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Baraka_Guru · 08-02-2010, 10:49 AM

"Man up"

For two reasons:

1) The construction itself: to tell someone to do something "up" is by default mildly annoying. Own up, fess up, pony up are just a few more examples.

2) As I mentioned in another thread, to challenge a male to "be a man" or to—ahem—"man up" is in most cases meant to castigate or otherwise manipulate said male or said male's behaviour. It's as though his status as a male is on trial, and that he might lose it or otherwise be penalized if he doesn't shape up. It seems to be based on some ambiguous or otherwise trivial measure of manhood, and that a male must "crank it up" if he finds himself in a position deemed undesirable by those judging him.

Perhaps it would be more understandable if there were a manscale of some kind. Put it on a measure of 1 to 10 or something. That way we could tell a male that he needs to bring his 4 up a few points to a minimum of 6, a socially acceptable baseline. You may call this the Baraka Scale (my manhood being a constant 10). Then—and only then—would it be acceptable to say something like, "Dude, man up! You're being a total Baraka 4. LOL!"

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Also, can we please put a moratorium on naming non-software iterations of things using decimal places?

It is no longer edgy for books, conferences, workshops, etc., to have versions such as 2.0, or 3.0. It's not cool anymore. It's not like you're going to patch a book and come out with version 2.13b, for fuck's sake.

We get it. Software and stuff is mainstream and leading edge...information age, rapid change, blah, blah, blah. I don't care. Let's move on.

08-02-2010, 10:49 AM	#112 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	"Man up" For two reasons: 1) The construction itself: to tell someone to do something "up" is by default mildly annoying. Own up, fess up, pony up are just a few more examples. 2) As I mentioned in another thread, to challenge a male to "be a man" or to—ahem—"man up" is in most cases meant to castigate or otherwise manipulate said male or said male's behaviour. It's as though his status as a male is on trial, and that he might lose it or otherwise be penalized if he doesn't shape up. It seems to be based on some ambiguous or otherwise trivial measure of manhood, and that a male must "crank it up" if he finds himself in a position deemed undesirable by those judging him. Perhaps it would be more understandable if there were a manscale of some kind. Put it on a measure of 1 to 10 or something. That way we could tell a male that he needs to bring his 4 up a few points to a minimum of 6, a socially acceptable baseline. You may call this the Baraka Scale (my manhood being a constant 10). Then—and only then—would it be acceptable to say something like, "Dude, man up! You're being a total Baraka 4. LOL!" * * * * * Also, can we please put a moratorium on naming non-software iterations of things using decimal places? It is no longer edgy for books, conferences, workshops, etc., to have versions such as 2.0, or 3.0. It's not cool anymore. It's not like you're going to patch a book and come out with version 2.13b, for fuck's sake. We get it. Software and stuff is mainstream and leading edge...information age, rapid change, blah, blah, blah. I don't care. Let's move on. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 08-02-2010 at 10:53 AM..