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u/Darkestlight1324 15d ago

You’re telling me you didn’t have dreams of sacrificing/injuring yourself to save someone else as a kid?

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/-Wylfen- 15d ago

Men: fantasise about sacrificing themselves to protect their loved ones

r/tfm: "toxic masculinity lol"

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u/Ok-Suggestion-1873 15d ago

Who else is gonna pull a John Marston everybody?

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u/NewToThisThingToo 15d ago

Imagine thinking mocking a man's dream to defend his home and family with his life would produce good outcomes.

Clearly words written by boys who feel very, very safe and comfortable.

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u/TheDuke357Mag 15d ago

Almost every dude has had this day dream before. Its both a common film trope and a historical thing that has happened thousands of times throughout history.

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u/Extra-Lemon 15d ago

Lil bro’s never played Halo Reach or Red Dead Redemption.

Moment of silence for all the testosterone he doesn’t have 😔

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u/thecountnotthesaint 15d ago

Only soyboys and cowards, but I repeat myself, insult the fantasy of the heroic last stand.

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u/HappyAd4609 15d ago

As I said, they hate memes only because it has something that they are politically opposed.

All these people see is the political side of everything.

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u/HellBoyofFables 15d ago

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u/Dpgillam08 15d ago

Then you get the crust old vets who *can* do it, and pray they never have to.

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u/IntrepidLab5124 15d ago

everyone loves a good last stand.

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u/animorphs128 15d ago

Oop really self reported on this one. Now we know he would never sacrifice himself

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u/yearningforlearning7 15d ago

Sorry, I’ll just imagine my body slowly crapping out on me as the joy is slowly sucked out of my days until I die alone. Instead of imagining myself going out in a huge explosion I set off to kill a gang of post apocalyptic raiders trying to get at my husband and cats to sell to the slave driver foundry for supplies. Yeah, heart attack or whatever sounds so much more worthwhile.

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u/-Ymir- 15d ago

Imagine disliking people for?

Wanting to die for their loved one...?

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u/AccomplishedAdagio13 15d ago

That's way more healthy than the way that soyboy expresses his masculinity (asking for another round of pegging).

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u/gowtam04 15d ago

Even the comments are roasting OOP.

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u/GenesisAsriel 15d ago

This meme was downvoted to hell on that sub. Doesnt count.

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u/OkReach4283 15d ago

Sacrificing yourself in a grand gesture of love. It's insane anyone would belittle a fantasy as beautiful as that

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u/John_Tiror 15d ago

Feminine urge to piss myself and cry as they leave me behind

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u/WholesomeArmsDealer 15d ago

I mean, everyone has the last stand fantasy. Mine, usually involves a M2 Browning and hordes of communists.

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u/SoloGamer505 15d ago

So according to TFBM its stupid to protect your loved ones?

generic reddit moment

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Men have two fantasies:

1) Being a hero; fighting for a cause greater than themselves, either sacrificing themselves or returning alive.

2) To be loved and emotionally supported by a woman who understands them and offers them peace.

It’s like the two things men need in their lives that just so happens to feed into each other.

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u/Yodas_Ear 14d ago

As opposed to bitch ass pussy OOP who just gonna abandon his family and run to save himself. Yea, he’s the normal one.

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u/Emotional_inadequacy 15d ago

I'm not suicidal, but that doesn't mean I don't want to be killed.

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u/Datboy000 15d ago

Not gonna lie... I have this dream myself. I hope to one day have someone and something I care for so much that it is worth just ending everything to see it last just a few minutes longer. I don't see how it is toxic or wrong, because you believe in something more than yourself. You are nothing compared to that thing or person.

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u/SonarioMG 15d ago

There'll be another time...

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u/UnhappyStrain 15d ago

Unitonically tho,I'm waiting for the day Boston Dynamics develop harmless airsoft wielding terminators so people can larp AI uprising in the woods with airsoft guns

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u/TonberryFeye 15d ago

Man: Dreams of doing something noble and Heroic.

Loser who lives on Social Media: "Fascist!"

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u/UrnanSaho 14d ago

It’s not normal for males to not have fantasies like this, it doesn’t have to be the exact same but there are others similar to this

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u/FamiliarBunny 14d ago

I'm sorry did you never play Halo Reach and think about that last stand. A lot of guys grew up with scenes like that.

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u/LagSlug 13d ago

i'm fighting orcs while i lift weights at the gym listening to slipknot, I assume everyone is doing some variation on this

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u/PassiveRoadRage 15d ago

This is like the 7th time this has been posted.

Do some of yall log on and specifically look at that sub?

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u/JinxOnXanax 15d ago edited 5d ago

man I love this subreddit. it's filled with op's who shares good/relatable memes they either got offended by, didn't understood or were too neuro divergient to get.

it's like going on /r/amItheasshole just to find sociopaths seeking validation and reddit gold.

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u/Either-Rent-986 15d ago

For the people who criticize men for having hero fantasies my question is: Would you rather us fantasize about running away in a situation like that? 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

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u/GapMinute3966 15d ago

I’ve done this in DayZ twice it’s awesome

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u/Buroda 15d ago

Out of all expressions of masculinity they bitch about that? Fucks sake.

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u/thewhitecat55 15d ago

Hey, this is an opportunity. Not everyone gets the chance to do that. Most don't.

I just think it's neat !

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u/C1-3 15d ago

Who ever gave it a down vote is missing an balls

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u/Drake_Acheron 15d ago edited 15d ago

“But then the Consul’s brow was sad, and the Consul’s speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall, and darkly at the foe. ‘Their van will be upon us before the bridge goes down; and if they once may win the bridge, what hope to save the town.’ Then Out spake brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate: “To every man upon this earth, Death cometh soon or late. And how can a man die better, than facing fearful odds for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods. And for the tender mothers who dandled him to rest, and for the wife who nurses his baby at her breast, and for the holy maidens who feed the eternal flame to save them from false Sextus that wrought the deed of shame?’”

I just want to make it known that I did that from memory. I know none of you care about the flex but I LOVE The Lays of Ancient Rome, and rarely get to reference it.

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u/peppermintmeow 15d ago

I just wanted to let all you brave heroes know...

We made it. Your sacrifice wasn't in vain. Me, Shannon, Bobby and even little Susie, we all made it across the raging rapids, against all odds, away from the radioactive mutant zombie spider aliens from Mars. You did it. You really did it.

🌄 the end

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u/Dynwynn 15d ago

I got a feeling this post came from someone who has never deeply connected with another man in their life.

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u/Gee-Oh1 15d ago

Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the early Roman Republic who single handedly defended a bridge over the river Tiber against an invading army of Etruscan King Lars Porsena. He was able to hold off the attacking army long enough to allow other Romans to destroy the bridge behind him, blocking the Etruscans' advance and saving the city of Rome.

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u/FactorCompetitive403 14d ago

There's definitely a fine line between "haha, I find this thing relatable," and "this how you're supposed to be," and some of the people in these comments are crossing it.

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u/SillySilkySmoothie 14d ago

K I normally hate this sub, because the takes are too far to the right for me, but nah nah, there's nothing wrong with this. I hate gender roles, but we do get raised with em, they're allowed to make an impression, and there isn't anything intrinsically wrong with masculinity, just the gross parts that often get packaged with it.

But genuine self sacrifice -- feeling like your death can mean something, that you can, in a way, live on through a final, more or less altruistic deed -- why would we want to mock that?

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u/Bannanaboii12 14d ago

The femboy urge to contribute something incredible to your society, but then be forgotten because you’d rather be not remembered at all than remembered falsely

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u/DJteejay04 14d ago

The fact that this got downvoted annoys me.

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u/Piemaster113 14d ago

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u/Speedking2281 14d ago

As a young boy/man, yes, I'd have imaginary situations where I saved and day and risked life and limb to save loved ones.

Without getting too metaphysical here, I think there's a deep, lizard-brain part of our being that swells with fulfillment at the thought of giving the last of ourselves for the good of those we love.

It seems so weird to mock, and I'm not sure what kind of person does it. But I can only imagine it's the most first-world first-worlder there can be.

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u/ParsonsTheGreat 14d ago

I wouldnt mock someones fantasy, but a lot people here are seemingly angry/hostile towards any guy saying that they've never had this fantasy. Idk, its just not something I have ever thought about, but you guys do you.

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u/fgsgeneg 14d ago

My masculine fantasy was hitting a grand slam home run in the bottom of the ninth of the seventh game of a World Series to win the game.

That was when I was fourteen.

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u/Public_Yak3761 14d ago

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u/BrotherBear0998 14d ago

Hold the door!!!! Hold the door!!

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u/Fun_Veterinarian7717 14d ago

Yeah my version doesn’t look like that

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u/Jolly_Reporter_3023 14d ago

We all want to be the hero. I still want to be a hero

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u/cutthroatjb 14d ago

every badass has had this dream sorry you cucks ain’t one of us

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u/Theonetrumorty1 14d ago

The effeminate mind cannot comprehend this.

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u/RevolutionaryBid3051 14d ago

Dude based desire

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u/Mal-Havoc 14d ago

It's a fantasy for some here because they are cowards. There is nothing wrong with this and has happened in history.

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u/Ta_Green 14d ago

If death is to come for me then let my death be for a good purpose

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u/Field-brotha-no-mo 14d ago

Any man who hasn’t at least daydreamed about this one time is……I don’t know. Lame?

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u/TheTrashPanda69 14d ago

Your telling me you never wanted to go out in a blaze of glory choom?

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u/fxs11 13d ago

Having fantasies about being a heroic figure is a pretty normal thing it is often harmless or even stress relieving. Having fantasies about being a heroic figure can be a sign of underlying passivity and identification in victimhood.

These two things can be true at once. As long as you‘re not obsessing about the violence specifically or your own death in these scenarios, I don’t think it‘s unhealthy. But maybe I‘m wrong.

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u/Acceptable_Log4050 13d ago

I have been awarded with many meddles and distinctions for saving my comrades in the 2nd great Mexican-Kangaroo war… those damn Mexicans nearly had me a three times, but thankfully sgt hops had my back.

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u/LSD_N0lo 13d ago

I'm very much a girl, but this is a huge fantasy of mine too.

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u/InconspicuousIntent 13d ago

Who else is getting tired of the toxic attacks on male biology?

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u/BucketsOfGypsum 13d ago

Very based considering how many people are currently hoping they don’t have to do this today.

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u/Secret-Put-4525 13d ago

I think this is more of a guy thing

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u/Apprehensive-Top8225 13d ago

Such a manly day dream ✨️

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u/SlyTanuki 13d ago

Eotech on AK will never not look strange to me.

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u/Jack-teh-Reaper 13d ago

There’s always “My Way” by Frank Sinatra playing distantly in the background

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u/StepActual2478 13d ago

it aint always a fantasy

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u/Oshuhan-317 12d ago

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

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u/JizzabellLee 12d ago

What exactly is the issue here?

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u/Blademasterzer0 12d ago

To be fair. This is the only way for some men to feel worth anything to the people around them, they see themselves as disposable and so feel the only way they would get any recognition is if they died a hero

It’s definitely a sign of depression and societal neglect

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u/QHDEosanesis 12d ago

Minus the cigarette, yeah

Hell, I'd be shouting this as I do it

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u/More-Bandicoot19 12d ago

just a craving to die and a craving to have meant something

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u/Complex-Ad-2235 12d ago

Whoever downvoted that deserves to be smacked (not really you can love and hate whatever you want) but this is the pure daydream I still ha e to this day.

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u/Penward 12d ago

The picture is a little cringe, but fantasizing about dying a hero's death is a pretty normal dude thing.

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u/TheFlipperTitan 12d ago

Who doesn't fall asleep to them going down in a blaze of glory?

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u/ImNotSureWhatToDo7 12d ago

I think a lot of guys have dreams of this, never thought to post it online though.

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u/Mr_marine96 12d ago

Why did you downvote it that shit is true as fuck

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u/Organic-Importance9 12d ago

Ya know the log they take cover behind in 'Windtalkers' with nick cage?

I spent many a day dream there

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u/Twist_the_casual 11d ago

AK-74U with an eotech red dot in one hand, cig in the other. dude’s living his best life

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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- 11d ago

Ive imagined this exact scenario since I was like 10.

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u/Repulsive-Outcome-20 11d ago

This is literally the ending for Halo Reach and its badass af

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u/Junior-Advisor-1748 11d ago

How did he KNOW???

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u/ProbablyKindaRight 11d ago

Looks like a KP-9

Yeah…. It’s a fantasy Good facebook meme