# Bad Teacher. WTF was with the "dry hump"???? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159 "2011-10-29T05:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/1 "2011-10-29T05:34:52Z")
Be advised I was half in the bag when I watched this movie. But WTF was the dry hump thing about? The last time I did that was like 1974. Are there adults that actually do that? If so…WHY? IIRC this is the point she get’s freaked out by this guy. What was his problem? He likes tight jeans over the real thing? Huh? I spent the rest of the flick going “waita minute, waita minute, wait,…wait!!” ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/2 "2011-10-29T05:46:26Z")
IIRC, he was supposed to be prim and proper and nerdy and maybe religious? It would not be in his character to cheat on his girlfriend by having actual sex with someone else. The dry humping was his pathetic way of getting off without having actually cheated, in his mind. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/3 "2011-10-29T06:08:01Z")
Yeah, it was a character revelation moment. She thought he was going to be a real freak show and it turns out he’s just as fucked up relationshipwise as Poison Ivy Face. I could have done without the wet spot though. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/4 "2011-10-29T12:07:52Z")
Is this movie worth the $5.00 on On Demand? This and \*Bridesmaids \*have just turned up and I am thinking, “_feh_,” not really interested, but \*maybe \*they are worth five bucks and two hours. I was surprised that I enjoyed _Horrible Bosses_, after the horrible reviews. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/5 "2011-10-29T13:04:38Z")
_Bridesmaids_ is worth it. I got dragged to it by my wife and laughed my ass off the whole way through. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/6 "2011-10-29T13:17:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Bridesmaids_ is worth it. I got dragged to it by my wife and laughed my ass off the whole way through. I disagree. Lots of gross humor and uncomfortable character interactions. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/7 "2011-10-29T13:45:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Bridesmaids_ is worth it. I got dragged to it by my wife and laughed my ass off the whole way through. I agree. Lots of gross humor and uncomfortable character interactions. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/8 "2011-10-29T14:17:27Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Is this movie worth the $5.00 on On Demand? This and \*Bridesmaids \*have just turned up and I am thinking, “_feh_,” not really interested, but \*maybe \*they are worth five bucks and two hours. I was surprised that I enjoyed _Horrible Bosses_, after the horrible reviews. Didn’t _Horrible Bosses_ get pretty good reviews? It should have, at any rate, it was probably the funniest movie I saw all year. _Bad Teacher_ was okay - if you’ve got nothing to do, it’s probably worth five bucks. I laughed pretty steadily throughout it, and Jason Segel’s character was likable, which was good, because none of the other characters were at all. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/9 "2011-10-29T16:19:39Z")
> [@Stauderhorse](#): > > I disagree. Lots of gross humor and uncomfortable character interactions. I liked Bad Teacher, because it was way better than Bridesmaids. Bridesmaids could hardly qualify as a comedy. But Bad Teacher was only good in comparison to that disaster, not standing on it’s own. ---
**Author:** ![satoridt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@satoridt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satoridt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/10 "2011-10-29T16:35:33Z")
Bad Teacher was awful. There was absolutely no character development, and the movie in fact celebrates her extreme incompetence by moving her to a job that she is even less qualified for. Bridesmaids, on the other hand, was excellent. Laugh out loud funny, I highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/11 "2011-10-29T21:00:26Z")
Oh, good–the 100% consensus is that I will either love or hate _Bridesmaids_, and I will either hate or love _Bad Teacher_. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/12 "2011-10-29T21:06:47Z")
Yeah, it seems. I enjoyed _Bad Teacher_ well enough, but we turned off _Bridesmaids_ early on because it seemed too vapid and stale to suffer through. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/13 "2011-10-29T21:08:45Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Oh, good–the 100% consensus is that I will either love or hate _Bridesmaids_, and I will either hate or love _Bad Teacher_. I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/14 "2011-10-29T22:27:46Z")
> [@satoridt](#): > > Bad Teacher was awful. There was absolutely no character development, and the movie in fact celebrates her extreme incompetence by moving her to a job that she is even less qualified for. > > Bridesmaids, on the other hand, was excellent. Laugh out loud funny, I highly recommend it. I felt the same way. It seemed to me like they were trying to replicate the raunchiness and overall depravity of Bad Santa, but with none of the character development or for that matter, soul. I mean, even Willie Stokes in that movie, for as much of a scumbag as he was, had a few redeeming qualities. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/15 "2011-10-29T22:57:29Z")
When I saw Bridesmaids, I was expecting a female take on The Hangover, but it was more about the fall and rise of the Kristen Wiig character. I liked it. And Bad Teacher was OK as well. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/16 "2011-10-30T04:50:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > When I saw Bridesmaids, I was expecting a female take on The Hangover, but it was more about the fall and rise of the Kristen Wiig character. I liked it. And Bad Teacher was OK as well. I watched them both this weekend and I would agree with this… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/17 "2011-10-30T06:21:09Z")
> [@satoridt](#): > > Bad Teacher was awful. There was absolutely no character development, Raise your hands everyone who thought this movie was going to tackle arty things like character development. > [@](#): > > and the movie in fact celebrates her extreme incompetence by moving her to a job that she is even less qualified for. Yes, this is called a joke; they are popular in comedies. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/18 "2011-10-30T06:29:50Z")
Rather do some bareback dry humping, and all that might entail in straight dicke engrossment, over a latex barrier penetration. Too artificial. Choose your more frictional fricative barrier. The eroticicism and sublety is so much more pronounced… she was soo wet. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/19 "2011-10-30T06:34:17Z")
Why, she was “moist” with anticipation. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159/20 "2011-10-30T07:16:14Z")
I think that part of the joke was also that the two actors, Timberlake and Diaz, were once lovers and he broke up with her and she has been pining for him ever since, as he is the only straight male in Hollywood that can really dance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-teacher-wtf-was-with-the-dry-hump/601159.md?page=2)