“Last month, Mark Zuckerberg spent hours touting his love of jiujitsu, wrestling and UFC [Ultimate Fighting Championship] on Joe Rogan’s podcast, which is known for its hypermasculinity. Watching TV was not active enough, Mr. Zuckerberg said.

(Erin Griffith, “Silicon Valley Slides Back Into ‘Bro’ Culture, New York Times, 9-24-22)

Postscript: This item is a carry-over from last year’s clogged blog log. I almost discarded it, as it gives me the uncomfortable feeling that in posting it I flirt with melting into the morass of vacuity and snark that already swamps the virtual airways. However, I carry the stubborn conviction that if we wee males don’t stop repressing and brutalizing the females of our species, the species will go down the toilet. On reflection, it seems worth the risk of seeming frivolous in order to document powerful pipsqueaks’ shallowness in support of a deadly earnest point.

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