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Aug 5, 2004
lazy street on the writers block
Sometimes I have trouble writing on this thing because I don't have much to say. Sometimes I have plenty to say, but I'm just too lazy. This is one of those times. It's occuring to me more and more that my opinion just isn't relevent. It's not that it isn't valid. It's not that people don't care. But is anything I say really that original. Then again, maybe I'm just falling into the trap of taking this thing too seriously. ANYWAY: On Mel Briski's blog (see handy link to the right) she posted about how her and her boss bonded bcause they are both using the teeth whitening strips. I made a comment, and Juliet commented on my comment. It goes as follows: Eric said... Female bonding is weird! 12:07 PM Juliet said... female bonding is weird....what about men bonding while using urinals, or beating each other up, or taking group showers in the public shower in the dorms??? I would say that is definately stranger than any form of teeth whitening. I just have a few points to make about that. First of all, men do not bond while using urinals. In fact, if there are 3 uninals, 2 stalls, and 3 men who have to take a leak, the middle urinal will remain open while the 3rd guy goes in the stall. The only time 2 men will stand in the urinals directly next to each other is if there are no other options. And sometimes, he will wait regardless. And while at the urinal, the eyes never leave the wall right in front of them. There is occasional small talk, but the eyes stay on the wall. Group showers in the dorms?????? Now, I don't know what went on at Lincoln, but at WKU, we didn't take group showers. If there was more than one man in the shower at a given moment, again eyes would remain on the walls. And there would be no conversations going on at the time. And typically, you tried to aviod having anyone in there at once. This is all in great contrast to the female going to the restroom in groups. As for beating each other up, well, that part is true. Physical violence is a very important part of male bonding. But, we use it to get out our frustrations at once rather than being angry for years. posted
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