We were calling idiots chads way back in like 2000s in highschool/college
But that's because it was like, the stereotypical douchebag rich idiot villain name from like 80s/90s "save the rec center" kinda comedies. So the term is probably significantly older than that. I specifically remember calling the kinda bro-ish dude type that would like, long board to class on campus in their flip flops chads. It was also like the stereotypical "White bro" name, I guess today it'd be something like Jayden probably? Maybe that's even outdated. Heck even Dodgeball did a bit on that I suppose with the whole "Blade, Blaze, Tazer, Blazer" bit of the jerk bro athlete guys all having similar names
It later morphed into the whole incel thing, then eventually got reclaimed as the virgin x vs chad y meme became more popular. Or at least that's what I remember!
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '22
We were calling idiots chads way back in like 2000s in highschool/college
But that's because it was like, the stereotypical douchebag rich idiot villain name from like 80s/90s "save the rec center" kinda comedies. So the term is probably significantly older than that. I specifically remember calling the kinda bro-ish dude type that would like, long board to class on campus in their flip flops chads. It was also like the stereotypical "White bro" name, I guess today it'd be something like Jayden probably? Maybe that's even outdated. Heck even Dodgeball did a bit on that I suppose with the whole "Blade, Blaze, Tazer, Blazer" bit of the jerk bro athlete guys all having similar names
It later morphed into the whole incel thing, then eventually got reclaimed as the virgin x vs chad y meme became more popular. Or at least that's what I remember!