I watch The 4400 on USA, and last night’s episode was about a woman who has the ability to really amp up the adrenaline and aggression levels in the men around her.  And I thought to myself, “That’s nothing new.  Guys act like macho morons around women, regardless of preternatural abilities.”

Ever cruise through MySpace and happen to read the comments on a particularly hot girl’s profile or photos?  They’re littered with guys saying things like “U R HOTTTTT!!!” (those extra t’s really make a difference) or “Wow, you’re gorgeous, wanna hook up?” I can’t imagine a woman seeing someone write something like that on their profile and thinking, “Oooh, this guy sounds great!  I’m going to seek him out and make all his fantasies come true.”

It happens in realtime as well, since I was on my way out last night and ran into some of my new (and female) neighbors, who were on their way back from a local bar.  Yes, they’re good-looking, which is why they’d picked up a hanger-on who was trying to get them to come back to the bar—he walked three blocks away from the bar to try to convince them to return… well, either that, or he was hoping to get invited inside, which didn’t seem like it was happening.  The guy was using the lamest pickup lines to try and get them to come back out, but thankfully to no avail because if they had worked, I would’ve lost faith completely in women’s ability to say no to stupidity.

This kind of insanity is pervasive, sadly.  Watch a couple of guys competing to get a woman’s attention in a bar sometime.  Or just head on over to MySpace and check out what guys have to say on the profiles of some hot women.  It’s almost like there’s something in female pheromones that just turns guys dumb.  And while my presence may have driven off the hanger-on (because he saw them turn away from him to talk to me), I probably became just as dumb and said some stupid things to my new hot female neighbors as well.  I can’t help it, it’s beyond my control.