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"[T]he burgeoning Nads were young Republicans. They had gathered at the Capitol Hill Club to drink cheap beer..."

"... in a room decorated with porcelain elephant statues and photographs of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. John McCain, and listen to a well-built man with a five o’clock shadow and an Australian accent tell them that '"nasty women" are coming for two things: your mind and your testicles!' In some ways, Adams’s shtick is conventionally conservative: He’s Christian, he’s very concerned about there being only two genders, he rails against 'woke.' In other ways, his version of MAGA manhood is so over-the-top, so uncanny that it almost seems like performance art.... He writes about how if your wife is 'high-maintenance' then you’re a 'loser' no matter how hot she is. And about his love of steak. 'Alpha males don’t care about time changes, we wake up at 4AM every single morning regardless of the circumstances,' he wrote on X last month, a few days after the clocks sprang forward for daylight saving time. '64oz tomahawk ribeyes aren’t going to eat themselves!' Is Nick Adams serious?... 'You remember Andy Kaufman?; Adams’s hired security guard told me, referring to the late comedian who was famous for never breaking character.... 'This is not a character,' Adams told me. 'This is not a bit. It’s not trolling. Anyone who thinks this is not me, that I don’t eat steak, that I don’t drink ice-cold domestics, that I don’t repel woke beer, they’re wrong. They’re absolutely wrong.”

Writes Ben Terris, in "The deeply silly, extremely serious rise of ‘Alpha Male’ Nick Adams/Meet the Trump-backed raconteur who is teaching America’s young men the art of being hard to deal with" (WaPo, free access link).

"Nads" = Nick Adams Disciples.

I hadn't heard of Nick Adams until this article. The issue of when a comedian is "serious" is kind of intriguing. I don't think the point of reference should be Andy Kaufman. It should be Andrew Dice Clay. I already lived through that. Another thing I lived through was the TV show "The Rebel." Don't reuse a name that already means something to some people who still roam through the west.

ADDED: As pointed out by William in the comments, there's also Nick Adams, the Hemingway fictional character. I don't have a problem with this new Nick Adams adopting the name in a reference to those stories from a century ago, just as I'd accept a comedian who called himself Hamlet or Captain Ahab. "Nick Adams" was taken as a showbiz name back in the 1950s, and I don't like seeing it reused. 

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Joe Smith म्हणाले...

If they have photos of McCain then they might call themselves republicans, but they're not...

Kevin म्हणाले...

Shorter WAPO: Wolf! Wolf! Goddammit, I said Wolf!

Wince म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Kate म्हणाले...

'Nads? Really?

RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...

My experience is that Christians and comedy don't mix. This doesn't seem to be an exception.

God of the Sea People म्हणाले...

For as long as I have been an adult male, there have been "alpha male" gurus trying to teach other men how to be... whatever that is. It has always been kind of pathetic. There are aspects of me that probably fit that mold, and others that don't, but at least I'm sincere about who I am. Despite his assurances, this kind of thing always comes across as an act.

PM म्हणाले...

Nads. The cousin of nards.

Hassayamper म्हणाले...

My son follows this guy and a couple of others of a similar nature, although he scarcely drinks any alcohol these days. He gets up early for a vigorous workout every day, eats paleo, is outspokenly right-wing, tall, handsome, and muscular, with a thriving career. He absolutely doesn't give a shit about anything that leftist women find important, whether culturally or politically, and doesn't mind saying so. The crowd he hangs out with has a lot of these horrible left-wing bitches who talk shit on him to his girlfriend, then throw themselves at him behind her back. He courteously ignores them.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

The next generation wants to be Americans like their parents were. And they have noticed that ChinaJoe wants them poor or dead…because Climate. They are not that stupid. Because Jordan Peterson explained it to them.

Fooling all the young people all the time is un-American. It’s ChiCom agitprop ordered by ChinaJoe.

William म्हणाले...

Nick Adams refers to the Hemingway character, no? Nick Adams went off to the woods to go fishing and live alone and without women. It was some kind of healing process.

Aggie म्हणाले...

Oh, Brother. I notice the room is half empty, and his sport coat has shoulder padding. A poor imitation of a Tom Cruise character - Frank Mackey, only taller and with an accent. Those conservatives would be funny, if they weren't so sad and dangerous.

narciso म्हणाले...

the Post is deeply silly, look at the menagerie that has crawled over to the Agencies and the White House, like Sam Brinton, to cite one example, the NTSB chair who has no technical skills,

John henry म्हणाले...

Is the rallying cry "Go Nads!"

John Henry

Rusty म्हणाले...

Ya ever notice how it isn't the alpha males trying to drag alpha males down.

Narr म्हणाले...

"who are still roam through the west"?

It works, I guess, but it's jarring.

CJinPA म्हणाले...

This is an illustration of what George Will called "gorillas in the mist" reporting. A mainstream progressive crouched behind a bush, watching with fascination the strange ways of these odd, non-progressive creatures.

The one-word quotes are a nice touch.

Narr म्हणाले...

If you have to tell people you're an Alpha . . .

Chuck म्हणाले...

Joe Smith said...
If they have photos of McCain then they might call themselves republicans, but they're not...


It's almost indescribable, how much hatred there is, between traditional Republicans who respect McCain, Romney, Bush, Cheney...

And the TrumpWing Republicans who go out of their way to attack McCain.

There was a time, when many of the current TrumpWingers would have been supportive of McCain and Romney, and Bush-Cheney, as they ran against Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama, and so one might think that there could be a tinge of guilt or regret in attacking those Republicans. But I think I can relate. After having voted for Trump in '16 (as the 15th-best Republican in a field of 14 GOP candidates), my personal rage and fury stems from my own guilt and regret at having done so, in the false belief that the Presidency itself might normalize Trump at least for a four-year window.

I think we hate Trump a lot more than you can imagine, and that we hate Trump much more than you hate McCain.

Michael म्हणाले...

And by "hard to deal with" WaPo no doubt means "hard to lead around by the nose." Also, further evidence that liberals have no sense of humor.

Rabel म्हणाले...

1. "In other ways, his version of MAGA manhood is so over-the-top, so uncanny that it almost seems like performance art."

2. "Is Nick Adams serious?"

Terris could have written "because it is" to number one and "no" to number two and stopped there, but the article just kept going and going and going.

Even with a fast scroll I gave up before reaching the bottom of the page. Did it ever end?

Jay म्हणाले...

4chan, 8chan trolls compete to come up with the most bizarre conspiracy ever. The eclipse is going to cause the rapture! Some comedian no one has ever heard of tries to make a living being a shock jock against the woke establishment.
NYT and Washpo rush to run the opeds with the proof of how stupid and evil the Right is.

These are the people who fervently proclaim that they are the only thing standing between the destruction of democracy and the planet.

The level of cynicism and contempt for the willing to believe anything rubes of their audience is incredible.

Gusty Winds म्हणाले...

We have a complete beta male as Governor of WI (Tony Evers). He let Kenosha burn either from 1) cowardice, 2) incompetence, 3) or worse...being told not to do anything for Democrat political gain. Now he defends people with penises and testosterone competing in Wisconsin girls high school athletics.

Kyle Rittenhouse, up and coming alpha male, put out the Kenosha fires. After Kyle acted, Evers was forced to act and finally let Trump help.

I'll take an over the top alpha male any day, over crazy liberal white women and the beta males that fear them.

Rabel म्हणाले...

Kate said...

"'Nads? Really?"

It's a self-deprecating joke. People who are constitutionally incapable of making fun of themselves will never get it.

Gusty Winds म्हणाले...

Blogger Chuck said...
Joe Smith said...
If they have photos of McCain then they might call themselves republicans, but they're not...
It's almost indescribable, how much hatred there is, between traditional Republicans who respect McCain, Romney, Bush, Cheney...
And the TrumpWing Republicans who go out of their way to attack McCain.


MAGA is not filled with forever war-mongers. We learned our lesson being lied to about WMDs in Iraq, and we can see it happening in Ukraine. We also remember McCain's role in the Steele Dossier; and lying about his opposition to Obamacare. Forgive me lord, but I'm glad McCain is not around anymore.

McCain, Romney, Bush, Cheney are assholes. Trump exposed these four as bitter, jealous, corrupt, insecure little men. Real Alpha Males aren't aggressive war mongers.

Gusty Winds म्हणाले...

Blogger Chuck said...
After having voted for Trump in '16...

You didn't vote for Trump in 2016. You're lying.

Rabel म्हणाले...

My brother and I used to sing along with that song. Always thought it was "rode" through the West. We had no idea who Cash was at the time. You can learn so many important things here at Althouse.

Also, Monster Zero is awesome. I drink one most late afternoons. The movie was great too, within its niche.

AMDG म्हणाले...

If he not a parody then he is pathetic.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

Kicked in the nads.
Something that doesn't quite match the definition of nads as given here.

Rabel म्हणाले...

If your nads are burgeoning you should consult with a urologist.

Deep State Reformer म्हणाले...

Yah. Now do the clown-nose-on/clown-nose-off kind of schtick of the Jimmy Kimmels and the Jon Stewarts. The I'm-serious/Can't-you-guys-take-a-joke? thing all those low rated late night guys do just to be fair okay?

Hassayamper म्हणाले...

There was a time, when many of the current TrumpWingers would have been supportive of McCain and Romney, and Bush-Cheney, as they ran against Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama, and so one might think that there could be a tinge of guilt or regret in attacking those Republicans.

I supported all of the above as the best alternative to their opponents. But like Lindsey Graham, they are contemptible, compromised milquetoasts at home, and perpetual warmongers abroad, who have played an important role in the aggrandizement of our monster military-industrial complex and Orwellian surveillance state.

There can be no compromise with today's Deep State and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Beltway UniParty, who constitute the greatest threat faced by all of humanity, not just Americans. Most of our national government must be dismantled if liberty is to survive.

But I think I can relate. After having voted for Trump in '16 (as the 15th-best Republican in a field of 14 GOP candidates), my personal rage and fury stems from my own guilt and regret at having done so, in the false belief that the Presidency itself might normalize Trump at least for a four-year window.

Sure, Jan. Whatever you say.

I think we hate Trump a lot more than you can imagine, and that we hate Trump much more than you hate McCain.

Eh, I can imagine perfectly well that you hate Trump more than we hate McCain, but no matter. People are waking up and the forces of evil will be crushed.

Tom T. म्हणाले...

It's almost indescribable, how much hatred there is...

Each side hates an apostate. Democrats chased Kyrsten Sinema into a restroom. Joe Lieberman was once the Democrats' VP candidate; now he sadly falls to his death, and Democrats' reaction is meh.

JaimeRoberto म्हणाले...

My intramural basketball team in grad school was called the Nads. Our girlfriends would cheer us on. "Go Nads!" We were very mature.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

I nominate Bo Nickal to be Trump’s Attorney General. He fights.

mccullough म्हणाले...

The Nads & Julias make a nice couple of stereotypes.

The Melodrama ceases to amuse.

Mr Wibble म्हणाले...

The manosphere/redpill movement is the same phenomenon on the right as wokism is on the left: the observation of certain unspoken things, or pretty lies pushed by society, becomes the kernel for something larger. In both cases the advocates quickly become more interested in social positioning amongst each other, leading to a tendency to amplify and intensify their criticisms, until you're left with what amounts to a gnostic cult. With wokism, the idea that there might be power imbalances in the culture or the structure of institutions quickly expands until no person has any true agency- you're either an oppressor or horribly oppressed- and the woke are the only ones capable of seeing this truth. For the redpillers, the notion that laws and culture often favor women in some ways, or that women are imperfect and often dishonest about what they are looking for in a man is transformed into the alpha guru crap where the whole world is some gynocentric conspiracy and all women are depraved sluts.

Narayanan म्हणाले...

If your nads are burgeoning you should consult with a urologist.
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did not FJB greet and praise a father for having his son nads are burgeoning to cueball size?

Gary म्हणाले...

There needs to be an abbreviation or anagram for the followers of Althouse.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

Althouse writes, "Don't reuse a name that already means something to some people who still roam through the west."

Who is Althouse peeved with this time? I do not believe it's Ernest Hemingway.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

LLR Chuck writes, "I think we hate Trump a lot more than you can imagine, and that we hate Trump much more than you hate McCain."

There he goes again, speaking on behalf of his tapeworm.

Jamie म्हणाले...

I enjoy the phrase "burgeoning NADs" and will try to find places to use it in everyday life.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

"You didn't vote for Trump in 2016. You're lying."

Aw, come on, Gusty. Accusing LLR Cuck (not a typo) of mendacity is like accusing him of existing.

Mike Petrik म्हणाले...

I like Hemingway's Nick better.

walter म्हणाले...

Chuck! said...
After having voted for Trump in '16 (as the 15th-best Republican in a field of 14 GOP candidates), my personal rage and fury stems from my own guilt and regret at having done so, in the false belief that the Presidency itself might normalize Trump at least for a four-year window.
I think we hate Trump a lot more than you can imagine,"
--
Chuck said...
"I am afraid you are mistaking me for someone who has an interest in fair treatment of Donald Trump. I'm not your guy. I am interested in smearing him, hurting him and prejudicing people against him."
3/4/16, 4:46 PM

So that "false belief" was gone no later than 3/4/16

Hey, the Michigan Liquor Commission is missing $1m in booze.
Is Chuck! renting a warehouse?

Narr म्हणाले...

"Burgeoning NADS." Good name for a, you know the thing.

I'm old enough that I recognized the 'roam through the west' line immediately.

Deep State Reformer म्हणाले...

@Questar 1:53
I think Mrs Althouse is referring to Nick Adams the star of the 1960s Western called "The Rebel" in this case. However I could be wrong.

Howard म्हणाले...

Never heard of the guy before today. According to Wikipedia he's a politician and PR flack. According to all the photographs and YouTubes that are out there that I've seen he's your typical flaccid flabby conservative activist who has never held a manly job in his life. This type of blowhard Pillsbury Dough Boy has a huge appeal to the man-titty brigade of the incel division of Trump's obesity Army of the Confederate States of America

RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...

Who is Althouse peeved with this time? I do not believe it's Ernest Hemingway.

4/9/24, 1:53 PM

Why so mad bro?

Jim at म्हणाले...

And the TrumpWing Republicans who go out of their way to attack McCain.

Yeah. Because McCain never, ever went out of his way to attack us. /s

FFS, that guy spent his entire political career kicking people like me in the teeth. Damn straight I'm going to attack him back.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

The post links to a Wikipedia article about the relevant Nick Adams. It is, indeed, as Deep State Reformer surmises, the Nick Adams who played Johnny Yuma on “The Rebel” and who was good friends with James, Dean and Elvis Presley.

Quaestor म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Quaestor म्हणाले...

@Deep State Reformer

Yes, undoubtedly. However, she peevishly chides Nick Adams for appropriating the (assumed) name of the actor who played the eponymous rebel, Johnny Yuma. The long-deceased actor was born Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock, therefore his appropriation of Hemingway's iconic character's name seems natural and unaffected, though "Nick Adamshock" strikes me as more action/heroic. As to whether the Nick Adams of the topic is Nick or Nicholas Adams on his birth certificate is not established.

An image search reveals there is yet another actor called Nick Adams born 264 miles in road distance and 52 years in time from the Nick Adams who wore a Confederate kepi and roamed the West with Johnny Cash singing his paean. This new one likes to wear leather and display his belly button, much to the drooling delight of Howard and his fellow non-binary Biden supporters.

walter म्हणाले...

Howie has an inordinate amount of interest in conservative male physiques.
Semper Fu....

Quaestor म्हणाले...

"The post links to a Wikipedia article about the relevant Nick Adams."

That article speculates that Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, alias Col. Tom Parker, feared Nick Adams would reveal to Elvis the customary emoluments owed by a performer to his agent.

mikee म्हणाले...

Andrew Dice Clay had a comedy career for a while, too.

Mikey NTH म्हणाले...

Don't compare Dice to Chuck; Dice could be funny. And it was an act.

Chuck म्हणाले...

I want to thank walter for posting the quote from me that is apparently dated March of 2016. I had forgotten how early it was that I made that pronouncement. I'm very glad to be reminded that there was never really a time in that campaign where Trump had fooled me into supporting him.

walter, the easiest thing in the world for me would be to deny having voted for Trump. Many of my friends would think better of me if I had not done that. I have always said that I voted for Trump in 2016 with the greatest reluctance. That's an understatement now. All I wanted back then was a Federalist Society favorite to get the late Justice Scalia's seat.

I'd also like to note that among others who were, like me, condemning Trump in the strongest possible terms in March of 2016 were Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Harriet Haegeman, and the editors of National Review.

And one last thing; I will happily accept your congratulations on my consistency. Since the 2016 campaign, I have regularly endeavored to smear Trump, to hurt him, and to prejudice people against him. Nothing short of that.

Christopher B म्हणाले...

Chuck

I think we hate Trump a lot more than you can imagine, and that we hate Trump much more than you hate McCain.


You're probably right.

McCain was essentially a political con man but most politicians are basically con men (and women). Any reasonable person's relationship with them is purely transactional. I dislike McCain no more than I dislike anybody who welches on a deal, or turns out to be making false promises.

On the other side of the ledger, Trump is an existential threat to existence of Uniparty toadies like yourself. His ascendency means you will no longer be able to triangulate between the conservative core of the GOP and the Democrat dominated Deep State.

Howard म्हणाले...

Enjoy your jelly donuts, Gomer. I'll do the PT for you. Just don't be surprised if you end up on the wrong side of a blanket party, Fatboy.

Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

I'm glad I read Mr Wibble's comment at 1:29.

Drago म्हणाले...

BREAKING!!

The complete, utter and, frankly hilarious(!) collapse of LLR-democratical and Violent Homosexual Rage Rape Fantasist Chuck's YEARS-long campaign of lies.

It was only a matter of time really given Chuckles weaving of lie after lie re: his intent and purpose at Althouse blog in advancing democratical interests while attempting to fake an online conservative persona.

Recall Chuck spending years vehemently and desperately and nearly violently denying that which he now, today, openly and proudly admits above (again, per the record)!

Chuck's House of Democratical Narrative Cards comes crashing down under the weight of his potentially gin-infused psychotic and uncontrollable impulses.

One can only imagine the potential danger Chuck's teams of likely therapists might be in once Chuck fully realizes how he has exposed himself...again!

What a grand way to start a day!

Thanks Chuckles! Better get on the horn and "gin up" (see what I did there?) some rhetorical support STAT from your far left LLR-democratical brethren Rich and lonejustice!

Drago म्हणाले...

walter: "Howie has an inordinate amount of interest in conservative male physiques.
Semper Fu...."

Over-compensating Non-combat "vet" Howitzer Howard's triggered posts literally ooze with insecurity and projection. They always have as he clearly demonstrates this bizarre need to try puff himself up.

Sad really.

If you really want some insight into Howard's weaknesses, watch how he attacks Christians and Christianity online constantly and then curls up into the fetal position when the discussion turns to islamic supremacy. Howie shuts his yap awfully quickly when he isnt dealing with some 78 year old Christian woman.

Quite telling.

walter म्हणाले...

Chuck! weaseled:
"walter, the easiest thing in the world for me would be to deny having voted for Trump."
Not after repeatedly claiming you had.

"I had forgotten how early it was that I made that pronouncement. "
I have reminded you and viewership plenty of times prior.

"I'd also like to note that among others who were, like me, condemning Trump in the strongest possible terms in March of 2016 were Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Harriet Haegeman, and the editors of National Review."
And where are they now on Trump while you clench your sphincter?

"And one last thing; I will happily accept your congratulations on my consistency."
Consistently a weasely asshole.
Congrats.