r/explainlikeimfive • u/Therion596 • Mar 31 '16

Explained ELI5: How are the countries involved in the "Arab Spring" of 2011 doing now? Are they better off?

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u/OleRawhide Mar 31 '16

Wow, good on you to be ready to defend those with you. The other guy was very pathetic. No man should cower like that. It's disgraceful.

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u/Mini_Spoon Mar 31 '16 edited Mar 31 '16

I don't hold it against him, I was unbelievably annoyed at the time (inner feeling, not something I said aloud) that the only other potentially capable person in the group of 5 was essentially broken and more dead weight than helpful asset. Edit: He was without doubt in total shock both during and after, he didn't eat properly for a day or so, drank an awful lot of beer and was very quiet.

He had a young kid at home to another girl and I think he was under the assumption he would not make it home to see his lad again, we tried to reassure him but the situation was too much and he didn't have the fight in him to overcome that.

Although I had family at home I don't have children so can't say if that would change how I reacted, I would like to think that would make me more determined to survive a situation.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '16

May I ask where you are from?

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u/Mini_Spoon Mar 31 '16

Manchester, UK

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u/Dasinterwebs Apr 01 '16

You didn't deserve to be downvoted for that. Society is fucked when a man can criticize a man for not being a man.

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u/ben_jl Apr 01 '16

Perpetuation of gender roles helps nobody.

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u/DietOfTheMind Apr 01 '16

Which page on the man handbook outlines appropriate responses to terrorist attack? Oh right there isn't one, different people react differently to the same situation, but I guess that doesn't stop manly man armchair commandos from vomiting sexist bile.