Few outlets have perfected the art of completely disconnected blithering like NYT.

Never have I been more certain that someone literally doesn't know the definition of a word

Admittedly, no one has ever called Cuomo a himbo…

Is Stavvy a himbo? Does one have to be a hunk to be a himbo?

This is how I sound when I realize I’m attracted to a bunch of ppl I don’t like. It’s a conspiracy of weaponized thirst!

“A key plank in the Mamdani strategy was to give voters a steaming plate of man meat…”

Feels like this should be one of those Jezebel lists. Pretty sure Jezebel would have a more level headed take tho.

I don't know what a himbo is and you can't make me learn it.

Ok the NYT has printed some truly heinous shit but calling Stavros Halkias a himbo is a grotesque affront that simply cannot stand

We're to believe that the only reason Mamdani won the primary is that voters were blinded by the irresistible sex appeal of this man?

Michael you're just mad he didn't call you

I am simply too masculine

was there a freaky friday situation with the writers at @nytimes.com and @nypost.com ?

None of those guys are himbos! Himbos are pretty faced, kind hearted, and a bit dim witted and/or socially naive. Ken is a himbo. Joey from Friends. Jason from Good Place. Ted from Schitts Creek. Half of all Brendan Fraiser characters. Words mean nothing anymore, I guess!

nytimes writers expose profound new vistas of obliviousness. Totally unexplored continents of being oblivious

these guys are obsessed with the mythical gym bro voting bloc that swings elections

NYT: Dems in disarray! They can't attract young male voters! Reality-Based Community: Here's a Dem with a lot of young male voter support. NYT: Oh, well, those guys are trash.

Stavros the Himbo

at least they got one thing right

looking forward to what he does with this quote on stage.

How are they shoehorning Stavros Halkias into this himbo label?

And as someone on the "masculine men" Tumblr (if I'm remembering your last two Patreon episodes), you should know himbos!

a himbo of a more freewheeling, bacchanalian variety

Guy knows his himbos

NYT hires only the best himbologists

describing himbo varietals like he's writing for Wine Spectator

Nice.

Oh this is absolutely someone reverse engineering their pre-existing shoulder-chip about Hasan Piker.

Shocking. @nytimes.com prints inaccurate click bait. Again.

*pointing at a random dude* that's a himbo

Poor Stav: dumb enough to be a himbo but ugly as hell.

You can’t get away with calling Stavvy Baby a Himbo and be taken as a serious news organization.

I have never seen a more 'maam this is a wendy's'-ass article

I'm so glad that we have an entire ass article that just entirely makes shit up while completely missing what a himbo is at a definition and aesthetic level.

Like... the whole point is the inferiority. The whole point of the concept of a himbo is that he is kind and compassionate.

I think on top of that, a himbo is also thoroughly uncomplicated. With these elements combined we create a very attractive kind of Big Guy.

beefy and placid, amazing how bad these words feel together! I wish I could shake my head really fast like a cat and do a hard reset to forget

Saw the headline and took a hard pass, imo garbage article

Journos need to figure out how to work through their own issues about masculinity outside of a byline

If they brought back the salad bar, Wendy's would be full of himbos all the time 😮‍💨

This article is so horny.

I tried to read it and got so annoyed with the first two paragraphs that I had to stop. So, Channing Tatum has opinions and likes things his partner likes and that makes him placid?

I mean, himbos have always been here, God bless them. But that's just one tiny problem with this pointless drivel.

Hard to imagine a less politically ambiguous new media figure than Hasan Piker

'his true self hidden behind doe-like eyes' the three examples they picked are the most 'can't shut the fuck up about what they think' motherfuckers possible

Casey Michael Henry needs to just go to therapy, rather than vomit his insecurities at the public. All of these articles about men written by men are filled w/ deep worry & resentment that the writer might not be seen as impressive among other men & so is sadly trying to set the terms of coolness.

These aren’t dumb people, they’re just jocks. This is just RW anti-intellectualism created out of thin air

Idk about you but im always hiding my masculinity behind my doe-like eyes

Imagine thinking a himbo is just the “facade” of a man and not Kronk from hit Disney film, The Emperor’s New Groove

Perfect example, honestly. My go to metaphor is an extremely friendly large dog.

Mine is "golden retriever that got kicked in the head as a puppy."

Laughed out loud at that.

If you reverse the gender in that last paragraph, it's just describing generic female-love-interest fiction character.

Are they trying to recycle the Bernie Bro thing again?

"Content of his interiority"? What the actual fuck?

The key feature that makes a himbo a himbo, and not a dude bro, is specifically his lack of misogyny and natural inclination to be wholly supportive of women. He's a lovable dumb-dumb, but he is importantly, lovable. And he's lovable bc he's not a misogynistic dude bro.

I thought a himbo was just the make equivalent of a bimbo—a handsome dude who wasn’t very smart.

Yeah, thats my understanding as well. I dont think thats incompatible with the himbo also being non-misogynistic.

Meaningless rambling, which is why I hate 90 percent of think pieces. Seems they've done more damage than good by making people think their vaguest theories on the state of society are deep philosophical musings that deserve attention.

This is slanderous propaganda against Himbos

*blink* *blink*

like? why is there fanfiction in the NYT?

You know the good shit is coming when the writer starts dropping “vessels” in their paragraph. And I say this as a fan of Hollow Knight.

This article has a strong energy of being typed with one hand

If anyone actually wants an in-depth look at Mamdani's campaign strategy, Defector has you covered: defector.com/selling-zohr...

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This article’s author fundamentally doesn’t know what a himbo is, woof.

Jesus christ what a fucking stretch

That bacchanalian, free-wheling himbo we all know and love, Stavros Halkias

amazing how a himbo can be both politically ambiguous and also a "bernie bro" simultaneously. its almost like this author doesnt have a coherent thesis and is instead dumping a strange stream of unfiltered mental diarrhea onto the page...

A little on the nose that the NYT explains how Mamdani spoke to people like they weren't idiots, and they call them idiots in the process.

We have to admit "a himbo of a more freewheeling, bachanalian variety" is an insanely funny thing to call stav

brb updating my bio on here

Truly an exemplary specimen of male virility, the guy who's gonna be on an oxygen tank and rascal scooter in five years if he doesn't get under 300 lbs

I mean their point is that he appreciates the finer things in life! That's what bacchanalian means

OH for some reason I thought it was a classic word about masculinity, welp

This is some real amazing stuff.

Ah yes, apolitical like *checks notes* Hasan Piker

The process by which simply everyone is madly searching for the secret to what Mamdani did, when what he did was described simply and plainly in response to every question of "Mr Mamdani, talk to me about your campaign" is a joy of political writing. If there's no trick, there must be a trick!

How do you pretend to be authentic?

All sorts of politicians and others have to learn this! And many do! You can learn it. But you have to want it

I agree you can learn to pretend to be authentic. But that isn't being authentic. And Mamdani shows that many people can tell the difference.

There's no difference. "Authenticity" isn't really a thing, it's just an impression. It's anticipating what people expect from you, it has nothing to do with the self.

Or else everyone would do it! Or would they

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I hate how legacy media engages with internet bullshit.

Nothing can ever just organically *happen* in op-ed land. They write like there's no way a leftist streamer would naturally gravitate towards a leftist mayoral candidate. It has to be this grim spooky tactical psy-op.

"Guys with 3 first names" syndrome strikes again. Incoherent babbling masquerading as "analysis".

Am- am I a himbo now?

Why is America like this?

Somewhere in Mamdani’s headquarters, an intern is looking at the whiteboard where “himbo” is written in big bold letters and circled three times while wondering to themselves who in the campaign spoke to the New York Times

"We need a Rogan of the left! We need a Tate of the left! We gotta appeal to struggling young men and not make them feel alienated by the feminism and pro-LGBT sentiments!" "Nooo! Don't listen to this guy! He's courting brocialists! If boys like him that means he's bad!"

Can be an active eugenics reddit poster and be called a 'race academic' but

Every generation gets its NYT grunge-speak article.

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"Kelce has existed for those who don’t follow football mostly as an appendix to her" This might be because we don't follow football? How else would he exist in our minds?

People will read this and think they learned something.

God, why are they so desperate for the answer to be the votes of gym bros?

Yeah, they all backed him without being asked. And it’s a stretch to call Piker a himbo, and laughable to call Citarella and Stavros that.

They lie daily with impunity.

Other than Hasan, I've barely or never heard of these people. They were certainly not the face of the campaign.

I haven't heard the term himbo used in 20 years either.

Also, the way they’re describing this whole thing in the selected text is how the right also operates: dummies going along to get along while focusing on surface qualities like “manliness”. So, interesting take they’ve got there, being all negative about it when if you just flip a few names around….