My take on that trope is that its used to assuage the guilt that people feel when someone does something wildly out of character. “Shouldn’t I have known, why didn’t I see it coming” - that kind of thing.

What?  Archie reviews discontinued?  Bummer.

Not to mention Fox news and right wing republicans would point out how this is indicative of that community. If he were black, another example of black on black crime. He were muslim, It would be about how terrorist are here in our country and we should have a muslim ban. He were mexican, another example of bad…

Also, like... generic white guy is exactly what I expect a family annihilator to look like?

Palladium is a rare valuable metal similar to platinum. It has a value of around $2600/ounce and platinum is around $985/ounce so you can see why the thieves would want it.

Someone would have brought up that he smoked weed while in high school once too

What is a man who kills babies with a spear gun supposed to look like?  Is there a difference in what he’d be supposed to look like if he’d killed them with a machete?  A pistol?  He’s a Qanon scumbag who murders babies.  Who cares what he looks like?  

If he'd been literally anything else other than white, we would have gotten his arrest record and mental health history complete with "a history of violence."

I’m LOLing at the image of Jamie Spears super-glueing himself to a tanker railroad car prominently marked with the word “GRAVY”

Agreed. He should be removed and replaced by a neutral third party, and the conservatorship assessed from there.

When I visit my Dad, the evenings usually consist of watching whatever sport is in season and then him flipping to whatever channel he has that seems to only play old westerns. Based on this description you could assume my Dad is some Boomer Trumper, but the reality is way better.

Also Roman Polanski and Joran van der Sloot.

He’s really super gluing himself to this gravy train, eh?

I only read the good ones where the heroine has a real mouth on her and they totally bone before shacking up.

Cuomo is an equal opportunity harasser.

And when they did hug and kiss you but they no longer want to hug and kiss don’t try to force it. Maybe they’ll start again and maybe they won’t but it’s their call. You’re the adult act like one.

Zero excuses for inappropriate touching. However, does anyone remember those HR-style videos telling you that touching people on the arm or shoulder was a GREAT way to establish a connection with them? I vaguely remember it from the 90s or early aughts. I forget if the video was from work, school, or what. I always…

This. Especially the “does it to everyone” part. How the hell is that a defense? It just establishes a consistent pattern of creepiness, while underscoring that he doesn’t think any of these people he hits on are actually special — he’d hit anything that moves, apparently.

If your dress code for women requires blowouts, full makeup, tight clothes, and high heels, you might just be a sexist AH, and your CoS is an enabler who should also be fired.

Why is the explainer only for old *white* men?  I don’t want Bill Cosby touching me anywhere either, thankyouverymuch.