Guys and Pins: The Quest for Manly Things on Pinterest

On the way home from my commercial audition last week, I was in the car and the DJ was talking about Pinterest.

He called for the dudes in the audience to admit to being on Pinterest and to subsequently turn in their mancards for being on it. He clearly (and admittedly) did not have a Pinterest account. He cannot possibly know the (awesome) content of Pinterest.

More on that later.

Which got me to thinking, is Pinterest for chicks?

I do know that I personally love it for the recipes, home decoration ideas and crafts……

(Pause)

Hang on while I look dreamily off into the beyond thinking about all the beauty of Pinterest.

Those centerpieces.

Those desserts.

The party ideas…

*sigh*

OK I’m back. Sorry.

But seriously. Does Pinterest appeal to the mens at all? Is it really in some way demoralizing  to be on Pinterest if you’re a man or to have an account on there? (Guys, feel free to chime in here.)

Do men need to gather together to create “Manterest?” Manlier pinnables limited only to man-categories that include things like target practice, beautiful pictures of frothy beer, hot (I mean really hot) vehicles?

So I decided to search for guy things. 

There must be manthings on Pinterest. It contains ideas gathered from the INTERNET! And the internet is all encompassing! 

I mean, seriously. Go onto Pinterest and just try searching for “guns!”  You’ll see what I mean!

Wait, no. Not that.

THIS!

Oh, shoot. Not that either. I mean THIS!

Darn it. That didn’t work either. There’s gotta be something.

OK HERE.

Doesn’t get much better than guns and bacon. (Surely he can have his mancard back for finding this, right?)

OK now, let’s look for cars. That’s a “manly” topic, right? This should be easy.

Sweet! I wish I’d have thought of that when we had our Cars  party! I mean, darn it. That’s not manly.

 Try again.

I don’t see why we can’t coexist peacefully on Pinterest and why there is a call to turn in mancards. (That seems a little extreme) I mean, clearly there are manthings on Pinterest.

There’s even beer.

Yes! Beer cake pops! I mean yes. Beer cake pops. Remember we are looking for something manlier than beer cake pops.

Like, for instance:

There. That’s something men can get behind right? (Those appear to be manhands in the picture so I’d say yes.) Those look quite refreshing.

So there’s no need to feel ashamed or to hide any longer, fellas. You can come out now and keep your mancards.

Pinterest is ok.

And it’s not just me saying it, you’ve seen it for yourselves: Pinterest has the big three (cars, guns and beer!) 

So there’s something for all of us.

You just have to sift through some girlie versions of those things to get to them. Which is sort of like real life anyway, right?

Anyway, don’t be shy. And don’t be afraid to pin a few recipes while you’re on there, the sticky chicken really is to die for.

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