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True Dough

(21,667 posts)
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 06:07 AM Nov 2024

Women of DU: Is this really the sexiest man alive?

People magazine says so, but did the folks at People meet Floyd R. Turbo, Aristus, LuckyCharms or any of DU's other leading men before making this decision???

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Women of DU: Is this really the sexiest man alive? (Original Post) True Dough Nov 2024 OP
not even close Skittles Nov 2024 #1
Me either (not a fan of the Office).. I'm told the British version was better. hlthe2b Nov 2024 #3
The British version was much better. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #46
I love that show but to be fair, he now does movies. AkFemDem Nov 2024 #16
I wonder how much his publicist had to pay for that? Think. Again. Nov 2024 #2
Just remember, the INAUGURAL People magazine choice 40 years ago was none other than... hlthe2b Nov 2024 #4
And... True Dough Nov 2024 #5
Little did we know then EYESORE 9001 Nov 2024 #22
40 years ago!!!!!! Iris Nov 2024 #39
Mel was actually pretty hot in the early '80s. Ocelot II Nov 2024 #51
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 Rebl2 Nov 2024 #55
Not a woman Akakoji Nov 2024 #6
The only thing I have ever seen him in was "It's Complicated". I find niyad Nov 2024 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author ItsjustMe Nov 2024 #8
I don't even know who that is. AllyCat Nov 2024 #9
Maybe you're more into True Dough Nov 2024 #10
LMC... littlemissmartypants Nov 2024 #11
I got you, LMSP! True Dough Nov 2024 #12
See kids, eat your ham sandwich and carrots EVERY DAY for lunch underpants Nov 2024 #13
No. SunSeeker Nov 2024 #14
Any man who can't even bother to shave is anything BUT sexy. I'm so tired of the grungy look. Either shave or grow ratchiweenie Nov 2024 #15
He has a beard, this was presumably taken while growing it out between takes AkFemDem Nov 2024 #17
So you were not a Sonny Crockett fan then, I guess? House of Roberts Nov 2024 #18
It's been done to death. Time to move on. ratchiweenie Nov 2024 #20
Beards are also full of bacteria! jfz9580m Nov 2024 #68
another reason to Annie Moosee Nov 15 #73
That "I can't be bothered" look takes a lot of work to maintain. hunter Nov 2024 #69
Some women like that look.. whathehell Nov 16 #78
No direct opinion genxlib Nov 2024 #19
If thats the criteria, then Dax Shepard is rhe sexist man alive. Mosby Nov 2024 #52
He's a cutie AkFemDem Nov 2024 #21
He's cute, but what about Senator Sheldon Whitehouse? There's a hottie (do kids still say that?). Timeflyer Nov 2024 #23
I think Sheldon Whitehouse True Dough Nov 2024 #27
I think he looks more like Sam Waterston did... Different Drummer Nov 2024 #47
I have no clue who this is? I think that actor Zahn McClarnon Niagara Nov 2024 #24
You never watched an episode of The Office? True Dough Nov 2024 #28
I've attempted to watch but it doesn't spark my interest Niagara Nov 2024 #30
Same with me. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #48
Good to know that I'm not alone. Niagara Nov 2024 #49
I'm so out of it. I don't even know who this guy is. n/t PatrickforB Nov 2024 #25
I don't care. TNNurse Nov 2024 #26
The sexiest? No, but 10 years ago he was close MaryMagdaline Nov 2024 #29
That's you in the picture, isn't it, True Dough? LuckyCharms Nov 2024 #31
You were close with the "Fess up" part, Lucky True Dough Nov 2024 #34
Well, if you look like Festus, you're doing alright. LuckyCharms Nov 2024 #35
I envied Pam... and I'm old enough to be Jim's mother. Croney Nov 2024 #32
Oops kerouac2 Nov 2024 #33
Depends. peacebuzzard Nov 2024 #36
He's cute in an approachable way. Dulcinea Nov 2024 #37
I always wondered cydney_wong Nov 2024 #38
I think he picked himself for Jack Ryan. Iggo Nov 2024 #59
I find him funny, engaging and talented. Sexy? Not so much. Texin Nov 2024 #40
I find funny, engaging and talented to be sexy, though? And he also seems smart, kind and humble, deurbano Nov 2024 #44
Well, Ken Curtis was actually a handsome guy. Lol love me some Festus. Janeyre Nov 2024 #41
His wife is beautiful. His brother-in-law is sexy as fuck. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #42
And he's friends with Matt Damon mnhtnbb Nov 2024 #60
Did not know that. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #63
Emily Blunt and Matt Damon first worked together mnhtnbb Nov 2024 #64
I like slippers. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #65
Haha. Me, too. mnhtnbb Nov 2024 #66
:) Solly Mack Nov 2024 #67
He would be a lot cuter if he shaved his head. Emile Nov 2024 #43
I think the only reason I made the short list for Sexiest Man On DU is because I stopped posting my pic years ago. Aristus Nov 2024 #45
Sorry for the repeat.... I think that actor Zahn McClarnon is the sexiest celebrity man alive :) Niagara Nov 2024 #50
Niagara....... Upthevibe Nov 2024 #53
I agree, Upthevibe. Dark Winds is an excellent television series. Niagara Nov 2024 #62
Not Rebl2 Nov 2024 #54
Perhaps we might respond as did the DUer soldierant Nov 2024 #56
He is in a commercial on Canadian TV where he is on a boat applegrove Nov 2024 #57
Ugh no... Ysabel Nov 2024 #58
I confess mnhtnbb Nov 2024 #61
Hes okay i guess. But on British TV there is this Irish Figarosmom Nov 2024 #70
Since I don't even know who that is... ailsagirl Nov 15 #71
Nope Corgigal Nov 15 #72
My Friend, who is Gay, and I agree that he is definitely the sexiest Man alive dai13sy Nov 15 #74
It's a paid gig. Some people refuse it. I'm not impressed Phentex Nov 16 #75
No. N/t gay texan Nov 16 #76
He's definitely in the running, imo. whathehell Nov 16 #77
Nah Jilly_in_VA Nov 16 #79
I think in this case it is at least in part that he is considered to be one of the nicest Tadpole Raisin Nov 16 #80
I like him. He's funny and smart. Nt spooky3 Nov 16 #81

Different Drummer

(8,985 posts)
46. The British version was much better.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:54 PM
Nov 2024

I was never a fan of the American version, yet the reruns of it seem to be on TV a lot.

Think. Again.

(21,382 posts)
2. I wonder how much his publicist had to pay for that?
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 06:18 AM
Nov 2024

Probably less than a sidewalk star on Hollywood blvd., though.

I think it's so cute how badly we want to believe that this kind of thing is actually what the public thinks.

hlthe2b

(107,762 posts)
4. Just remember, the INAUGURAL People magazine choice 40 years ago was none other than...
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 06:21 AM
Nov 2024

(eye roll not a drum roll):


Mel Gibson

EYESORE 9001

(27,779 posts)
22. Little did we know then
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:30 AM
Nov 2024

that MG had already been steeped in some deviant variety of Catholicism since childhood, or that he has a penchant for the ol’ ultraviolence to accompany the cult’s self-flagellation practices.

Ocelot II

(122,846 posts)
51. Mel was actually pretty hot in the early '80s.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:24 PM
Nov 2024

And he starred in a couple of my favorite movies from those days, The Year of Living Dangerously and Gallipoli. Unfortunately, since then he's turned out to be a religious nutjob and a shitty human being, which cancels out any possible hotness.

niyad

(122,056 posts)
7. The only thing I have ever seen him in was "It's Complicated". I find
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 06:56 AM
Nov 2024

that "sexiest man in the world" thing pure nonsense. As you point out, TD, we have a stellar group with wit, charm, intelligence, etc.

Response to True Dough (Original post)

underpants

(188,515 posts)
13. See kids, eat your ham sandwich and carrots EVERY DAY for lunch
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:17 AM
Nov 2024

and this is where it’ll get you.

I assumed that was a little running joke on “The Office”.

ratchiweenie

(8,029 posts)
15. Any man who can't even bother to shave is anything BUT sexy. I'm so tired of the grungy look. Either shave or grow
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:19 AM
Nov 2024

a beard but stop with the I couldn't be bothered look.

jfz9580m

(15,584 posts)
68. Beards are also full of bacteria!
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:15 AM
Nov 2024
https://www.livescience.com/65293-beards-are-super-germy.html
A small European study has found that the average man's beard is more replete with human-pathogenic bacteria than the dirtiest part of a dog's fur.


Not a fan of facial hair…

hunter

(39,238 posts)
69. That "I can't be bothered" look takes a lot of work to maintain.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:39 AM
Nov 2024

The true "I can't be bothered" look is "could pass as a homeless person."

genxlib

(5,785 posts)
19. No direct opinion
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:24 AM
Nov 2024

But his wife is one of the all around most beautiful, talented and charming women in show business so he must have something going for him.

So by the transitive property, I will give him the thumbs up.

No doubt that my wife's charms and beauty give me more street cred than I deserve.

PS....Emily Blunt in case you don't know

AkFemDem

(2,413 posts)
21. He's a cutie
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:28 AM
Nov 2024

His charm is in being a "nice guy", inoffensively funny, and almost regular enough you get the sense he'd drink a beer with you. Also, he did pick up some hot bod creds as Jack Ryan. That said- he's not my (Hollywood) Sexiest Man Alive. Here's looking at you Chris Hemsworth

Niagara

(10,120 posts)
24. I have no clue who this is? I think that actor Zahn McClarnon
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:48 AM
Nov 2024

is the sexiest man alive.


I'll have to edit and add a photo once I get home.

TNNurse

(7,220 posts)
26. I don't care.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:52 AM
Nov 2024

Unable to be distracted by the horror of our country.

But I do like him as an actor. He is kind of cute.

True Dough

(21,667 posts)
34. You were close with the "Fess up" part, Lucky
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 08:09 AM
Nov 2024

If only you went with "Festus," you'd be closer to what I look like:

Croney

(4,937 posts)
32. I envied Pam... and I'm old enough to be Jim's mother.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 08:04 AM
Nov 2024

The way he yearned for her... burned for her... Yes, John Krasinski is sexy, but he will always be Jim Halpert to me.

peacebuzzard

(5,341 posts)
36. Depends.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 08:22 AM
Nov 2024

it is difficult to make the judgment based on a photo alone.
I have never seen or heard about this dude.
the alternates suggested in this post would get my vote before a one time photo.
But then again, I don't give a hoot about mass media hysteria over any one subject. (such as sexiest person alive... although I thought the story behind the chaiwala hot tea vendor in Pakistan to be interesting for a dime to riches story)

cydney_wong

(25 posts)
38. I always wondered
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 08:23 AM
Nov 2024

why they picked him for Jack Ryan. I think he’s a little funny looking. Just a little. Sexiest man alive. Nah.

deurbano

(2,960 posts)
44. I find funny, engaging and talented to be sexy, though? And he also seems smart, kind and humble,
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:16 AM
Nov 2024

which adds to his appeal. (Too young for me, though!)

I didn't actually recognize him in that photo, which makes him look like the actor who plays Loudermilk.

Aristus

(69,050 posts)
45. I think the only reason I made the short list for Sexiest Man On DU is because I stopped posting my pic years ago.
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:43 PM
Nov 2024


People who know me say I look like Jon Favreau, and I'm cool with that.

Niagara

(10,120 posts)
50. Sorry for the repeat.... I think that actor Zahn McClarnon is the sexiest celebrity man alive :)
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:16 PM
Nov 2024

My SO is aware that I have a celebrity crush on Zahn. I don't keep a secret.

I can't explain my crush, it just is.




This was filmed around 2009.





Upthevibe

(9,386 posts)
53. Niagara.......
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:56 PM
Nov 2024

I totally agree!

He's amazing in Dark Winds. I can't wait for the third season which is supposed to come out in March, 2025.....The friend that told me about Dark Winds also has a crush on Zahn McClarnon...

soldierant

(8,168 posts)
56. Perhaps we might respond as did the DUer
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:43 PM
Nov 2024

who was asked by a MAGAt whether Melania or Jill was sexier. He replied, "I don't know, I've never seen Jill naked."

Has anyone ever seen John naked?

applegrove

(124,444 posts)
57. He is in a commercial on Canadian TV where he is on a boat
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 11:55 PM
Nov 2024

and dances like nobody is watching on a boat. It is a Rogers Cable and phone commercial. He dances to Taylor Swifts "Shake it Off". It's a very cute commercial. A man in a fishing boat catches him dancing and immediately starts busting some moves. John that goes back to dancing around the boat. I love watching it.

https://www.breakfasttelevision.ca/videos/john-krasinski-grooves-to-taylor-swift-in-brand-new-rogers-commercial/

Ysabel

(2,080 posts)
58. Ugh no...
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 01:37 AM
Nov 2024

I don't think so...

I love Festus (sp?) though...

and Oh!

Zahn McClarnon - I love him like crazy!

But none are as hot as my husband - he's absolutely adorable and very sexy!

Corgigal

(9,298 posts)
72. Nope
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:19 AM
Nov 15

However his wife just starred in a movie against Ryan Gosling , and the daughters they have from their marriage have a crush on Ryan. I love Ryan Gosling, married older woman, has two daughters and says women are higher creatures on an evolutionary scale. Seems like a nice Canadian guy.

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dai13sy

(518 posts)
74. My Friend, who is Gay, and I agree that he is definitely the sexiest Man alive
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 11:24 PM
Nov 15
And he's not too pretty. We like that too

Tadpole Raisin

(1,561 posts)
80. I think in this case it is at least in part that he is considered to be one of the nicest
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 03:39 PM
Nov 16

Guys in Hollywood and he and his wife Emily Blunt are a kind and down to earth couple.

I never watched the office but the two of them were incredible in ‘A Quiet Place.’

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