple years if my life. Learning to learn, comp sci, and the Dune books. It's really strange how you guys tied them all together right here lmao

[u/CardassianZabu → u/glibgloby]

The last thing I expected in the comments was a Paul Atreides reference. Thank you!

[u/tasteofscarlet → u/CardassianZabu]

And how can this be? For he IS the Kwisatz Haderach!

[u/dan1ader → u/CardassianZabu]

Great advice, piling on.

Your final lesson about learning should be to learn how to solve undecidable problems. These are the kinds of problems that can't be resolved with an algorithm or widget cranking.

Get good at it, and you'll have job security for life.

Or at least until an AI develops the capacity for truly intuitive creative thinking.

[u/BlackMetalDoctor → u/dan1ader]

Or at least until an AI develops the capacity for truly intuitive creative thinking.

Well that takes care of summer. WTF am I supposed to do after August, genius?

[u/Junderson → u/CardassianZabu]

He’s “he who can be many places at once” so why not here?

[u/Affectionate-Memory4 → u/glibgloby]

I keep this quote on a little card in my wallet. The hardest lesson I ever learned was how to actually learn something. I'm still working on it when new challenges come, and they come often, but I can always say to myself. I CAN learn that. I know HOW to learn that.

[u/jape-the-neck-guy → u/issius]

To kinda accompany this, but also know how to fail. It’s sorta the same thing but I feel is still worth saying.

I’ve found failing is the best way to learn, because 1) you actually tried and 2) you now know not to do it that way and 3) it makes you look at the situation/problem a different way.

I think at times people are willing to learn but often get scared away by the fear of failing, which is understandable. But you can’t learn without failing, so it’s a fact of life that you just better get used to fucking up once in a while

[u/cheemio → u/jape-the-neck-guy]

Knowing how to fail is everything. Some people can learn new skills but are too afraid to ever try them. They lose their shit when they fail and give up. Everyone has probably had this happen to them at one point

[u/sir-morti → u/issius]

This is my answer, too. How can someone know how to do a lot of things without learning to do them first?

I didn't know how to cook before I learned how to. I didn't know how to keep my space clean and organized before I learned to do it. I didn't know how to do math or take care of my dogs or put a fitted sheet on my bed before I even learned how to do those things. Being alive is a whole process of learning from those around us and doing or thing.

[u/toonchef → u/sir-morti]

Have you learned how to fold that fitted sheet?

[u/Fimblethorp → u/issius]

This so much this. As a young man who struggles with some basic functions, the ability to learn from my mistakes has done miraculous help, at a cost, but it improved me for a better future.

Definitely, this is one of the top replies so far

[u/Prudent-Fly-8299]

Address something that’s bothering you to someone directly and 1-1. Man to man hash shit out and be done with it when you walk away.

[u/PierreEstagos → u/Prudent-Fly-8299]

Exactly this. In higher levels of corporate mgmt this becomes a very bankable skill especially if the issue is with peers. Willingness to go directly to the other party alone is usually extremely disarming for them, so it can lead to a very honest one-and-done conversation

[u/ZAlternates → u/PierreEstagos]

Working in IT, what distinguishes the good techs from the best are their people skills.

[u/NickMotionless → u/ZAlternates]

Best thing for people skills in IT is to make them work as a help desk for a year or so. You get the customer service voice in a field that requires special lingo to make the layman understand things.

[u/ZAlternates → u/NickMotionless]

Indeed.

Speaking to your audience without coming off as speaking down to them is key.

[u/cugamer]

Stand up for yourself without being a belligerent, immature asshole.

[u/Montanor99 → u/cugamer]

Really good point, the balance between being an asshole and not letting others walk all over you freely is way too uncommon now

[u/Dangerzone_7 → u/Montanor99]

I feel like this often ends up getting confused with not being willing to admit when you’re wrong

[u/stolid_agnostic → u/Montanor99]

It's always been that way. It's just that now people recognize it for what it is in a more common way.

[u/Artistic-Top7074 → u/Montanor99]

How can I do that? I’m usually a doormat but when I do stand up for myself everyone gets offended because I come off as a jerk

[u/lostinthesaucy → u/cugamer]

Assertiveness training changed my life

[u/Niggymous → u/lostinthesaucy]

you mean like you attended a school to learn how to be assertive or…?

[u/Aramuis → u/Niggymous]

Actual answer: assertiveness training is something a lot of people do in therapy. Your therapist is ideally supposed to teach you how to be confrontational in a healthy way, how to express boundaries and how to communicate your displeasure to the other party. Its most commonly done with women but it's not gender specific.

[u/PeriodicallyATable → u/Aramuis]

One of my mentors in university kept telling me I needed to be more assertive. I’d occasionally go to her for advice about issues and she kinda bailed me out a couple times which was really awesome of her to do but I never really worked up the courage to practice being assertive while in university. Once I graduated I started trying more. Looking back though, when I started practicing being assertive I was a straight up cunt for a while. It did however end up getting me two promotions because bosses knew I could get stuff done in an organized fashion and delegate tasks pretty well. But it took a bit of trial and error to figure out how to be assertive without hurting peoples feelings. Took a bit longer to learn how to not be a bad boss. I did a lot of research in how to be a better boss because I knew I was pretty bad at it (from a social/empathetic standpoint)

[u/Scorosin → u/Niggymous]

He obviously means he watched the be assertive episode of spongebob with coach Plankton on repeat for three hours a week.

[u/BlindFatKid → u/Niggymous]

Like for me it was part of my therapy sessions

[u/sportsdude523 → u/cugamer]

how do you do it?

i feel i'm either too soft or too nuclear when i stand up? so i either end up feeling like a whimp or an asshole when i stand up. so then i get afraid of doing it out of feeling embarrassed for ebeing too soft or feeling like an ass for being too harsh.

and i'm not good at standing up on the small things. sometimes i feel i am being too picky or not too sure on judging if sometihng is off or not but something just feels off but i dont know quite how to say it.

​

would appreicate your advivce.

[u/The_Greater_Zion → u/sportsdude523]

In short, take emotions out of the equation. Being matter of fact with logical sense is key. Being emotional can tarnish the effects you can have on others. Source: I'm a foreman to a bunch of alpha tough guys.

[u/sportsdude523 → u/The_Greater_Zion]

great advice. and you shairing background in my eyes give syou a ton more credibility.

what's a general situation or a anecdotal situation and words used between yourself and the perpetrator?

i'm good at imitating if i have a model of how to go about it. thanks!

[u/Spinaccio → u/sportsdude523]

I work in construction, lots of people think being belligerent will get them over. Stay calm, and stay on point. And never curse unless someone is in danger.

[u/DracoFreon → u/The_Greater_Zion]

This. Also, don't let other people's reactions stop you. Lots of people will calmly watch bullying, then get upset when the victim fights back. Fuck 'em.

[u/sportsdude523 → u/DracoFreon]

this is true. it took me a long time to develop the emotional frame to do that.

i was conditioned in my young years to fear and immediately shut down and go petrified at the sight of anger.

[u/jimmyvcard → u/The_Greater_Zion]

Yeah I’m a CM and also learned it from construction union “tough guys”. They’re just high school girls with different packaging.

[u/ArtemisGlides → u/cugamer]

Also, standing up for yourself sometimes means walking away and not confronting a belligerent, immature asshole.

[u/TacSemaj]

Keep himself clean.

Edit: wow this blew up. Also yes, this is an every person thing, but the stereotype and stories about guys being gross far outweighs women.

[u/okkin93 → u/TacSemaj]

THIS.

Be hygienic, dudes.

[u/ToastedCrumpet → u/okkin93]

Fr washing your ass isn’t gay it’s basic hygiene guys

[u/_Bluntzzz → u/ToastedCrumpet]

I drive a semi truck the amount of times using the restroom and some dude just got done taking a shit and just leaving without washing their hands then go handle the tongs to make himself a hot dog is nasty as fuck.

[u/CornDawgy87 → u/_Bluntzzz]

And those truck stops are stupid nice sometimes, use the damn amenities

[u/NoBOUNCEnoPlaySSDD → u/CornDawgy87]

Loves and pilot are pretty good, just lost water here for a few days and I would swing in on my way to location and take a quick shower. 15 bucks but a private shitting area on the road and a good hot shower was really nice.

[u/morostheSophist → u/_Bluntzzz]

Don't worry about it too much, chances are he didn't wipe, so his hands are clean.

[u/Hitman_0_0_7 → u/morostheSophist]

I think i have seen this conversation earlier

[u/morostheSophist → u/Hitman_0_0_7]

I wouldn't be surprised.

I also wouldn't be surprised if someone said what I said in earnest, instead of sarcastically.

[u/BentPin → u/_Bluntzzz]

Doesn't even need to be a truck stop. Senior VP dreseed like a millions bucks in a suit and tie at my company does a #2 and just walks out without washing his hands and proceeds to shake people's hands left and right. Fortune 500 company and a nice skyscraper in San Francisco BTW.

Reminds me of monkeys in Thailand flinging shit at tourists they don't like.

[u/krubss → u/_Bluntzzz]

🤮

[u/VaderOnReddit → u/ToastedCrumpet]

Even if it is gay(which it isnt)

I'd rather be gay than smell like shit? WTF O.o

[u/flokis-shiphard → u/VaderOnReddit]

I'm trying to get my head around how cleaning yourself, can come across gay!

Am I doing it wrong?

I'd rather be anything than a tramp smelling of shit!

[u/mikieswart → u/flokis-shiphard]

that depends, how deep do you wipe?

[u/vegeta_bless → u/mikieswart]

About 3 knuckles deep typically

[u/BigConfusion2 → u/flokis-shiphard]

They did some studies and found out that men are less likely to recycle coz they don't want people to think they are gay 🤦‍♀️ must have been American survey

[u/echo1956 → u/TacSemaj]

Keep himself clean.

IF THIS WAS NOT TAUGHT AT YOUNG AGE, SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT PARENTS.

[u/IanFeelKeepinItReel → u/TacSemaj]

I remember seeing some old documentary about training new British army recruits and there was a bit where they got instructed on how to clean themselves in the shower.

Like enough fully grown men have joined the army not knowing how to clean themselves they decided they needed to teach them.

[u/OurNumber4 → u/IanFeelKeepinItReel]

I think it’s more how to clean yourself effectively with limited time and water. On deployment 5 star bathrooms are few and far between. I believe on submarines you get 2 minutes of cold water infrequently to shower.

[u/Swimming-Tap-4240 → u/OurNumber4]

I heard a vietnam vet say they got two sheets of tp one to wipe and one to polish.

[u/TacSemaj → u/IanFeelKeepinItReel]

That's both amazing and horrifying.

[u/evantom34]

Personal finance

[u/nofork77 → u/evantom34]

This is way too low. I will be making sure my boys learn this well before college.

[u/PatchyCreations → u/nofork77]

I feel like the extent of my fiscal education was being given a checkbook and being told, "you should balance this"

[u/ox_cord1]

BE ALONE

[u/NoobSFAnon → u/ox_cord1]

And enjoy being alone.... That's an acquired taste. My threshold is 5 days.

[u/MattieShoes → u/NoobSFAnon]

I didn't think I had a threshold until Covid... But sometime around mid-2021, I started getting angsty.

[u/NoobSFAnon → u/MattieShoes]

Ooh there is always a threshold some short some long... We are social animals after all.

[u/OneCowFarm → u/NoobSFAnon]

Mine was December 2019- June 2022. My father in law sneezed on my face while I was giving him a Covid test. I had avoided everyone else like the plague. Somehow it made me snap.

[u/ox_cord1 → u/NoobSFAnon]

I could do it forever if given the proper resources and opportunity, resources meaning pocket vagina, and internet access.

[u/NoobSFAnon → u/ox_cord1]

You would think that. But it's hard after the initial adrenaline wears off. You would need someone to make that proverbial damn sandwich.

[u/onisshoku → u/NoobSFAnon]

I don't know about adrenaline wearing off, but I consider myself an introvert through and through, and I reached my limit at about 3 months.

[u/HealthWild → u/ox_cord1]

I've already mastered this, what now?

[u/rodroidrx → u/ox_cord1]

Before I got married I actually enjoyed being alone. To quote Jim Carrey:

Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive. It becomes a habit after you realise how peaceful and calm it is. It’s like you don’t want to deal with people anymore because they drain your energy.

[u/Affectionate_Ear_778 → u/ox_cord1]

On the flip, being able to strike a convo with a stranger and meeting new people

[u/turtlelevelslow → u/Affectionate_Ear_778]

Hardest one in my opinion. Job, financial management, working out is all good.

Meeting new people though? So freaking hard.

[u/Affectionate_Ear_778 → u/turtlelevelslow]

I’m in the same boat man. Literally just saw my dive bar loving boss chat 3 or 4 people up last night. I did my best not to seem like an idiot that had nothing to say.

Good luck to you

[u/Investi7 → u/ox_cord1]

Underrated skill

[u/ox_cord1 → u/Investi7]

I spend almost every waking moment working towards not having to be around anyone nonconsensually

[u/hash-slingin-slasha → u/ox_cord1]

I have MASTERED the skill of absolute loneliness….like, really mastered it….to a suspiciously high level…really alone.

[u/Livid_Pilot7043 → u/ox_cord1]

I Am 30 and still struggling with being alone. My mind is my worst enemy so it's better to have a distraction.

[u/BrodieS11 → u/Livid_Pilot7043]

My mind is also my worst enemy but I do have some good conversations with the voice in my head 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/JackedBrew906 → u/ox_cord1]

I wanna upvote your comment 1000 times, so true!

[u/dr_xenon]

Cook

[u/Necroscrotum → u/dr_xenon]

Does it count if I just do rice, steamed veggies and a protein? I work construction and i work 144 hours every 2 weeks :I there is no time

[u/InternalBathroom2720 → u/Necroscrotum]

A meal is a meal

[u/Necroscrotum → u/InternalBathroom2720]

I do wish I could...i dunno, Whip up a stir fry or maybe a roast beef dish, Or lasagna But I'll have to pray for a winter layoff to learn

[u/Necroscrotum → u/[deleted]]

Oh...i guess you're right lol That's some true short-sightedness Maybe I'll pick up some premade sauce and specific stir fry veg and see if I can squeeze it in at the end of a day. Thanks!

[u/morostheSophist → u/Necroscrotum]

Don't fully cook the vegetables before you put them in the pan. Do fully cook the meat before adding the vegetables.

Unless you prefer your veggies mushy, of course. I won't kink-shame.

[u/Hot-Butterscotch-918 → u/Necroscrotum]

I had to make myself do it via a promised dinner for my neighbor once a week. No excuses after that. It really helped me. I started out slow and intimidated at first but by the 6th week, I was moving about my kitchen with speed and precision that suprised me.

[u/Zyrocks → u/Necroscrotum]

Same boat as you. I want to learn how to cook to be able to invite people over to eat and I prepare it.

[u/Poochmanchung → u/Necroscrotum]

Lasagna and roast beef take a while, but stir fry is one of the fastest things you can make!

[u/dolphin37 → u/Necroscrotum]

That’s all I’ve cooked for about 8 years. You’re fine brother

Well, apart from the horrendous work schedule!

[u/Ace-Goomba → u/Necroscrotum]

Hell yeah dude, there are people out there that royally fuck up rice.

[u/thedoogbruh → u/Necroscrotum]

Even if you can cook a simple dinner for yourself >50% of the time you are eating a lot healthier and saving tons of money.

[u/Hot-Butterscotch-918 → u/Necroscrotum]

Props to you for even having the energy to cook your own meal!

[u/kinellm8 → u/dr_xenon]

When I was doing a work placement from uni I lived with a guy who had never lived away from his mum (who did everything for him). He couldn’t use the tin opener. No word of a lie. He also asked for help putting his (single) duvet in the cover. I miss Ross.

[u/heraclitus33 → u/dr_xenon]

An omelette for the morning. She coming back for that.

[u/devianter12 → u/dr_xenon]

As a cook and someone who has had to make dinner since i was 10 ish cause my parents cant cook wel i agree. Whenever i hear people say they cant cook and that they cant even boil eggs i cant imagen how. This does count for girls as much as for men

[u/Sea-Equipment-8629]

Carry all the bags in one trip from the car.

[u/o_yesure → u/Sea-Equipment-8629]

Carry them all the way from the store while walking is the ultimate way to thow dominance around your neighborhood

[u/AnNoYiNg_NaMe → u/o_yesure]

Man, I used to live in an apartment building like 200 yards away from a local grocery store. I didn't own a car, so I thought "bitchin', I'll buy my stuff there instead of riding the bus to walmart". So one night, I went there to get my groceries, and I as I walked back, I remembered that my apartment is at the top of a hill. I thought it wouldn't be that bad since I'm only carrying a gallon of milk and like 3 other bags, but boy was I was wrong.

My calf muscles were rock solid by the time I moved though.

Edit: I doublechecked the distance, and it was actually about 700 yards, not 200. I'm bad a eye-balling distances

[u/drogods → u/AnNoYiNg_NaMe]

BITCHIN

[u/_Go_With_Gusto_ → u/Sea-Equipment-8629]

Two trips is for losers

[u/HighOnGoofballs → u/Sea-Equipment-8629]

Those reusable bags make this so much easier now, they hold a ton. Recently I was carrying all the groceries in one trip just loaded down and realized I was having trouble getting up my stairs. So out of curiosity I got on the scale and had 80lbs of groceries hanging off of me. That was a good one-trip

[u/Dixo0118]

Know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away and know when to run

[u/Massive-Risk → u/Dixo0118]

And never, I mean never count their money when they're sitting at the table.

[u/UnbiasedDuck → u/Massive-Risk]

If only people realized, there’s plenty of time for counting when the dealing is done, like wtf?!?!?

[u/Mot6180]

Wash his ass and change a flat tire. (Not at the same time)

[u/HalseyStan → u/Mot6180]

Why Am I in jail I was MULTITASKING!

[u/capt_pantsless → u/HalseyStan]

I'd be less concerned about the legality of it, and more concerned with cross-contamination.

I don't want brake dust and road grime in my ass crack, thankyouverymuch.

[u/Live-Ad-6309 → u/capt_pantsless]

I wouldn't worry about that. But I'd rather not smear my acidic ass grease all over my wheels.

[u/SBPCapturedPoet → u/HalseyStan]

*Multit-ass-king

[u/Army-of-Woodpeckers → u/SBPCapturedPoet]

Tit ass king?

[u/Small_Introduction94 → u/Mot6180]

Bonus manly points points if you wash your ass with the flat tire.

[u/Calixtinus → u/Mot6180]

Don't threaten me with a good time

[u/Accountforcontrovers → u/Mot6180]

What good does it do if it's not simultaneous?

[u/thethirdtier → u/Accountforcontrovers]

and spontaneous

[u/Duckgamerzz → u/Mot6180]

Shit. Time to get the tire out my ass.

[u/ItsTomorrowNow → u/Duckgamerzz]

Skidmarks.

[u/monkale98]

Cook, do laundry, properly shower/bathe.

Edit: B/c I'm getting a lot of 'women do this' 'you can outsource or pay for X'

1- Cooking, abs are made in the kitchen not the gym. Cooking can open you up to more cultures, say you get really into Asian or Latin foods and you look stuff up on why people use X ingredients. Hell, you can rediscover more of your roots by learning where your mother's meals came from. You also save a lot of money if you learn how to cook. Lastly, I have never met a woman who doesn't love it when a guy can make a meal she likes.

2- Laundry, you should know how to separate your darks from your whites, and have a fresh set of underwear and socks. You'll also keep tabs on what you need to throw out or maybe you've mentally have outgrown i.e. maybe wearing those same baby blue NC shorts for the last 10 years.

3- Bathing/Showering, MFs wonder why some people avoid them, basic hygiene, everyone needs it. Get a good mint bar of soap, the most refreshing wash you'll ever have, scrub your body, and wash your face well. Brush your teeth.

[u/TheManFromFarAway → u/monkale98]

As a man who knows how to cook and enjoys it, the responses I get from both men and women baffle me. I have a SO but am currently living away from her in another city for school. People ask me where I go to eat. I tell them that I cook for myself and people either think I'm joking or think that I'm living off of microwavable frozen meals. I always tell them that I like to eat good food, and part of having good food on a regular basis is knowing how to prepare it.

[u/Red-belliedOrator → u/TheManFromFarAway]

I find this utterly astonishing. I mean, it's not 1972. I just assume that most men know how to cook these days, at least in the US. Am I wrong about that?

I mean, now that I'm thinking about it, I know a lot of younger women who don't know how to cook, so maybe the old-timey expectations that women do all the cooking have shifted to the point that nobody is doing the cooking?

[u/1O1Freeway → u/monkale98]

How can you function in life without doing those? Lol.

[u/almb24 → u/1O1Freeway]

I know too many who do. Go for weeks without bathing and just let dishes and trash pile up out of sheer laziness to go throw it away in the trash.

[u/redeemer47 → u/monkale98]

I’ve been doing laundry for 15 years and I have to say , I’ve never once in my life separated my whites. Legit 0 times and nothing bad has ever happened. I still think it’s just a myth or somehow clothing production and dying has gotten to a technological point where it’s no longer required to separate

[u/Red-belliedOrator → u/redeemer47]

Yeah, colors don't bleed like they used to, so it's not a big deal if you throw everything in together. The only thing I'll say is that your whites will look a lot sharper if you wash them separately, or wash them separately every few times, because even if the colors don't bleed, the fibers still transfer, and the whites start looking dingy after a while.

[u/Cnnlgns]

Cook a meal for himself.

[u/RyanMFoley74 → u/Cnnlgns]

Add: "Cook a meal for a date." If you want to impress her (or him, it is 2022), I have to contend a man is at his most attractive when he is cooking a meal for someone else. But I am currently single so... take that advice with a... (wait for it) grain of salt. Cooking pun! BOOM, still got it!

[u/TitanHawk → u/RyanMFoley74]

But I am currently single so...

Hrmm

Cooking pun! BOOM, still got it!

Ah. Now I see

[u/STDriver13]

Take rejection and disappointment

[u/Sir_Buttquacks → u/STDriver13]

Never be disappointed in yourself. That is your parents job

[u/CareerAdviceThrowMe → u/Sir_Buttquacks]

Eh, if you royally fucked up you need to be disappointed in yourself

[u/KanderGrimm]

Learn how to treat others the way you expect to be treated. That's something we as humans need to practice, not just men.

[u/Corpcasimir]

Wipe their arse.

Surprisingly rare.

[u/Consistent-Count-890]

Know when to cut off.

[u/4everaBau5 → u/Consistent-Count-890]

No use many word

[u/---cameron → u/4everaBau5]

few do trick

[u/Anynon1 → u/4everaBau5]

Word

[u/OneRoughBoi → u/Consistent-Count-890]

I wear cut offs. There are dozens of us. Dozens.

[u/furiousgeorge54 → u/Consistent-Count-890]

This is very important, one time when I was at

[u/glamm808]

Manage their emotions in a healthy, adult way

[u/LegionAbove]

A Man should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein

[u/jonnywarpspeed → u/LegionAbove]

What book is this from? I'm halfway through tunnel in the sky and it's great!

[u/SoMuchForSubtlety → u/jonnywarpspeed]

Time Enough for Love and it's said by Lazarus Long.

I posted it here as well before I noticed someone beat me to it.

[u/capt_pantsless → u/LegionAbove]

ya beat me too it!

[u/FartingGnome]

Brush his teeth. So many men I work with don’t smell like they’ve ever heard of toothpaste.

[u/theswiftmuppet → u/FartingGnome]

Imo the game changing was flossing, when I floss (which is every night now) I barely get any bad breath in the morning - something I hated about my dad.

[u/Economy-Weekend1872]

Hear “no” and respectfully walk away

[u/Turbulent_Adagio5960]

Disagreeing without it turning it into a fight

[u/NoobSFAnon → u/Turbulent_Adagio5960]

Shut up what are you talking about. You and me outside, right now.

[u/LuckyReception6701 → u/NoobSFAnon]

What did you say? I'm gonna kick your teeth in!

[u/NoobSFAnon → u/LuckyReception6701]

Are you a dentist?

[u/LuckyReception6701 → u/NoobSFAnon]

I'm a very aggressive, unlicensed orthodontist.

[u/NoobSFAnon → u/LuckyReception6701]

Ooh nice.. So you dig up dinosaurs and stuff?

[u/BagpipesDontFly]

Clean up after himself. This applies to living areas as well as emotional intelligence. You wouldn't leave shit in the toilet so don't leave shit in your relationships (friends, family, coworkers). Address the problems and clean yourself up.

[u/Hossman687]

Do household chores on their own when living with multiple people. Shouldn’t have to ask, shouldn’t have to imply, shouldn’t have to beg, shouldn’t have to scold. Get ur ass up and help out

[u/Elolzabeth1 → u/Hossman687]

God I have a roommate (2 guys 2 girls) one of the guys leaves dirty food all over benches, dirty plates with food in them for days and weeks, he even smokes in the guys bathroom and you can smell it 20 feet away in the kitchen!

Sickens me enough he does that, even worse to know his hygiene is so deplorable as a nursing student and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets somebody killed one day.

[u/J-Bee]

Put a condom on.

[u/Pascolino]

Stand Up for himself without using violence or being aggressive.

[u/Brando_the_Hobo → u/Pascolino]

Same for Sitting Down.

[u/42JeepWillys]

Minor home repairs. My nephew cant even screw in a light bulb. Got him “Home Repairs for Dummies” book.

[u/WonderfulCattle6234 → u/42JeepWillys]

Bought my first home a few months shy of turning 40. In less than a year, I've wired a light switch, installed a dishwasher, diagnosed and installed the inducer motor on my furnace, flushed my hot water heater and changed the elements. YouTube is great, but I worry it makes my dad feel less important since I'm not calling him for advice...

[u/42JeepWillys → u/WonderfulCattle6234]

Just ask his advise sometimes even if you don’t need it

[u/Vtridolla]

Find the clitoris.

[u/openrds → u/Vtridolla]

I’m gay and don’t usually encounter clitori.

[u/manndolin → u/openrds]

Yeah but being able to find it is still important. Like for scavenger hunts and stuff

[u/openrds → u/manndolin]

And geocaching

[u/tfelsemanresuoN → u/openrds]

What if someday your life depends on finding the clitoris. You just never know when a female serial killer who kills gay men if they can't find her clitoris will show up. You can never be too safe.

[u/---cameron → u/tfelsemanresuoN]

These Saw sequels are really getting out of hand

[u/gaurddog]

Swim.

It's a basic life skill and I'm disturbed every day at the amount of people who don't know how.

Edit: there's a lot of people who are suggesting it's somehow elitist of me to suggest that everyone learn how to swim, and that pools aren't accessible to everyone. I learned to swim in a muddy polluted river and a pond full of snakes and snapping turtles. Where or how you learn doesn't change the fact that you live on a planet that is 71% covered by water and you should probably at least have the basic ability to not die if you encounter it. Walmart has 3' kids pools for like $30 and you can at least practice floating on your back. Don't come at me like I'm saying you need a country club membership or you deserve to drown.

[u/BWSD]

Be compassionate.

[u/adany654]

Perceive when they might be making someone else uncomfortable. I can honestly I am guilty of doing this without realising, but I try to better myself on that front.

[u/Ill-Tip-7053]

Light a fire

[u/P00shy_]

Fucking say sorry with meaning.

Macho pride bullshit is stupid.

[u/Ambitious_Student933]

Say no. Walk away. Know your value.

Drive stick, small engine repair, read books, properly go down on a person, garden, protect yourself and or family, know when to listen, know when to shut up. Use forums and YouTube to be able to fix things or learn things that you don't know.

[u/RelativeSituation773]

breathe.

[u/I_Keep_Trying → u/RelativeSituation773]

I can breathe and blink with the best of them.

[u/SLCW718]

Poop

[u/insert_name_0 → u/SLCW718]

Born to shit, forced to wipe.

[u/sliceman21 → u/SLCW718]

Don’t forget the knife!

[u/jimofsunnyvale]

Eat pussy.