Eye Candy; Male Objectification

ChickieD · February 9, 2018, 8:47pm

Ahh, the Olympics.

Donald_Petersen · February 9, 2018, 9:02pm

It took me a bit to realize he was oiled up. At first I thought his sweat was gonna freeze in that 20F weather, and he’d be dangling some nipplecicles by the end.

CleverEmi · February 9, 2018, 9:12pm

No shirt in that kind of cold? Dude must have been truly pumped for the occasion, or he’s just a really sturdy fella. Dang.

Melizmatic · February 9, 2018, 9:12pm

Tonga!

Seriously, that dude is the only attention I paid to the last summer games at all, and only because he went viral with his fine (but oily) ass…

Donald_Petersen · February 9, 2018, 9:18pm

Tickles me no end that he had so much fun in 2016 that he specifically set out to find a winter sport that he could learn (and excel in) just so he could be here in 2018.

I can think of few better reasons to learn how to cross-country ski. (Getting the vaccine to the outlying settlements, while certainly a noble and worthy aim, is NOT the reason I want to have.)

gadgetgirl · February 10, 2018, 2:53am

Besides, that’s what St. Bernards are for.

Seriously, though, I like cross country skiing. There’s less reliance on apparatus than with downhill.

nimelennar · February 11, 2018, 8:58pm

If that’s your only objection, you may want to look at ski touring / backcountry climbing.

Put skins on your skis, and you can basically cross-country ski uphill, and, when you get to the top, take the skins off and they’re alpine skis again.

Apparently, very big in Europe.

IronEdithKidd · February 12, 2018, 6:11pm

Fun fact: you can earn a varsity letter in cross country skiing in Minnesota.

Citation: I got one! (All my other ones were academic.)

chgoliz · February 12, 2018, 8:30pm

TIL: it is possible to earn a varsity letter in academics.

IronEdithKidd · February 12, 2018, 9:52pm

Well, don’t know if it’s standard practice everywhere, but it was common around the Twin Cities back in the day.

Donald_Petersen · February 12, 2018, 10:02pm

I got one! I was surprised as hell to learn it existed, especially at my know-nothing high school.

IronEdithKidd · February 13, 2018, 3:29pm

The goofiest letter I got in high school was for being active in the “technology club.” One year we built a solar-powered geodesic dome that one of the kids lived in for a few days over winter break. We built the solar panels, too, because it was 1988 and you couldn’t just order one off Amazon.

chgoliz · February 13, 2018, 3:57pm

That’s pretty cool!

IronEdithKidd · February 13, 2018, 4:19pm

Are you sure “geeky” isn’t the word you were looking for?

teknocholer · February 13, 2018, 5:31pm

There’s a considerable overlap. In this case I’d go with “predominantly cool”.

Donald_Petersen · February 13, 2018, 6:05pm

Back then there wasn’t overlap. I’m very glad we can retroactively assign coolness to such things!

MissyPants · February 13, 2018, 6:32pm

Anyone else watching Altered Carbon?

Buddy got jacked since The Killing.

ChickieD · February 13, 2018, 6:49pm

Speaking of lettering, true story: I dated a guy who lettered in Basketball at Beverly Hills High.

IronEdithKidd · February 13, 2018, 7:19pm

Got through about 30 minutes of episode one, and it became abundantly clear that it’s more NC-17 than PG-13, and had to turn it off because kid. D’oh!

MissyPants · February 13, 2018, 7:24pm

Hahahah oh yeah, there is a LOT of nudity, specifically full frontal male nudity.

Hence why my post is in this thread!