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The female sex symbol? Come on now. Even a female sex symbol would be stretching it. How many admirers did he have, when compared to men of similar renown who weren't serial killers?
If you want to take tips from Ted Bundy you should consider that:
a) accepting Ted's view on what is revolting and not the general society's and acting on those values is likely to land you in prison, where it will be very hard to enjoy the company of all those flocks of hybristophilic admirers,
b) , which you likely won't have all that many anyway. Ted was hot and his face was well-known, while you, well, would be less likely to be having the problems you have if you could pull chicks with a mugshot.
c) Ted likely can't have a value judgment on what's revolting and what's not because he's a psychopath, the category does not exist for him. You may as well query a brick wall.
Ted is more of an incel sex symbol than he ever was a female sex symbol.
Oh please forgive me for not being proficient with the article system of my second language. Articles are by far the most retarded part of English, and that's a tough competition. Anyway, I lost interest in this conversation, I only initially replied to you because I had a genuine false memory of you being female yourself.
Forgiveness denied, it's my second language too.
Shit, now I remember which demographic marker I had for you in my memory and misremembered. Hahaha.
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