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The characters of Keanu Reeves are the template. I mean, Keanu is practically perfect in every way, and in 1995, when asked about his character Johnny Utah from the film Point Break being described as “young, dumb, and full of cum.” He said, “There’s something good about it, something bad, something happy, something sad. There’s also a great term. Himbo.” See? Over 25 years ago, Keanu got it.MILES KLEE: Puddy from Seinfeld.Jerry: No more grease monkey.
PARKER: We don’t really go for Mr. Darcy anymore. Turns out he negs and gaslights and could really use a shrink. And himbos have positioned themselves as the evolved man, because they can admit when they don’t know something … which is often. MILES: So what if someone comes along and it’s like, “No, himbos are toxic because you’ll ask them to wash the dishes and they’ll break a couple of plates, because they’re just big and clumsy.”
KERENSA: If you think about that, his interactions with the woman, they never even sleep together. I don’t even know if they kiss. KERENSA: Maybe it doesn’t exist because typically we don’t find safe spaces with men. I think it’s kind of rare, like a rare bird or something… if I knew anything about birding. They exist and they’re with us, but they’re very hard to find.I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a himbo in real life. The only himbos that I’ve ever really encountered are from pop culture, like celebrities, movie characters.
Guy #4: There’s a bunch of them right here. They all play football, but like, honestly, deep down, they’re really pretty nice guys. But look, we’re doing our best.Parker: This is the nicest group of men I’ve talked to all day. You can’t know you’re a himbo. But they wanted to reassure me that, you know, they got it. They might not be himbos, but they wanted to be seen as affable and protective. Two out of three.
Himbos are an endangered species we must preserve them at all costs