Are You A Pam Guy or Karen Guy?
LITO reader Jimmy just sent in this fun clipping from the most recent GQ magazine:
From the looks of it, it seems like I must be a “Paren Guy.” Although, I don’t think that some of those answeres are accurate. (It’s Call Of Duty, not Halo.)
What are you?
February 24th, 2007 16:34
I’m definitely a Karen guy. She’s hotter, more outgoing, and I love the sarcastic streak!
February 24th, 2007 16:46
I think people underestimate Pam. She’s probably a very dirty girl behind closed doors.
February 24th, 2007 16:49
Definitly a Pam guy. She’s so god damn adorable! I think Karen would annoy me after a while.
February 24th, 2007 16:58
Ooooh…thats a tough one…I have to go with Pam…Karen IS Hotter, but Pam seems to have so much more depth…I also agree that I would get annoyed by Karen after a while…and Pams personality, though not as outgoing, makes her even cuter than she already is…Shes kind of a mystery and finding out all of her intricacies would be part of the fun…
February 24th, 2007 17:02
I love Karen. Hotter, and I think she’s funnier. Plus, the answers to “Last Sunday spent” and “Um…” questions did it for me.
February 24th, 2007 17:12
Sorry, but the Obama/McCain question did it for me. I’m a Pam guy. But boy…that “Lazy Sunday Spent”…
February 24th, 2007 17:31
Not to be horribly crude, but if Pam is “bottom” and Karen is “top,” that leaves room in the middle for me, right?
February 24th, 2007 17:54
I’m a girl, so I can’t really vote.
But Pam and I would be BFFs.
February 24th, 2007 18:19
Heh heh, I have to go with Pam but just by a notch.
February 24th, 2007 18:24
notice which side of this comparison Jim was leaning towards. Go Jam!
Oh, and Karen’s karaoke song…obviously not NIN, but Scrantonicity’s “Every little thing.
February 24th, 2007 18:29
CALL OF DUTY!!!
February 24th, 2007 18:29
I don’t think that’s a fair assessment of Karen at all. I don’t think she’s like that in any way.
And if I wasn’t pro-Pam before, the Obama fact did it.
DwightK
February 24th, 2007 18:59
I think GQ missed the ball on Karen.
February 24th, 2007 19:22
This makes Karen seem much more wild than she actually is. True, she wilder than Pam but this makes her seem very hoar-ish and crazy.
February 24th, 2007 19:27
Jim is totally pointing his thumb at Pam’s side. Squee.
February 24th, 2007 20:28
I’d spend a Sunday naked with Karen. Hell, I’d spend the other days naked with her, too.
So… yeah, sorry Pam, but based on these answers? I’m pickin’ Karen.
February 24th, 2007 23:31
I agree that it made Karen a little harsh. I don’t think she’s really a NIN person!
February 24th, 2007 23:53
Um…you do realize the Karen answers are all mostly made up? Karen has no back story, no quirks. She likes chips and COD. That’s it. SHE’S A ROADBLOCK. A plot device. Team Karen can suck it. Boo-yah.
February 25th, 2007 00:06
i’d probably click with karen more. call of duty, sarcasm, outgoing (i’m not really, but i need someone who is to balance that aspect). but pam rules too. she’s finally growing a backbone. it’s a tie! or something.
February 25th, 2007 01:15
From that list alone, I have much more in common with Karen. I think in real life, someone like Pam would bug me….
February 25th, 2007 06:50
i am a karen guy but even though pam is hotter.
February 25th, 2007 11:29
I’m with Post-It Thief - I’m a girl, but Pam and I would be joined at the hip because 1. The Remains of the Day and 2. cuteoverload.com.
but I do have a soft spot for Nine Inch Nails…
February 25th, 2007 12:33
Gee tough choices. Sucks to be Jim Halpert, huh?
I’m Team Pam all the way, but even I thought GQ was a bit harsh on Karen (Roadblock?! Love it!)
February 25th, 2007 15:11
Uh… Paren. (But I’m thinking maybe Pam is a firecracker in bed!)
February 25th, 2007 16:52
Dating girls who act like one of the guys? Uh, not so fun after awhile. I’m a sap for sweetness and light. Hands down, Pam’s the keeper!
February 26th, 2007 00:04
Jen and from a guy younger than both Pam & Karen.
February 26th, 2007 07:56
I don’t think this is very accurate or thought out as far as their characters go. They make Pam seem super boring and Karen a tomboy. Oh don’t think thats true. Its a hard choice, but I think I’d take Pam.
TEAM PAM/TEAM KAREN tees…
http://www.cafepress.com/tubetops/2396744
February 26th, 2007 11:07
So…I gotta agree. They are way off the ball with Karen. She’s not confident enough to be a CEO. In a lot of ways, she’s more insecure than Pam. She’s not a playboy pin-up model or Angelina Jolie. She’s more into guy type stuff than Pam, but not enough to be spending her lazy Sunday “naked.” This is obviously the fantasy of the writer’s imagination fleshing out Karen. Gee, I wonder who he liked better?
P.S. Does it SERIOUSLY say somewhere in the office that Pam is a scrapbooker? I’d bet that’s more Angela’s style.
February 26th, 2007 15:16
Gotta go with the woman on top: Karen.
February 27th, 2007 00:42
I know this is all in good fun, but this writer is pretty off with both of them. He turned Karen into some fanboy fantasy, and most of Pam’s answers are better suited for Katy. Karen’s no CEO, and I’m sure Pam has spent some Sundays naked (after a couple hours of scrapbooking, of course).