Jersey Shore

I don’t know how MTV does it, but they have come up with another guilty pleasure that is more addictive than sugar.  Jersey Shore is not a reality show; it is an anthropological study of the species known as the Guido. 

According to Wikipedia:

"Guido" (or "Gino") is a slang term for a lower class or working class urban Italian American. The Guido stereotype is often portrayed as humorously thuggish with an overtly macho attitude. The time period in which it obtained this meaning is not clear, but it was certainly in use with this meaning by the early part of the 21st century.

The MTV reality show Jersey Shore is based on eight people in Seaside Heights, New Jersey who are referred to as "guidos." Originally named Guido Beach, the name was changed after objections from Italian-American organizations including the National Italian American Foundation. The people in this reality show use the term with pride to describe themselves. Females on the show refer to themselves as "guidas" or "guidettes".

From what I can ascertain on the show, guidos and guidas are the horniest mammals around.  It seems they are constantly in mating mode and every trip to a nightclub leads to numerous, interconnected hook-ups.  The guidas get very jealous when the guidos go mating in another tribe and they get very protective of their turf, which in this case is the communal hot tub.

I am truly amazed and fascinated.  I have had tons of friends from Jersey and I have never experienced this subspecies.  All I can say is that Marlon Perkins would have had a field day with them.  And they make the Real World characters seem chaste in comparison.