I think it started as a chapotraphouse joke. But it really is just the literal meanings of the words. He's tall and fat (big), constantly glistening with sweat (wet), male and childish (boy).
I'm normally too afraid to ask about inside jokes unless I see them come up like a lot and still can't extrapolate the meaning behind them. I usually understand them after a while, if not immediately if they are readily apparent. But this one just kept eluding me. I just wasn't sure if it was meant to be taken at face value or if it had some in-joke reasoning.
it's partly literal, about their sweat levels - notice that the presidents from southern states (lbj, carter, clinton) are all various stages of wet, nixon and trump are famously very sweaty, whereas you will have a harder time finding photos of biden or reagan for example dripping sweat. but it's also vibes-based, dryer presidents are mostly more boring, lack a sort of bon vivant quality compared to the wet presidents, are a bit more put together in their public appearances. at least that's how i would try to explain it. i also disagree with some of his assessments, mostly truman and bush ii (both slightly on the wet side of the spectrum)
reagan was considered kind of a nowhere man, to such an extent that a biographer, rather than writing a biography about him, wrote a novel about a guy who just kind of ran into reagan on occasion. he was hollow, lacked a personality, a soulless quality to him. i think that plays a part in him being the dryest president
JFK was famously so dry that the CIA had to unalive him at Dow Chemical's request so that they could research his body to invent those little silica gel packs.
i appreciate you asking because it was fun trying to articulate what makes the tweet work both as a joke and as a (mostly jocular) analysis lol. i'm sure someone else would have an equally valid explanation, maybe christman himself has addressed it in one of the cushvlogs
A) this is hilarious and 2) I just realized I never asked why he is called big wet boy, so why y'all call him that? lol
I'm not positive but I think it's because he's big, wet, and a boy
I mean seriously look at him.
There's a 10 ft damp radius around him.
Can ya answer the question earnestly for the folks with tism in the crowd
I think it started as a chapotraphouse joke. But it really is just the literal meanings of the words. He's tall and fat (big), constantly glistening with sweat (wet), male and childish (boy).
Oh he's sweaty. The rest I got.
I'm fairly certain it's because a number of years back there was some photo of him practically glistening with sweat. And then the name stuck.
I have no sources though, so take this with a grain of salt.
Lol, I have the tism and I'm the one who asked the question. Not sure what I expected.
It's okay I do too hence why I was like man can y'all just properly explain fr lmao
I'm normally too afraid to ask about inside jokes unless I see them come up like a lot and still can't extrapolate the meaning behind them. I usually understand them after a while, if not immediately if they are readily apparent. But this one just kept eluding me. I just wasn't sure if it was meant to be taken at face value or if it had some in-joke reasoning.
All of this 💀 you know the struggle
the boy is the biggest and wettest you've ever seen, folks
Ok the first and last def make it make sense more. I think I get it. I always considered it like "greasy" tho.
The explanation I recall seeing is he almost always looks like he has just finished (or is in the middle) of sweating
And I was figuring it might have been something like that but was wondering if there was any deeper Hexbearian lore to it or something. Ty!
I think it originated with Matt Christman calling him that a few years ago.
https://nitter.poast.org/cushbomb/status/1516894130328154112#m
lol this makes me even more confused. Why is Reagan BONE DRY? And why did I read that in John Mulaney's voice?
it's partly literal, about their sweat levels - notice that the presidents from southern states (lbj, carter, clinton) are all various stages of wet, nixon and trump are famously very sweaty, whereas you will have a harder time finding photos of biden or reagan for example dripping sweat. but it's also vibes-based, dryer presidents are mostly more boring, lack a sort of bon vivant quality compared to the wet presidents, are a bit more put together in their public appearances. at least that's how i would try to explain it. i also disagree with some of his assessments, mostly truman and bush ii (both slightly on the wet side of the spectrum)
reagan was considered kind of a nowhere man, to such an extent that a biographer, rather than writing a biography about him, wrote a novel about a guy who just kind of ran into reagan on occasion. he was hollow, lacked a personality, a soulless quality to him. i think that plays a part in him being the dryest president
JFK was famously so dry that the CIA had to unalive him at Dow Chemical's request so that they could research his body to invent those little silica gel packs.
Ah, gotcha. That actually kind of makes sense. I think I really am having a tism day lol.
i appreciate you asking because it was fun trying to articulate what makes the tweet work both as a joke and as a (mostly jocular) analysis lol. i'm sure someone else would have an equally valid explanation, maybe christman himself has addressed it in one of the cushvlogs
You did a bang up job with the analysis lol.
Oh god you're right, I heard it that way too