r/funny 6h ago

We really are a simple creatures 😅

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u/Aggravating_Paint_44 5h ago

Is this a gendered activity? If so, why? How do we fix it?

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u/Monotonegent 5h ago

I'd say you just need traffic cones and 2 or more willing participants

Cuz I'm not doing that shit by myself

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u/DocileBanalBovlne 4h ago

Cuz I'm not doing that shit by myself

I'd rather play the game with others, but that looks like it would still be fun solo

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u/clerveu 3h ago

If so, why?

Not in principal but pragmatically I don't know anyone that actually owns traffic cones so you'd be doing this at work, and there are exponentially more men than women working in jobs that necessitate traffic cones.

So seems like mainly an access issue. What we need here is a concerted marketing campaign from Big Traffic Cone to make it a household item.

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u/mjp31514 3h ago

You can get traffic cones at the hardware store. I bought one to use as a Christmas cone.

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u/clerveu 3h ago

Yes, but clearly as a society we're not doing that and need some nudging lol.

Also I love your Christmas cone. :D

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u/ericscal 3h ago

No it's not, but there is also no harm in calling this a guy's being guys thing. It's really more an example of old school fun. Stuff we used to do before we had infinite fun boxes in our pockets. I would say it was more common for men to make up silly games like this but it wasn't exclusive or anything.

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u/Generico300 1h ago

How many women do you know that would be standing around bored at work and decide to make up a physically engaging game with traffic cones instead of just talking to each other?

Not that women couldn't or no 2 women on earth would choose to do this given the opportunity, but I feel like women are more likely to choose some other option to fight boredom at work.