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I slightly fancy Dominic Cummings

167 replies

Naz12 · 21/07/2021 21:48

I am disgusted at myself. How can I purge these feelings? I support labour and don’t really fancy bald narcissists so I am completely baffled.

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SquishySquirmy · 21/07/2021 22:03

Ohhh Nooooo!
Bleurgh.
Is it perhaps, that you don't fancy him really, but that you sort of envy his ability to be such a bastard?

I can't imagine fancying Cummings, but (as someone who feels guilty over very minor things) I do sometimes envy those super confident, arrogant types who dont give a fuck.
.... I mean, imagine waltzing through the world with the self assurance and confidence of Johnson, Cummings et al?
Imagine being that devious/mendacious and not feeling one iota of remorse, imagine enjoying it!
Imagine having loads of power, and truly believing that you deserve it because you are cleverer and more special than everyone else.
Imagine that no matter how many mistakes you make, it will always be someone else's fault.
Imagine having the brass neck to so blatantly break the rules you helped to make, and still remain utterly convinced of your own intellectual and moral superiority!

Sometimes it looks kinda fun, in a comic book villain sort of way.

ButYouGottaHaveASkillJeff · 21/07/2021 22:03

This has made me feel ill. He reminds me of Gollum.

Wizzbangfizz · 21/07/2021 22:04

Christ Envy

Lurcherloves · 21/07/2021 22:04

He’s such a vile man. No one in their right mind would want to work with him ever again, he’s so bitter and immature

Justcallmebebes · 21/07/2021 22:04

I get, it to my eternal shame. There is something about him

suggestionsplease1 · 21/07/2021 22:06

Wow! Before that interview I thought at least he probably had intelligence going for him, after watching a few mins of that I was cringing so badly on his behalf I just had to switch it off. Just no!!

StealthPolarBear · 21/07/2021 22:06

Something creepy and other-worldly

55BrilliantColours · 21/07/2021 22:06

@Justcallmebebes

I get, it to my eternal shame. There is something about him
No. No there isn't. There really isn't.

You are so much worth more than this Bebes

EmergencyHydrangea · 21/07/2021 22:07

I'd let him bang me into the back of next week to my shame!

Postdatedpandemic · 21/07/2021 22:09

Feck, I remember when there were only two of us who felt this way.

vincettenoir · 21/07/2021 22:09

He is a fascinating character.

suggestionsplease1 · 21/07/2021 22:10

This thread is an eye opener!

This must be how these Machievellian & dark triad traits persist in humanity if people are willing to breed with such horrors!!!

armanted · 21/07/2021 22:11

This thread is the stuff of nightmares.

thistimelastweek · 21/07/2021 22:13

Now, I like an evil genius as much as the next woman, but Dominic has kinda blown his cover.

kitkatsky · 21/07/2021 22:13

Eww

greenlynx · 21/07/2021 22:17

It’s probably his confidence (which is arrogance in reality) and your curiosity because he looks and sounds very unusual.

LizzieSiddal · 21/07/2021 22:17

He’d persuade you to do something by using sound bites “Get the dishes done” and later on he’d tell you how stupid you are for doing the dishes.

babbi · 21/07/2021 22:21

@EmergencyHydrangea

I'd let him bang me into the back of next week to my shame!
Mortified to admit I have felt the same since the Barnard Castle interview ☺️
Hanger0n · 21/07/2021 22:22

@Justcallmebebes

I get, it to my eternal shame. There is something about him
Dwarfism?
DufferMum · 21/07/2021 22:23

He looks like Gollum in a woolly hat!

Hanger0n · 21/07/2021 22:24

This thread reminds me of the time Joan Bakewell was referred to as the thinking man's crumpet. 'I know, I'm a bit old but you still would, wouldn't you?' ...

Whydidimarryhim · 21/07/2021 22:25

Let’s just blame it on the heat.

HauteGirlSummer · 21/07/2021 22:27

Fuck's sake 🤢🤢🤢

Griefmonster · 21/07/2021 22:31

@Sarahlou63

Supremely confident and brain the size of a (rather unstable) planet. Yeah, I can understand the attraction.
I just don't get this opinion. Supremely confident yes but brain the size of a planet?! I am gobsmacked at what passes as intellect.

He is a prime example of confidence masquerading as competence. He has enough self-belief to keep himself going we don't all have to buy in to it too

My only debate is whether he is as dangerous as he sounds or he just wishes he was. What he described (when it was reasonably coherent) was an astonishing assault on representative democracy.

pooiepooie25 · 21/07/2021 22:31

He's what I imagine Voldemort to look like