Let's define "basic" via Urban Dictionary for those who've been living under a rock:
- An adjective used to describe a person, place or activity involving obscenely obvious behavior, dress or action.
- Used to describe someone devoid of defining characteristics that might make a person interesting, extraordinary, or just simply worth devoting attention to.
Anything and everything girls seem to do these days is called out as being basic, and I mean everything. Whether it be drinking a cup of coffee, owning T-shirts 2 sizes larger than necessary, loving pumpkin flavored anything, having mad respect for a good monogram or wearing riding boots in the fall; the guidelines for falling into the basic betch category seem to be growing exponentially.
However people often seem to forget about the basic male population, and I think it's time we took a deeper look into what I like to call the basic bro:
- Theme parties are his forte.
- He's participated in #tbt at least five times.
- His closet is packed full of sorority shirts and he wears them to class at least 4 days a week.
- He has many basic female friends and always pokes fun at their basic-ness.
- He secretly loves having basic female friends so he can tag along on their basic outings. *Disclaimer: he will pretend to dislike going on these outings.
- Pretends to love hunting.
- Owns (or plans to own) a large breed of dog, more specifically a lab or some type of spaniel.
- Has "bro nights" with the guys, most likely involving poker, football and drinking heavily.
- Has #mcm a drunken/embarrassing picture of one of his friends.
- Owns either a Yeti, hand-painted cooler or personalized flask.
- Owns Sperrys. Probably more than one pair.
- Loves Whiskey-Cokes.
- Has dressed up as one of the following for Halloween in recent years:
- Owns Ray-Bans.
- Owns croakies for his Ray-Bans.
- Has gone to at least 2 music festivals.
- Owns a bow tie.
- Football is life.
- Has shopped at Goodwill for party outfits.
- His TV is turned to ESPN 69% of the time.
- If he's reading this, he probably just laughed at "69%"
- Owns 5+ button-down Polos.
- He doesn't understand the concept of a clean house.
- Has at least four Facebook or Instagram pictures of himself holding a fish he caught/an animal he shot.
- Has a fantasy football team.
- Bets on said fantasy football team.
- Has used the same "first date plan" all four years of college.
- Has a panoramic scenery shot on his Facebook/Insta of somewhere #artsy he's traveled, probably during his study abroad trip last summer. Betches love cultured guys.
- Knows how to "frat snap."
- And lastly, he possibly buys this brand of paper towels...
