Asking for Directions not Manly

[Saw11_2000]

Does someone want to say why it isn't? Or why guys just in general feel the need to be one hundred percent self-reliant? (yes I know I'm a guy, or at least I was the last time I checked). Humans are a species that needs to depend on each other, so if you want to be self-reliant, you're not going to be around for long. I don't understand what's hard about asking for directions so you don't take a wrong turn that'll cost you 2 hours. Someone answer this if you and, and if you do this yourself, elaborate why.

 

[Scuba Pete]

I LOVE my PC based GPS. Way too cool, and directions are a snap!

 

[Saw11_2000]

^There you go.

Your GPS is the result of thousands of hours of careful reasearch and cartography of other human beings. You rely on their knowledge whether you like it or not!

Those GPS things are so cool, my cousin has one and I order her to drive me around to show me the little arrows moving.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Mapquest is my road trip buddy.

 

[Bastet]

I got lost making a side-trip on my way home from my sister's one day. I stopped to do some shopping in a rather large city I didn't really know my way around (although I thought I did), and after my shopping I turned onto what I thought was the road I needed to get out of there and head home. An hour later I gave up and found a service station and asked them for directions...I was only two turns away from where I needed to be (and had in fact crossed the road I needed to be on in my one hour travels, but hadn't recognised it ).
I checked online for a map before I tried that again on another trip. Maps are our friends, and asking for directions is just common sense. If men want to drive around pretending they know where they're going, when they can't even find their own arse, then that's just stupidity. :bonk: And really, why would you want the stress of driving around lost, when it costs nothing to admit you're not all-seeing or all-knowing, and ask for directions.

 

[Unedited]

I'm not sure why but I do the same thing in other areas of life. I was late I was late to my first class when I started schooling because I couldn't find the room. There were lots of people who could have helped me out, but I was stubborn and walked around and around until I finally happened upon it. I just don't like admiting I'm wrong in anyway.

 

[kreeden]

A couple of years ago , I was meeting friends in another city , that I knew quite well , but didn't know the location well . Well , I was running late and decided to ask for directions , just in case I was off a bit .... Big mistake . After being directed all over the city , I found myself big where I had first asked for directions , and headed in the direction I had been going . If only I had comtinued for another six blocks ....

Any other questions ?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I drove around Purdue Campus for about an hour just looking for the parking garage. And then I drove around for about a half hour tring to find my way out.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

not asking is not manly. it's thick.
except for politicians who ask but don't hear.

Terry
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Blessed are the merciful, mercy shall be shown unto them.

 

[jewscout]

i don't need no stinking directions...after all...IT'S AN ADVENTURE!

 

[michel]

I'm fine about asking for directions - pride is far too expensive a comodity........especially when you're lost at night!

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I'm fine about asking for directions - pride is far too expensive a comodity........especially when you're lost at night!

Who cares what they think they don't even know you. and if they did they are probably lost to.

Terry
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Blessed are the merciful, mercy shall be shown unto them.

 

[CaptainXeroid]

...I was running late and decided to ask for directions , just in case I was off a bit .... Big mistake...

I've had this happen, and it's a big reason I'm reluctant to ask a local yokel to get me bad lost when I can meander on my own. It's got nothing to do with manliness for me. Even before the internet, I've been like give me the address, I can look it up on a map, and the vast majority of the time, I do just fine.

 

[Prima]

I feel the same as JS...unless there's a lot of stress and hurry, why ask? It's fun getting lost!

As far as my other opinions go...ah...check out the 'do souls have a gender' I vented in there earlier. Heh.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Part of the fun about driving around Purdue for an hour was flirting.....errr..... offering rides to the endless supply of college females.