So the Associated Press is reporting that Charles Manson, everyone’s favorite orchestrator of mass murder, is planning to marry. His future bride is a 26-year-old groupie who’s been trying to convince the world for nine years that Charlie is innocent.
According to one self-proclaimed dating expert and regular contributor to Return of Kings, the fact that “the 80-year-old murderer is marrying a hotter girl than [nice guys will] ever get,” is proof that guys need to start channelling their own inner Charles Manson in order to become the “bad boy” that women really go for.
As “Trouble Maker” puts it,
This woman is just an extreme case, but her actions in this case largely represent the way woman act as a whole. There is just no resisting the panty moistening allure of the bad boy for them. …
She’s definitely cute, at least in these pictures being spread around by the media. …
Meanwhile, the stable computer programmer is left running macros on POF [Plenty of Fish] in hopes that he catches a whale.
I actually sort of hope that would-be pickup artists start tattooing swastikas on their foreheads. It would make them a lot easier to identify at a glance.
Speaking of giant kitties…
Just don’t read the comments.
Well, they apparently just want “a woman” or maybe more specifically “a hot woman” regardless of any other characteristic. And since the women who don’t want mass murderers aren’t biting, they figure the “attracted to mass murderers” market has a demand that’s not yet supplied. Sadly, they’ll saturate the market with mass murderers and the women attracted to them will start getting pickier and only wanting the “choice” mass murderers, and these guys will be once again without “a hot woman”.
Another possibility, they see a woman going for a mass murderer, and it must mean that all women want them… Because, well, all women are interchangeable.
Paulcarlton, could I ask what the relevance of this bit is in your story: “she’s a larger lady BUT that’s actually his thing”.
It’s great that your friend is happy though.
On rain cat: Aww, reminds me of one of mine, same colours too. I know the poor, sad little “please let me in what are you doing to me it’s wet out here please :(” face very well.
Funny thing is though, my other cat? Gives no shits about rain at all.
Off topic, but I read a great article in the Sydney Morning Herald dispelling the (MRA circulated) notion that women are as equally violent as men. The statistics are relevant to Victoria in Aus, I’m not sure how similar they’d be to other states/countries, but I’m guessing not too far off. I just the MRAs would read it, and actually believe it.
http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-culture/no-women-arent-as-likely-to-commit-violence-as-men-20141118-3km9x.html
I thought we had passed peak mass murderer.
Now we’re just reaching peak tanty-throwers.
I was actually woken last week by a sugar glider who flew into me. He’s a big guy and overweight but very strong and the force he hit my abdomen with felt like a bowling ball in the tummy.
Those things are terrifying when small. I see giant gliders in the wild and am frightened. Also, they would have bigger poos. Do not want. The little ones are enough trouble.
“You know why it’s not Clifford the Big Red Cat? Because a cat that big is the basis for a horror movie.”
– Me to my husband in past conversations
Apropos:
“When you think about it, The Cat in the Hat is really just a story about a home invasion.”
– My husband after reading bedtime stories
Having kids is fun.
Re: big cats: In case you haven’t seen this:
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-youre-cold-theyre-cold.jpg
Do these people even listen to themselves? “She’s a statistical outlier, but she represents all of women! Logic!”
This is a very specific and thankfully uncommon relationship dynamic (charismatic, chillingly evil cult leader with grandiose ideas, lost teenager in search of a guru to latch onto to make her feel special, preferably a famous one for whom marriage will grant her legal, exclusive access to his private papers), and they’re trying to extrapolate it to all women and all men.
APEX FALLACY!
Or nadir fallacy, rather.
Still, it’s very telling that they think a) this sort of relationship is not only natural, but ideal b) not committing mass murder makes them a “nice guy” and an incredible catch. They’re angry that women seem to want a little something more than b.
Uh, not just one, but TWO men married Susan Atkins, one of the mass murderers in Manson’s gang, while she was in prison. So why do the MRAs never put men’s “true nature” under the microscope when they marry prisoners, as they do to women?
They’re deep in thrall to the just-world fallacy, and the idea of women as behavioral rewards: “This guy committed horrible murders! Why does he get all the hot babes? No fair!”
It never occurs to them that perhaps women are attracted to Manson’s charisma, not his murderousness. His new wife is swearing up and down that he’s innocent and she’s going to help clear his name once they’re married. If she was truly attracted to evil, wouldn’t she be bragging about his lengthy rap sheet instead of trying to whitewash it?
Apex fallacy in this case being the tops of MRAs’ pointy little heads.
Off-topic, but was anyone surprised to learn that Manson was still alive? (Don’t mistake my meaning; I didn’t learn that he was alive just now upon reading this article, but I was surprised at the time I first did). For some reason, I’d always presumed him to have died decades ago. He just seems to belong so completely to another era, to another cultural sphere. Same thing with Shirley Temple and Muhammad Ali; I was surprised to learn that they were alive. Are there any celebs that others were surprised to learn were still alive?
aebars: Shirley Temple is dead now, if you didn’t know (but probably did). She passed away in February.
I was surprised to learn that Liza Minelli is still alive, and Julie Andrews.
Yeah, when I heard that Shirley Temple had died I remember being surprised because I had assumed she’d been dead for decades. Also for some reason it’s hard to believe Bob Woodward is the same guy from Watergate.
Watergate. Often imitated, never duplicated.
Ahahaha! Reminds me of a retort I once saw on a message board: “You certainly do have a point. Next time try covering it up with a hat.”
I remember being surprised (and comforted) to hear that Dick Van Dyke and Doris Day are still around. And Kirk Douglas is nearly 100!
Someone mentioned a horror movie about giant mice or gerbils, something entirely harmless, and, well….
http://youtu.be/tNMkaGXzX-k
Yeah, in a Danny DeVito/Arnold Schwarzenegger sort of way, I guess? I mean, isn’t Manson a rather short fellow?
I think Manson is only 5’2. It’s funny because I thought being big and tall is a pretty crucial part of alpha maleness. We get so many trolls on here complaining about how women only like tall men.
I can’t even manage to be surprised.
I’ll just leave this here:
Mouse eats scorpions and howls at the moon
“No, it’s not the mythical Chupacabra. It’s the southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus), the only carnivorous mouse in North America.”
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23072-zoologger-mouse-eats-scorpions-and-howls-at-the-moon.html#.VGztZIemB2M
Eowyn: New favorite animal.
OMG, the picture of the mouse is captioned “Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough” !!