r/AskReddit • u/AuthorConfident9386 • 14h ago

Men, what’s one small, seemingly insignificant thing you’ve noticed that can be a telltale sign of the difference between a genuinely good man and a bad one?

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u/bleYleng21 13h ago

How they lose

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u/Jonseroo 12h ago

I'm not sure about this one. My wife is a supremely kind, fair, ethical person, but she went to bed without talking to me last week after I beat her high score at Yahtzee.

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u/LeaneGenova 12h ago

I'm banned from playing competitive games with my husband because he always wins and it makes me salty. I've switched to buying only co-op games for the sake of my marriage.

My husband is the most graceful winner and loser, which makes it all the more insulting that I'm such a brat lol.

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u/UpperApe 12h ago

I love that "salty" has become the soft way to say "shithead".

It's exactly what salty gamers would come up with lol

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u/LeaneGenova 12h ago

Oh, I absolutely became a shithead. I sulked and was a sore loser. I can lose with grace to anyone but my husband, but the salt comes out with him.

Thus, co-op board and video games. Much better for sanity and not every time I play games needs to be an opportunity for emotional growth.

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u/UpperApe 12h ago

Oh I know. As a former shithead and sore-loser, I'm well aware how illogical our salty hulk-modes can be.

And it only gets worse when the person is trying to be nice about it. How dare you babysit my baby tantrum >:(

Much better for sanity and not every time I play games needs to be an opportunity for emotional growth.

Hahahaha!

Well check out Slay the Spire 2 on your travels! Amazing co-op game. Not so great if you're on blood pressure meds.

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u/LeaneGenova 11h ago

And it only gets worse when the person is trying to be nice about it. How dare you babysit my baby tantrum >:(

This genuinely made me laugh out loud, because you are so right. He's so graceful and tries SO HARD to make me feel better, and I'm like, just let me sulk in peace, please.

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u/_corwin 7h ago

Credit to you where credit is due, at least you're self-aware of it. People who throw a temper tantrum and don't have enough introspection to realize what they're doing, are the real problem.

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u/LeaneGenova 5h ago

Thankfully, I never temper tantrumed, just got incredibly butthurt and sulky. Still not a great look, but thank goodness it wasn't that bad. Now I still sulk for a few minutes, but I can move on.

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u/matryanie 7h ago

"Salty" used to be a step short of being a shithead and it still is.

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 12h ago

Not everyone can take the obverse win.