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Guys like those don't get girls like those

posted 9 years ago by moviefool09
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I'm early in the season and enjoying it. But come on folks, guys who look like that or who still live with their PARENTS at that age (really???) do NOT get women that gorgeous. And they're certainly not having threesomes with beautiful women.

Guys who look like that would have to be filthy rich. And these guys aren't that either.

It's an Appatow nerd fantasy and it's a very good show. But let's not fool ourselves....this ain't happening in the thing we call real life.

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[–] doggie_rodriguez 9 years ago

guys who look like that or who still live with their PARENTS at that age (really???) do NOT get women that gorgeous. And they're certainly not having threesomes with beautiful women.

Gus doesn't live with his parents.

And a less attractive guy can get a great looking girl (if she's a messed up as Mickey). I know b/c I've done it.

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[–] moviefool09 9 years ago

Not talking about Gus. The older dude in episode 1, the one who wanted them to read books together (don't recall the name). He lived with his mother and was older...and had a beautiful girlfriend.

Ridiculous and not realistic.

I do agree that given the absence of money or status, guys like these could only nab beautiful women who had mental problems.

"This is dead air, Barry....dead air."

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[–] valhall-70021 8 years ago

Part of the clue is that at some point girls stop wanting douchebags and become women looking for a nice guy. Plus she's pretty messed up.

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[–] fauxginatucker 8 years ago

Actually it happens all the time. Not everyone is a shallow one dimensional piece of *beep* as you're implying.

Some very attractive women value personality over looks. When Mickey started falling for Gus, she was vulnerable from the last douchebag she dated. She saw Gus playing bass guitar with her friend and she saw him as "cool"

Some people are into nerds.

If you don't know a couple like this in real life... You're either in middle school or you're just ... In need of a more diverse group of friends.

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[–] JaneThree 8 years ago

Came here to say that. Was flipping through a site called "best movies and shows on Netflix" and saw this. One look at the couple, and then the producer (Judd Apatow) and I said NO. Unless that guy is the most charismatic, charming thing on two legs, he would not be with that girl.

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[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

Did you watch the show? Or did you just look at the cover and decide that they did it wrong?

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[–] oh_no_mrbill 8 years ago

Definitely seems like the latter

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[–] moviefool09 8 years ago

In no universe anyone lives in does unemployed and broke become attractive to women.

As for Gus, if he had money, the romance(s) would be believable. I enjoy the show highly but it is pure fantasy all the way.

"This is dead air, Barry....dead air."

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[–] TwentytoOneDevotchka 8 years ago

wow. you are completely clueless about women. there are multiple women here telling you that they have been in relationships with a guy like Gus....myself being one of them...most women dont give a @#$% about money. Im not saying there arent a small percentage of shallow women that care about money out there, because there are... but there are also shallow men that only care about looks. You need to get out more because thinking that women ONLY care about money is the most ludicrous misconception ever.

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[–] nomisueil 8 years ago

Both of them, Mickey and Eric (or whatever his name was) were *beep* up individuals. *beep* up individuals tend to connect with each other. The fact that she was also a love and sex addict probably made her get attached to him fairly quickly. Sex addicts just want sex and he used it to his advantage.

And as much as it can be a nerd fantasy for Apatow the guy's married to freakin' Leslie Mann who's pretty much out of his league.

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[–] moviefool09 8 years ago

And as much as it can be a nerd fantasy for Apatow the guy's married to freakin' Leslie Mann who's pretty much out of his league.

He has $$$$$$$$$$. Plus, he's funny, so yeah it's a slam dunk.

"This is dead air, Barry....dead air."

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[–] vinnypro 8 years ago

Um ive seen guys like that bag girls like that before

Kings have no friends, only subjects and enemies

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[–] moviefool09 8 years ago

Um ive seen guys like that bag girls like that before

Not sure what planet you live on, but by and large...it doesn't happen. Pure fantasy.

"This is dead air, Barry....dead air."

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[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

Not sure what planet you live on, but by and large...it doesn't happen.

Maybe he lives on a different part of the planet than you? I know nerdy guys can get beautiful women b/c I am a nerdy guy that has a gorgeous fiance. So this show isn't fantasy to me.

And I don't make squat. Sometimes being funny, honest, and sort of good looking is enough to get the job done.

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[–] moviefool09 8 years ago

Nerdy is one thing. I don't think most "gorgeous" women would find the main male character on this show attractive. Just not realistic. If he had a boatload of money, he might be able to attract a woman like that.

Are there the occasional 1% exceptions? Sure. But they're very very rare, no question.

"This is dead air, Barry....dead air."

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[–] doggie_rodriguez 8 years ago

Cool. I'm the exception.

Works for me. 

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[–] moviefool09 8 years ago

Lol.....I salute you!!

"This is dead air, Barry....dead air."

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[–] mswanberg-72405 8 years ago

People don't get together because other people find them equally attractive.

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[–] Xenopharb (617) 7 years ago

You are correct, intelligent nice guys don't usually end up with lying, cheating, drug addicted women who stink of cigarettes, taste like an old ashtray, and bitch and swear all the way through a date because she doesn't get it.

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