# About a throbbing hot boy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448 "2009-12-16T03:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/1 "2009-12-16T03:42:55Z")
Man time flies. [![](https://media.photobucket.com/image/Nicholas%20Hoult/XenArtemisNight/z_nicholas_hoult_08.jpg) ](https://media.photobucket.com/image/Nicholas%20Hoult/XenArtemisNight/z_nicholas_hoult_08.jpg) [http://www.ohlalamag.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/09/skins9282.jpg](http://www.ohlalamag.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/09/skins9282.jpg) [![](https://cosmodaddy.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/nicholas-hoult3.jpg) ](https://cosmodaddy.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/nicholas-hoult3.jpg) [http://blogs.chueca.com/canallasp/files/nicholas\_hoult\_003.jpg](http://blogs.chueca.com/canallasp/files/nicholas_hoult_003.jpg) [![](https://cosmodaddy.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/nickhoult3.jpg) ](https://cosmodaddy.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/nickhoult3.jpg) [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/eRzxOQo1Lqcni83beDuez6u3o1_400.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/eRzxOQo1Lqcni83beDuez6u3o1_400.jpg) [http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/09/24/nicholas\_hoult\_denies\_he\_is\_seeing\_pixie\_geldof/Nicholas-Hoult.jpg](http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/09/24/nicholas_hoult_denies_he_is_seeing_pixie_geldof/Nicholas-Hoult.jpg) And, are you sitting down? In a tub of ice? [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/SiTWayXnlpm754jv1qjq2Ik1o1_400.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/SiTWayXnlpm754jv1qjq2Ik1o1_400.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/2 "2009-12-16T03:52:52Z")
So, I guess your point is that the kid who was in the movie “About a Boy” is now grown up and good-looking? He’s okay, I guess, if you like that look. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/3 "2009-12-16T04:03:29Z")
Wait, didn’t that movie come out, like, two years ago? \ . . . . Motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/4 "2009-12-16T06:34:38Z")
Yes he got very sexy. He was made to look younger in ‘About a Boy’ so the time frame from pudgy kid to sexy teen seemed much shorter then you’d expect. He was a lead character the the British series ‘Skins’ in which he is often shirtless and looking sexy. He plays a pretty messed up character with much time spent womanizing. He also blows one of his male friends. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/5 "2009-12-16T06:40:03Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Yes he got very sexy. He was made to look younger in ‘About a Boy’ so the time frame from pudgy kid to sexy teen seemed much shorter then you’d expect. He was a lead character the the British series ‘Skins’ in which he is often shirtless and looking sexy. He plays a pretty messed up character with much time spent womanizing. He also blows one of his male friends. _kneels and gives thanks for Netflix_ ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/6 "2009-12-16T07:12:24Z")
I didn’t expect Netflix to have Skins, learned something new. A friend recorded all three seasons when they aired and I got them from him a while back. If you watch the series I’d be interested to hear your opinion on it. I watched the first 2 seasons and have mixed thoughts on it. I’ve considered starting a thread on them. I haven’t been able to find the time or motivation to watch the third season, they drop most the main characters as they graduated and pick up the younger ones. So its like starting over again. ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/7 "2009-12-16T09:58:19Z")
Man I don’t find him throbbing hot on most of those pics, but holy shit he sure has grown up in a good way! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/8 "2009-12-16T10:15:05Z")
He looks kind of like a woman. I’d consider allowing him to suck on my dick, if we were alone on a submarine for a year without any women or something. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/9 "2009-12-16T10:36:58Z")
Not throbbing hot. Barely lukewarm. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/10 "2009-12-16T10:54:29Z")
I’m not that well versed in homosexual culture but I’m under the impression that this boy would very much be considered a “twink” - i.e. possessing a slim build, and a boyish or even feminine face. That’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I guess. Some men prefer “bears,” large and strong men covered in hair and with beards. (Do you, _Panache?_) ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/11 "2009-12-16T12:08:30Z")
You can be a twink and not necessarily slim - twink basically just means young looking. Plenty of twink porn features young guys with very defined bodies. As for Hoult - meh. Doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/12 "2009-12-16T13:37:11Z")
Yeah, his face is still a little too boyish for me and… _sees shirtless pic_ Yeah, um…ok, that’s pretty nice. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/13 "2009-12-16T14:24:16Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I didn’t expect Netflix to have Skins, learned something new. A friend recorded all three seasons when they aired and I got them from him a while back. If you watch the series I’d be interested to hear your opinion on it. I watched the first 2 seasons and have mixed thoughts on it. I’ve considered starting a thread on them. > > I haven’t been able to find the time or motivation to watch the third season, they drop most the main characters as they graduated and pick up the younger ones. So its like starting over again. I watched the first three series on BBC America. I really liked the first two series and recommend them highly. However, the third one introduced an almost entirely new cast, with only Effy (Tony’s sister) carried over from the earlier cast and they were almost entirely unsympathetic and unlikeable. I kept hoping I’d warm to them as I did to the earlier cast, but never did. The weird thing is that the show is about teenagers but is not at all suitable for watching by teenagers, as it features lots of drug use, drinking, smoking, sex and lots more that’s inappropriate. But I really liked it. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/14 "2009-12-16T14:46:48Z")
**Lissener** , I’m starting to get the impression that you may be gay. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/15 "2009-12-16T20:22:35Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I’m not that well versed in homosexual culture but I’m under the impression that this boy would very much be considered a “twink” - i.e. possessing a slim build, and a boyish or even feminine face. That’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I guess. Some men prefer “bears,” large and strong men covered in hair and with beards. (Do you, _Panache?_) Actually, neither. I can respond to a wide variety of men, but the one thing they (usually) have in common is that they have close-to-zero bodyfat and not a lot of muscles. Especially tall, lanky types. And then there are dark-featured Middle-Eastern guys. (Yes, my partner is a tall, lanky Persian.) I, myself, can best be described as a semi-bear. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/16 "2009-12-16T20:33:51Z")
Do you think Jeff Goldblum is sexy? Especially in his early roles like _The Fly?_ He was really tall, wiry, extremely low body fat but still looked very athletic, and he has dark skin and curly, dark hair (I think he kind of looks Indian.) He sounds like he’d be your type. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/17 "2009-12-17T08:37:00Z")
Can straight girls play too? Those last two pictures, my oh my. I had to check his age on IMDB to make sure I wasn’t being an old lady perv. > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > **Lissener** , I’m starting to get the impression that you may be gay. It’s a phase. Nothing that a good woman and lots of praying can’t cure. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/18 "2009-12-17T08:45:22Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > It’s a phase. Nothing that a good woman and lots of praying can’t cure. That was a joke, just in case there are any lurkers out there who don’t know me. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/19 "2009-12-17T13:30:22Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The weird thing is that the show is about teenagers but is not at all suitable for watching by teenagers, as it features lots of drug use, drinking, smoking, sex and lots more that’s inappropriate. But I really liked it. Even weirder is the thought that anyone might think what happens in Skins is even close to representative of a modern teenager’s life. I don’t know _anyone_ in Britain who had or has close to something resembling their lives. It goes way beyond dramatic licence. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448/20 "2009-12-17T15:47:40Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Do you think Jeff Goldblum is sexy? Especially in his early roles like _The Fly?_ He was really tall, wiry, extremely low body fat but still looked very athletic, and he has dark skin and curly, dark hair (I think he kind of looks Indian.) He sounds like he’d be your type. His face does nothing for me at all. I like long faces, like [Hugh Laurie](http://www.houseisright.com/files/2008/08/hugh-laurie-08-heart-promo.jpg) or [Adrien Brody](http://dontdancenaked.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/adrien_brody07_jpg.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-a-throbbing-hot-boy/521448.md?page=2)