So, “Nice Guys” are causing a stir on the Internet again, thanks largely to a new(ish) Tumblr blog called “Nice Guys” of Ok Cupid, which posts selected highlights from the OKCupid profiles of self-proclaimed “nice guys” who make it very clear, in their profiles and in their answers to OKCupid’s “match” questions, that they are in fact anything but nice.
Some of them are actual or potential date rapists, convinced that women that they’re “nice” to owe them sex. Others are bitter from too many rejections, and launch long tirades in their profiles about how women are bitches and whores. Still others are clueless on a more fundamental level, declaring that women have “an obligation to shave their legs” and otherwise prettify themselves for men while noting that they themselves only shower or brush their teeth occasionally.
It’s not clear how any of this is supposed to convince the women of OKCupid that these angry, ranting, hapless-yet-entitled “nice guys” are indeed as “nice” as advertised, much less convince any rational human being to have sex with them.
The site is a goldmine of unintentional self-revelation — as is a similar site with the name of, er, OKCupid Goldmine — and I’ve spent hours looking through the pictures on both sites and discussing them with friends. The only reason I haven’t linked to it in the past is that neither of them blur out the faces of the people they feature, which seems to me a pretty major invasion of privacy. (As you no doubt have noticed, I’ve taken the liberty of somewhat creeepily disguising the faces of the guys in the pics I’m posting here.) But “Nice Guys of OKCupid has been pretty widely discussed, linked to by Jezebel (1, 2) and The Guardian and even the Men’s Rights subreddit, to mention merely a few examples; Ok Cupid Goldmine is also provoking discussions. Posts on both sites regularly get dozens if not hundreds of comments and reblogs on Tumblr. The cat’s already out of the bag.
Here are a couple more of these “Nice Guys” with their faces all spiral-ized:
Pube Terror 25: Electrolysis
Shiraz: *fist bump*
“Shiraz: I certainly hope we’ve sufficiently raised the level of discourse.”
hellkell- literal guffaw.
Holy crap! Now that’s how you do a burn.
*laughing, pounding the desk*
Yayyyy!
And of course who could forget Pube Terror 26: Blade Runner?
Applause! This thread is a thing of beauty!
Bwaahaaaaha! Blade Runner!
@ hrovitnir
eeeeeee bully breeds! all the cute!! We got our piglet from a pet store (i *know* :/ ) and we were told she was a Frenchie x Boston, but for a mix of two breeds that are supposed to both top out around 20lbs-ish (Bostons are a little more gracile, Frenchies a little more robust), she’s 30lbs+ of attention sponge. I’ve had a few ppl at the bulldog club we’re part of ask me if she’s got pitty or staffy in her. She may just 🙂
AMG I’ve figured out Flickr. LET THE BULLDOGGERY COMMENCE. (seriously, don’t ask doting parents for pictures, it’s bad, bad news 😛 )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91967299@N06/sets/72157632459412804/
(at least I *think* i’ve figured out Flickr. hope that link works!)
I have a rule, which I call the Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III rule, which I made, and which is mine, and it goes like this: Ahem! Ahem! My rule, by Bodsworth Rugglesby III (Sir): Before I’ll appreciate any joke, you’ll have to tell me what it’s about and explain the punchline to me. If you don’t, then I will assume that it is not a joke at all, but instead the instructions on a jar of draino.
Everyone, take a bow.
For other folks just arriving, I hope you’re not too confused.
Halite: Bulldoggy! Scritch her for me.
Ok, I’ve roughly reconstructed the limerick I was attempting to recall:
There was a young Count of Bavaria
Whose mistress grew hairier and hairier.
It’s not that she smelled, but the lad was compelled
To hunt for that c*nt with a terrier.
It’s a warding spell by the Manboobz Players. Seems to have worked.
Blade Runner cannot be topped. Genius.
This thread is so much hilarious; Halite, thanks for the Pharaoh tips and for the adorable doggie/baby pictures!
Squee! I love the one where she’s peering out from under the table.
@heathenbee
Lol.
Oh Halite, cutest puppy ever!
@ hellkell
I did one better, I let her in the bedroom to sleep on the bed 🙂
@ Cloudiah
No worries, hope it helps! That site has some good resources. Be sure to try the hippo “cheat code”
@ The Kitteh’s Help
She was all “you gonna eat that pizza or just look at it?”!
Pecunium — don’t go knocking all us young people just because Diogenes is dumb!
Everyone else, I’m catching up slowly after some violin practice, please bear with my typing, my left fingertips are Very Sore
LOL Halite!
Here’s one of my sis with her boy Laddie. He doesn’t go for subtlety – it’s up into the lap when he’s after food or cuddles.
The cats are looking at me again because I am making gurgling noises!
This thread is a thing of beauty.
Time for me to hit the road – niters to all who’ll be zzzzzz by the time I’m back on. 🙂
This thread! Holy shit guys!
“I have my own reasons, and goals with being here.”
Mr. Al, is that you (again)?
“Pube Terror 11 – That One Annoying Guy Strikes Again
(Seriously, has David checked the IP address?)”
And I see Cassandra agrees with that guess…seriously, can we get an IP check?
G’night kitteh!