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How To Be A Fat, Annoying F*ck And Still Get Laid

In an era where "inceldom" seems more popular than it ever should be, here's some advice from a very likely incel about finding paths through.

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Ted Bauer
Mar 30, 2025
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This post, which might be good or entirely cringe-worthy, came about at the intersection of two concepts:

  1. Last week, someone I was talking to who is a “big deal” here on Medium said, “The site could use some more how-to content for things people are uncomfortable openly discussing.” Nodding.

  2. About 11–12 years ago, in Vegas at a bachelor party, a then-decent friend of mine (the last time we had a longer discussion at this point was 17 months ago) told me, in a beautiful half-praise/half-insult moment that underscores so many male friendships: “You really do pull some quality ass, all things considered.”

If you can ignore the “quality ass” comment and realize we were day-drunk in Vegas when he said that to me, we can now move on.

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