You might be “That Guy” if you wear sunglasses at night

It could be pitch black out during the dead of the night when there is not a ray of light around and “That Guy” would still cling to his sunglasses more than Roddy Piper in They Live. He didn’t just come from the eye doctor after getting drops put in, he isn’t Stevie Wonder or [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you wear Ed Hardy

Ed Hardy t-shirts, hoodies, jeans, and active wear feature hearts, skulls, dragons, and other “classic” tattoo designs.  Nothing says I’m fashionable and hip like a $100 t-shirt or $150 for a hoodie.  It’s a shame that the shirts don’t have Chinese characters or tribal armband designs to match “That Guy’s” real tattoos. “That Guy” wears [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you get caught checking out girls

Here’s how a typical conversation goes with “That Guy” and a woman: How’s it going “That Guy?”  Hey, eyes up here!  What have you been up to?  Are you staring at my chest?!?  Eye contact!  How was your day?  Did you just check out that girl that walked by? He thinks he’s really slick and [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you have a popped collar

According to the all knowing and all powerful Wikipedia, the popped collar has a long and rich tradition in the history of fashion.  However, since the early eighties, the popped collar has been a staple of the preppy, frat, and “That Guy” wardrobe.  Turn on any eighties movie and as soon as you spot a [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you have a spray-on or fake tan

More likely than not, “That Guy” with the spray-on or fake tan will be spotted in the winter or early spring months.  Although it is entirely too cold to go outside with the five feet of snow on the ground, “That Guy” walks in with a mocha brown tan like he just got back from [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you do curls for the girls

Every gym has “That Guy” and he really isn’t that hard to spot.  You will almost certainly find him near the free weights and a mirror.  He will be the only one in the gym not breaking a sweat and flexing for no apparent reason. He will be doing some type of curl such as [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you are a guido

The guido is located almost exclusively in New York or New Jersey and rarely travels outside of the tri-state area.  Only during the summer months does he travel outside of his natural habitat to migrate east to the Jersey Shore where he rents a house for the entire summer with twenty other guidos or guidettes [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you are sensitive and play the acoustic guitar

We’ve all encountered “That Guy” at one point in our lives.  He most likely emerges at some point in late high school playing Stairway to Heaven or something by AC/DC in a garage band.  In college, he sits on his porch or in the quad playing for a group of girls.  At this point in [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you wear a Bluetooth earpiece or headset

Generally speaking, cell phones and wireless technology are great things.  We’ve gone from an age of computers taking up entire buildings and Zack Morris cell phones to having all-in-one smartphones and California being governed by a Cyberdyne Systems Model T-101 sent back from the future to protect us.  Oh what a wonderful world we live [...]

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You might be “That Guy” if you wear the t-shirt of the band you are going to see

As you’re waiting to get into a show at a club or an arena, you glance up and see him a few people ahead of you in line.  Note that if the concert is a metal act such as Metallica or Megadeth; a not-so-metal acts like Kiss or Def Leppard; a 70s band on their [...]

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