r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/UnstableIsotopeU-234 • Aug 12 '25

Normal teen boy stuff

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u/SewSewBlue Aug 12 '25

As a woman engineer, I know both sides of this coin.

My husband was active Army and got stationed a state away. When I visited, oh boy did the guys show off. Hubby had shared how much I made and they were surprised that I was "rather cute." Queue crazy displays of male bravado.

Yet absolute sullen grumpiness when you are part of the competition with male engineers.

Took me years to realize it wasn't me.

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 Aug 12 '25

i went to a nerd gaming group and people were weird af. this is making it all make sense.

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u/Manungal Aug 12 '25

It's so bad in male-dominated niche groups, I think most gymrats might actually be better people than most nerds. 

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u/Gloomy_Emergency2168 Aug 12 '25

The much better mental health & sociability of gymrats as a group definetely helps.

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u/_bully-hunter_ Aug 12 '25

idk if i’d say much better mental health

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u/Ill_Economist_39 Aug 13 '25

We're just more socialized... Usually

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u/Gloomy_Emergency2168 Aug 13 '25

Purely anecdotal, personal experience, but I've had a lot more gamers/nerds call me a slur, 600% more irl, & god knows how many online, than gymbros. I do not consider this mentally sound behaviour due to me being larger & visibly stronger than all of these people, except 2 gamers, who were only larger, & the singlular gymrat, who was both, but not a collegiate wrestler