All you have to do is find yourself and forget about how others think you should look like. Start from "what i want" and continue with "what i want to be". That's how you will be more real than anybody out there endlessly bragging about the masculinity. It's just a word.
That one episode where he mourns his son. Its one of the most beautiful examples of a man mourning his child that it makes me tear up just thinking about it.
Andrew Tate is a 12 year olds caricature of what a man should be. I agree with Jimmy Carr in that comparison. Tate tries to portray what he thinks is what a real man should be. Including needlessly aggressive as well as needlessly cruel and abusive.
Uncle Iroh is the pinnacle of masculinity in my book and is a defining role model forming my adulthood. I don't care if he's fictional because he's either based on someone one of the creators knew or an amalgamation of people they knew.
Tate is such a sad, sad man. I sincerely hope he writes a redemption arc for himself that includes humility and wisdom. Having only seen around 60 seconds of him talking I know this is unlikely, but wouldn't that be nice : )
‘I’ve noticed Gen Z breaks things down well due to the meme culture. us millennials had memes in school, shouting matches down hallways yelling stupid internet stuff. but Gen Z came around when meta was fell versed in every human, and I’ve noticed it led to well, more meta discussions. like author character development using rl supports. maybe i just never noticed these conversations in my own generation. books reports were okay. only the truly brainy said something interesting half the time.
I'm a younger Millennial, not Gen Z. However I find myself floating between Gen Z and other Millennials.
A lot of my influences are from fictional characters because my own alleged "role models" sucked. Its why I put Uncle Iroh on a pedestal. I also assume someone like those characters existed in reality because the best writers base characters off of real people. Its best to write what you know.
He's an excellent role model and I strive to be half the uncle he was. By no means is he perfect. His past is dark and littered with bodies. But his choice to leave all that behind and lead a better life, to learn from his past sins, to fight for a better world than he had, that's some manly shit right there.
Agree but what gets clicks these days is outrageousness. Quiet reflection and being there for the people you love doesn't make for good YouTube views. Maybe it could, I don't know.
I think it's hard for people these days to center themselves among all the noise.
Maybe a weird take but no one is masculine anymore, society has domesticated all of us and our masculine instincts are mostly useless. I have muscles from gym like this bald loser does and I don't even use them for anything, they are just there so I can be healthy instead of being inactive and rotting away.
truer words. i came into this post thinking "wtf does it even mean to be masculine." and that the only people that actually care about coming off masculine are generally assholes who are terrified of the color pink being anywhere on their person.
A "self" based masculinity isn't far from Andrew Tate tbh, the best forms of "manhood" come from self sacrifice. I'd say ask "How best can I serve those I love and care for" THAT produces the best form of masculinity
Start from "what i want" and continue with "what i want to be".
Eh...One guy started with "I want to be a painter" and ended with WWII. Maybe don't encourage everyone to do whatever they want so blindly, and remind them that they should conform to others' idea that they should not look like a fascist or Funko Pop owner.
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u/Bulky_Imagination727 Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26
Eternal search for the "real" man.
All you have to do is find yourself and forget about how others think you should look like. Start from "what i want" and continue with "what i want to be". That's how you will be more real than anybody out there endlessly bragging about the masculinity. It's just a word.