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Iconic Motorbikes Every Man Should Own | Mansupply Blog

http://www.mansupply.com.au/blog/health-sports/iconic-motorbikes-every-man-should-own/

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Men of Laziness: Peter Gibbons | Mansupply Blog

http://www.mansupply.com.au/blog/health-sports/men-of-laziness-peter-gibbons/

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Steak is Your Friend | Mansupply Blog

http://www.mansupply.com.au/blog/food-drink/steak-is-your-friend/

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The 5 Most Annoying People You Meet Everyday | Mansupply Blog

http://www.mansupply.com.au/blog/relationships-family/the-5-most-annoying-people-you-meet-everyday/

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Poker Star Pro Strategies | Mansupply Blog

http://www.mansupply.com.au/blog/health-sports/poker-star-pro-strategies/

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Super Mario: 8-Bit Alpha Male | Mansupply Blog

http://www.mansupply.com.au/blog/manly-skills/super-mario-8-bit-alpha-male/

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The Top 10 Manliest Beards of 2012

Growing and maintaining a magnificent beard is a celebration of manliness and masculinity, the crown that separates men from boys. 

Here's our pick for the top 10 manliest beards of 2012:

1. The Lion

2. Silver

3. The Badass

4. The Lumberjack

5. Like a Sir

6. The Beerd

7. Magnificent

8. The Fighter

9. Serial Killer

10. The Boss

Buying beard grooming or shaving supplies regularly is a chore and waste of time. Spend less time shopping and more time doing the things you enjoy.

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The Greatest Sandwich You'll Ever Eat

We were browsing /r/food on reddit and we came across this gem of a recipe. This is the manliest (and tastiest) sandwich you'll ever make: the shooter sandwich. 

What it could look like if you put in the time

For those of you unlucky enough to not even have heard of this beauty, it's basically a hollowed out hard crust bread filled with steaks, mushrooms, cheese and bacon. And it is delicious. Here are some pictures courtesy of dave42:

Step 1: Ingredients

"I used a loaf of hard crusted Italian bread, 3 ribeye steaks 1 lb mushrooms, an onion and some bacon."

Step 2: Hollow out bread

Step 3: Cook that shit

"Try to leave the steaks a little rare as they will carry over cook a little more in the sandwich."

Step 4: Shove one steak in

Step 5: Sauce the steak

"I like to have to halves of the sandwich different so I use half thick worchschire sauce and half dijon mustard and horse raddish sauce"

Step 6: Add bacon

Step 7: Add cheese

Step 8: Add onions and mushrooms

Step 9: Add second steak + juice from the pan

Step 10: A little more sauce

Step 11: Top off with more cheese

Step 12: Put loaf back on and wrap with butchers paper

Step 13: Wrap in foil (we're getting there...)

Step 14: Squash the sandwich with as much weight as possible

Step 15: Wait for 4 hours, then eat

Images copyright dave42

Enjoy.

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Spend more time doing real shit

It really pisses us off that we spend so much of our time doing repetitive tasks like buying razors, condoms and deodorant. That time could have been spent doing something awesome like playing video games, going to the gym or doing something else that is not a complete waste of time. It pisses us off so much that we're going to do something about it.

Mansupp.ly launches in Australia in Spring this year (2012). We'll send you the stuff you use regularly (underwear, socks, condoms, razors, deodorant etc) on a subscription basis, so no more forgetting to get something and wasting time, effort and petrol. We'll keep you updated as we get our shit together. Since we're so nice we're giving away $5 free credit each to our first 100 sign ups - sign up here.

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Why Wear a Suit?

Every man should own a great suit.

Fashion, by its very definition is a fickle beast, but a suit is classic and will serve you well despite what the latest fashion trends might tell you. But why own a suit?

Buy a suit because you look good in it. You don't need a suit to be confident, but it helps - much like icing on the proverbial cake. Most of the time the suit is seen as a necessity: going for a job interview, meeting a client, attending a funeral or wedding and so forth. Wearing a suit should instead be seen as an opportunity. Before I tell you why, you'll need to understand how the human brain works.

Neuroscience has shown that the human brain evolved in three stages. Our first primitive brain (we'll call it the "croc brain", although it's really called the brain stem) is responsible for the initial filtering of all incoming messages and generates most survival fight-or-flight responses. It is primitive and is typically the first "frame" of mind a person uses when they interact with you.

The limbic brain, is generally thought to determine the meaning of various things and social situations, and is responsible for emotions. Lastly, the neocortex is able to solve complex problems with logic and reason.

When you're dressed in a great suit, you're sending subtle body language cues to the person you're interacting with — through the croc brain. The croc brain's natural instinct is to quickly ascertain if you are a threat, and if it does, what you say is unlikely to reach the neocortex, where the message can be properly deciphered. Wearing a bad suit won't help you either, because it just signals to the person that you're sloppy and most likely a waste of his/her time. And all this before you even speak a word!

First impressions do count, no matter what some may tell you. Communication is not just your choice of words. The croc brain acts instinctively and decisively. Bad suits signal danger and sloppiness. Great suits signal effort, self-discipline and an attention to detail. The croc brain's first reaction acts as a frame, and whatever you say or do is held against that frame to see if it's consistent with that first impression - and inconsistencies are almost always perceived as a threat. This is all unconscious and uncontrollable.

Of course, even the greatest suit will not save a lack of confidence and the ineloquent man. Indeed, a great suit can only complement and bring your confidence to a higher level, but by itself does not make you confident.

Wearing a great suit is manly. The world's militaries have long known that sharply dressed soliders possess much more self-discipline than the average militia. It is manly to care about one's appearance.

Every man should own a great suit.