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Jess and Katie's Toolbox: Getting hammered is fun! Getting screwed, not so much.
College campuses are flooded with tools. They come in all shapes, sizes and unofficial uniforms: the fratty tool, whose popped-collar too-tight polo implies an above-average level of doucheyness; the alterna-tool, who thinks he’s cooler than you because he listens to bands you’ve never heard of and studied abroad in a non-European country; the secretly-sort-of-sexist tool, who assumes his possession of a penis makes him smarter and more capable than every girl he's ever met. Sometimes it’s obvious when a guy is a tool. Other times, your kind nature will try to see the best in him and ignore all his toolish tendencies until it’s too late. It’s a minefield out there, people, and we don’t want s**t to blow up in your face.

This is why we went into our shed and busted out the Jess and Katie Toolbox. It’s a guide like the kind you get with boxes of chocolates, which all look delicious on the outside but are sometimes full of icky insides (ew, cherry filling). No matter the surface, we’ve figured out the substance. In the grand tradition of our great Text-O-Meter we’ve ranked all the tool types for your infotainment. Study the list, learn from our wisdom and, like The Who, you won’t get tooled again. Click image to enlarge!

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About the Author
Biography
Jess (Penn ’11) left her Pleasantville-esque hometown of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey to study English and creative writing. At Penn, she has been an editor of 34th Street magazine and its blog, underthebutton.com. Jess is also the Adventure Editor of The Lost Girls travel website. If you find a way to score her Bruce Springsteen tickets, she’ll probably marry you or at least make out with you. She had a pretty deprived childhood (no TV allowed on school nights) and is compensating for lost time by consuming pop culture like Don Draper downs martinis. This summer she worked as the entertainment intern at Seventeen magazine, where she hugged Kellan Lutz. Unrelated fun fact: Jess is a book nerd who will read just about anything that is not a Twilight book. Sorry, Kellan.
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Comments
Oh god, it's so true. I now
Oh god, it's so true. I now realize why I hated my "my life is so much harder than yours" boyfriend the entire time we were dating.
This is so spot-on! I love
This is so spot-on! I love the graphic- a great way to incorporate a different look into the layout!
Love this!
Is it bad that I feel like I've dated, or at least had a crush on most of these? Thank girls. I'll be sure to stay away from the toolbox from now on!!
Hilarious!
This is so funny! I love the breakdown of the different kinds of tools in the first paragraph.
INCREDIBLE!!
This might be the best article I've ever read on this website!!! Way to go ladies! You hit the nail on the head here!!
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