Top 10 Lessons in Manhood from the Dude

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What makes a man?

Many popular movies have attempted to tackle that timeless question by serving up sweaty examples of shirtless, brawny action heroes running around blowing things up with oversized, phallic firearms.

It looks exhausting, man.

That might be why a lot of guys today are finding comfort in a more relaxed image of manliness, one embodied by a bathrobe-clad slacker sipping creamy cocktails and taking it easy for all us stressed-out sinners.

We’re talking about The Dude here, a real inaction hero made famous by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski. While The Dude isn’t exactly a hero (‘cause what’s a hero?), ever since the Coen Brothers introduced him to an uptight world back in the ‘90s, this laid-back stoner icon has sparked a worldwide following of dude-icated devotees.

They don bathrobes, down Caucasians (The Dude’s favorite beverage) and do dudely things at annual Lebowski Fests like bowl, listen to some jams and have the occasional acid flashback. There’s even a new religion based on The Dude called Dudeism, with over 130,000 ordained priests worldwide and a new book on the way. Here are the top 10 manly things Dudeism’s founders believe make their idol of idleness the non-traditional man for our time and place.

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