The Washington Post: idk how to even wrap up this story about this trump-backed raconteur who is teaching young men the art of being hard to deal with but these opening lines speaks for themselves

idk how to even wrap up this story about this trump-backed raconteur who is teaching young men the art of being hard to deal with but these opening lines speaks for themselves

A L P H A M A L E

The deeply silly, extremely serious rise of ‘Alpha Male’ Nick Adamswapo.st Meet the Trump-backed raconteur who is teaching America’s young men the art of being hard to deal with

absolutely pathetic story, no reason to write it, a hundred different better things

OK, I'm starting to think this profile is just a really committed bit. Are we sure this is "official" WaPo? I mean, the WaPo sucks, but come on...

Usually I hate going after social media accounts because it's likely some poorly paid twenty-something, but in this case even a poorly paid twenty-something deserves it

this is not a 20 something. this is someone in their thirties

So you’re convinced that Nick Adams isn’t a bit in and of himself? Even reading that opener I can’t see someone actually believing it

I was talking about the social media dipshit managing the bluesky account. Obviously Nick Adams is fair game- the problem with him is that's exactly what he wants

Try hard late 40s? 50s?

They were able to verify their domain, so it apparently is.

That sucks; i would have a lot of respect for some dude spending 6 months building up cred & then just start drunk-posting crazy shit to harvest the hate clicks...

This one startled me too. Coming from a handle specific to op-ed or style, no biggie. But from the WaPo's main account? Very interesting choice!

I know so many activists in just Tampa alone who absolutely deserve their nationally recognized flowers for their work and instead the media focuses on this fucking reply guy goober, giving him more "credibility" and brand recognition. Just offensive on so many levels.

Another dude who has never gotten punched in the face.

This asshole's publicist is earning their paycheck — there was a big Adams profile on Slate a few days ago, too.

Agree it seemed like clickbait when the WaPo app put it as the second story on the app. That's... well above the fold for dreck like this.

Every single thing that Ben Terris does absolutely reeks of privilege. The guy could not make it clearer that he is oblivious to the negative real world impacts of politics and policy if he tried

Why are you platforming fascists?

stop trying to be quirky you stupid fucking idiots

Holy shit lol

Where I grew up, if you labeled yourself an alpha male no one would take you seriously, especially the males.

Alf a Male

Why have you profiled this no-account idiot?

Hey legacy media, there is not more to the “manosphere” than meets the eye. These guys have been parodies of themselves since before Tom Cruise’s character in Magnolia. They have nothing to offer the world but date rapes and fake nutritional supplements

Groan. Story number 10 gazillion featuring the media's infantile fascination for the worst of the worst of men: "lookie here at this fukking guy! What an ass! amiright!" #JournalismDiesInDarkness

Is Amerika so short of douchebags that we have to import them from Australia?

S H I T R A G

I thought Nick Adams was an elaborate parody act. You sure you didn't get duped, WAPO? Because it seems that way to me.

He's the male version of Ann Coulter.

Why are you platforming this clown?? This is truly fucking pathetic.

This picture has big "Mark Ruffalo in 'Poor Things'" energy

Good lord, I know it's asking too much for you guys to not platform fascists. I'm not naive. But could you at least talk like a newspaper for grownups when you put these freaks on a pedestal?

Give me your lunch money bitch

Don't click on this trash.

He's an alpha twat, more like.

What the fuck is this shit?

*camera cuts to Nick Adams calling offensive fouls in a pick-up basketball game*

More Bandit Heeler less Nick Adams.

Abnormally Little Penis Havin' Asshole

I remember him as only the second-worst councillor on the former Ashfield Municipal Council in Sydney’s Inner West. He wasn’t even good at being worst.

C R I N G E

so many people doing important and overlooked work in this world, people you could be profiling, and yet here you are amplifying this guy's visibility

I read that article and it made me feel ill.

I didn't read it because I didn't want to give WaPo any clicks for it specifically (I read WaPo otherwise). Just staggering that they highlight this grifter

Coming from outside USI might never have heard about him otherwise, and we foreigners need to know how much we might need to brave ourselves for

fair enough!

Appreciate you, new social media manager of the Washington Post who obviously started the job yesterday

I was just thinking they got a new person *yesterday* and i already like them more than whoever was doing it previously.

I still stand by my conviction that he is a troll.