Pajama Boy, An Insufferable Man-Child

politico.com ^ | 12/18/13 | Rich Lowry

[cotton1706]

ajama Boy’s place in Internet infamy was secured as soon as the insufferable man-child was tweeted out by Organizing for America.

He is the face of a web ad that is the latest effort by the Obama team to leverage the holidays for conversation about Obamacare. “Wear pajamas,” the ad reads. “Drink hot chocolate. Talk about getting health insurance. #GetTalking.”

And, sure enough, Pajama Boy is wearing pajamas—a zip-up onesie in classic Lamar Alexander plaid—and drinking hot chocolate. He is in his twenties, sporting hipster glasses he could have bought at Warby Parker and an expression of self-satisfied ironic amusement.

Pajama Boy is about as threatening as Michael Cera and so nerdy he could guest-host on an unwatched MSNBC show. He is probably reading The Bell Jar and looking forward to a hearty Christmas meal of stuffed tofurkey. If he has anything to say about it, Obamacare enrollments will spike in the next few weeks in Williamsburg and Ann Arbor.

Perhaps the goal of OFA was to create a readily mockable image to draw attention to its message, in which case Pajama Boy was a brilliantly successful troll. The right immediately Photoshopped him into the Mandela funeral selfie and emblazoned his photo with derisive lines like, “Hey girl, I live with my parents,” and, “How did you know I went to Oberlin?”

But it’s hard not to see Pajama Boy as an expression of the Obama vision, just like his forbear Julia, the Internet cartoon from the 2012 campaign. Pajama Boy is Julia’s little brother. She progressed through life without any significant family or community connections. He is the picture of perpetual adolescence. Neither is a symbol of self-reliant, responsible adulthood.

[cotton1706]

A decent parent would tell pajama boy "Hey! Take off the damn pajamas, put down the hot chocolate and go chop some wood for the fire! You won't be getting a free ride here, beatnik!"

[bkepley]

I wouldn’t want to be that guy.

[txrefugee]

Honestly, could anyone be more out of touch with America than this Obama cult? A & E will find out that there are millions of Americans who are on the side of Phil Robertson and have absolutely nothing in common with the Pajama Boy Left.

[N. Theknow]

Pajama Boy probably has a trophy case full of medals, trophies and citations for being a “Good Sport Particpant.” (aka=Loser)

[Irenic]

Me either! Don’t you know his life is a living L now.

[Gaffer]

I'm thinkin' Pajama Boy is really Trap-Door Pajama Boy.

[skinkinthegrass]

sorta like the entire White Hut staff.

[needmorePaine]

A decent parent would tell pajama boy "Hey! Take off the damn pajamas, put down the hot chocolate and go chop some wood for the fire! You won't be getting a free ride here, beatnik!"

I read that chopping wood produces more testosterone in the body than lifting weights, so you are right on the money here. Little Elvis Costello needs to quit snuggling in his PJs with a self-satisfied smirk plastered on his face.

I can't tell what is most enraging about that picture. Is it:

1. The aforementioned smirk
2. The hipster glasses
3. The cross-legged sitting position
4. The way he holds his cup o' cocoa

[skinkinthegrass]

"trapdoor JPs"yeah..he's "IN" into that.

[Doogle]

[NorthMountain]

“enraging”?

No ... a punk like that is incapable of enraging me. It just doesn’t rise to that level. It can’t.

It’s simply contemptible.

[driftless2]

This ad is so mockable I’m wondering if the Obamatons who put it out had any inkling of the sheer imbecility of it. Or, what is more disturbing, are there really millions of young males or females who would identify with this ad? Can’t even the densest Obamaniac realize what fools this makes them look like? My conclusion is there must be millions of these immature nitwits running around thinking they make a difference or contribute something worthwhile to their country.

[cotton1706]

“I read that chopping wood produces more testosterone in the body than lifting weights, so you are right on the money here.”

Just ask yourself what Captain John Smith or William Bradford would say to pajama boy. They’d say what they said to the aristocrats in all their finery: “hey, get out in the fields like everybody else! If you will not work, you shall not eat!”

And they forded the rivers and crossed the mountains and forged a nation WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE!!

[CrazyIvan]

I'll cut him a little slack for wearing the loose flannel pajamas. You wouldn't want anything very tight for awhile after having your genitals removed.

[Doctor 2Brains]

for later

[Focault's Pendulum]

[RipSawyer]

“My conclusion is there must be millions of these immature nitwits running around thinking they make a difference or contribute something worthwhile to their country.”
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I suspect that your conclusion is correct. I also would bet that that clown in the onesie could not pass my eighth grade final in history. If you told me that he holds a masters degree in history I would still make the bet.

[RipSawyer]

Yes, they did and they never gave a thought as to whether their damned cholesterol was too high.

[MrB]

Pajama Boy is Julia’s little brother.

We need to remember that a LOT of women identified with Julia - married to the state, totally taken care of from cradle to grave. Women are wired to desire this, but it's supposed to come in the context of a father or husband.

But, of course, having a man around has a lot of downside, too. Better to marry the government and not have to put up with a stinkin' man around.

[lump in the melting pot]

The worst part of that image (from a very long list of possible choices) to me is that the twerp is drinking hot chocolate from a teacup. For the love of all that is good, get a mug, ya weenie!!