Table of Contents

CONTEMPORARY DUDE THEORY

Observational hypotheses re: dudes and dude interaction

Don’t Hate Dudes: An Introduction

Who Is A Dude?, or, The 21st Century Dude

Class Structure

Dudes, Folks, Dicks, Monsters

• Dudes and Folk , Faux-Folkism (Convention Hall Socialite, NP-Army)
• Dude/Folk Hybrid (Dude of the Future, Handydude, &c)
• Dick Resistance Front (Conspira-seer, Proto-Hippie, Next Waver, Trash Royalty, Farmsters/Foodsters)
• Weak Dude/Dick Hybrids (Rock Star, Sports Dudes, Douchebag)
• Strong Dude/Dick Hybrids or Tube Dudes (Emporer, Employer, Motivated Hipster, Monger)
• Monster Types

Dude Types: Vibrational Studies Department

(Creep, Jerk, Charmer, Unlucky Dude, Spook, Autistic)

Dude Types: Dude’s Dudes

(Dabbling Dudes, Fixies, Tour Hag, Queen Bee, Holier-Than-Thou, Rattler, Dancing Grandma, Galapagan, Vocal Opinionist, Contrarian, Old Dude, Party Terrorist, Sad Bomb,

Handyman, Academic, Curator, Skeptic)

The Dude Network

• Dude Correspondence
• Dudes in Space (Interior & Exterior Dudes, Transient Dude, Geographic Representative, Localists)
• Dude Training
• The Dude and The Internet
• Dude Relationships (Folk Templates, Partnered Dudes, Old Dudes, Friends, Dude Groupings, Dude Opera, A Dude’s Death)
• Network Communication Hubs (Man/Lady About Town, Jolly Hater, Secretary, Sexual Dynamo)

Dude Values

• Dudes and Normals
• Issues of Production
• The Productive Dude vs. The Non-Productive Dude
• Endless teeth-gnashing about employment OR Dude Occupations
• Motivated Group Efforts
• Why you so busy? (The Knitter, Craft Circles, Lone Wolf, Busy Married Dudes)

• Authenticity (Hipsters, Hate)
• Marriage
• Dudes and Genitals (plus, Menstrual Mention)
• The T-Shirt, or, the Dude Uniform & Other Dude Fashion
• Dudes Like Pizza Dude Fluids?
• Dude Attitudes: Awkwardness, The Church of Awesomeness

The Godfather of Dudes