#types of guy

[prokopetz]

You wouldn't intuitively expect that "guy with 'radical anarchist' in his blog header who uncritically accepts the historical truth of claims made by corporate marketing campaigns" would be something you bump into often enough to constitute a distinct Type of Guy, and yet

[victusinveritas]

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel.

[str-ngeloop]

this person does not think affect or aesthetic or emotion or feelings are important. They consider people who do care about these things as both stupid and weak. also they are deeply profoundly unhappy and do not consider the tools they would need to understand how unhappy they are or how to become happy important or valuable or even worthwhile enough to learn. and as such they will remain unhappy and closed-off from the people closest to them their whole life, and die alone and unfulfilled and emotionally confused. They thought their intellectual achievements would be enough. enough to make them happy. but, the funny thing is, happy is a feeling, an affect. and therefore, by their standards, for stupid people

[respectissexy]

One of my favorite genres of person is "unassuming cishet guy who's friends with a ton of trans women because of the specific kind of geek he is." You will find these guys throughout the board, ttrpg and video gaming communities. Sometimes he has a bestie who transitioned 10+ years into their friendship and to whom he maintains ultimate bromantic loyalty. Sometimes that's just the fighting game Discord he wound up on. He's some fucking nerd and the dolls love him.

[aromanticduck]

Guy bragging about getting 100% on a test but when you look at the computer screen it's the 'Am I Gay?' quiz.

[mountcrynai]

new guy just dropped: guy who manually counts his pulse using his apple watch timer.

[insufficientlyadvanced]

whats more tedious

guy who wont shut up about how you should try the thing

guy who wont shut up about how he wont try the thing solely because of guy 1

Voting ended onSep 1, 2023