rant 'n rant

I realize that making fun of Craigslist Personals is like hitting fish with barrels, or whatever, but there is one particular recurring display of stupidity that almost makes me want to meet the posters so that I can shake them violently (if I were bouncer-size) and scream "HOW CAN YOU BE SO FUCKING STUPID?!." Recently on M4W, I spotted the following posts, all in a row:

HANDSOME INVESTMENT BANKER SEEKING SWF WHO'S... (Manhattan)

WEALTHY BACHELOR FOR TROPHY WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND (Manhattan)

SUCCESSFUL MALE SEEKING BLONDE BEAUTY (Manhattan)

FOR LOVE OR MONEY? (Manhattan)

SEEKING EUROPEAN GIRL (Manhattan)

YOUNG FINANCIER SEEKS FUN GIRL FOR ADVENTURES IN SPONTANEITY (Manhattan)

HANDSOME ASIAN MALE FOR BEAUTIFUL SWF (Manhattan)

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ONE OF THIS WEALTHY GENTLEMAN'S LOVERS (Manhattan)

Obviously, these posts were all made by the same person, as evidenced by the ALL CAPS TITLES, the same location format (you can type whatever, e.g., UWS, Midtown, or my personal favorite, Manhatten,) and the general theme of an impossibly handsome and wealthy man (*snort*) looking for a woman in possession of certain physical characteristics. The only possible reason for one person to post multiple ads would be to increase his or her odds of getting responses, which isn't too likely to happen if the person doesn't even try to be sneaky. Back when I had a real job and read these all the time for masochistic entertainment, there was a poor guy who was "clever" and changed some details. Tragically, that it was all one person was still clear to anyone with at least the intelligence of a six-year-old or maybe even a large parrot, and the dude must've posted 20 ads a day. For like a year. I was thinking that maybe if there are people stupid enough to do this, there are people stupid enough to fall for it, but I don't even think that's the case in this situation. God my head hurts.

Speaking of stupidity, the new Tommy Hilfiger reality show/Project Runway wannabe is so atrocious that I can't remember what it's called even though I've seen both episodes (I only get basic cable now, sadly.) For one, Tommy Hilfiger makes my skin crawl. He is to Ralph Lauren what Jessica Simpson was to Britney Spears before Newlyweds. No matter how frequently he claims to be on par with real top designers (remember on Rich Girls when he bought a Ferrari because Ralph had the exact same one? no? ok well he did, and yes I watch too much TV), name drops celebrities he's designed for, or comes out with new "hip" bridge lines, he and his brand still suck. And, appropriately, so does his show, with its lame and uninteresting challenges and even lamer and more uninteresting contestants. Not even I am masochistic enough to watch one more second of this sludge.