Yes. (via alexblagg)
You know, i think we’ve started to throw that word around so much that it’s starting to loose it’s meaning. This guy is a douche. Perez Hilton is a douche (to put it mildly). At least Phelps has actually accomplished something historic. Besides, i chalk whatever douceiness he displays up to him being 23. I mean, we were all kinda douchey at that age.
I know the media coverage has gotten to be a bit much, but i think Doug at Hey Jenny Slater has a pretty good take on it (emphesis mine):
A few people, my mom included, have complained to varying degrees about the attention that’s being showered upon Phelps this summer as he tries for eight gold medals in a single Olympics. And while the media hype might be a wee bit excessive, I would counter that a) winning more gold medals than anyone in history is still a pretty big deal, and b) if someone has to be getting this attention, I’d much rather it be a genuinely good kid like Phelps who’s a team player, works his ass off and only gets attention for a few months every four years than some douchelick like Kobe Bryant who pulls down nearly $20 million a year and still finds stuff to whine and complain about and who gets thousand-word columns written about him if he so much as farts after a big meal.
So yeah, douche or not, i’ll bet that in a few weeks you won’t really be hearing too much about him. We’ll just be stuck with hearing about Spencer fucking Pratt.
