real gigachad energy: I don't relate to them because they're mean, and I am not a mean person. Also stay hydrated fam, it's tough out there.
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Are there people that take the bateman memes literal?
I’ve heard that when the movie came out, the Wall Street types didn’t get that it was a satire of them, they loved it and wanted to be more like Bateman.
Okay that does sound incredibly on brand.
Never forget that Rand Paul's favourite band is Rage Against The Machine.
Conservatives and media literacy are not good bedfellows.
Like when conservatives think Homelander is actually a cool hero
He just has some Mommy issues
Remember when one of the Trump kids was talking about Tiger King and was like "yeah I had no idea a baby tiger was so cheap" like he was thinking about buying one?
Many conservatives actually idealize fucking Eric cartman. Freaking dumbasses
He's literally me fr fr
There are definitely people who are unironically into that "alpha/sigma male" bullshit, so probably yes.
Bateman is not supposed to be a an empathizable character rather a monster who is internally miserable and vindictive (despite living a high-society lifestyle) and externally artificial, masking himself (literally) because (as he believes) his real, internal self is repugnant and despicable.
The punchline is this is exactly the kind of person that thrives in 80s-era greed-is-good upper management. Our society was made for monsters like him. (And has only gotten worse, as per most of the US Senate.)
Based on the implicit opinions of the author, if you idolize Bateman, you are part of the problem, and you'd find yourself just as miserable as he was when you became your ideal.
I relate to Patrick Bateman because I have brown hair and like music.