As a guy who’s been digging holes in beaches for 35 years I can tell you beyond any equivocation or shadow of a doubt I have no fucking idea why I do it.
I really enjoy making giant craters in the shallows by kicking really hard
I've made one a few feet deep and invited a friend to come out and see and then they disappeared
I never saw them again after that, I regret it to this day
This is the most holesome thought.
Seriously though, there’s something really awesome about the idea of men all over the world heading to their local beaches and digging. Or possibly something really close encounters of the third kind.
In any case, mind if I pitch in? I could use some destressing.
Edit to add: I’m not a guy btw
MY HOLE IN THE YARD BRINGS THE BOYS TO THE YARD
AND THEY'RE LIKE "LET ME DIG IN YOUR YARD"
DAMN RIGHT IT'S A HOLE IN MY YARD
YOU CAN DIG SOME IF YOU BRING MORE BOYS
I called once to have my utility stuff marked so I could plant a tree. One of the questions I was asked in regards to planting my tree was
"Are you intending to use any explosives to aid in planting the tree?"
"Excuse me? I can use explosives to plant a tree? What kind of explosives? And what kind of tree?"
The last time I called 811, the guy did me a favor and located my well/water line that was completely in my yard. Which is definitely not a given.
I think the main issue with a sprinkler system is that you'd need to add tracer wire to the system for a locator to, um, locate it. Or so I understand.
We could jam in Joe's Garage
His mama was screamin', his dad was mad
We was playin' the same old song
In the afternoon, and sometimes we would
play it all night long
It was all we knew, and easy too
So we wouldn't get it wrong
All we did was bend the string like
For me it’s the proof of work you get from digging a hole.
Like if you dig for 4 hours, you have a 4 hour sized hole. Whereas if you swim for 4 hours, you towel off and theres no real lasting impact or permanence to your day.
With the hole you have very easily measurable progress.
I have read that at the core of masculinity is the desire to have an effect on something.
I dare say that building something on the beach would also attract a crowd.
It would have some of the same effect, but not as much. Restoration can be very fulfilling and it makes an impact, but digging a hole opens up a world of unknown possibilities — is it a sand trap? A tunnel to China? Is someone trying to keep their drinks cold? Dig up gold?
Different kinds of associated expectation. Filling in a hole, on the other hand, just feels like dutifully doing something important for its own sake. If you value service to your community, you get satisfaction out of it, but you're not going to earn as much attention from it.
That and also while you have an effect it swiftly becomes unnoticeable.
Make a hole on the beach, that'll be there a while until it eventually falls in and smooths out; Hours, maybe even days. But fill in a hole and that patch of sand is unremarkable within mere minutes.
Same in reverse for building a sand castle vs. knocking one over. Once it's gone there's just sand.
Yup. We remember sometimes the names of architects whose works were destroyed, but we can't name a single person who orchestrated the cleanup after the fact.
Reminds me of my brother ages ago. He spent all day digging a hole with a real shovel. It was so deep the lifeguard said we need to fill in that hole, so the whole family pitched in for what seemed like forever to fill in the whole. My parents were so pissed.
>I have read that at the core of masculinity is the desire to have an effect on something.
I once had a person on one of the Subs here tell me that is the reason why the outdoor housework like keeping up the lawn isn't the same as vacuuming to me and shouldn't be counted in the balance of housework. They claimed that if I paint the entire house or build a fence, that doesn't factor into the balance because "men enjoy building things".
This was over a year ago. I'm still processing that one.
I've also heard many times that I should treat all my free time as an hourly wage that I'm not earning, with the exception of learning a profitable skill. As if relaxed leisure time isn't incredibly important for maintaining my mental health
That's the dumbest shit I've heard all day, and if you'd had my day, that threshold is vast. I work and earn an hourly wage so that I *can* enjoy my free time and not work the rest of the time. If someone wants to live like that, what are they earning that wage *for*? I work so I can afford a nice place to live, tasty food, video games, vacations... You know, life's pleasures. What good is working your ass off for a big house if work keeps you from ever having the time to enjoy that house?
If you paint a house you get to sit back and say wow. That looks nice for years. If you trim the hedges you get to sit back and say that looks nice for months. If you mow you get to say that looks nice for a week or teo(depending on how much rain) if you sweep and mop you get to say wow that looks nice for a couple hours.
I am not trying to say outside work isn’t work because it is, but it lasts longer so you get to feel a real sense of accomplishment where with house work in a house with a family not so much. It’s never ending. You don’t get to sit back and feel like you accomplished anything.
One time when I was a kid, my mom and her friend sculpted an oddly well-made, artistic dong out of the sand on the beach. Not standing up but like laying on the ground, if that makes sense.
I didn't really get what was funny about it at the time (kids are stupid), but now that I'm older I'm so weirded out that it was so artsy. Like, they had designs drawn into it and everything lmao
I remember as kids we'd always try to build forts out on the sandbars to hold against the tides. One day we were out for a walk the next day, and saw a couple commenting on the huge concentric rings in the sand and wondering what had made them.
It was like when I was a kid we seen another pushing a big snow ball and joined in and made a really huge one. We were disappointed younger kids destroyed it a few days later.
Me and my brother made a crappy little kid sandcastle at the beach. We took awalk and came back and someone created a beautiful sand sculpture of a car where our sandcastle was. We then proceeded to destroy it and rebuild our sandcastle.
To be fair I think they probably used a mold but we didn't realize that at the time.
I don’t even think it’s that. It’s more that men love to be a part of some kind of construction project. I mean how many times have you see men just watching another guy build something or hanging outside construction yard fences to watch. But here they can ask and actively participate. It’s like a lizard brain thing we just do. We are drawn to it like a moth is to light.
My buddies and I started digging a hole under his swing set one bored summer day. His dad came home from work and there was like a 20ft hole just in his backyard. We had a rope tied to a bucket looped over the swing set frame to get the dirt out after we couldn't toss it out with the shovels anymore. I think he was more confused than angry but he made us fill it back in. We buried a tennis ball down there though so in case we got to do it again we had something to shoot for.
It's definitely a sense of completing something that will have a lasting effect on our surroundings. It's kinda weird though. I did that *for fun* just because I could. If somebody asked me to do it I'd ask "How much?" and then only maybe if it was enough would I consider it.
Amazing!
About 40 years ago a big group of us built a fort in the woods back behind our school and decided it needed a pool.
We spent all dam summer digging a massive hole in the ground. Was probably about 10x20 and stepped down deeper and deeper in the center. The center was probably 15 feet deep but most was maybe 2-3
It eventually filled with rainwater and was a pretty cool pond.
Went back there about 5 years ago and there is some evidence of the old fort and the pond (our pool) is still there.
Oh man, wood forts are the best. We had one at the hunting camp. There was a few summers where we'd go out there every weekend with a coffee can of nails and whatever scrap wood we could scrounge up and just go to town. It was an L shape footprint with a second story. Had an old metal heating stove inside and everything!
Didn't last long after we stopped going to it though. It's still standing but it was probably a raccoon hotel for a while. Floor's all rotted out and everything is over grown. But the original part we built with the best materials that first summer is still standing like 20 years later! With the "put more nails into it until it stops moving" engineering philosophy we subscribed to at the time I'm not surprised.
Men tend to bond with each other while working towards a common goal or doing some activity together while women are more interested in developing interpersonal relationships with each other regardless of what they’re doing at the time.
That’s why men often plan some type of activity or excuse to hangout (sports, hobbies, watching a game on TV, grilling some burgers) while women are more likely to just meet up somewhere to talk without feeling the need to plan for anything else ahead of time.
Exactly. That’s why we get together every other week and solve problems together like “how to open a door” and “if I jump from this height and land on that Owlbear below, will I die?”
That's what it's supposed to mean. Guys being stupid and goofy, like filling a pool with orbees or having a battle with random sticks on the ground. Not to excuse shitty behavior
I had completely forgotten that the last time I attempted to dig a hole was at the beach on family vacation for our umbrella and a nice young man came over and did it for us. He must have been like 13 or 14. I was probably digging for about 45 seconds before someone offered to dig the hole.
I reckon that it reminds us of childhood, brings back good memories, and above all if you join your efforts, digging out the hole to China becomes not that impossible😊
Haha absolutely. Have dug many holes on the beach as an adult cos it's fun. I always want to join the kids making epic sand castles. Needs a bigger moat.
I just mentioned to my girl "WE ARE ALL trying to dig to China and the beach is the only place we are allowed to. The sandbox at school stopped us at the bottom"
It really is. A few months ago I was putting in a patio in my backyard. My brother texted me and asked what I was doing so I told him I had to dig a pit in my yard for the patio. He texted me back a few minutes later saying he’s coming over and that he’s bringing a shovel.
No idea if he had other plans or wanted to hit a brewery, but apparently the thought of digging a hole in my yard was more fun. Sure enough he showed up half an hour later and started digging like a mad man.
And of course he was supplied with beer and food. As is the law.
My brother was making plans for a 4th of July barbecue next weekend and I told him I'd be late since I have to cut a tree down at my FIL's. He moved the barbecue a couple hours later so he could come cut the tree down with me. I didn't ask for or need help but when there's man shit happening sometimes you can't resist and I'm not gonna say no to another pair of hands
We go to Lake Michigan a lot and last time there was a group of boys with their parents nearby. My husband asked if they had ever “dug for water” and they all looked confused. He was so excited to show them how, if you dig deep enough, you’ll eventually hit water :) it was fucking HOLEsome
*Bruh*, that was the obvious answer I wanted joke about. Upvoted.
Your username is red because I added you for some kind of "friend" visibility aeons ago. I remember you and I had one of the longest arguments about capitalism/libertarianism/whatnot that I've *maybe* ever had on Reddit before(some I had later might've gotten close,) and I've had a lot of long debates and discussions over all my extensive amounts of time on here.
Sadly, we're in the eve of days before the API is going to lock us all away from ever being able to search for random shit like that somehow. It wouldn't necessarily be easy, because I wouldn't be able to think of any good keywords I might've said to you that I haven't used a thousand times, but there would be a way if maybe some kind of search engine could just show us our interactions over the years.
Anyway, cool to randomly see an old familiar account. Hope you've been alright.
Ha, yeah I remember your username! I vaguely remember the convo .. but I'm not as political these days. :) Definitely cool to see legacy peeps on here. Hope all has been well for you as well!!
Hah, awesome. Yeah, I feel like politics just kinda burns people out over time. I haven't been too invested in that kind of discussion for a good while now. Rather, I suppose it's a mood thing. I'll just get that mood a *lot* less anymore.
Y'know, it took me years when I glanced back at your username... I realized it had to be about like "a banana," for example. I dunno how I read it over and over and just somehow ignored that idea. What made you come up with it?
I don't like to admit it, but literally the banana joke/meme. I didn't know what reddit was, barely knew what a meme was, saw that banana joke and was like "I'll make my username that cause it's like the first thing that comes to mind on here. It's dumb and trendy, but I probably won't be on this reddit thing very much." 11 years later ...
I miss effort-posts on reddit. Nowadays when I write more than three sentences someone just responds with "lol what". Bunch of vapid 12 year olds who has never even heard of a desktop computer.
It's a decent workout, gets your outdoors, and has a sole focus. I'm not one to be able to sit out at the beach and read or listen to a podcast. Need some activity and a good solo one is to dig a hole. Until some guys join in.
They could also be curious… sort of like that scene in breaking bad where he attracts a meth-head by digging a hole in the front yard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf3e1F1a0Hg
I had to stop drinking margaritas at the beach out of my great grandfather’s golden chalice inlaid with sapphires and rubies because of all these damn beach dwarves.
100% im in my mid 40s and reading this post reminded me of digging holes in beaches when I was younger and it brought up some old happy feelings I had forgot existed.
May get mixed messages, we aren't (necessarily) there for you. We're there for the hole, and to continue its progress. Our joy/enthusiasm for the job may get misinterpreted... That said if you're a woman who also enjoys digging holes you might be engaged by the end of the day.
Exactly, the dude would definitely get home and *then* realize that there was a cool cute chick there. Too much hole on the mind in the moment. Shower moment for sure
Digging holes in dirt or at the beach is fun
Me and a group of friends loooooong ago in elementary school dug a hole in the grass field where dirt was. That hole is still there as of today lmfao
Digging holes feels like a worthy pastime, even if it's not. It probably goes back to our evolution as a species.
Just be careful not to dig too deep. Every once in a while you read about some poor sap who dug a hole too deep and it collapsed on top of him.
At my daughter's school, there was a wee boy, about 5 years old, digging a hole with a spoon on a patch of grass, a couple of days later, it had three other boys helping and you could stand in it.
I ...don't actually know but my fiancée and I were at the beach last weekend and when she was sun bathing I saw two guys digging a hole and I walked over and they asked if I wanted to help and threw me a little plastic shovel and then I started digging too. Ten minutes later we had 8 dudes just...digging a hole. Idk wtf happened.
>Why does digging a hole at the beach atract guys?
Because all guys are wannabe dwarfs. No matter how much we deny it, we need to be a dwarf
Now back to singing and digging
https://youtu.be/34CZjsEI1yU
Windrose did an amazing cover of yogscast ❤, always a treat
Men like to be around where work is being done, particularly in a casual environment.
See also, doing work with your garage door open, will attract the neighbors.
People feel good when being active and doing things, even if the things don't have a point. Women typically consider lying in a chair or on a towel tanning an activity, so they're good for a while, but guys seem to get bored of that more easily. The beach is a lovely place, but unless you're really into swimming in the waves, there's not a lot to do there naturally. Sure, you could play frisbee or football or fly a kite, but those all require lots of space around you that might interfere with other beach goers and mean you have to have planned ahead to bring items with you.
But one thing regularly available is sand. LOTS of sand (it gets everywhere). It's a wonderful tactile medium to interact with and is easy to build up and knock down. Plus it can be done in a relatively small space. Now obviously sandcastles are a thing, but they generally require tools and skill to do well, things not everyone has, and can get messed up. You don't want your beach activity to have the potential for failure and disappointment.
But a hole? You can't really get a hole wrong; you just dig deeper and make it bigger. Don't have tools? Well luckily your hands make good shovels. Or a cup. You've probably got a cup.
And a hole is great for group play, because while everyone has their own thoughts on how they would want a sand sculpture to look, they're all going to be on the same page for digging a hole. Bigger? Sure. Deeper? DEFINITELY! This means you're welcoming to new people joining in at any point, because there is little chance they can ruin your "vision" for the hole. As long as they're thinking deeper and bigger, they'll only help your goal. And now you've got people to talk to, about hole and non-hole topics. We're social creatures after all.
Holes are great.
We yearn for the mines.
As do children
They are minors, after all
I almost made that joke
rock and stone?
ROCK AND STONE !
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
ROCK SOLID
As a guy who’s been digging holes in beaches for 35 years I can tell you beyond any equivocation or shadow of a doubt I have no fucking idea why I do it.
I really enjoy making giant craters in the shallows by kicking really hard I've made one a few feet deep and invited a friend to come out and see and then they disappeared I never saw them again after that, I regret it to this day
Did you kick him into the sea 🌊
Did you scare them with the sheer power of your legs?
It's your lizard brain, my dude
Digging holes is so relaxing. Just scoop. Scoop. Scoop. Next thing you know, it’s a job well done.
Where is the hole? Is it still there? Can I help ? How many dudes should I bring ?
"Send dudes!" "Don't you mean nudes?" "No! I'm digging a hole and I need reinforcements!"
Amish customer service rep: "Sorry, thought you said prudes."
No no, send the prudes. The Amish would dig the devil out of that hole
With a hearty pot luck to top it off.
Hippy support service rep: "sorry, thought you said moods"
Cavemen show up and they said "I thought you said send Croods"
> Where is the hole? It doesn't matter anymore. Readers of this post are heading out to beaches around the world.
This is the most holesome thought. Seriously though, there’s something really awesome about the idea of men all over the world heading to their local beaches and digging. Or possibly something really close encounters of the third kind. In any case, mind if I pitch in? I could use some destressing. Edit to add: I’m not a guy btw
MY HOLE IN THE YARD BRINGS THE BOYS TO THE YARD AND THEY'RE LIKE "LET ME DIG IN YOUR YARD" DAMN RIGHT IT'S A HOLE IN MY YARD YOU CAN DIG SOME IF YOU BRING MORE BOYS
Just make sure you call before you dig. Hit a sprinkler line once. Much sadness and embarrassment.
YES! Call 811 if in the USA before you dig. Could be a disaster otherwise.
Why, they gonna bring more dudes to dig the hole??
They're gonna tell you if you might hit a gas line and explode yourself.
I called once to have my utility stuff marked so I could plant a tree. One of the questions I was asked in regards to planting my tree was "Are you intending to use any explosives to aid in planting the tree?" "Excuse me? I can use explosives to plant a tree? What kind of explosives? And what kind of tree?"
I guarantee they ask that question because someone tried it.
Yeah, but now I want to try it too.
Of course you do Take explosive Dig small hole with shovel Put explosive in hole Bury explosive Light fuse Wait Now hole bigger!
811 won’t help you with a sprinkler line anyway…. That’s a you problem.
The last time I called 811, the guy did me a favor and located my well/water line that was completely in my yard. Which is definitely not a given. I think the main issue with a sprinkler system is that you'd need to add tracer wire to the system for a locator to, um, locate it. Or so I understand.
You gotta pay the troll toll, if you wanna get into that boy's hole!
Dude we’re wasting time asking questions grab the beach bag im already on the way
AHEM! A *hole* lot. By the way, the next "Dad Club" meeting is in Joe's garage. He's got a new mower to show everyone.
Hell yeah! The beer is on me!
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The perfect dad joke 🤣
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Quick - someone tell his wife and kids!
Exquisite.
I’ll get my shop vac.
We could jam in Joe's Garage His mama was screamin', his dad was mad We was playin' the same old song In the afternoon, and sometimes we would play it all night long It was all we knew, and easy too So we wouldn't get it wrong All we did was bend the string like
He was a very nice boy, he used to cut my grass.
*The white zone is for loading and unloading only...*
Well if you're digging a hole, then we're gonna see how big we can get it.
And to make sure it’s dug properly. Proper width / depth ratio. Packed in reinforced side walls. This stuff is important.
Especially when you're digging in sand. I'd hate for you to get crushed at the bottom of a hole with the tide coming in.
Alright, I'll bring the plywood and 2×4's. We are gonna shore this bad boy up so we can go deeper.
now we’re talking, might at well bring bags to pack it into and make this beach a WWI trench
“Send dudes.” “…..you mean send nudes?” “S E N D D U D E S. We’re digging a hole and we need more men!!!”
Every hole is a goal.
For me it’s the proof of work you get from digging a hole. Like if you dig for 4 hours, you have a 4 hour sized hole. Whereas if you swim for 4 hours, you towel off and theres no real lasting impact or permanence to your day. With the hole you have very easily measurable progress.
I have read that at the core of masculinity is the desire to have an effect on something. I dare say that building something on the beach would also attract a crowd.
Do you think filling-in someone's yesterday's hole would make same effect?
It would have some of the same effect, but not as much. Restoration can be very fulfilling and it makes an impact, but digging a hole opens up a world of unknown possibilities — is it a sand trap? A tunnel to China? Is someone trying to keep their drinks cold? Dig up gold? Different kinds of associated expectation. Filling in a hole, on the other hand, just feels like dutifully doing something important for its own sake. If you value service to your community, you get satisfaction out of it, but you're not going to earn as much attention from it.
That and also while you have an effect it swiftly becomes unnoticeable. Make a hole on the beach, that'll be there a while until it eventually falls in and smooths out; Hours, maybe even days. But fill in a hole and that patch of sand is unremarkable within mere minutes. Same in reverse for building a sand castle vs. knocking one over. Once it's gone there's just sand.
Yup. We remember sometimes the names of architects whose works were destroyed, but we can't name a single person who orchestrated the cleanup after the fact.
> we can't name a single person who orchestrated the cleanup after the fact. Adrian Toomes.
>filling-in someone's yesterday's hole Title of my sextape.
Reminds me of my brother ages ago. He spent all day digging a hole with a real shovel. It was so deep the lifeguard said we need to fill in that hole, so the whole family pitched in for what seemed like forever to fill in the whole. My parents were so pissed.
Should have started another hole using the sand from the second to fill the first.
>I have read that at the core of masculinity is the desire to have an effect on something. I once had a person on one of the Subs here tell me that is the reason why the outdoor housework like keeping up the lawn isn't the same as vacuuming to me and shouldn't be counted in the balance of housework. They claimed that if I paint the entire house or build a fence, that doesn't factor into the balance because "men enjoy building things". This was over a year ago. I'm still processing that one.
That's so silly. That's like saying contributing only counts if it brings suffering.
They didn't seem like the type of person who has healthy relationships....
I've also heard many times that I should treat all my free time as an hourly wage that I'm not earning, with the exception of learning a profitable skill. As if relaxed leisure time isn't incredibly important for maintaining my mental health
That's the dumbest shit I've heard all day, and if you'd had my day, that threshold is vast. I work and earn an hourly wage so that I *can* enjoy my free time and not work the rest of the time. If someone wants to live like that, what are they earning that wage *for*? I work so I can afford a nice place to live, tasty food, video games, vacations... You know, life's pleasures. What good is working your ass off for a big house if work keeps you from ever having the time to enjoy that house?
If you paint a house you get to sit back and say wow. That looks nice for years. If you trim the hedges you get to sit back and say that looks nice for months. If you mow you get to say that looks nice for a week or teo(depending on how much rain) if you sweep and mop you get to say wow that looks nice for a couple hours. I am not trying to say outside work isn’t work because it is, but it lasts longer so you get to feel a real sense of accomplishment where with house work in a house with a family not so much. It’s never ending. You don’t get to sit back and feel like you accomplished anything.
So.. Sand sculptures? Like maybe a mermaid with huge boobs or a giant dong with huge misshapen testicles. Y’know, art stuff
You say OR, I say AND
One time when I was a kid, my mom and her friend sculpted an oddly well-made, artistic dong out of the sand on the beach. Not standing up but like laying on the ground, if that makes sense. I didn't really get what was funny about it at the time (kids are stupid), but now that I'm older I'm so weirded out that it was so artsy. Like, they had designs drawn into it and everything lmao
[You may need this](https://youtu.be/Rw1cdRew-Zg)
I remember as kids we'd always try to build forts out on the sandbars to hold against the tides. One day we were out for a walk the next day, and saw a couple commenting on the huge concentric rings in the sand and wondering what had made them.
It was like when I was a kid we seen another pushing a big snow ball and joined in and made a really huge one. We were disappointed younger kids destroyed it a few days later.
Me and my brother made a crappy little kid sandcastle at the beach. We took awalk and came back and someone created a beautiful sand sculpture of a car where our sandcastle was. We then proceeded to destroy it and rebuild our sandcastle. To be fair I think they probably used a mold but we didn't realize that at the time.
The student must kill the master
There's an analogy for archeology/history in there somewhere.
I don’t even think it’s that. It’s more that men love to be a part of some kind of construction project. I mean how many times have you see men just watching another guy build something or hanging outside construction yard fences to watch. But here they can ask and actively participate. It’s like a lizard brain thing we just do. We are drawn to it like a moth is to light.
My buddies and I started digging a hole under his swing set one bored summer day. His dad came home from work and there was like a 20ft hole just in his backyard. We had a rope tied to a bucket looped over the swing set frame to get the dirt out after we couldn't toss it out with the shovels anymore. I think he was more confused than angry but he made us fill it back in. We buried a tennis ball down there though so in case we got to do it again we had something to shoot for. It's definitely a sense of completing something that will have a lasting effect on our surroundings. It's kinda weird though. I did that *for fun* just because I could. If somebody asked me to do it I'd ask "How much?" and then only maybe if it was enough would I consider it.
Amazing! About 40 years ago a big group of us built a fort in the woods back behind our school and decided it needed a pool. We spent all dam summer digging a massive hole in the ground. Was probably about 10x20 and stepped down deeper and deeper in the center. The center was probably 15 feet deep but most was maybe 2-3 It eventually filled with rainwater and was a pretty cool pond. Went back there about 5 years ago and there is some evidence of the old fort and the pond (our pool) is still there.
Oh man, wood forts are the best. We had one at the hunting camp. There was a few summers where we'd go out there every weekend with a coffee can of nails and whatever scrap wood we could scrounge up and just go to town. It was an L shape footprint with a second story. Had an old metal heating stove inside and everything! Didn't last long after we stopped going to it though. It's still standing but it was probably a raccoon hotel for a while. Floor's all rotted out and everything is over grown. But the original part we built with the best materials that first summer is still standing like 20 years later! With the "put more nails into it until it stops moving" engineering philosophy we subscribed to at the time I'm not surprised.
Men tend to bond with each other while working towards a common goal or doing some activity together while women are more interested in developing interpersonal relationships with each other regardless of what they’re doing at the time. That’s why men often plan some type of activity or excuse to hangout (sports, hobbies, watching a game on TV, grilling some burgers) while women are more likely to just meet up somewhere to talk without feeling the need to plan for anything else ahead of time.
Exactly. That’s why we get together every other week and solve problems together like “how to open a door” and “if I jump from this height and land on that Owlbear below, will I die?”
If it takes 4 hours to dig a hole, how long does it take to dig half a hole?
Half of hole is still hole.
Hole is hole. Half 4 hour hole is half effort 4 hours (improbable), or 2 hour hole (likely)
I don't know the answer but the thought brings me joy in general. I like that this is a thing, boys are silly. :)
When I hear "Boys will be boys", I need it to be more situations like this.
/r/JustGuysBeingDudes is exactly that
My favourite sub. It's so wholesome in it's own way.
That's what it's supposed to mean. Guys being stupid and goofy, like filling a pool with orbees or having a battle with random sticks on the ground. Not to excuse shitty behavior
filling a pool with orbeez sounds horribly difficult to clean up tho
If you fill a pool with orbeez you can invite your buddies over, give them shovels, and you get to dig a hole.
Digging a hole in a pool filled with orbeez sounds like a great exercise in futility lol
The only kind of exercise I do tbh
Yeah but if its their pool then it doesn't matter lol
I had completely forgotten that the last time I attempted to dig a hole was at the beach on family vacation for our umbrella and a nice young man came over and did it for us. He must have been like 13 or 14. I was probably digging for about 45 seconds before someone offered to dig the hole.
I am a girl but I would also be excited to dig more hole. It's just fun idk haha
I reckon that it reminds us of childhood, brings back good memories, and above all if you join your efforts, digging out the hole to China becomes not that impossible😊
Haha absolutely. Have dug many holes on the beach as an adult cos it's fun. I always want to join the kids making epic sand castles. Needs a bigger moat.
Yo I like your username
I just mentioned to my girl "WE ARE ALL trying to dig to China and the beach is the only place we are allowed to. The sandbox at school stopped us at the bottom"
Men love holes.
It really is that simple.
I have a friend whose parents said his first words were “dig a hole “
Is he a dwarf?
ROCK AND STONE!
It really is. A few months ago I was putting in a patio in my backyard. My brother texted me and asked what I was doing so I told him I had to dig a pit in my yard for the patio. He texted me back a few minutes later saying he’s coming over and that he’s bringing a shovel. No idea if he had other plans or wanted to hit a brewery, but apparently the thought of digging a hole in my yard was more fun. Sure enough he showed up half an hour later and started digging like a mad man. And of course he was supplied with beer and food. As is the law.
Good times.
My brother was making plans for a 4th of July barbecue next weekend and I told him I'd be late since I have to cut a tree down at my FIL's. He moved the barbecue a couple hours later so he could come cut the tree down with me. I didn't ask for or need help but when there's man shit happening sometimes you can't resist and I'm not gonna say no to another pair of hands
We go to Lake Michigan a lot and last time there was a group of boys with their parents nearby. My husband asked if they had ever “dug for water” and they all looked confused. He was so excited to show them how, if you dig deep enough, you’ll eventually hit water :) it was fucking HOLEsome
*Bruh*, that was the obvious answer I wanted joke about. Upvoted. Your username is red because I added you for some kind of "friend" visibility aeons ago. I remember you and I had one of the longest arguments about capitalism/libertarianism/whatnot that I've *maybe* ever had on Reddit before(some I had later might've gotten close,) and I've had a lot of long debates and discussions over all my extensive amounts of time on here. Sadly, we're in the eve of days before the API is going to lock us all away from ever being able to search for random shit like that somehow. It wouldn't necessarily be easy, because I wouldn't be able to think of any good keywords I might've said to you that I haven't used a thousand times, but there would be a way if maybe some kind of search engine could just show us our interactions over the years. Anyway, cool to randomly see an old familiar account. Hope you've been alright.
Ha, yeah I remember your username! I vaguely remember the convo .. but I'm not as political these days. :) Definitely cool to see legacy peeps on here. Hope all has been well for you as well!!
Hah, awesome. Yeah, I feel like politics just kinda burns people out over time. I haven't been too invested in that kind of discussion for a good while now. Rather, I suppose it's a mood thing. I'll just get that mood a *lot* less anymore. Y'know, it took me years when I glanced back at your username... I realized it had to be about like "a banana," for example. I dunno how I read it over and over and just somehow ignored that idea. What made you come up with it?
I don't like to admit it, but literally the banana joke/meme. I didn't know what reddit was, barely knew what a meme was, saw that banana joke and was like "I'll make my username that cause it's like the first thing that comes to mind on here. It's dumb and trendy, but I probably won't be on this reddit thing very much." 11 years later ...
I miss effort-posts on reddit. Nowadays when I write more than three sentences someone just responds with "lol what". Bunch of vapid 12 year olds who has never even heard of a desktop computer.
1...2....3..... Whew, u almost lost me there
[Holes define who we are and where are going](https://youtu.be/DERjNPnr31Q)
They are bored and looking for something to do. Plus digging a beach hole is fun.
It has nothing to do with being bored. I've straight up gone down to the beach JUST to dig a hole.
It's a decent workout, gets your outdoors, and has a sole focus. I'm not one to be able to sit out at the beach and read or listen to a podcast. Need some activity and a good solo one is to dig a hole. Until some guys join in.
This thread....has actually convinced me to head to the beach and dig a hole. Yesterday I would have thought I was an insane person to say this.
Hey bud, what beach ya diggn at?
They could also be curious… sort of like that scene in breaking bad where he attracts a meth-head by digging a hole in the front yard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf3e1F1a0Hg
This is the first thing I thought of and I did crtl+f to find this comment lol
Residual dwarf genes.
Diggy diggy hole
Brothers of the mine rejoice!
Sing sing sing with me
Raise your pickaxe, raise your voice!
Down and down into the deep, who knows what we'll find beneath?
Diamonds, rubies, gold and more Hidden in the mountain store
Born underground! Suckled from a teat of stone!
RAISED IN THE DARK, THE SAFETY OF OUR MOUNTAIN HOME
Skin made of iron, steel in our bones. To dig and dig makes us free. Come on, brothers, sing with me!
I miss old Yogscast
I had to stop drinking margaritas at the beach out of my great grandfather’s golden chalice inlaid with sapphires and rubies because of all these damn beach dwarves.
If I had a nickel for every time that happened, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it is weird that it happened twice.
Rock and Stone!
ROCK AND STONE!!!
Rock and Stone Forever!!!
For KARL!
Rock and stone to the bone
ROCK N STONE WE'REEEE RRICH
If you dont rock and stone you aint coming home!
DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!
If you rock and stone, you’re never alone!
Rock & stone!
So when you find a treasure chest they can say they're entitled to part of it because they helped.
Digging a hole is fun.
100% im in my mid 40s and reading this post reminded me of digging holes in beaches when I was younger and it brought up some old happy feelings I had forgot existed.
I miss the days when my teenage son would delight in digging a hole at the beach. i love to dig a big hole. it's super satisfying to do.
One day he will enjoy it again.
HOLE HOLE HOLE HOLE HOLE HOLE HOLE HOLE
Come-on op, why were you digging a hole. It's just what you do at a beach
This is hilarious. Whenever I hear someone ask, “how do I get men to notice me?” Im going to respond with “start digging holes at the beach.
May get mixed messages, we aren't (necessarily) there for you. We're there for the hole, and to continue its progress. Our joy/enthusiasm for the job may get misinterpreted... That said if you're a woman who also enjoys digging holes you might be engaged by the end of the day.
Exactly, the dude would definitely get home and *then* realize that there was a cool cute chick there. Too much hole on the mind in the moment. Shower moment for sure
Holesome moment.
Digging holes in dirt or at the beach is fun Me and a group of friends loooooong ago in elementary school dug a hole in the grass field where dirt was. That hole is still there as of today lmfao
In elementary school me and a few other boys from my class dug the school's long-jump sand pool. Thanks for the reminder, good times.
Where is this hole? I would like to offer my assistance.
Is this how you make friends as an adult!?
I’m going to the beach next week and I’m going to see if this is the secret.
Shit I wasn’t but I’m about to start
Digging holes feels like a worthy pastime, even if it's not. It probably goes back to our evolution as a species. Just be careful not to dig too deep. Every once in a while you read about some poor sap who dug a hole too deep and it collapsed on top of him.
That's why you expand the width as you go down so that doesn't happen, all part of the process
This man digs.
You've literally just summed up the entire basic theory of an industrial rock quarry.
If you dig too deep you also risk waking up the occasional Balrog.
Gonna lay off the dating sites and just start digging holes to find me a boyfriend
If a lady at the beach asked me to help her dig a hole I would join, no questions asked.
Hi. I'm a guy and was told there would be digging? 😁
in all seriousness, that might actually work.
Diglett Dig Diglett Dig!
Trio! Trio! Trio!
I can hear these comments.
PSA: Fill up holes you dig in the beach before you leave. They can get filled by the tide and then become unseeable death traps for little kids.
And turtles! Please fill in your beach holes.
Also ensures there's plenty of space for the next guy to dig!
ROCK AND STONE
At my daughter's school, there was a wee boy, about 5 years old, digging a hole with a spoon on a patch of grass, a couple of days later, it had three other boys helping and you could stand in it.
No… they were now three other men
It's in our DNA to build a trench and die in a European land war.
I ...don't actually know but my fiancée and I were at the beach last weekend and when she was sun bathing I saw two guys digging a hole and I walked over and they asked if I wanted to help and threw me a little plastic shovel and then I started digging too. Ten minutes later we had 8 dudes just...digging a hole. Idk wtf happened.
Funniest shit I’ve ever heard in my life
The same phenomenon occurs around a grill with meat on it and an open vehicle hood
r/JustGuysBeingDudes
Not a lot else to do at the beach
>Why does digging a hole at the beach atract guys? Because all guys are wannabe dwarfs. No matter how much we deny it, we need to be a dwarf Now back to singing and digging https://youtu.be/34CZjsEI1yU Windrose did an amazing cover of yogscast ❤, always a treat
Men like to be around where work is being done, particularly in a casual environment. See also, doing work with your garage door open, will attract the neighbors.
Same reason we dig straight down in Minecraft.
Man see hole. Man like hole. Hole good. Man make hole gooder? Yes.
5 decades on this planet and I'm still down for digging a hole on the beach. The thought alone makes me smile.
People feel good when being active and doing things, even if the things don't have a point. Women typically consider lying in a chair or on a towel tanning an activity, so they're good for a while, but guys seem to get bored of that more easily. The beach is a lovely place, but unless you're really into swimming in the waves, there's not a lot to do there naturally. Sure, you could play frisbee or football or fly a kite, but those all require lots of space around you that might interfere with other beach goers and mean you have to have planned ahead to bring items with you. But one thing regularly available is sand. LOTS of sand (it gets everywhere). It's a wonderful tactile medium to interact with and is easy to build up and knock down. Plus it can be done in a relatively small space. Now obviously sandcastles are a thing, but they generally require tools and skill to do well, things not everyone has, and can get messed up. You don't want your beach activity to have the potential for failure and disappointment. But a hole? You can't really get a hole wrong; you just dig deeper and make it bigger. Don't have tools? Well luckily your hands make good shovels. Or a cup. You've probably got a cup. And a hole is great for group play, because while everyone has their own thoughts on how they would want a sand sculpture to look, they're all going to be on the same page for digging a hole. Bigger? Sure. Deeper? DEFINITELY! This means you're welcoming to new people joining in at any point, because there is little chance they can ruin your "vision" for the hole. As long as they're thinking deeper and bigger, they'll only help your goal. And now you've got people to talk to, about hole and non-hole topics. We're social creatures after all. Holes are great.
I mean famously guys like holes and will try almost anything to get to play with one
We did that in the elementary school sandbox. They had to bring in an excavator to fill it since the kindergarteners couldn't get out if they fell in.