Emily VelascoMLE_online
Apr 19, 2026, 12:21 AMI saw a story advertising that it sells antiques and mantiques. I guess antiques are too womanly!
I wonder what mantiques are. Rusty razor blades? Ancient battle axes? Gatling guns?
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a libi roserose_alibi@post.lurk.orgApr 19, 2026, 12:28 AM@MLE_online every piece comes with a set of truck nutz
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 19, 2026, 12:29 AM
@rose_alibi Bronze wagon nutz given the the Rough Riders by an act of congress
Sam Oldman 🐀samloonie@mstdn.caApr 19, 2026, 12:31 AM@MLE_online All of those things and beer signs. Perhaps putting rusty swords above a fireplace isn't ladylike.
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺johnlogic@sfba.socialApr 19, 2026, 12:35 AMWhatever they mean by "mantiques", I expect that they look pretty rough and smell very bad.
roodrood@aus.socialApr 19, 2026, 12:39 AM@MLE_online mantle ornaments?
eltheanineeltheanine@the.teabag.ninjaApr 19, 2026, 12:51 AMGuessing they're for men that feel threatened and need some affirmation...?
No actual man would take that seriously.
James Brittjamesbritt@mastodon.socialApr 19, 2026, 12:52 AM
smells of bikessmellsofbikes@mastodon.socialApr 19, 2026, 1:20 AM@MLE_online Japanese mall store swords from the 80s
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 19, 2026, 1:21 AM
@smellsofbikes if this is true, your house qualifies as a mantique shop
- smells of bikessmellsofbikes@mastodon.socialApr 19, 2026, 4:15 AM
@MLE_online but none of mine are japanese swords from a mall!
TOTALLY DIFFERENT. - Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 19, 2026, 4:15 AM
@smellsofbikes viking swords from the mall?
- smells of bikessmellsofbikes@mastodon.socialApr 19, 2026, 4:20 AM
@MLE_online NOW we're talking.
and yes my house is a giant mantique exhibit.
Alex von KitchenDangerous_beans@aus.socialApr 19, 2026, 1:25 AM@MLE_online Overpriced old woodworking tools
shroomfmatic [1202] :doll: :bot: :cutie:mushroomdonoteat@misskey.fryer.net.auApr 19, 2026, 1:32 AM@MLE_online@social.afront.org really old "free beer tomorrow" signs
lolcatlolcat@digipres.clubApr 19, 2026, 1:47 AM
My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 4:46 AM@lolcat @MLE_online Is that a The Sneeze reference!?
- lolcatlolcat@digipres.clubApr 19, 2026, 7:48 AM
Don't know 'The Sneeze" other than a painting I remember seeing. But, I recall that picture hanging in a friend's house, so I doubt that's what you're referring to.
I was referencing a YT channel where Steve, the creator, displays and eats the contents of old military rations - sometimes, it seems, without regard to his health.
I find his videos oddly relaxing - something about his voice, and the predictable pattern, maybe.
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 7:55 AM
@lolcat @MLE_online Oh, you know what. I've definitely watched that, assuming it's at minimum a decade old? I was referring to a blog from back when blogging was hip and people did it just to do it. There's a series of posts called Steve, Don't Eat It! (Spoiler: he eats it)
Regardless, I'm currently rereading all of them in order, so thank you for inadvertantly bringing it to mind. I have been transported back to a time when the Internet felt like a utopian future instead of endless an endless stream of icepicks to the temple. I highly recommend the entry about Beggin' Strips.
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 7:57 AM
@lolcat @MLE_online okay, exactly a decade old. Solid guess lol. Honestly don't remember if it was this guy, but there was a moment in time when I thought MREs were hella interesting.
- lolcatlolcat@digipres.clubApr 19, 2026, 8:08 AM
Thank you so much for this. It's 2:00 am. i should be asleep in bed. But this is so much better. Could not stop laughing.
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 8:18 AM
@lolcat @MLE_online You are so very welcome. And yeah, I'm in the same boat (except in my case it's 4:00am lol).
Michael Hornerecantha@mastodon.socialApr 19, 2026, 3:18 AM@MLE_online All sounds like "old shiny stuff" to me!
AI6YR Benai6yr@m.ai6yr.orgApr 19, 2026, 4:28 AM@MLE_online "Antiques for the gender insecure"?
(the men I see who are extremely concerned about manliness, I am convinced, were either teased or were worried they were gay when growing up. 🤔 )
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 19, 2026, 4:38 AM
@ai6yr getting teased that you're gay or a pussy when you're a teen is a good way to make a make a very insecure adult
- AI6YR Benai6yr@m.ai6yr.orgApr 19, 2026, 4:45 AM
@MLE_online Yes, most certainly 😢
ChuckChuckMcManis@chaos.socialApr 19, 2026, 5:12 AMI am convinced that young boys (especially) who were teased about "liking other boys" or "liking things girls like" to the point of feeling shame for those feelings were traumatized by the very people who wanted them to grow up well adjusted. Their parents and other adults they looked up to.
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 4:39 AM
@MLE_online That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard (tied for first with all the other dumbest shit I've ever heard).
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 4:40 AM
@MLE_online ...unless they're selling octogenarian men? Surely that can't be legal.
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 19, 2026, 4:43 AM
@gordoooo_z they could be renting them
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 4:44 AM
@MLE_online I'm not sure that's any more legal, unless they're independent contractors, as opposed to company property 🤔
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineApr 19, 2026, 4:44 AM
@gordoooo_z It could be legal in some parts of Nevada
- My name is Gordogordoooo_z@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 4:45 AM
@MLE_online LMAO
UnlogicUnlogic@hachyderm.ioApr 19, 2026, 6:41 AM@MLE_online would it be antiques and uncletiques?
Dr Footleg (he/him)drfootleg@fosstodon.orgApr 19, 2026, 8:21 AM@MLE_online Surely mantiques are just men who are at least 50 years old?