Everybody gets addicted to saying specific little phrases. 80% of my vocabulary comprises the words «werk» and «gorg.» It’s so easy to fall back on cute little slang terms that they can come to define you. My friend Zack is addicted to saying the phrase «dudes rock.» He interjects it whenever he doesn’t know how to respond to someone, especially when that someone is a dude. «Dudes rock» is a central tenant of this man’s philosophy, and I cannot begrudge that. I don’t say «dudes rock» often, but I agree with «dudes rock.» So much media is focused on all of the dudes who don’t rock. Politicians and criminals do not help the «dudes rock» argument, and they make up 90% of the local news! It is the responsibility of the meme curators of the world to shine a light on exceptional guys who are both fantastic and wholesome.