Show off Your Man Cave

[preslove]

My three year old left that there. Now are you going to actually post your own, or just continue insulting the work and enjoyment of others?

I was just poking at you because you are so defensive, lol. But, kids aren't normally allowed in man caves, ya know. They are allowed in home theaters, though...

How is saying that your home theater doesn't meet the nominal parameters of "man cave" an insult? I never said that you had a shitty home theater.

You should take a vacuum into your vagina closet and clean out all the sand in there...

 

[Dominato3r]

Awesome, especially the boarding.

 

[preslove]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_cave

Man cave
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A man cave (also sometimes mantuary) is a male sanctuary, such as a specially equipped garage, spare bedroom, media room, den, or basement.


Man caves can be equipped with accessories such as refrigerators, vending machines, putting greens, kegerators, giant TVs, musical instruments, pool tables, and entertainment centers. A man cave may also be fitted out with a bar and sports memorabilia. Upscale sports-themed furnishings are also available to outfit a man cave. These rooms are also often decorated by the male, with little-to-no female influence.
Purpose

A man cave is, loosely, a male-only space to retreat to, watch sports matches, or play video games. According to psychiatrist and author Scott Haltzman, it is important for a man to have a place to call his own, referring to a male area to which to retreat. Some psychologists claim that a man cave can provide refuge from stressful surroundings and be beneficial to marriage.

 

[vi edit]

Sorry but if you have a family, there really is no such thing a "man only" space. Doubly so with kids. Everything you once held sacred is now shared. That includes your wifes boobs, your bedroom, shitting in privacy, showering in privacy, living spaces, ect. A garage may come close to a kid free/wife free zone but that's more out of safety than anything else. Between gasoline, chain saws, tools, ect it's just not a kid friendly area.

For many men a HT *is* there sanctuary. Kids don't go into it without permission and my wife only comes down if there's a movie she's interested in. It's where *I* go when I want to relax. I play all my games there, when my friends come over it's where we spend 90% of our time, and it's the room that just about any man that walks into the house looks at and goes "Oooooooooh!".

Sorry I'm not trying to be defensive...rather defending. For whatever difference there is. My wife refers to it as "Josh's room" as does anyone else that knows us.

So for all intents and purpose...it basically fits a definition of man cave. Now please excuse me...I need to retreat to it.

 

[IcePickFreak]

Stripper pole! :thumbsup: :awe:

 

[Need4Speed]

Sorry but if you have a family, there really is no such thing a "man only" space. Doubly so with kids. Everything you once held sacred is now shared. That includes your wifes boobs, your bedroom, shitting in privacy, showering in privacy, living spaces, ect. A garage may come close to a kid free/wife free zone but that's more out of safety than anything else. Between gasoline, chain saws, tools, ect it's just not a kid friendly area.

For many men a HT *is* there sanctuary. Kids don't go into it without permission and my wife only comes down if there's a movie she's interested in. It's where *I* go when I want to relax. I play all my games there, when my friends come over it's where we spend 90% of our time, and it's the room that just about any man that walks into the house looks at and goes "Oooooooooh!".

Sorry I'm not trying to be defensive...rather defending. For whatever difference there is. My wife refers to it as "Josh's room" as does anyone else that knows us.

So for all intents and purpose...it basically fits a definition of man cave. Now please excuse me...I need to retreat to it.

+1 ... you should see all the legos I stepped on just to get to the DVD player

 

[Exterous]

Jealous yet?

 

[shiner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_cave

 

[Anomaly1964]

Hey, where did you get the racing rig from?

Is that Dead Space on pc or xbox?

 

[TalonStrike]

It seems like all of you have much nicer places to live and possessions than I do. What kind of jobs do you all have any way?

 

[TridenT]

It seems like all of you have much nicer places to live and possessions than I do. What kind of jobs do you all have any way?

Ones that pay 6 figures.

 

[TalonStrike]

Ones that pay 6 figures.

and that would be...?

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I want to find a good job to live lavish like this.
Just pay me to look good in a suit and be an asshole the whole time. Doesn't sound difficult whatsoever.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I should buy a camera.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

It just seems like a waste of money when you could get multiple high quality monitors like a Dell U3011 or multiple Dell U2410s, etc. (Or whatever brand you like, the Ultrasharp dells are nice)

LCD's are crap. A plasma will blow those light-bleeding, poor uniformity, poor black level, high input latency, poor black/dark viewing angle, overpriced Dell monitors away. Yes, IPS LCDs suck too.

If only there were plasma monitors and no image retention issues.

 

[RockinZ28]

LCD's are crap. A plasma will blow those light-bleeding, poor uniformity, poor black level, high input latency, poor black/dark viewing angle, overpriced Dell monitors away. Yes, IPS LCDs suck too.

If only there were plasma monitors and no image retention issues.

Indeed, I use my 30" IPS for desktop use exclusively these days.

The image retention on my 2010 Samsung is almost nonexistent, 100x better than the 2009.

 

[mmntech]

This is an old pic. I've since got a 26'' monitor for my desk.

 

[Fritzo]

It seems like all of you have much nicer places to live and possessions than I do. What kind of jobs do you all have any way?

Honestly, fixing up a basement isn't that expensive. I'm working on mine right now and think I can make a room in it look great for under $1500. I'm an engineer for an Internet company, but people that have basements like this probably have two incomes (their and spouse) and make in the $100K range.

 

[vi edit]

My HT is "Cave South". Here's my den..AKA "Cave North".

http://xuvxbq.bay.livefilestore.com...6W5xS0sqynZ8XiohfGcaDFR9q/IMG_3941.JPG?psid=1

http://xuvxbq.bay.livefilestore.com...qjBhJ6faShVuiGbMINq50Mz4J/IMG_3945.JPG?psid=1

 

[sdifox]

$339 in the US and $544 in Canada, despite the Canadian Dollar worth more. Typical.

Too rich for my blood

1 US dollar = 0.9927 Canadian dollars... what a massive difference.

😵

Swoosh as you miss the point entirely

I think he got it... or are you just being cheeky? :biggrin:

 

[sdifox]

large screen TVs are great once you have one. i sure am not going to get TVs less than 40" from now on.

I have a 42", 50" and a ~90" 1080p projection setup.


Only 3 people live in this house :biggrin:

I should probably take some new pix of the man cave. It has only gotten messier. I appropriated a 300sq ft bedroom. We only have 3 bedroom but I grabbed the room while we had no kid. I haven't had to give up the room yet... And being a slob, it's a true man cave :biggrin:


old pix. that screen and pj have been replaced, the chandalier lights are gone. For scale reference, the speakers are 50" tall.

 

[sdifox]

Long, long time ago... i had dreams of the ultimate man cave.....

Bought a house with an unfinished basement, one step closer to dream...

Got quotes to finish basement, with the basic wall/floor/ceiling, DREAM SMASHED 🙁

diy... hell, if you are near some other atoters they'll pitch in and help you build it.

 

[sdifox]

pix removed to save space

Squisher ever consider moving that load bearing beam? It is not a whole lot of work.

 

[alevasseur14]

6 figures? Please. I dont make anywhere near that much. I'm just good at snapping up deals when they present themselves.

 

[Zargon]

6 figures? Please. I dont make anywhere near that much. I'm just good at snapping up deals when they present themselves.

THIS.