Think we might be heading into a double dip recession? Or, worse, a decades-long economic retraction with hyperinflation and a general growing business and government incompetence thanks to a dumbing down of the population? Rejoice, betas! This is your moment in the sun. Chicks who were reminded of their mortality were more attracted to soft, […]
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Posted in Beta, Funny/Lolblogs on Sep 3rd, 2010
Being a soldier is no guarantee of alphaness. Take a look at this photo sent in by reader keirin: This is very beta body language . The ass is clearly turned off by this man’s approach. The leaning in is the obvious tell; he’s all up on that ass while the annoyed ass is about […]
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Posted in Beta, Funny/Lolblogs, Tool Time on Sep 1st, 2010
A great way to build a love connection with a girl is through the subtle mockery of the absurdity of others. Chicks dig social dynamics and speculating ad nauseam about the backstory of couples or groups of people that they see walking around, particularly people who stand out from the crowd. Thus, it is a […]
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Posted in Alpha, Beta, Guy Rules on Aug 11th, 2010
There have been photos of alpha males and beta males here at the Chateau before, but never has there been a photo of the two species of man so starkly contrasted in the same photo. And an aesthetically pleasing photo, at that. How do we know that alpha male and beta male aren’t socially constructed […]
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Posted in Beta on Jul 28th, 2010
In fact, if you’re worth billions, game is practically a necessity. (photo link courtesy of Adam)
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Posted in Alpha, Beta, Videos on Jul 9th, 2010
If I had to condense three years of this blog into one video, this would be it. (Video link courtesy of Rant Casey – Brazil.) Notice how the air is completely let out of the videotaping girls’ polite admiration for Prince Valiant after their attention — and fired-up tingles — are redirected to the street […]
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Posted in Beta, Guy Rules on Jul 2nd, 2010
“AZ” wrote: I am rooming with one of my buddies from college and we go all the way back to freshman year. I am from [foreign country] and I started college when I was 17, and as I grew older I began to act more like a man, but my buddy has not. He will […]
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Posted in Beta on Jun 19th, 2010
Author A.J. Jacobs has been the subject of lampooning at the Chateau before: In this Esquire article (with a very disturbing photo at the top), the author recounts his experience trying to set up his drop-dead gorgeous babysitter on a date. For some inexplicable reason, she can’t seem to find a man on her own, […]
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Hanna Rosin wrote a stream of consciousness diatribe against men in The Atlantic recently called “ The End of Men “. As with most of these articles written by foot soldiers of the femborg collective lamenting — or celebrating, if the tone is any indication — the regression of men into second and third class […]
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Posted in Beta, Current Events, Tool Time on Jun 14th, 2010
The “man” in this story could qualify for Beta of the Year: It started with one text message: She just wanted to know why he was skipping her class. But P.E. teacher Michele Taylor’s alleged relationship with a 17-year-old student at East Valley High School escalated quickly after that. From a stolen kiss in her […]
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