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Mr.Mitten
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So i've heard this term many times and I've looked it, and i was just wondering what do you think metrosexuality is? Would you consider yourself a metrosexual? What do the Pinknames thinks of metrosexuality? People have called me metrosexual because I care about how i look and like nice clothes, but some say that metrosexuals go out and get pedicures and manicures and all that. What do you think?

inb4 gay jokes...
Jan 6 2013 8:35PM
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jeR.
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cologne's some homo shit
Jan 7 2013 2:41PM
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Puns
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Being metrosexual has nothing to do with being gay or straight, it's about how you dress and express yourself. Personally, I say fuck the gender binary and just be a fucking person and do whatever the fuck you want. There's not boy shit and girl shit, our culture made that up in the last 100 years; I'm sure you would mostly all call the manliest shit in 1640 'gay' these days.
Jan 7 2013 2:46PM
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ironic
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I'm sorry, this just looks classy as hell to me.
Jan 7 2013 2:57PM
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Stickity
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we're on a skiing forum. we're all materialistic
Jan 7 2013 4:06PM
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Jeebus.
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thats not metro at all dude, thats just a classy dude. this on the other hand is metrosexual Click for larger image
Jan 7 2013 4:10PM
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ski.cats
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i dont see that logic.  not everybody has to have next years new rockered ski, saga, and jiberish.
Jan 7 2013 4:33PM
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volvotom
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Hardly. I don't have particularly nice things. My car is old and dented. My suits are more than 5 years old. My skis are 4 seasons old and 5 seasons old. I have an iphone and an ipad but the latter was refrubished and is 2 years old. I don't like to overspend on anything. I never buy clothes unless they are on sale. I wear them until they get holes in them (and even still wear them then). You don't have to spend a lot to look good. Even stores like Target and Gap have worked tirelessly to bring fashion clothing to the masses. Living in the greater LA area some of my best friends are horribly materialistic. People judge here like crazy. I don't fit in with the Hollywood/snob lifestyle, and I never want to.
Jan 7 2013 4:37PM
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bennybaker
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My swedish step-brother is metrosexual. It is a sight to see.
Jan 7 2013 5:28PM
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El_Barto.
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My grandpa was bi that makes me quarter bi
Jan 7 2013 5:31PM
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Bateman
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i get this reference.

Jan 7 2013 5:39PM
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Huck_Norris
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Which makes you at least 3/16 bi. Congrats!
Jan 7 2013 5:45PM
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Huck_Norris
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Haha yes exactly. First dude is James bond. Second dude is by definition gay since he is a guy and he is completely in love with himself.
Jan 7 2013 5:49PM
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Jeebus.
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Bottom line, Metrosexual is dressing like a fairy, taking care of your self and caring about your image is normal
Jan 7 2013 6:36PM
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grown-ninja
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^guy in a suit is just called dressing like an adult, I dress like that, see guys dressed like that every day at work and around the city
Jan 7 2013 6:37PM
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bennybaker
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does that make me part metrosexual through marriage?
Jan 7 2013 7:45PM
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Bateman
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Not really
Jan 7 2013 7:51PM
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El_Barto.
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No, it doesnt work like that. What a stupid thing to say
Jan 7 2013 8:05PM
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DANETRON
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I dont think he is....
Jan 7 2013 8:22PM
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Jeebus.
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Ya, really. Dressing nice doesn't make you metro, you can be well kept and not be metro. But if you like chicks yet you dress like someone who likes dick you are metro. It's really not that hard to understand..
Jan 7 2013 9:24PM
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DizzyG
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Anybody here watch white collar? Neal Caffrey? Metro or just super classy?
Jan 7 2013 9:33PM
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snowdon
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I've always thought of it as guys who put a lot more time and effort into fashion and their appearance than most. I think of it as the guys who are very clean cut and aren't afraid to get manicures and wear pastel pink. And that's fine, do your thing. Personally, though, I've never really been attracted to that. No hate towards it, but I just like scruffy, outdoorsy men who don't really give a fuck. Just personal preference though.
Jan 7 2013 9:59PM
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panojibber.
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This is from Mark Simpson, the guy that invented the term:

"The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis — because that’s where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference."
Jan 7 2013 9:59PM
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volvotom
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you can be both....brad pitt.

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200505/brad-pitt-divorce-hollywood-lucy-kaylin-slideshow#slide=1
Jan 8 2013 12:14AM
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Puns
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what about scruffy outdoorsy guys who give a fuck?
Jan 8 2013 12:21AM
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Sno.
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planned and manicured scruff is a little disingenuous. the point is to just be an outdoorsy mans-man, not be "going for" the outdoorsy mans-man look.

Also I agree with snowdon.

Jan 8 2013 3:15PM
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dunkaroos
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so basically 95% of nsers are metrosexual.

skiers care about how they look just as much as the average gay dude


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Jan 9 2013 1:42AM
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Puns
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hey heads up everyone, gay people don't look any different than anyone else


Jan 9 2013 1:57AM
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B.Aussie
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I prefer classy, but non over the top metro can still be attractive. It's nice when a guy dresses well.
Jan 9 2013 3:44AM
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Sno.
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either this isn't true, or it's a thing for the new gen of skiers? Do you mean on the slopes or on the streets?

All of the skier guys I've ever hung out with are just outdoorsy guys- on the slopes they don't care what they look like, wear the gear that is high performance or comfortable, and on the streets just wear what they like. None of them have been into their looks.

Jan 9 2013 10:53AM
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90053
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metro is getting pretty big in the uk, girls increasingly want guys who keep themselves in good shape, not just in the gym but eyebrows, piercings, tanning waxing etc.
my brother plays rugby at his his uni and hits the gym times a week, he's massive, benching 140kg but still goes to a tanning salon, wears moncler, gucci.
its pretty much just good club game but its not easy at all for guys to pull anymore, so much effort! girls expect to much, to the point where guys spend more time on there physical apperance
Jan 9 2013 12:21PM
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Sno.
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I draw the line here.
Jan 9 2013 12:23PM
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90053
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haha, i know exactly what you mean, its pretty crazy, i'm quite a hairy guy so its just not worth trying to keep up, like i occasionally trim my chest hair but that's as far as i'll go. but then again i don't get many girls at clubs. When i'm ski bumming girls want something completely different, guys have it tough!


Jan 9 2013 12:38PM
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Huck_Norris
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Fck that. They have that in the US too, it's called being a self absorbed metrosexual.

I always felt like metrosexual as a term mostly referred to self-obsession and love for yourself, and I'm kind of glad that the guy who invented the word agrees. It's not about being gay, it's about being in love with yourself and obsessed with how sexy you think you are.
Jan 9 2013 12:44PM
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snwbrdmilf
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Yes, exactly, thank you. Its about wanting to have sex with yourself because you love you that much.
Jan 9 2013 12:46PM
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Laurent.
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This belongs here:


Jan 9 2013 12:52PM
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90053
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it is pretty vain, social media and current tv probably take most of the blame,

quote one of my mates: 'i wouldn't mind looking like beiber, he could get any girl he wanted'

not completely true, obviously, but goes to show what girls are looking for in guys these days
Jan 9 2013 12:57PM
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Sno.
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I think the wallet/fame has something to do with beiber's female following. who wants girls like that anyway?
Jan 9 2013 1:02PM
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90053
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true, but i can think of wealthier less sought after celebs
Jan 9 2013 1:13PM
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MickSwagger
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Fuck a metrosexual suck a dick im disrespectful
Jan 9 2013 1:25PM
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90053
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just checked forbes....
beiber really is loaded
but for 3 million less you could have federer
Jan 9 2013 1:32PM
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gucci_mane
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every man should be metrosexual, if your not giving two fucks about showering, keeping yourself up, and dressing well when it is appropriate then you are just dirty and no woman will like you. metro is not gay, gay is gay, metro is caring a little bit about your attire and hygene..
Jan 9 2013 1:33PM
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Sno.
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I don't think "showering" is metrosexual.

metro is not caring a little about your attire and hygiene, its caring A LOT about your attire and hygiene.

Jan 9 2013 1:35PM
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90053
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but after a point you start to lose your masculinity, no? i'm not sure what you understand by the word , but when you start chest waxing, spray tanning, using make up people start to wonder about your sexuality
Jan 9 2013 1:37PM
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gucci_mane
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no its not. it is simply grooming yourself and putting on clothes you feel good in without looking like a retard... people get called metro for having a button shirt on... is that caring A LOT about your attire or just being a normal dude. everyone is metro
Jan 9 2013 1:38PM
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Sno.
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well apparently you think you are authority on defining the word, even though 99% of the posts in this thread and the internet as a whole disagree with you.

If metrosexual was simply showering, having decent hygiene and dressing in clean clothing, then no one would have a problem with it.

As stated above-- thinks like waxing, tanning, plucking your eyebrows, styling your hair, etc. are considered metro-- regardless of what you think-- and these things are not necessary to have great hygiene.

Jan 9 2013 1:42PM
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danderson.
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Patrick Bateman is a great example.

I would consider myself metrosexual. I fucking love clothes and the perfect appearance.
Jan 9 2013 1:42PM
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90053
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so there is a show in the uk which defines metrosexual, its called geordie shore, very similar to jersey shore


all the guys are straight and get a lot of girls
Jan 9 2013 1:45PM
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gucci_mane
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when is this site not in disagreement...? and yes i think my definition is far more accurate than most of the immature retards on here. plucking your eyebrows..? if your a chick i wonder what kind of men your into. Waxing yourself is gay, not metro, styling your hair is metro i agree. and tanning.. guys who work on tv and shit need to do that. if you don't need to your gay. its simple really.
Jan 9 2013 1:47PM
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90053
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you are very wrong
Jan 9 2013 1:50PM
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gucci_mane
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this is not metro.. this is homosexual.
Jan 9 2013 1:50PM
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