Patricia Bateman

Yeah, but do they like Huey Lewis and the News?

Hey Paulina!

I'm old. What is a "sigma film bro"?

start here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sigma+male
- Ah the stupid wolf shit. Thanks I was hung up on the film part. So "basic person more murdery than loner nerd"? Isn't that like the whole point of American Psycho?
Sigma nuts, haHAA
Hell if I know. I've heard the term "Sigma Grindset" before, but it can't be tied to what I'm thinking of.
You'd have to be the worst workaholic ever to be applying Six Sigma/Agile stuff to your personal life.
- I think (hope) sigma grindset is a joke, in the way that it makes fun of entrepreneur influencers by being so out of line it can't possibly be true. I have however no proof to offer.

No, they aren't. It is largely men who commit the most murder incl serial killing. We just had a killer get caught in Arkansas that was a man. Also Travis Decker. Then some kind of unsolved quadruple murders in Tennessee recently too. Weird way to hate on women with delusional lies and then encourage incels to attack them by portraying women as the real evil - classic vulnerable narcissist move.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-020-01193-3

Among men and women collective narcissism was associated with tolerance of domestic violence against women, whereas national in-group satisfaction was associated with rejection of violence against women.

You're both seeing the character differently. It wasn't only about the murders for the OP. Bateman, in a superficial society, tries to be something special among his peers through meaningless acts (most notably the business cards scene, but even his self-care and self-improvement are ultimately means to the end to be better compared to others). It's not that he isn't closer to men than women - he or rather his archetype generally is - but that for these two subgroups within the genders, it's reversed. (Whether the statement is correct or not is a topic for debate)
- Then bring up Narcissus. Bateman is intentionally a serial killer and not removed from his murders whatsoever. Eg "you fuck a snake one time and then everyone calls you snakefucker" - we all think of Bateman as a serial killer first.
  Also, men engage in tons of fucking physical "self care," eg testosterone, doping, weightlifting, Joe Rogan, carnivore diet, Andrew Tate, looksmaxxing, rogaine, meth, coke, adderall. Men literally die from ODing on drugs to look better. Women do too, but they aren't "more obsessed" with their looks compared to their male peers. It's a genuinely stupid premise that only feeds into hating women narratives
- Also, he possibly isn’t killing anyone at all - at least directly.
i think the post was more about how shallow and consumerist patrick bateman is and how shallow some women can be. a lot of the movie (haven't read the novel) goes into his routines, his self-care and the idolization of brands, expensive things, status, money, looks and appearance.
- How are sigma film bros above this?
A stunning example of missing the point.

upper middle class tiktok self-identified influencer in pastel workout set with a thirteen step skincare routine and a green juice

Is a Guy - normal, regular, unusual
Is a Girl - Reagan Era serial killer

The mind of the "Sigma" Male is fascinating.

Not sure I understand what you want to say here
If I saw a dude in pastel athleisure holding a green juice- maybe I'm giving away the population density 'round here- but I think I'd do a triple-take.
- I'd check my calendar to make sure I wasn't in the 80s. But otherwise, idk, seems like a normal California summer to me.