The "Chad" stereotype? (Chicago, Glenview: apartment, house, neighborhood)

[EddieOlSkool]

Take a look at the description of "Chad" from Wiki:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(slang)

Chad is a generally derogatory slang term referring to a young urban white man, typically single and in his 20s or early 30s.[1] The term originated during the 1990s in Chicago, Illinois,[2] and was further popularized by a satirical website dedicated to the Lincoln Park Chad Society, a fictional social club based in Chicago's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood. The female counterpart to the Chad, in slang, is the "Trixie".[3]

A Chad is typically depicted as originating in Chicago's affluent North Shore suburbs (Highland Park, Lincolnshire, Deerfield, Northbrook, Glenview, Glencoe, Winnetka, Wilmette, or Lake Forest), receiving a BMW for his 16th birthday, obtaining a law or business degree from a Big Ten University, belonging to a fraternity, moving to Lincoln Park, marrying a Trixie, and then moving back to the North Suburbs.[4]

1. Who from the North Shore even names their kid Chad?
2. How did this term become so well known in the manosphere as Chad Thundercock and
3. How did Trixie get replaced by Stacy??

I find it honorable that we seem to create things that become worldwide (kinda like we did with House music and the word thot).

Anyway what do you think of when you picture Chad?

[hendersj31]

I picture one of my old neighbors named Chad. He was a little prick for sure. We called him BAD behind his back.

[EddieOlSkool]

The fact that someone existed in Chicago with this name is a)rather unbelievable and 2)amazing

[hendersj31]

Yep, true story. Must have been 1980 in Brighton Park. Far from the North Shore of course.

[Steve&Adam]

I know a guy named Chad, but in his case its short for his real name... He's from India and unfortunately I do not know how to pronounce it. He goes by Chad instead.

He's nothing like the stereotype.

[andrew61]

Chad is a generally derogatory slang term

I think Chads should wear their "Chadness" with pride.

I used to love the Lincoln Park Trixie Society website back in the day. Especially the discussion forum. I posted there as a couple of fictional Chicago characters I made up who were as different from Chads and Trixies as one could get. One was an older Irish Catholic spinster who lived in a one-bedroom house in Bridgeport "that leans a little bit". LOL. She worked as a bookkeeper. She ate "only American cooking" and eschewed sushi and other "exotic, foreign foods" because "we Americans don't have the stomachs for them." Her one exception was spaghetti and meatballs, which she called "Italian". She loved to boast about how "unpretentious" she was compared to the Chad and Trixie set.

The other was a Gold Coast woman who said she'd never move out of her 15-room Lake Shore Drive apartment, ever. "When I die," she said, "I'm going to be buried underneath the floorboards so I can stay in my home forever."

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by Steve&Adam

I know a guy named Chad, but in his case its short for his real name...

I had an internet acquaintance named Chad (who never lived in Chicago). In his case, his real first name was Charles. Charles was also his father's name, which, I suppose, is why he went by "Chad" instead.

[reneeh63]

Originally Posted by andrew61

I had an internet acquaintance named Chad (who never lived in Chicago). In his case, his real first name was Charles. Charles was also his father's name, which, I suppose, is why he went by "Chad" instead.

Hmmm - I thought "Chaz" was the preppy kind of nickname for Charles, rather than the more pedestrian Charlie or Chuck.

[knitgirl]

I once new a Chip, and a Kip, but never a Chad.

[EddieOlSkool]

Originally Posted by andrew61

I think Chads should wear their "Chadness" with pride.

I used to love the Lincoln Park Trixie Society website back in the day. Especially the discussion forum. I posted there as a couple of fictional Chicago characters I made up who were as different from Chads and Trixies as one could get. One was an older Irish Catholic spinster who lived in a one-bedroom house in Bridgeport "that leans a little bit". LOL. She worked as a bookkeeper. She ate "only American cooking" and eschewed sushi and other "exotic, foreign foods" because "we Americans don't have the stomachs for them." Her one exception was spaghetti and meatballs, which she called "Italian". She loved to boast about how "unpretentious" she was compared to the Chad and Trixie set.

The other was a Gold Coast woman who said she'd never move out of her 15-room Lake Shore Drive apartment, ever. "When I die," she said, "I'm going to be buried underneath the floorboards so I can stay in my home forever."

The only reason Chad is an insult is because people are jealous of people who face no struggles. The Chad stereotype is that of a privileged rich punk.

However it is worthy of note than in the manosphere, Chad actually refers to a dudebro archetype who basically is a ladies man. Usually an athlete, "All American looking"(picture a Middle American White football player), and all around the "alpha" of men.

The stereotypes are intertwined but not the same. What the hell are these guys thinking Co-opting our term?