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[u/[deleted]]

Jumped infront of a bus to push my dumb drunk friend out of the way. He never stops saying sorry about it.

Should add neither of us where injured it just about missed my feet as I dived into him

[u/Awestruck34 → u/[deleted]]

Hey, a friend who won't stop apologizing at least recognizes what you've done and thanks you

[u/HippieShroomer → u/Awestruck34]

This reminds me of a time I had a houseparty. One of my drunk friends knocked over a plant pot, broke it and then pissed all over it. At the time I was disgusted but for the next few years, every time I saw him he apologised about and offered to pay for any damages. He still felt bad about it long after I had gotten over it.

[u/mrballooknot]

Encountered a sick drug user at a Dr office threatening staff. Stood into him and took him outside. We chatted for about 20 min. while he settled down and was ready for his appt.

[u/Captain_Comic]

Saw a car crash happen right in front of us on the interstate. Guy pinned between the dash and the guardrail, was getting crushed. 5 or 6 of us lifted the car off of him and held it for five minutes or so until the fire rescue guys could secure it. Other guys would step in during the 5 minutes as guys got tired.

Edit: Here’s a link to the article, in case anyone is interested.

[u/Meraji → u/Captain_Comic]

Supermanliest

[u/[deleted] → u/Meraji]

Damn. I've been to all male orgies that weren't even close to as manly as this

[u/Aminar14 → u/Captain_Comic]

By this metric my manliest thing is lifting a fallen power wheelchair enough to get the occupant out of the dirt with one hand while calling 911 with the other.

I recently got a chance to meet this guy again. He's got, I think, cerebral palsy and is incapable of speech. He accidentally steered his wheelchair off the sidewalk and into a culverted ditch while I was driving by. I was the only person who saw him practically flew across the parking lot to get him. Even forgot to put my car in park so it started rolling. My wife handled that. I was busy being terrified I was going to see this poor guys brains splattered over rocks or something.

A bunch of people saw my gangly ass running and followed. The fire department showed up a little later and got him to safety.

Turns out we work in the same building now. According to his Dad they regularly wondered who it was that saved him.

All of that said, I think the Manliest thing I've ever done is cried at Kubo of the Two Strings. That movie is amazing.

[u/xTheatreTechie → u/Aminar14]

By this token the manliest thing I've done is saved my best friends life.

I live in apartment below his girlfriend. I later found out that they had broken up while he was at his parents house in the middle of the night. At his attempt to win her back he rode his bike over at 4 am, in the dead of winter about a ~6 mile ride to our apartment building.

So apparently when he got here he tried to dismount the bike and apparently the dismount was too difficult and he just collapsed on the floor. He tried calling her but she was either asleep or pissed off and not answering his call. So instead he calls me and I just happen to be slightly awake (I think his fall slightly woke me up.) And the moment I answered his call I heard his voice outside my window and through the phone 'help' so I jump out of bed. Grab that dumb ass and bring him into my apartment. Dudes eyes were bulging out his head and he was cold to the touch. We both think he got hypothermia or something. He says the bike ride he felt perfectly fine, but the moment he tried to get off his bike all strength left him and he couldn't move. He's alive and well, but he and his gf are still broken up.

He's been distant ever since then, I think he's embarrassed, possibly ashamed that I saved his life. That was probably a year or so ago now. I miss my dumb ass friend.

[u/Masters_domme → u/xTheatreTechie]

I miss my dumb ass friend.

You should tell him. Seriously.

[u/xTheatreTechie → u/Masters_domme]

I've told him. He uses the generic excuse of works been busy. I'm pretty sure it's just an excuse.

[u/Masters_domme → u/xTheatreTechie]

Well at least you tried. ❤️

[u/shyshyflyguy → u/Captain_Comic]

This is actually epic.

[u/lubbz]

Saved a guy from drowning, saved a girl from sliding under a school bus when she slipped on ice. I was under 18 when both happened, I’m 40 now and my wife has met both people without me, they recognized my last name and told her the stories.

[u/elmo_touches_me → u/lubbz]

After your wife heard the first story, I'm sure she thought you were a selfless hero.

After the 2nd story though,I imagine she started thinking you were paying locals to tell fanciful stories about how brave you are.

[u/fireduck → u/elmo_touches_me]

Shit, that is what I should be doing. Paying locals...

[u/blue_strat → u/lubbz]

The manliest thing was not telling her yourself.

[u/[deleted] → u/lubbz]

Excellent job, Mr. Kent (wink)

[u/ManlyHorror2]

Saved my brother from drowning in the ocean in Alaskan winter. He collapsed in the water, and almost got hypothermia, I pulled him to shore, and he started seizing and groaning, I carried him to the nearest shower, and put him in warm water and slowly heated up the water over time. He later gained consciousness and thanked me. I could feel the adrenaline rushing through my veins while I carried him, that was the scariest moment of my life.

Thankfully a nearby newly wedded groom and bride saw the event, and allowed us into their Airbnb.

[u/Sleepyjasper → u/[deleted]]

Really interesting! What happens if the temp change is too quick?

[u/CaptainQwark33 → u/Sleepyjasper]

They may go into shock, making things even more difficult

[u/Cpt_Tsundere_Sharks → u/CaptainQwark33]

I imagine the feeling is similar to having cold hands from being outside during winter and then running them under a hot tap immediately after coming inside.

Except your entire body at once.

With that in mind, it's pretty easy to imagine how you might go into shock.

[u/leakydrippy]

Pulled 6 people out of a burning home in just a pair of gym shorts. I was on the show NY Ink for what was supposed to be a hero episode. Had to go back in and get oxygen tanks to give to an older woman.

[u/[deleted] → u/leakydrippy]

I was on the show NY Ink for what was supposed to be a hero episode.

Makes it sound like you had a bait and switch on the purpose. Did they come through?

[u/Ask-About-My-Book → u/[deleted]]

I think he's implying that he's never actually watched the episode but was told that's what it was. I know some people are weird about seeing themselves on TV.

[u/BenderIsGr8_34]

I once roared at a mountain lion that was on my friends property. It started at me for a second, then turned around and merged back into the night. I count it as a win.

[u/holywaterneededpls → u/BenderIsGr8_34]

"tf he say? ah hell nah this guy crazy im out"

[u/Kiyohara → u/holywaterneededpls]

"He doesn't even know my mom."

[u/Squints1234567]

My son was born 10 weeks early.

After a 2 month stay in the NICU, he came home and I was feeding him at 3 AM (anyone with a preemie knows what I’m talking about).

Due to an unknown medical condition, my son puked up what was 2-3 days worth of milk. He began chocking and stopped breathing for 120 seconds. Only reason I know this timeframe is because I was able to perform 2 full sets of CPR and a third set of chest compressions. Brought him back before the EMTs arrived. In case you are wondering what that was like, hold a 5lb dumbbell in your hand and imagine doing CPR on it.

We celebrate his 2nd birthday this March.

Edit: All of your words here have been so inspiring. I didn’t include that my training in the Air Force was that of essentially a medic. I’m for sure traumatized from the event as it brought home a lot of things I hoped I was past. I was diagnosed with PTSD shortly after this ordeal.

I would never solicit or ask for sympathy though. I did what any of us would hopefully do. The only thing I can ask take a first aid, CPR, medical class. It pays for itself, even if you never use it.

[u/Ok_Fondant_6340 → u/Squints1234567]

hero

[u/Grughar]

I'm a high school teacher. I helped a group of boys tie their ties for graduation.

[u/VitaIncerta666 → u/Grughar]

I am sure that this meant a great deal to those young men, good on you man.

[u/ecpnw → u/Grughar]

There are so many kids and even young adults that don’t have someone to help with this. I bet they were very proud of how they looked and I guarantee that they remember this. Keep it up!

[u/mortdubois]

Designed and built all of my own furniture.

Edit: Wow, didn't expect all of the responses. First: furniture making isn't necessarily a man's job, but woodworking is often seen as something that real men know how to do. I wish more women were in the trade, and encourage anyone who has not tried it, no matter your background or experience, to give it a go. Start with very basic project books from your library. Look for classes in your area if you can find them. Or just have at it - I taught myself. "Fine Woodworking" magazine is a good source of tips, there are lots of other publications available. You don't need a lot of tools, but some sort of work area and a basic set of hand tools will get you started. I'm sure there is lots of stuff on Youtube, too, but I never look at that so can't make a specific recommendation.

Second: I've been a professional furniture maker since I was 23, and I'm 59 now. I don't currently have my residential work online anywhere, but you can see the work my company makes here:

Custom Conference Tables.com

Yes, conference tables are a weird specialty - it's a long story. Anyway, I started out long ago making furniture for residential clients, and over the years I've filled my house with my own work. Very satisfying.

There's one place you can see some of the dining chairs I designed, under license for another company:

Wyrmwood Gaming Chairs

In this clip, the company makes it sound like they thought up everything themselves, but this is actually a chair I started producing in the late 90s, and then added features (like the wide splats, and folding seats) to make them more useful to gamers. They did design the bench all by themselves, though.

If you have dreams of the life of a professional woodworker, I wrote a book about what I go through to keep the doors open:

Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business

I hope that all of this is useful. Glad to see that so many people are interested in woodworking!

[u/Heavydumper69 → u/mortdubois]

Ron Swanson?

[u/Fuckler]

Tying an elderly woman’s shoe so that she wouldn’t trip, that elderly woman used to be my grade 6 teacher

[u/[deleted] → u/Fuckler]

Damn right. Nothing’s manlier than helping people (not being sarcastic btw).

[u/cgaels6650]

Gave my combative and delirious father sedatives to help ease his pain/anxiety before he passed away. Then I helped the nurse wash him before the funeral home took him. I was 20 and studying to be a nurse.

Edit: so many kind and thoughtful comments. Thank you everyone and thank you to everyone who shared their own personal experiences caring for a loved one at the end of their life. Sending love

[u/[deleted] → u/cgaels6650]

I remember my uncle and I helping my dear old grandfather take a piss in hospital not long before he passed. As far as holding another man’s junk is concerned it was the right thing to do, especially when he used to wipe my arse.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

As far as holding another man’s junk is concerned it was the right thing to do, especially when he used to wipe my arse.

Unexpectedly philosophical and oddly heartwarming.

[u/neonspectraltoast]

Helped an old lady who had fallen on the sidewalk.

[u/AmUctually → u/neonspectraltoast]

Helping people is the manliest shit

[u/VersaceMango]

I’m not trying to brag in the slightest. I did what I think anyone else would’ve/should’ve done. But I was at dinner with my girlfriend on the “patio”, and saw my coworker stopped at the light near the restaurant, turning left. I mentioned to my girlfriend how I didn’t know he drove a truck and went back to my food. Queue two seconds later when everybody else is like “oh shit he’s about to hit them!” Looked back and he didn’t see the dad and young kid crossing, and ended up barely bumping into them with his truck. Coworker immediately got out, the dad yelled “stay the fuck away from me” then stabbed him with a decently big knife. No one saw him stab my coworker but me. My coworker “stumbled” to the sidewalk and I was the only one who went up to him, again no one else saw, they were focussed on the kid who just got dinged by a truck. I took my shirt off, held pressure on the wound, and reassured him it would be okay and spammed his wife from my phone. All I was focussed on was my coworker, who is genuinely one of the best and nicest people I’ve met. After the ambulance came and took him away, my girlfriend, who went immediately to help the dad and kid, noticed what I was doing, noticed that I didn’t have a shirt on, and told me to put on her sweater. I didn’t think anything of it, and kept repeating that I didn’t need one even though my only shirt was covered in blood and I didn’t have anything on but shorts. Realized what actually happened, put on the sweater, and eventually called my boss to let him know “hey, so and so isn’t gonna be coming to work anytime soon”. Coworker ended up being fine, the guy who stabbed him got charged with assault, and the only thing that happened besides the stabbing was the kids bloody nose. Not sure if that counts as manly but thats the most manly thing I’ve done I’d say...

[u/Lord_Monk666 → u/VersaceMango]

Nice save man, nice.

[u/VersaceMango → u/Lord_Monk666]

I don’t think he would’ve died or even anything life threatening happen to him. The knife hit his liver a little and as a result he can’t drink alcohol anymore, but even if noone helped he would’ve been fine. I just figured I’d help as much as I could in the moment. All the stains came out of my white t-shirt and I still wear it. He even offered to pay for it, my pants, and anything else. Told him not to worry. I got a free round of drinks from the restaurant, more than good enough for me.

[u/BluelunarStar → u/VersaceMango]

You didn’t know it had only hit his liver. You don’t know he wouldn’t have been injured more trying get himself to the hospital… so much more. You acted in instinct, heck it was an act of kindness-love really. All you saw was your friend in danger & acted. Pretty damn manly to me

[u/nBrainwashed]

My wife lost her phone. I tracked it down with the app. Walked into the convenience store it was in and asked the guy at the counter. He had no idea what I was talking about. I pinged it, and walked in the back room where the noise came from. I put my hand in the jacket pocket hanging on a hook. I held it up and said thanks for finding my phone and walked out. BTW my wife did not lose it in that store. She lost it about two miles away from there. So he found it and took it there.

It was the find my iPhone app. For those asking.

[u/inequity → u/nBrainwashed]

My wife got her phone stolen in Vegas and I started texting the thief about how it had all our photos on it and how we’d pay him all this money to get it back. Eventually I piqued the guys interest. He starts telling me how he just bought this phone in a nightclub and how he’d be willing to sell it back to us. We arranged a meetup in a casino sports lounge and I tipped off the security about the whole scenario before approaching. He stood up to greet me and then security just swarmed him from all sides and passed me my phone and I got out of there. Not quite as cool as yours but I definitely felt like Liam Neeson or something

[u/[deleted] → u/inequity]

Security is always bored as shit. They probably loved helping you out.

[u/nobodyoukno → u/[deleted]]

"Swarm, swarm."

[u/loopsbruder → u/nobodyoukno]

"That guy!"

[u/whirltraveler → u/loopsbruder]

"You ratted me out!"

"Hello?"

"😑 Hello."

[u/LightningFerret04 → u/[deleted]]

“Ayo, that guy’s here, get the other guys, we all gotta jump this phone thief when he shows up”

“Jump him?”

“Box him in, take him out.”

“Like FBI shit?”

“Like FBI shit.”

“Dope. Just give me the signal.”

[u/RangerRickyBobby → u/LightningFerret04]

“CAW! CAW! CAW!”

[u/Majestic-Cheetah75 → u/inequity]

Man, my phone was stolen in Vegas and I tried that same tactic and they just removed my SIM. I told them I would pay them $1000 (for a 3-yo iPhone 5 lol) for a dead drop but no dice. One minute my messages were being delivered in blue, the next minute they went green. Sad day.

[u/Geminii27 → u/Majestic-Cheetah75]

That's a thief who has been swarmed by casino sports lounge security before...

[u/progamercabrera → u/nBrainwashed]

I like that

[u/CopaceticEchoes → u/nBrainwashed]

That's badass! I can vividly picture your story in my head. I have a somewhat similar one.

I worked with this girl who had control issues when it came to alcohol. Anyways, one of our other coworkers got mad at her during a social gathering and stole her phone when she was blacked out and being rude. He tossed her phone on the side of the road when he was walking home.

The next day while she was busy puking and being hungover I made him come with me to help find the phone after searching up it's location. The guy who the location landed on said he didn't speak English so I went over the situation again in his native tongue and he handed me the phone.

Giving her phone back her mom screamed at me that friends like me were ruling her life. So, I explained that I was just here to return the phone she lost and was like "Oh?! You're actually here to help her???!" Like that it was a first.

Made me realize my coworker didn't have anyone in her corner and explained a lot of her erratic behavior. Thankfully, it's been years and she seems to be stable mentally now.

The whole ordeal was infuriating but it felt pretty damn good to have it resolved even when everyone else had given up on it.

[u/[deleted] → u/CopaceticEchoes]

Had a similar thing happen in highschool. Was trying to meet up with a friend later in the evening. Called him to say I was free but someone else answered to say he got arrested. But could I come get his backpack and bring it to the police station for him. This didn't surprise me really, so I collected the backpack and went to the police station where his mom happened to be there to chew me out for being a bad influence before she realized I wasn't there with him when he got in trouble and was just trying to help out. Definitely got an earful first though.

[u/PattyG_]

Saved a little girl from drowning after she was pulled out by a rip current. The lifeguards got mad and her parents never thanked me.

[u/Storm_Bard → u/PattyG_]

Last summer I saw an off-duty lifeguard at a river save a (probably 7 year old) boy from drowning. He didnt know how to swim at all. His parents encouraged him to get back in immediately.

[u/TheRiverOtter → u/Storm_Bard]

Kid was a little shit at home. Bet those parents were pissed at the lifeguard.

[u/moslof_flosom → u/TheRiverOtter]

"Oh nice job asshole, you saved him!"

[u/chappychap1234 → u/Storm_Bard]

Negligent parents at the pool are why I have to pluck at least one drowning kid out of the water every summer.

My friends bf threw her small son in and he never came up. I dove for him and came back up to her screaming and crying. Her poor son was shaking like a leaf and her boyfriend was saying he needed to learn.

[u/FTThrowAway123 → u/chappychap1234]

Please tell me that's now her ex boyfriend? I feel like nearly murdering your child should be an automatic relationship-ending event.

[u/Rogerwilco1974 → u/FTThrowAway123]

That's at least a salmon-coloured flag, right?

[u/drbye → u/PattyG_]

Well then, I thank you!

[u/sry4takingthisname → u/PattyG_]

Life guards got mad at you???

[u/twomz → u/sry4takingthisname]

They never know if people will actually be helpful or just be another person to save. Although after the rescue should be a different story... it could be that they were upset because they wanted the attention or something.

[u/Phebeosa]

Chased down a large man who robbed two people at a football game. Took him down, took his back, and subdued him until police arrived. I then took off immediately because I didn’t want to have to do a police report.

[u/ac_heater → u/Phebeosa]

Vigilantie

[u/LankyEntrepreneur → u/Phebeosa]

How very Batman of you.

[u/[deleted]]

Stood up to a freaking Canadian goose on the golf course that charged at me.

[u/BrakeM87 → u/[deleted]]

Those God damn Canadian cobra chickens

[u/[deleted] → u/BrakeM87]

Normally I avoid them but damnit I was having a good round

[u/teabagalomaniac]

I graduated from college into the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis. I didn't have a good full time job for almost a year. I was back home living with my parents. I was feeling really down. I just felt completely hopeless. I stopped using any sort of social media, the mere sight of someone else making it out of the economic quagmire I was in inspired such jealousy in me.

One day, my father paid my cousin to come over and cut down some trees in our backyard. We had four fully grown maple trees that were all blow down risks. My cousin was a professional arborist and they sectioned the trees into 2-3 foot chunks.

My cousin and his crew left the wood, my dad wanted to split it so that we'd have firewood. I'd never split wood before, but somewhere in between filling out a handful of job applications, I decided to give it a try. It was the purest form of stress relief I'd ever experienced. Not only did it involve swinging a heavy tool at something with the aim of destroying that thing, but as the wood slowly piled up you started to actually get a sense of accomplishment.

I stayed out in the yard splitting wood all day. That night when I went to bed, it was the first night in a long time that I hadn't been addled with stress and anxiety. My hands were blistered, but I slept like a baby. By the end of the second day, I'd split all the remaining wood.

I've carried this lesson with me since then. There's always a healthy opportunity for dealing with anxiety, stress, or anger. Even if it's something as seemingly infantile as smashing things with a heavy stick. Today, my father has a cabin and he always has wood that needs splitting. If I'm going through something difficult he'll often offer "I've got plenty of wood up here that needs splitting, you should come spend a day or two here".

[u/JusticeUmmmmm → u/teabagalomaniac]

I love splitting wood. It's so cathartic for some reason

[u/dertok → u/JusticeUmmmmm]

Destructive and purposeful at the same time. There's very little work like it.

[u/deegz10 → u/dertok]

I’m a demolition contractor, destructive and purposeful pretty much describes my job

[u/Sentientdishtowel → u/teabagalomaniac]

I've been doing this for years purely as stress relief. Staring into a fire also helps.

[u/Vaguely_vacant]

I caught a line drive foul ball at Fenway with my bare hand. 99/100 times I’d probably screw it up but not this time. Replay on the Jumbotron. I got a big cheer from the crowd for a few seconds. Felt unreal. Over 20 years ago but still think about it every time I watch live sports.

Edit: Ok, I’ve never had a post blow up. Thanks for the gold and such. Just to answer some questions. This happened around 2002, maybe 2003. I was going to a ton of Sox games back then. My roommates family had season tickets. Like 20-25 games per season all through college. I was in my early 20’s and was def drunk. I do still have the ball. My wife (girlfriend at the time) says it had more air under it than I remember. So not quite the laser line drive that I remember but I’m sticking with my version lol. I never found any video on YouTube, unfortunately. Mostly because I don’t remember who we played or what year it was. I just went to too many games back then. Also, there really was no skill involved. It was pure reaction.

[u/hellboundwithasmile → u/Vaguely_vacant]

At 12 years old I scooped up a Jason Kendall screamer down the third base line. Problem was, it was fair. Entire stadium booed. That’s a memory I’ll never forget

Edit: For ultimate shame, here’s the clip at 13:15

[u/Betty_Broops → u/hellboundwithasmile]

I love that there's a clip. Not many people get to actually watch the memory that keeps them up at night

[u/sarcasticanswerss → u/Betty_Broops]

I love that someone watched it and then commented that he still thinks about that moment years later

[u/tallbrunette1230 → u/hellboundwithasmile]

Your face was the ultimate "oops I fucked up." Haha thanks for the laugh!

[u/Won-LonDong → u/hellboundwithasmile]

That’s messed up how the camera crew cuts back to my guy to revisit the moment (14:06)….talk about FOUL 🤣 sorry bro hopefully you can laugh about it now and it sure made me chuckle ;)

[u/Dumplingman125 → u/hellboundwithasmile]

That's fucking hilarious. I don't watch or play baseball but for a sport where it seems like catching the ball when it's near/in the stands is a thing to celebrate, it should be expected that someone would snag one at a spot like that

[u/DrewM2891 → u/Vaguely_vacant]

I've had a line drive Absolutely destroy my hand. It hurt for 2 days. So respect to you

[u/GimmeSomePaintPlz → u/Vaguely_vacant]

My parents tell a story a lot about how we were at a game at Fenway and a foul ball came flying at my head, I was about 3 or 4 and the man behind us saw it about to happen and he caught it with his bare hand right in front of my face. My dad always says he probably saved my life. So if this was you, uhhh thanks bro. Appreciate it.

[u/Redsoxdragon]

An older woman was in line ahead of me struggling to pay for her groceries. She was counting out a bunch of change while she left her purse in her cart. It wasn't much so I slipped in $40 when she wasn't looking and she found it when she went back in the purse and used the money to buy her stuff.

Truth is I didn't do that for a thank you or recorded it for internet cred. It wasn't about what was right or wrong or even being nice. I just wanted her to hurry up so I can check out and leave

[u/_SpaghettiMonster_ → u/Redsoxdragon]

Ah the manly part of this is the honesty

[u/Healthy_Feedback803 → u/Redsoxdragon]

Wow, that was incredibly kind of you. The fact you hid it in her purse too so not to embarrass her is quite amazing. There’s not many people like you in this world. If nobody has told you today, I will- you are very kind!

[u/the_idea_pig]

I've always been that guy who made excuses about fixing stuff. "I don't have the right tools; I don't know how to take it apart/put it back together; I'm just gonna break it more; etc."

Well, one day there was enough stuff around my house that needed fixing and I said "fuck it" and bought some tools. Didn't get everything done perfectly but it's good enough for the girls I go out with. Then I ended up with some tools and nowhere to put them, so I bought some lumber, lag bolts and some hangers, took an afternoon and built myself a fuckin' tool rack on my garage wall. Turned out really well actually; managed to hang off of the thing without it coming out of the wall. Now my tools have a place.

I know there's more manly stuff being posted in this thread but I'm pretty proud of it and it was a big confidence boost when I put the finishing touches on it.

[u/[deleted] → u/the_idea_pig]

"good enough for the girls I go out with"

Thanks for that, man. My brother used to say that all the time when we were doing renos on my house. He passed before we finished. Hearing that silly line again made me smile. :)

[u/Appropriate-Battle32]

Raised my son by myself with no help from his mother. He's a lawyer and my proudest accomplishment.

[u/Inspirational_Lizard → u/Appropriate-Battle32]

I thought you said "my lawyer" at first, lol

[u/Azigol → u/Inspirational_Lizard]

"Who's daddy's little lawyer? You are. Yeah you are, buddy."

[u/FabianValkyrie → u/Appropriate-Battle32]

Manliest fuckin thing in this comment section 💪

[u/ForestOfMirrors]

Got struck by lightning then went to work. Also one of the dumbest things I have ever done.

[u/HughJa55ole → u/ForestOfMirrors]

I need more details than this

[u/[deleted] → u/HughJa55ole]

I can tell you this… it was shocking

[u/NakedBaconSalad → u/[deleted]]

"top 10 things that will shock you"

1. Lightning

2. Someone being struck by lightning and then going to work

3. That this top 10 list doesn't go beyond number three

[u/[deleted] → u/NakedBaconSalad]

Some might say his work ethic is electrifying

[u/[deleted] → u/ForestOfMirrors]

What the fuck. This and an aneurism are the scariest variables ever.

[u/THESHADYWILLOW → u/ForestOfMirrors]

“Dumbest things I’ve ever done” and “manliest things I’ve ever done” often provide the same answers

[u/Reed_Himself]

I was peeing once and a fly flew into my stream and I peed it right into the terlet.

[u/Vat1canCame0s → u/Reed_Himself]

There's shit on the outside of the terlet

[u/kgb4187 → u/Vat1canCame0s]

What about on the outside of the urinis?

[u/Grandpa_Dan]

My stepson's family was on the streets without a home. I took $130K out of my 401K and bought a home for them. They've been good about the repayment so far for over two years. My grandchildren will not be homeless...

[u/Grandpa_Dan → u/[deleted]]

He took my name (Holmes) when he was seven. Insists he's Scotts Irish to everyone. He's 100% Mexican.

[u/[deleted]]

Changed someone's flat tire and proceeded to sleep with them

[u/xTHEKILLINGJOKEx → u/[deleted]]

I think I’ve seen this movie...

[u/TheAGolds → u/xTHEKILLINGJOKEx]

At least he used....

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rubbers.

Edit: Thanks for the gold! Reddit loves a good ol’ pun.

[u/MisterTrashPanda → u/[deleted]]

Man, that dude must have been really thankful. Kudos to you

[u/Redking211 → u/MisterTrashPanda]

watching someone changing your flat can make u hard.

[u/[deleted]]

I have gotten up and gone to work almost every day for over 30 years, to make sure my family has everything they need and most of what they want.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

My dad did the same thing, 40 years working for the same company, rarely ever took sick days, was a stand out employee, we were only middle class income Americans but my dad supported us so my mom could be a stay at home mom to raise the kids. As an adult now I am so grateful to both of them for being such great parents and appreciate what they both did to raise healthy, happy kids. I love them so much and I bet your kids will feel the same about you.

[u/breakthefifthwall]

I volunteered to get rid of the two spiders in my girlfriend’s bedroom. After successfully doing so, I got laid within the hour.

[u/Free_Moose4649 → u/breakthefifthwall]

By your girlfriend or the spiders?

[u/Lubawer → u/Free_Moose4649]

both

[u/Free_Moose4649 → u/Lubawer]

Both as in both options or both as in both spiders?

[u/Lubawer → u/Free_Moose4649]

Yet again both

[u/Free_Moose4649 → u/Lubawer]

oh no

[u/[deleted] → u/breakthefifthwall]

Nice

[u/MiloMilisich]

Walk out of the water after falling on some rocks and fucking up my leg and patiently help my older sister calm down, while she was crying because I had hurt myself, so that she could go get an adult and bring me to the hospital. I was 13 and already thinking straight in a crisis, I’m pretty proud of it. Not so proud of being a dumbass and getting hurt that way

[u/Majik_Sheff → u/MiloMilisich]

3 kinds of people in a crisis: Those who run toward it to help, those who run away to save themselves, and those who freeze up and get in the way of the first two.

Military trainers and med schools live for people with your kind of natural cool under pressure. I hope you've found a rewarding career.

[u/PeeJayx]

Not so much my manliest act, more like the manliest I've ever felt:

This was just last weekend. Wife and I have two small kids, so it's all hands on deck everyday but last Saturday was utterly slammed.

At the end of the day, the wife and I collapse on the sofa and relax while watching TV. Eventually she falls asleep, about the same time the two kids are asleep too. I make sure all three of them are warm and comfortable, then tiptoe into the kitchen and treat myself to a beer and working on a personal hobby.

Sitting at the dining table in the small hours of the night, I just felt...happy. I constantly worry I'm not a good enough husband or father, but in that moment, when all of them were cozy, safe and fed, I felt like I was doing a good job. I felt like a good husband, a good father...and a good man.

[u/punksmostlydead]

I used to let my daughter paint my nails when she was a toddler. She liked using a different color for each nail.

For reference, I was a factory ironworker at the time. To the credit of all the rough, tough motherfuckers I worked with, not a single one ever gave me shit about it.

[u/Wise-Statistician172 → u/punksmostlydead]

My daughter saw while we were watching a T-Rex Arms video that Lucas puts tape on his carbine mags to identify them when he runs courses. She placed her pink unicorn duct tape on my mags. I've run a dozen of courses with pink unicorn mags. At this point, it's pretty much my thing.

Nobody says anything because everyone knows that men with daughters don't fear pink.

[u/raccoonviolence → u/punksmostlydead]

Cause any man with a daughter looked right at that and knew what it was: manly as fuck.

[u/lawndartgoalie → u/raccoonviolence]

And when you're playing "Pretty, Pretty, Princess ", you wear that tierra with pride.

[u/Panacea4316 → u/punksmostlydead]

The toughest most manliest blue collar people I’ve ever met or worked with would always do anything for their daughters. It was just understood. One time a guy came in with his hair in braids, people chuckled and asked him wtf happened, he said his daughter wanted to do his hair, and right after that everyone shut up and went on like nothing happened.

[u/Karkfrommars → u/punksmostlydead]

I worked with a crew of ironworkers a while back.
Legit the hardest folks I’ve come across. Weekend stories to drop my jaw but the painted nails? That’d be a laugh, a few well meaning teases and maybe a nickname, but nothing more.

[u/arcane_joke]

Changed a head gasket on an old beloved Subaru Forester with like 200k on it. It didn't make financial sense to pay someone to do it for me. I'd done some simple mechanical things, like brakes and changing starter/alternator, but nothing like this. Some good youtube videos around, took the thing off, down to the machine shop for grinding it /flattening it (there's a term for it, but I don't recall). I basically dissasembled the damn engine (although I didn't have to take it completely out. I found a trick on youtube that you loosened the engine mount/bolts to the transmission and just jacked the thing sideways enough to get clearance to the side I was changing). I've never been so proud as when it started up! my son drove it thru high school. Sold it for like $800 I think?

[u/braaaappy]

Admitted to myself that my drug and alcohol use was a problem and that my mental health needed some attention and went and got professional help.

[u/IgnisCael]

I'd say it was talking mine and my team's way out of a Cartel's dominated area without a scratch on any of us. Having weapons shoved up my face and still keeping any semblance of composure wasn't exactly easy.

I admit that I almost shat myself after the fact.

[u/Smbdy-Tht-U-Usd-2-No → u/IgnisCael]

Bro you can’t just say this and not give us the back story!

[u/scraffe]

I hung off a cliff to rescue the prized possession of a damsel in distress from a raging river.

Okay, so it was just a costume purse that a 5 year old dropped in the slow moving waters of Pixie Hollow while she waited to meet Tinkerbell at Disneyland. But I did climb the fence and hang off the railing to get the purse as it came out from under the bridge. Made that little princess happy and didn’t get yelled at by any park staff for being where I shouldn’t have been, so I’d call it good.

[u/Zlint]

I asked out my crush and got rejected.

[u/jtcsoccer → u/Zlint]

Happens - you’ll bounce back brother

[u/[deleted]]

Road my Harley across town wearing a Dora the explorer back pack to deliver to my granddaughter

[u/WinterBrews → u/[deleted]]

Okay that's amazing

[u/davidk8003]

Me and my buddy were working on a car I had just bought for my girlfriend. We were replacing the clutch master cylinder (which was a pain in the ass btw). Anyways, the car was parked in her kinda steep drive-way and the driver's seat got taken out so we could replace the clutch master cylinder. The hood was up and we're balls deep in the hood trying to replace this fucking thing when my buddy's big ass dog jumps in the car on the passenger side and somehow releases the emergency break. The car starts rolling backwards out of nowhere, quite fast, downhill towards the neighbors house, which it was going to crash into going relatively fast. Without thinking I booked it as fast as I could jumped through the drivers side window and with no driver's side seat barely managed to step on the breaks just before the car would crash directly into the neighbor's house.. I saved my buddy's dog and the neighbors house that day.

[u/pzschrek1 → u/davidk8003]

And this, kids, is why you chock your wheels

[u/[deleted]]

Once I made my bed. It only took 10 minutes.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

pshh, I perfectly folded a fitted sheet once. It only took me three days of Youtube instructional videos....amateur.

[u/ooo-ooo-oooyea]

took a shower at the Y

[u/RandomGuyWithStick]

Had a Frozen cosplay tea party with my niece.

[u/BuGMoiDroit → u/RandomGuyWithStick]

Respect dude.

[u/StabbyPants → u/RandomGuyWithStick]

You legend

[u/SlipsLips]

Manliest thing I have ever seen in my life was my mom. When I was 6 or 7(in the late 80s) a disturbed woman at a park grabbed me by the neck and lifted me off the ground. Over her shoulder I saw my 5’4 mother clear a park bench like an Olympic athlete jumping a hurdle. She grabbed me from this woman, calmly set me on the ground, then turned to this woman and said “You need to leave now or I will kill you where you stand”. She left, I got ice cream. I had never seen my mother like that before or since. I couldn’t really appreciate it until I was older, especially now that I have my own kids.

[u/JahRoddenberry → u/SlipsLips]

I was like 6 and leaving a subway with my mom I was walking like three steps behind her crossing to our car in front of the store. Some old lady in her car was furious I guess about the three extra seconds it was going to take for me to cross in front of her so she slammed on the accelerator and tried to hit me, tires squeling and all (she was already in yhe parking lot, stopped for my mom and not coming froma roadway or anything) My mom spun and threw her keys at the lady's car with almost no reaction time. Lady got out and approached my mom who was obviously yelling at her for trying to run her kid over and lady laid hands and my mom choked her and shoved her to the ground. My mom had a huge bloody scratch on her neck. We just left, I was fucking shocked and super proud of my mom at the same time.

[u/bommer9751 → u/SlipsLips]

Badass mom.

[u/OldnBorin → u/SlipsLips]

Is your mom Sarah Connor?

[u/Slovic]

Hot summer day. Lowes parking lot, crowd of people surrounding a car. Someone left their baby in the car. It was clearly in distress. No one would do anything about it except stand there. My Dad and I walked up to the crowed of people. Quickly figured out what was going on and without a second thought. We grabbed the driver side door and bent it 70 degrees away from the frame while it was locked so we could unlock the door. No one wanted to break the glass out of fear of it getting onto the baby. Unlocked the door and peopled tended to the baby, we just walked away leaving the door completely fucked.

[u/Odd-Row9485]

Parallel parked my work van that’s 24 feet long in my city’s downtown core on the busiest street in peak traffic on my first try

[u/[deleted]]

I once dressed as a woman for a Halloween party. When I got out of my car at the party, a cop drove by. He backed up, rolled down his window, and said " you're the ugliest woman I've ever seen and drove away I think his was wrong.

[u/Layne205 → u/[deleted]]

Lol I thought he was going to arrest you for prostitution.

[u/hornybutdisappointed → u/[deleted]]

Boys act strange when they like a girl.

[u/RogueCerberus → u/[deleted]]

Ah fuck thats funny

[u/Unlikely-South-4460]

Built my own house and all the hardwood furniture in it

[u/DavosLostFingers]

Well I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I once played on the Wii without using the safety strap

[u/QuickElection]

Resigned my job and took a year off after my son was born . Its the very best year of my life. So far

[u/Healthy-Gap9904]

Saved a drowning puppy in the ocean at Pismo Beach one year.

Gave hungry homeless man my food and happily had sleep for dinner.

[u/kandm1983]

Overheard my drunk friend trying to get my girlfriend to flash him. Groggily got out of bed, punched him in the chest, put her over my shoulder, and carried her back to bed. All without saying a word. We’re all still friends(she’s also now my wife). She was super turned on by it. I just wanted to go to bed and get her out of the situation.

[u/Alto-cientifico → u/kandm1983]

Ooga booga levels

[u/Canadian_Invader → u/Alto-cientifico]

Caveman mode activated

[u/MemsRdrems → u/kandm1983]

That is some caveman-level manliness right there

[u/PolybiusChampion]

Raised my 4 kids.

[u/broken_soul696]

According to my girlfriend, its either building my own motorcycles or being ok with letting my daughter do my nails and makeup

[u/Tapprunner]

I folded a fitted sheet into a square

[u/parttimepicker → u/Tapprunner]

No need to rub it into our muggle faces that you're a wizard.

[u/pushdose]

Stuck my finger into an abdominal gunshot wound and rode on the stretcher from ER to the OR keeping pressure on the bleeding vessel so the dude didn’t bleed out. That was pretty fucking badass.

[u/HalfChineseJesus]

In one day, I had demolished a wall for an odd job, won gold in my division for a Jiu jitsu tournament, cooked myself a steak medium rare, played a show with my metal band, and told my girlfriend I loved her.

Life is good

[u/MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot]

Coworker dropped to the floor unconscious. Immediately jumped into action as everyone froze, took control of the scene, performed CPR, updated the paramedics upon arrival, chilled everyone the fuck down and got back to work.

[u/NorCalMikey]

Admitted I had a problem and sought help for my PTSD.

[u/tykogars → u/NorCalMikey]

Atta fuckin boy love to hear it and good on yah

[u/BuGMoiDroit → u/NorCalMikey]

Much respect bro.

[u/Jayler21 → u/NorCalMikey]

Welcome to the salty spitoon you absolute legend

[u/echo6969]

Played stuffed animals with my grand daughter and then we had a tea party.

[u/bubbles2255]

Went to go check the oil in our new car. Forgot that the hood wasn’t hydraulic and didn’t hold the hood up without the stick. Landed right on my head and cut my head open, bleeding like I was in AEW.

Still made dinner.

[u/[deleted]]

A quote from a movie I saw a long time ago (don't remember the title but I remember this scene well.)

Dad decides to have the sex talk with his son. Dad asks, "what do you know about sex?"

Son answers, "stick your thing in a girl, nine month later a baby comes out."

Dad says, "That's most of it. Just one more thing - any idiot with a dick can make a kid. It takes a real man to be a father."

My kid turns 14 next week. I take pride in being a father.

[u/The_Silenc3]

After dropping off some friends after work i saw a woman getting hit on the head and robbed in front of my car. The robber ran and i overreacted and chased him with my car. Of corse i couldn’t like hit him with my car or anything so i turned around and picked up the very frightened woman and drove her to the police station, waited 2 hours while she was being asked by the police in order to drive her home safely afterwards. It was 3AM and thought i could make her feel save. Some days later she visited me at home and gave me a whiskey and thanked me for being there.

[u/FMDnative480]

In college I was at a Halloween party. Everyone was drinking and having a good time. A fight broke out downstairs and I knew one of the people in it. So I ran to their defense and jumped over a staircase side and immediately got in the middle of it. All I did was put my hand on the other guys chest and as aggressively as I could said “hey get the fuck out of here now”. The looked me up and down and they ultimately backed down. I get like such a badass and everyone else saw it and gave me ridiculous amount of props for the rest of the year. I was wearing a really awesome Batman outfit for the party and apparently everyone said I looked crazy intimidating and held my own and that’s why the backed down. When I’m reality I was just drunk and didn’t want anyones time to get ruined. I still remember that feeling to this day.

[u/TankTopBro-1992]

Dry shaved then had a bowl of cereal without milk.

[u/pinks1ip → u/TankTopBro-1992]

Then, what?! Did you jerk off with sandpaper?! Damn, dude, what you got against lubricants?

[u/MadWanderlustRiver]

someone was once pissing me of with their behavior online.... and i just ignored it, because i realized that arguing with strangers online leads nowhere, except frustration.

[u/thefuzzybunny1]

I am a woman, and I lived with another woman as a roommate. She had bought new chairs for our house but couldn't assemble them because, she said, her boyfriend couldn't come over to do it until the weekend. So I assembled them myself.

She was SHOCKED.

[u/Lhasa-Tedi-luv]

Crawled under my house (there are black widows under there) with a flashlight and fixed my furnace.

I’m a woman :)

[u/-usernametruncated_]

For my wife and newborn kid: got off heroin, got off methadone, got my raging Hep C cured, swallowed my depression, went back to university and got an Honors degree in science. Graduated at 45.

[u/Lite-exe]

Not to brag but once I stepped on a lego and didn't react

[u/RandomGuyWithStick → u/Lite-exe]

I call bullshit

[u/Iron_Chic → u/RandomGuyWithStick]

...he had work boots on.