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[seperis]

Gakked from chicklet_girl:

MightyGodKing answers a "Nice Guy" Rant. By nice guy, we mean creepy. By MightyGodKing, we mean sexiest blog in western civilization.

From the blog:

Firstly, “douchebag” is one word, not two. So this Formerly Nice Guy lacks grammar and writing skills. No wonder he never gets laid. Doesn’t he know that chicks dig a dude with mad grammar skills? They are after me all the time to show me how I cleft a gerund, it makes them fucking swoon, it does.

In the words of chicklet_girl: I totes want to meet MGK so we can discuss gerunds. And by "discuss gerunds," I mean "fuck like banshees."

Hell. And yes.

Comments

[seperis.livejournal.com]

It's always *hot girls*, you notice that? Nice Guys have no interest in Nice Girls, Smart Girls, Awesome Girls, Any Kind of Girl But--it's the hot girls.

That just--it's a quick and fast way to totally throw them off my list. Which is funny, because the "jerks" they speak of with the success and the etc--that I've met--are the ones who rarely the ones who are looking for "hot". What they want, and what the girls who date and marry them know, is that hot is far down the list of qualities they look for.

...then again, I always get furious at the nerdy guy/hot model thing too. While it's cute and funny, it also says something; that the ultimate goal of any man is the physical attractiveness factor. You don't see a lot of Nerdy but Awesome Guys and Smart Yet Not a Supermodel romances, you know? Not unless they are converting the Smart Yet not a Supermodel into Smart Yet Also Supermodel.

I am totally overthinking. Uh, word?

[niqaeli]

Yeah, that also pisses me off endlessly. The fact that it is important she be hot. Looks are not, you know, irrelevant--there has to be an element of attraction. But they're not the fucking be-all, end-all, and much of it can be made up for just by taking just a little bit of pride in how you look. Dressing in clothes that fit properly and keeping your hair neat, etc.

I wish there were a lot more stories about the Nerdy but Hysterically Funny Guy and his Smart, Okay-Looking Girlfriend. Or the Successful Businessman Who Plays XBox 360 In His Spare Time and his Entrepreneur Wife With A Successful Boutique Who Doesn't Get The Gaming Thing But Doesn't Care Because He Doesn't Care About Her Slash Habit.

Or wackier yet, maybe some stories about the Pretty But Not Gorgeous Career/School-Driven Woman and her Attractive In His Odd Way That Is Not Hollywood Pretty-boy And Has a Steady Job Of His Own Boyfriend. Wherein, you know, it's about the *girl* and her life, rather than the boy and his accessory girl.

[lydiabell.livejournal.com]

Or the Successful Businessman Who Plays XBox 360 In His Spare Time and his Entrepreneur Wife With A Successful Boutique Who Doesn't Get The Gaming Thing But Doesn't Care Because He Doesn't Care About Her Slash Habit.

Occupations aside, you've just described my marriage. :D

[niqaeli]

*grins* I think that describes a lot of marriages, actually. It's been true of mine! ...well, we're not actually married but we might as well have been for the past three years. Except I kind of *do* get the gaming thing and he kind of gets the slash thing. *laughs*

[niqaeli]

A further thought on the hot thing: these guys really have no fucking idea how much work it is to be hot/sexy/beautiful because they've never put forth the effort in their own lives even once.

It's a hell of a lot of work to have a flawless complexion, perfect eyebrows, a fit body; a lot of time and energy each day goes into getting dressed and skincare and putting on makeup. A lot of time and effort goes into buying the cute/sexy/attractive clothing and shoes. A lot of time and effort goes into the weekly mani/pedi, the waxing, the facials. A lot of time and effort goes into going to the gym and watching what you eat. You don't have to do all of that to look *good* but to look model gorgeous, yeah, pretty much you do.

I don't think the amount of effort that our culture thinks women should put into said is reasonable--that's a fucking lot of our lives that could be better spent, oh, gaming or reading or whatever--but it's *not* unreasonable for a person to make the choice to put effort into looking and feeling really nice.

And here's the thing: if I *did* bother with half that shit, my reaction to a guy who doesn't even bother to wear clothes that fit properly and keep his hair attractively cut and always neat? Would be to roll my eyes and possibly kick him with my pointy, pointy heels. I mean, that's my reaction even *not* putting forth that much effort, you know? If a girl *does* put that much effort into herself, I think she's probably going to expect any guy interested in her to put at least some effort into himself. And that's not stupid or unreasonable, that's fucking human nature, to value in others, especially a potential *mate*, what you value in yourself.