September 28, 2008

SILVERBACK GORILLA TYPES There just might be a few here. You think? "In real life as in Georgette Heyer, the reprehensible, oddly sexy brute fares rather better than the sensitive flower. Now it turns out that the unreconstituted, sexist male chauvinist is not only more attractive to many women, but earns more money and is more professionally successful than the kind man who sympathises when you have period cramps and offers to make you a nice cup of camomile."
posted by Blacksheep 15 years ago
  • I think Dilbert's comic creator said that engineers in their jobs are like silverback gorillas in thrall to alpha squirrels. If he's right, then sex, of whatever fashion, is pretty much a red herring here to distract us from the real problem... It's unthinking allegiance to the CURRENT signs of power that's bad, no matter who might ever become the alpha designate. The smartest brains worked for psychopaths unthinkingly on the Manhattan Project. Never again! (I should humbly mumble.)
  • *prepares vat of camomile tea*
  • Now it turns out that the unreconstituted, sexist male chauvinist is not only more attractive to many women Yeah, women sure are fucking stupid.
  • Trades his "I'm with stupid" T-shirt for a "I'm fucking stupid" T-shirt.
  • Yeah. I just love dating a bully who gets mad because I know more words than he does and won't obey direct commands ("change the sheets!") The word in question was 'contraindicated'. Sheets never got changed, I dumped him on my cell phone as I was driving away. They look good because they look powerful. Which can be attractive but most of them are just powerfully insecure. Give me the camomile tea guy every time.
  • *adjusts turtleneck*
  • I think you'll find, ladies, that the Cappy and I are the perfect blend of rough, capable, shelf-putting-up machismo, and caring, sharing, sensetive, new age G-Spottery. We can be ordered either individually or as a pair. Reasonable rates, discounts for Monkeys with 'I'm With Stupid' T-shirts.
  • We also do weddings and bat mitzvahs.
  • WHAT ABOUT ALPHA FEMALE GORILLA *thunks kit on the head, drags him off, orders cappy to make tea*
  • help Oh, and milk, no sugar for me.
  • MonkeyFilter: Reasonable rates, discounts for Monkeys with 'I'm With Stupid' T-shirts.
  • Reasonable insight, coupled with idiotic solution.