There was a time in human history when douchebags didn't exist, right? There didn't seem to be any record of douchebags in ancient Greek times. Plato never wrote in his dialogues about guys that he knew who were complete pricks, right? So when did the douchebag come into existence? And what event, natural or supernatural, do we have to blame for this?
I don't think there were douchebags in colonial times, or even in the early 20th century. There were assholes, dictators, pricks, despots, evil men, and jerks but no douchebags.
I think somewhere in the 80's, the uber-douche was born, though probably unrecognizable to us as such. From him evolved the douchebag into what we know today. So who could it have been?
Donald Trump seems close, though not quite. He's a dick, but he's not a douchebag. Though I'm sure he helped the douchebag movement gain momentum.
Was there a movie character that encapsulated the douchebag ideals? Often, cultural occurences like movies unknowingly unleash things into society. Was the douchebag one of these things?
Johnny from Karate Kid? I think we're getting somewhere. How about surfer-type movies from the 80s? They've got string potential for fostering the birth of the douchebag.
Oh but wait. There were definitely douchebag-types in Animal House. Though they weren't as in-your-face as today's douchebags, they definitely exhibited classic douche characteristics. And that was a monumental movie.
I bet you could trace the douchebag lineage from Animal House up to today. That would be a very interesting douche family tree.
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