Man Caves

[Forrest]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/05/15/free.mancave/index.html

Creepy.

[Sarah]

That Cy guy Tom interviewed a few years ago has this beat by a mile.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

"fuel-powered refrigerator and microwave"

sounds creepy and weird and gross.  and dangerous.

[Jason]

How is this creepy?
Building a hang-out out of found material is pretty cool imho.

[Forrest]

It's the name that makes me really shudder.

[Sploops]

I thought this was going to be about goatse 

[mokin]

The headline "Beer, free stuff lead to 'man cave'" made me think it was going to be about a creepy cave that men get lured to by following a Hansel-and-Gretel-like trail of beer and free stuff.

[Sarah]

I thought that at first, too.  I anticipated a serial killer story.

[mokin]

The headline should read "Immature dudes build 'No Girls Allowed' clubhouse in the woods."

Man Caves belong in the creepopedia. Not necessarily the concept, just the phrase "Man Cave."

ETA: What am i saying? The concept, too.

[John Junk 2.0]

There's no rules, there's no bathroom.



yeah, actually it just kinda sounds like the hillbilly version of the Guided By Voices rehearsal space (/basement) circa 1980-1995.*

*Please don't fact-check this rock history reference.

[Stupornaut]

I am kind of irritated at the whole current "assert your manhood" trend basically being this whole huge exercise in boneheaded post-fratboy dickweedery involving slovenliness and dimbulb machismo. If some pop culture trend establishes itself by emphasizing the "man" or "manliness" aspect of itself there is a 98% chance it is appealing primarily to hey-brah shitheads.

[Stupornaut]

also, I actually first saw this article on the front page of CNN.com described thusly:

[John Junk 2.0]

Back in my day we used to call it "personal space" and "hanging out with your friends".  We didn't need all these masculinity-affirming whistles and bells attached.

[Gilly]

This isn't a new concept... most people call them deer shacks.

[yesno]

I can see the appeal of having some shithole to drink and belch in, if that's what you do, if your house is one of those plastic on the couches places.  (Which, if you're not from New Jersey or Long Island, I can assure you are real.)

Also, the idea of some recreation-based place that isn't based around a giant TV is pretty good.  It would be pretty sweet to have a treehouse.

I can't say that I buy into the aesthetic on display, though.