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Nicholas Alexander’s Law of Bros and General Douchebaggery

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Hey Bro! Yo Bro! Wassup Bro?

I must apologize for excessive use of the word “bro” in this post. Using bro this much in any other context would make me a bro, and that in and of itself sickens me. I just wanted you to know how hard this post was to write.

I recently had the displeasure of being acquainted with a couple of these characters and it reminded me how much I really hate them. You know the type: popped collar with the word FRAT on the back of it, taking themselves too seriously for their own good, making general douchebag comments like “NASTY” or “CHYEAHHHHH” (to pronounce that properly, think Mike Jones, but more douchebaggish).

Now I’m serious when I say I’m not typically an angry or hateful person (unless you use abbreviations, but that’s a different story), but I absolutely can not stand people like this. Here’s how you can tell if you or someone else you know is a bro:

  1. Frequent/incessant use of the word BRO. (This is your easiest warning sign
  2. Consistently hangs out with a guy to girl ratio of at least 3 to 1.
  3. Frequent player of beer pong and/or flip cup.
  4. Giving high-fives or fist bumps in inappropriate places.
  5. Being serious about popping that god damn collar.
  6. Uses chewing tobacco and makes sure you know it.
  7. Hair styled like a moron (my personal favorite is the faux combover)
  8. Always travels in packs (guy/girl ratio of 3 to 1 again).
  9. Gets excited over really really dumb things like trips to Taco Bell or other “fine” dining establishments

    Now I’d like to enlighten you about a little thing called Nicholas Alexander’s Law of Bros. The theory behind this is that bros tend to draw off each other’s energy and douche-essence, and that leads to more pronounced bro like behavior in groups.

    “The probability of bro-like behavior is proportional to the square of potential bros in the area”

    For the bros mathematically challenged, what this means is that each person has a basic probability to exhibit bro-like behavior, which varies in intensity depending on how many bros are in the area. Now for some people who are capable of thinking by themselves, this is a very low number. That’s awesome, keep it that way. Other bros factor into the equation like this: If two bros individually have x probability to exhibit bro-like behavior, putting them together will make them each four times as likely to exhibit bro-like behavior. Start adding more to the mix and you have yourself a good ol’ fashioned bro-fest (or maybe even a bromance).

    Where X is the probability of someone exhibiting bro-like behavior as an individual and B is the number of people in a group capable of exhibiting bro-like tendencies. “Bro” in this equation represents the probability of any members of the group exhibiting bro-like behavior. It’s a science. Any bro-ologist will tell you this.

    If you’re looking to test out how much of a bro you are, just surround yourself with other bros… I would never subject myself to such torture, but you can feel free to go ahead and try if you’re a cast member of jackass. What’s wrong with being a bro, bro? I don’t know, perhaps we should just leave you off in your own little bro-globe, bro-ing it up with all your bros soaring to new heights in the atbrosphere, making fun of the wannabros and brovercoming obstacles with your team of bros. You are more obnoxious than that sentence, and that’s what’s wrong with being a bro, bro.

    At the end of the day, these people are absolute morons who can not look past the end of the beer pong table or the unsuspecting drunk slut at your neighborhood frat party to see what complete douche-nozzles they really are. We here at LTMB frown upon bros and all they stand for.

    That’s just my opinion though.

    Later bros,

    Nicholas Alexander.

    16 comments
    1. [...] of 3 to 1 again). Gets excited over really really dumb things like trips to… More here: Nicholas Alexander’s Law of Bros and General Douchebaggery[...]

      November 18th, 2008 at 7:10 am
    2. Oh GOD, the collar flipping is back? Frat douches are obnoxious as is!

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      Hilly says...
      November 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am
    3. Oh god, say it ain’t so…I thought we were past the whole collar popping BS, especially when those guys created the ultimate douchebag shirt…I’ll have to find it then post

      Jason L'Monaco says...
      November 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
    4. I think we need to declare a “Beat a Bro” day. And if they say “brah,” they get beaten twice.

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      kapgar says...
      November 18th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
    5. I’m not sure we have BRO’s over here in Australia, and I reckon we are pretty lucky for that. The again, perhaps we do, but they are so insignificant that I just don’t notice them. If I do happen to notice the odd one, I’ll send over there so that they can fraternize with their colleagues.

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      Sire says...
      November 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
    6. No, we don’t need any more of them… if you find one, just hit them per kapgar’s suggestion.

      Thanks,

      Nicholas

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      November 19th, 2008 at 2:08 am
    7. I don’t know if that is a solution, especially if they a likely to breed. Could I just deport them somewhere, anywhere but here.

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      Sire says...
      November 19th, 2008 at 2:43 am
    8. LOL funny posts - can’t stand those shirt popping bros!

      Have a look up on youtube for ‘Bro Rape: A Newsline Investigative Report’ - it’ll give you a hell of a laugh!

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      Dan says...
      November 19th, 2008 at 10:32 am
    9. @Dan,
      I just watched the Bro Rape video, pretty funny stuff! It helped clarify the difference between a “bro” and a “guido” like the My New Haircut guy (search for it on YouTube if you haven’t seen it already)

      Jason

      Jason L'Monaco says...
      November 19th, 2008 at 11:52 am
    10. Haha, loved that video! Seen one too many pricks like that in my time - boil my blood they do! Hadn’t seen it before, cheers!

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      Dan says...
      November 19th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
    11. Haha. Loves it. I was in a fraternity here at the University of Missouri. Luckily my frat was just about completely opposite of all other frats, totally chill, liberal, service oriented and not in anyway bro-tastic.

      However, being in the frat meant we had to socialize with the other bro-centric frats. Just shoot me.

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      Justin Scott says...
      November 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
    12. Interesting take. Though I can’t equate myself with the term “bro” (I must be too old for that), I can equate myself with some of these situations, especially when I was in college. There was “college cool”, where people affected a certain look and language, then there was “natural cool”, where you just ended up being cool without really knowing why. Guess who lucked out and got to be in the “natural” club. :-)
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      Mitch says...
      November 21st, 2008 at 12:37 am
    13. I’m with Mitch on this - it’s not as prevalent or as noticeable as you grow older. I didn’t really think of them as bro’s but rather just the frat guys. The kind of guys who think it’s really fun for a girl to watch him practice hockey.

      I think when they get older the become sales reps.

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      November 25th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
    14. @Kim - I resent that sales rep comment, as for the rest of your comment, I feel that you may be referencing some repressed memories from your past ;)

      The fact of the matter is that there is a difference between “bros” and “frat guys”. One of those differences is that a bro would never think a girl would think watching him practice hockey would be fun…a bro simply wouldn’t care about said girl.

      Bros often attribute to the sterotypical “frat boy” image, but having been in a fraternity once upon a time ago, I can attest to there being a difference.

      Jason L'Monaco says...
      November 26th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
    15. Oh probably. When I was in college I had to walk past one frat that was between my apartment and campus - it always made me nervous. I dated one of the guys very briefly and he was ok. I know it’s an over-generalization. I was also a hippie sort back then so I had a skewed vision of most everyone.

      I have also known some decent sales reps. I just know from my experience in tech support that the sales staff were more difficult than the customers. It was like a grown up version of the the nerds and jocks/cheerleaders in high school.

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      November 26th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
    16. A friend of mine sent me this today…I couldn’t believe it

      http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/w4m/961479227.html

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      December 17th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
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