#chads

[fuiru]

Don’t ask me why I did this, because my answer involves the long and meandering evolution of a series of familial in-jokes and comedy bits that I don’t quite understand myself. But please understand that when my wife and I had this idea a year ago it made perfect sense to us, even though right now, I’m not entirely sure how we we got here.

And where is “here?”

Well, for the last month I have spent large sections of my free time making my brother in law a Chadvent Colander.

A Chadvent Colander is like an advent calendar in that every day you open a little envelope but instead of a little chocolate or Lego toy or whatnot, inside there is a different Chad. Also, they are all affixed to a colander. Because puns.

I made 24 different cards in the style of a Top Trumps card, each for a different Chad. Chad Kroeger, Chad Smith, Chadwick Boseman, lake Chad, the country Chad…all are represented here with facts, stats, and (mostly) nonsense.

Above: Chads the country and Kroeger

Above: various Chads

Above: The finished Chadvent Colander, in all its glory.

Now that the project is complete, I can say that it is very difficult to find 24 different Chads and riff on them in bitesize humorous ways. The Wikipedia listing of pages beginning with “Chad” was very helpful, but when the majority of Chads are American sportspeople you’ve never heard of, it can be quite daunting.

We gave my brother in law the Chadvent Colander on Saturday, and he was overjoyed. I can’t wait to see what his reaction is to all the chads.

#crafts #chad #chads #advent calendar #colanders #puns #true story #nonsense

[msclaritea]

Extreme Misogyny in Incels Probably Not Caused by Sexual Frustration

"A new study published as a preprint paper has challenged the commonly held belief that sexual frustration is the main driver behind extreme misogynist views in the incel (involuntary celibate) online subculture. The study, conducted on 748 young American males, examined the relationship between sexual intentions, sexual behavior, and extreme misogynist views. The findings indicate that a perceived mismatch between sexual intentions and sexual experiences is not related to extreme misogyny.

Contrary to the incel narrative, the study found that extreme misogynistic views were driven by a psychology of dominance and status-seeking, which correlated with having many sexual partners. The study suggests that individuals who hold these extreme views are more similar to socially dominant "Chads" than to the stereotypical incel who turns his sexual frustration into hatred and a desire for revenge against women..."

I'm totally fine with referring to the practice of men engaging in relentless misogyny against women as a Homoerotic tradition. History clearly shows this attitude is not just mere patriarchy.

#Chads #Incels #The Homoerotic Practice Of Hating Women

[jadesdumbstuff]

#alpha #alpha master #bros #dudes #chads #alpha and omega

[pack-the-pack]

I hate to say this but,

There is one Fear that I do hope that it won't and never will happen, is that the omegavers/abo community might clash with the alpha male/chad (basically muscular, bearded, balded, misogynistic, incel) community.

Why because we are using the same terminology, so if they see a blog and saw the word "alpha" however it's an abo blog and they would read through it and think "oh it's probably one of my community" but then he was wrong and got offended, then tells all of his friends that this thing exists and starts a witch hunt.

It's just a dreadful thought that I wish Not to exist.

The fact that the omegavers/abo community is already around at the early 2000's.

Hahahahaha that reminds me of that one video by ColeyDoesThings, where an A/B/O fan meets a dude-bro Alpha chad lol.

Bro don't worry abt it. Nobody takes them seriously. Not that people take us seriously either, but the fact of the matter is that they're just a bunch of man-children with zero credibility on anything.

Witch hunt? Pffff, pls. We're greater in number, and frankly we're probably meaner than they can ever be. I'm pretty sure that if one of them came after anyone, the community would counter with double the venom.

Plus, yah know, we can just ignore them and just keep doing our own thing. Bothering with these types of people is a waste of time.

#omegaverse #alpha beta omega #abo #a/b/o #alpha/beta/omega #alpha/beta/omega dynamics #alpha/beta/omega verse #a/b/o verse #pack-the-pack answers #anon ask #dude-bros #chads #alpha males. #male alphas.

[reasonsforhope]

"In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered.

It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered.’

The recovery was down to the conservation work of zoos around the world, but also from game breeders in the Texas hill country, who kept the oryx alive while the governments of Abu Dhabi and Chad worked together on a reintroduction program.

Chad... ranks second-lowest on the UN Development Index. Nevertheless, it is within this North African country that can be found the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, a piece of protected desert and savannah the size of Scotland—around 30,000 square miles, or 10 times the size of Yellowstone.

At a workshop in Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, in 2012, Environment Abu Dhabi, the government of Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund, and the Zoological Society of London, all secured the support of local landowners and nomadic herders for the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to the reserve.

Environment Abu Dhabi started the project, assembling captive animals from zoos and private collections the world over to ensure genetic diversity. In March 2016, the first 21 animals from this “world herd” were released over time into a fenced-off part of the reserve where they could acclimatize. Ranging over 30 miles, one female gave birth—the first oryx born into its once-native habitat in over three decades.

In late January 2017, 14 more animals were flown to the reserve in Chad from Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, the rewilded species was officially assessed by the IUCN’s Red List, and determined them to be just ‘Endangered,’ and not ‘Critically Endangered,’ with a population of between 140 and 160 individuals that was increasing, not decreasing.

It’s a tremendous achievement of international scientific and governmental collaboration and a sign that zoological efforts to breed endangered and even extinct animals in captivity can truly work if suitable habitat remains for them to return to."

-via Good News Network, December 13, 2023

#chad #abu dhabi #north africa #rewilding #endangered species #conservation #zoology #conservation biology #oryx #good news #hope #texas #big game #animals #endangered #environmentalism #environmental science #zoo #zoos #zoo animals

[galaxydefiance]

Max and Chad (The Amazing Digital Circus, 2024)

They have their own idle animations lol

#amazing digital circus #the amazing digital circus #digital circus #max and chad #gummigoo #tadc #tadc max #tadc chad #max tadc #chad tadc

[mossycopper]

Currently thinking about the classification of chads.

Obviously you've got the fake wannabe "Alpha Chads" but those suck, I'm talking about Buzz Lightyear and Pacha from The emperor's new groove.

I'd say kronk but he's too much of a himbo to count

#chads #chad #alpha man #alpha chad #Chadimus Maximus #big chad #chad behavior #buzz lightyear #kronk #pacha #the emperors new groove #shitpost #shit post #shit posting #shitposting

[pablolf]

And Keanu says something really interesting to me on the first John Wick. He comes to me and he goes, “Look, just so you know, little bit of advice, when you edit, once a week, you should see the edit on the big screen.” And I’m like, OK, we’ll try. Later, alone with him, I’m going, “Well, why?” He’s like, “I’m a big-screen actor.” And I had no fucking idea what that meant. I thought it meant a movie star. And he’s like, “No, no, no, no.”

And he started talking to me about non-verbal acting, like gestures, motions. And he’s like, “Look, when you see me on a little monitor and I give this little look, it’s one thing. But when you see it on a 40-foot screen, that look’s going to say a lot. That’s what I want to play this guy as. So just please be aware of it, so when we punch in on the closeups, it’s going to mean something.” And it kind of really clicked for me right there.

I’ve always been fascinated by non-verbal gesture, body language. Keanu would go through and strip his dialogue down. It was like, “No, no, nope. I’m just going to cuddle the puppy.” In the first John Wick, he doesn’t talk for 32 minutes. Try to sell that one to a studio: You have Keanu Reeves and you’re not going to let him talk.

Chad Stahelski on what the John Wick movies owe to Buster Keaton

#chad stahelski #john wick #buster keaton #film #interview #keanu reeves #acting

[endermach]

"Have the day you deserve"

This needs to be the customer/service side response to people being rude or unprofessional on that karmic level.

#customer service #rude #people #horrible people #jerk #karens #chads

[zanephillips]

CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY Dawson's Creek 5.03 "Capeside Revisited"

#chad michael murray #dawson's creek #dawsons creek #charlie todd #tvedit #serie #televisiongifs #cinematv #tvandfilm #actor #men #menedit #mancandykings #mensource #dailymenedit #gifs #mine #*

[anthonysperkins]

Arpad Miklos, Brett Matthews, Sergio Anthony Drifter (2007) dir. Chad Donovan

#Arpad Miklos #Brett Matthews #Sergio Anthony #Chad Donovan #guys #gay kiss #* #** #gayedit #holesrus #userpedro #userdylan #kazeo2se #usermack

[jajanvm-imbi]

Jaja lol they're iconic for a reason

(I wanted to make my own version of this post but with more pairings lmao)

#im gonna be so so fr and say ive never watch Sk8 Infinity #but ive seen some what i believe are screenshots and yeah it seems pretty fruity lol #so they get to be here too #time to tag all the faves ❤️💙 #klance #korrasami #zukka #caitvi #rubpphire #merthur #tomtord #(<dug into the depths of my memory for that one lmao) #boyf riends #ryan x chad #jedtavius #langa x reki #charmike #miguel x tulio #vld #lok #atla #sk8 infinity #arcane #bbc merlin #night at the museum #steven universe #hsm #hsm2 #netflix skull island #dappling

[burrotello]

So... after chapter 2 of tadc came out...

How do you imagine gummigoo and max and chad? it made me curious

Ahem,

swiftly..,

#I STILL HAVE TO DESIGN MAX AND CHAD #BUT #THEYRE STREET FIGHTERS #my art #art #sketch #artwork #tadc #tadc fanart #the amazing digital circus #tadfc #the amazing digital fight club #tadc boxer!au #gummigoo #tadc gummigoo

[gongedtornado]

i think that’s about how it goes

#kazzy scribbles #vidyeo #tadc spoilers #tadc #the amazing digital circus #the amazing digital circus fanart #tadc fanart #tadc gummigoo #tadc max #tadc chad #shartposting #gummigoo #chad #max

[may8chan]

John Wick art by 簡志剛

#John Wick #John Wick: Chapter 4 #John Wick 4 #Keanu Reeves #簡志剛 #Chad Stahelski #Art

[spiced-wine-fic]

“Intelligent, confident, unusually handsome and financially secure, Brad is not chronically online enough to know what a chad is (another good sign), but on paper he is one of the most eligible men in the country. Is he having fun? “I’ve lost the will to live on apps,” he says. “But I feel caught in that place. It’s how people date nowadays.”

Brad has mixed feelings about apps. He’s clearly wary about sounding arrogant, and I get the impression he’s even more successful than he lets on – but the numbers speak for themselves. His version of Hinge is brimming with likes and messages from women. He is also routinely sent virtual gifts called Roses, which signal intense interest from admirers and are rationed to one per user per week. Brad receives anywhere between five to 10 Roses every time he opens the app, which is typically once every two or three days. “I started deleting them,” he says. “I’ve never really understood those things.”

“For men who date men, the field is a little different – but some of the problems remain. Gay men tend to be less choosy than heterosexual women, and they enjoy higher rates of casual sex. You might think that would make it easier to meet someone. Not according to Ciaran Cole, 29, who was one of Tinder’s 30 most popular people on the app in 2018. Despite being single and incredibly good-looking, Ciaran doesn’t feel successful. “At the moment I’d rather not be using apps at all,” he says. “I’m only using them out of boredom.”

Ciaran doesn’t really have sex outside of relationships, and as a result he doesn’t use Grindr – but he is wildly popular on Hinge.”

Only the true chads who walk silently among us have the keys to dating’s panopticon. Only they understand the Babylonian hubris and folly of packing the entire singles market into a giant game of Hot or Not. They gaze into the apps, and the apps gaze back.”

#dating apps #hinge #chads #it must be very difficult meeting people you click with #sometimes the spark’s there but you have to meet in person to know it #I don’t think I could be arsed if I was young #saturday morning reading #sort of amused