No Unos, husbands don't count.

dalsgaard · 2012-12-03T18:03:55+00:00

Honestly, don't give a shit about this sort of thing. It's just a poor attempt at humor. Would be totally OK with it too if it said "Do wives count?".

Then again... Lots of feminists probably wouldn't.

rogue780 · 2012-12-03T18:57:07+00:00

am I the only one who doesn't think this is a big deal, and actually chuckled a bit?

2012-12-03T17:04:42+00:00

yes, seriously tired of this shit.

occupythekitchen · 2012-12-03T18:52:54+00:00

it's almost like women take the liberty of making small jokes about men in stride while men are scorned for joking about a wife.

I don't mind a small joke but I think it'd be refreshing to see in an advice column for men to buy a slending mirror from a mirror house to put in their closets.

FireReadyAim · 2012-12-03T21:06:40+00:00

I also hate jokes.

2nd_class_citizen · 2012-12-03T18:59:05+00:00

I can't decide whether we should just ignore this type of lame joke or not...

2012-12-03T17:26:24+00:00

Hurr durr, this is our attempt at being funny, except it's not and we're isolating a huge part of our target customer audience!

incendiarypotato · 2012-12-03T19:50:14+00:00

It is funny, now would it be funny if it said "wives" instead? I would really appreciate if we did not become as sensitive as feminists.

HoundDogs · 2012-12-03T23:41:00+00:00

Unos still exists?

The-Lifeguard · 2012-12-03T18:57:56+00:00

Seriously? You don't know one 30 year old guy that acts a bit immature every once and a while?
While I support most of the stuff in /r/MensRights, this one is a little bit too far on the pansy side.

Bobsutan · 2012-12-03T17:04:41+00:00

Contact info for this company?

PieMasterBob · 2012-12-03T19:53:53+00:00

If your Husband falls in the 10 or younger category, you have a problem.

OutstandingWarrant · 2012-12-03T21:15:37+00:00

I'm a pretty level headed guy, but when it comes to food I generally knock myself down a notch or two just out of being cranky for food. (that's what the girlfriend says and I tend to agree with that)

The term from last week was "hangry" and honestly it's a true enough term. I do get a little more mad and prone to whining when I've been waiting for my food. Not to say that girlfriend isn't the same, but she is just better at being complacent with waiting.

Although that is more our personalities than it is the rest of the worlds', and she would get a merciless tickling when we got home for making that joke.

dn87 · 2012-12-04T00:47:27+00:00

if their target market was men and it said "do wives count," I would have found it funny, so I can't really be mad

edave22 · 2012-12-04T03:37:44+00:00

haha thats actually pretty funny

kaosethema · 2012-12-05T15:58:58+00:00

Do you have major expenses that fill you with the urge to murder or commit suicide?

Does a wife count?

2012-12-08T05:20:31+00:00

Dear Vincent,

Thank you for taking the time to let us know about our poor attempt at humor on our website. I have forwarded your comments to the Marketing Department for their attention.

Please bear with us while we make changes.

Sincerely,

Barbara Rutman Hospitality Representative Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30 EST 1-866-600-8667

CyberToyger · 2012-12-09T09:05:07+00:00

Ahhhh man.. on the one hand it's a really shitty misandrist joke, but at the same time it's not on the same level as a guy being physically abused by a psycho girl on a train, or a dumbass judge ordering a man to pay for an illegitimate baby spawned from a used condom without the man's consent.

I don't know if I'll be sending them a complaint but at the same time I won't begrudge anyone who does. As someone who defends Free Speech even when it involves stereotypes or laughter at someone's expense.... gah! I don't even know where I'm going with this! I think if anything I'd ask them to counterbalance it, maybe by putting something like "Wherever my wife tells me we're going" as a choice for 'Where do you like to dine?'.

HoldenH · 2012-12-03T22:10:20+00:00

Just replace husbands with wives and it becomes.... pretty tame actually. I dont think anyone would be upset

yourotherusername · 2012-12-03T19:41:22+00:00

Even better than contacting the company? go sign up for the emails and in when you get to step 2, instead of submitting, at the bottom of the page is an 'unsubscribe' link. Click that, choose 'other' for reason that you are leaving, and tell them you don't think the joke if funny. I just did that.

NOTE: The joke is there no matter if you sign up for this as male or female. I'd personally be o.k. if it changed the gender role of the question based on the gender you selected, but it doesn't.

2012-12-03T21:13:00+00:00

HAHA oh man that's SO funny!

Na but it's gonna be mad funny watching all of these women in 10-20 years screaming and pulling their hair out because they can't find a husband. Just desserts make sweet revenge.

Chandon · 2012-12-03T18:04:35+00:00

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5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2012-12-03T18:40:53+00:00

Children are characterized by typically being the dependents in the family (so not the primary breadwinner), being held to a lower legal standard (like say not being penalized to the same degree as an adult male), having their faults blamed on another (what a bad kid, he must have terrible parents), and consuming an inordinate amount of social spending relative to their productive contribution to society.

I'll just leave it at that.

/it is harmful to view either spouse as infantile (and what does that say about the other spouse?). The fact that this is levied entirely at men and is a popular and non-controversial joke isn't exactly helping matters. I can't imagine why men are increasingly viewing marriage as an unappealing venture. Who wouldn't sign up for financial roulette and constant ridicule?

Title	No Unos, husbands don't count.
Author	gnimsh
Upvotes	122
Comments	60
Date	December 3, 2012 5:03 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/147hcm/no_unos_husbands_dont_count/
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