Fess up your mancrushes and bromantic fantasies - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Baraka_Guru · 08-04-2010, 10:13 AM

Mancrush: A hetrosexual man admiring another man to an extreme in a non-romantic or sexual way, more having an intense desire to be that other man.

Bromance: The intense love shared between heterosexual males. A form of male bonding and usually invisible to the naked eye. This bond is normally only shared between two males that have a deeper understanding of each other, in a way no woman could ever realize.

–Urban Dictionary

Okay fess up, guys.

This isn't about sex appeal or charisma; this is about "I want to be this guy's BFF" or "I want to be that guy."

Thom Yorke, leadman for Radiohead

Not only is he the vocalist and principal songwriter of my favourite band, he's also politically and socially active.

I'm not too sure what he's like in person, but my perception of him is that of a pensive artist oozing a humble sort of cool.

FuglyStick · 08-04-2010, 10:17 AM

Robert Rodriguez. Not only does he make movies that I love, he's also bumped uglies with Rose McGowan.

Curiously, I don't feel the same kindred spirit with Marilyn Manson.

Pearl Trade · 08-04-2010, 10:57 AM

Henry Rollins, man's man.
Jared Leto, talented actor and musician.

Are we allowed to name dead people? If so, Alexander the Great, day ruiner.

Walt · 08-04-2010, 11:43 AM

FelixP · 08-04-2010, 11:48 AM

My buddy from chicago. We're in love in a completely brosexual way.

Giant Hamburger · 08-04-2010, 12:28 PM

I don't want to be anybody else but I would like to have cup of coffee with Tom Waits...

and then I would crush him perfectly flat!

Walt · 08-04-2010, 04:23 PM

I forgot to add Buzz Aldrin. That guy is just awesome.

YouTube - Buzz Aldrin Punches Bart Sibrel

FuglyStick · 08-04-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Walt

I forgot to add Buzz Aldrin. That guy is just awesome.

If you've been to the moon, you can punch anyone you want to. I think it's a law.

robot_parade · 08-04-2010, 05:15 PM

Man.

I'll stick with living people.

Sorry, too lazy to post pictures. Off the top of my head:
Actors:
Sean Connery
The guy who played 'Spike' on Buffy
James Spader

Politicians:
Barack Obama (I'm not a fanboy, and think he's a very flawed president, but there are several things I admire about him)

Oh. And number one: Mr. Rodgers. No, I'm not kidding.

LordEden · 08-04-2010, 05:24 PM

Who is this guy? He looks like a ripped version of Tully Mars.

FuglyStick · 08-04-2010, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordEden

Who is this guy? He looks like a ripped version of Tully Mars.

DUDE, you're so right!

Martian · 08-04-2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant Hamburger

I don't want to be anybody else but I would like to have cup of coffee with Tom Waits.

How funny. I've always wanted to have a cigarette with Iggy Pop.

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I'd say that I want to have a bromance with baraka_guru, but I'd have to steal him away from aberkok first.

Baraka_Guru · 08-04-2010, 08:25 PM

Oh, man.... a bromantic triangle?

Has that been done before in film? Television?

levite · 08-04-2010, 08:41 PM

Huh....

Nathan Fillion. Man's got sass.
Neil Patrick Harris. Incredible talent, great physical presence.
Samuel L. Jackson. Do I really need any explanation for that one?
Laurence Fishburne. What a magnificent beast he is! Ungodly talented.
Kenneth Branagh. Just for Henry V.
Liam Neeson. Like the accent. Very talented. And have you seen this guy's hands? They're fucking huge! He must have to walk funny so he doesn't trip over his enormous penis.
Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy). Just because!
Seth Green. He is ridiculously funny.
Jon Stewart. My secular Jewish idol!
Rabbi Aaron Alexander. My non-secular Jewish idol!

I was going to say Eddie Vedder, because Pearl Jam is awesome, but I don't know that I'd want to be him. I am pretty sure he's going to explode at some point. Not in a fit of rage. Just spontaneous combustion. He's that intense.

settie · 08-04-2010, 09:00 PM

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Wes Mantooth · 08-04-2010, 09:34 PM

Les Claypool, I couldn't give a damn about the bass playing I just want to get away with dressing like him in public.

In all seriousness, this guy:

Sure he had a tendency to lose his temper and stab his band mates, voilently chase them off stage or put his foot through a priceless instrument because a waitress was clinking glasses too loudly at a concert. But MY GOD, what a bad ass!

clavus · 08-05-2010, 03:26 PM

Rob Schrab. That guy has creativity and originality seeping out his pores.

Pearl Trade · 08-05-2010, 04:16 PM

Another name to the list, Andre Johnson: best work ethic in the NFL and has quality character.

streak_56 · 08-05-2010, 06:20 PM

Jake Gylllenhaal....

purely because I look like him and I sort of like the attention I get from it...

noodle · 08-05-2010, 08:00 PM

You guys have awesome taste in bros. Just FYI... carry on.

Willravel · 08-05-2010, 08:52 PM

Glenn Greenwald. The civil rights attorney turned prolific blogger represents what honesty, integrity, and intelligence in news media should be. His blog on Salon is quite simply the best source of opinion news out there bar none. I get my news from Democracy Now, but my opinions from this guy.

Speaking of brilliant newsmen....

Jon "Chicken Fucker" Stewart. If you don't know why, there's nothing I can do to communicate it to you.

Plan9 · 08-05-2010, 09:34 PM

I'm hoping StrangeFamous will show up and declare this thread homosexual.

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raging moderate · 08-07-2010, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by levite

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Nathan Fillion...

Nathan Fillion! Well played, sir.

I'd like to meet the Jesus that walked the earth and see what all the fuss was about. not because I'm religious but because I'd like to see, for myself, what the big deal is/was. Also I would love to have a conversation with the dalai lama.

but for my bromantic asexual manlove devotee, I'd have to go with a good friend of mine named PT - just b/c he lives his life in a way that, if I were to have planned mine out in advance, I would have liked to live mine.

snowy · 08-07-2010, 07:54 AM

I, being female, cannot have a mancrush, but my SO has a pretty heavy mancrush for one man in particular.

Don Pettit graduated from our university with a B.S. in chemical engineering, received his Ph.D in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona, and went on to become a staff scientist at Los Alamos before becoming an astronaut.

Astronaut Bio: Don Pettit (12/2008)

He's an all-around talented guy: he invented a coffee cup that works in zero-g (SPACE.com -- Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup) and he wrote a lovely poem for the Class of 2010's Commencement Address (Pettit uses verse to address OSU graduates)

Iliftrocks · 08-09-2010, 09:47 AM

I'd almost rather be anybody else besides me, but Plan9's list is a good start.

Plan9 · 08-09-2010, 10:49 AM

I know, right? ALF is a womanizing alcoholic and he loves the pussy.

Amaras · 08-09-2010, 11:13 AM

Brett Favre, Jon Favreau
What's with the FAV, bro?
Ricky Williams, for coming back and acting classy.
Probably a few million others........

08-04-2010, 10:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Fess up your mancrushes and bromantic fantasies Mancrush: A hetrosexual man admiring another man to an extreme in a non-romantic or sexual way, more having an intense desire to be that other man. Bromance: The intense love shared between heterosexual males. A form of male bonding and usually invisible to the naked eye. This bond is normally only shared between two males that have a deeper understanding of each other, in a way no woman could ever realize. –Urban Dictionary Okay fess up, guys. This isn't about sex appeal or charisma; this is about "I want to be this guy's BFF" or "I want to be that guy." Thom Yorke, leadman for Radiohead Not only is he the vocalist and principal songwriter of my favourite band, he's also politically and socially active. I'm not too sure what he's like in person, but my perception of him is that of a pensive artist oozing a humble sort of cool. __________________ 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

08-04-2010, 10:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
FuglyStick WHEEEE! Whee! Whee! WHEEEE! Location: Southern Illinois	Robert Rodriguez. Not only does he make movies that I love, he's also bumped uglies with Rose McGowan. Curiously, I don't feel the same kindred spirit with Marilyn Manson. __________________ AZIZ! LIGHT!

08-04-2010, 10:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pearl Trade Addict Location: Houston, Texas	Henry Rollins, man's man. Jared Leto, talented actor and musician. Are we allowed to name dead people? If so, Alexander the Great, day ruiner. __________________ Our revenge will be the laughter of our children. Give me convenience or give me death!

08-04-2010, 11:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Walt I'm calmer than you are, dude Location: North Carolina	__________________ Calmer than you are...

08-04-2010, 11:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
FelixP Insane Location: I'm up they see me I'm down.	My buddy from chicago. We're in love in a completely brosexual way. __________________ Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me "I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

08-04-2010, 12:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	I don't want to be anybody else but I would like to have cup of coffee with Tom Waits... and then I would crush him perfectly flat! Last edited by Giant Hamburger; 08-09-2010 at 07:08 AM..

08-04-2010, 05:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
robot_parade Junkie Location: San Antonio, TX	Man. I'll stick with living people. Sorry, too lazy to post pictures. Off the top of my head: Actors: Sean Connery The guy who played 'Spike' on Buffy James Spader Politicians: Barack Obama (I'm not a fanboy, and think he's a very flawed president, but there are several things I admire about him) Oh. And number one: Mr. Rodgers. No, I'm not kidding.

08-04-2010, 08:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Oh, man.... a bromantic triangle? Has that been done before in film? Television? __________________ 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

08-04-2010, 08:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
levite Minion of Joss Location: The Windy City	Huh.... Nathan Fillion. Man's got sass. Neil Patrick Harris. Incredible talent, great physical presence. Samuel L. Jackson. Do I really need any explanation for that one? Laurence Fishburne. What a magnificent beast he is! Ungodly talented. Kenneth Branagh. Just for Henry V. Liam Neeson. Like the accent. Very talented. And have you seen this guy's hands? They're fucking huge! He must have to walk funny so he doesn't trip over his enormous penis. Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy). Just because! Seth Green. He is ridiculously funny. Jon Stewart. My secular Jewish idol! Rabbi Aaron Alexander. My non-secular Jewish idol! I was going to say Eddie Vedder, because Pearl Jam is awesome, but I don't know that I'd want to be him. I am pretty sure he's going to explode at some point. Not in a fit of rage. Just spontaneous combustion. He's that intense. __________________ Dull sublunary lovers love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove That thing which elemented it. (From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)

08-04-2010, 09:00 PM	#15 (permalink)
settie Junkie	iiiiiiiiiii Last edited by settie; 03-28-2016 at 12:22 AM..

08-04-2010, 09:34 PM	#16 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Les Claypool, I couldn't give a damn about the bass playing I just want to get away with dressing like him in public. In all seriousness, this guy: Sure he had a tendency to lose his temper and stab his band mates, voilently chase them off stage or put his foot through a priceless instrument because a waitress was clinking glasses too loudly at a concert. But MY GOD, what a bad ass! __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

08-05-2010, 03:26 PM	#17 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Rob Schrab. That guy has creativity and originality seeping out his pores. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

08-05-2010, 04:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
Pearl Trade Addict Location: Houston, Texas	Another name to the list, Andre Johnson: best work ethic in the NFL and has quality character. __________________ Our revenge will be the laughter of our children. Give me convenience or give me death!

08-05-2010, 06:20 PM	#19 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	Jake Gylllenhaal.... purely because I look like him and I sort of like the attention I get from it...

08-05-2010, 08:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Glenn Greenwald. The civil rights attorney turned prolific blogger represents what honesty, integrity, and intelligence in news media should be. His blog on Salon is quite simply the best source of opinion news out there bar none. I get my news from Democracy Now, but my opinions from this guy. Speaking of brilliant newsmen.... Jon "Chicken Fucker" Stewart. If you don't know why, there's nothing I can do to communicate it to you.

08-09-2010, 09:47 AM	#25 (permalink)
Iliftrocks Junkie Location: Near Raleigh, NC	I'd almost rather be anybody else besides me, but Plan9's list is a good start. __________________ bill hicks - "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."

08-05-2010, 09:34 PM	#22 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	I'm hoping StrangeFamous will show up and declare this thread homosexual. ... __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 08-05-2010 at 10:02 PM..

08-07-2010, 07:54 AM	#24 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	I, being female, cannot have a mancrush, but my SO has a pretty heavy mancrush for one man in particular. Don Pettit graduated from our university with a B.S. in chemical engineering, received his Ph.D in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona, and went on to become a staff scientist at Los Alamos before becoming an astronaut. Astronaut Bio: Don Pettit (12/2008) He's an all-around talented guy: he invented a coffee cup that works in zero-g (SPACE.com -- Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup) and he wrote a lovely poem for the Class of 2010's Commencement Address (Pettit uses verse to address OSU graduates) __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

08-09-2010, 10:49 AM	#26 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	I know, right? ALF is a womanizing alcoholic and he loves the pussy. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

08-09-2010, 11:13 AM	#27 (permalink)
Amaras Junkie Location: At my daughter's beck and call.	Brett Favre, Jon Favreau What's with the FAV, bro? Ricky Williams, for coming back and acting classy. Probably a few million others........ __________________ Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. -Noam Chomsky Love is a verb, not a noun. -My Mom The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later. -Louis Aragon, "La Porte-plume," Traite du style, 1928