This Instagram is making fun of ‘basic gay men,’ and it’s hilarious

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This Instagram account is making fun of ā€˜basic gay menā€™ ā€“ and it is hilariously savage.

Youā€™ve heard of basic bros.

Now get ready to meet the LA basics: men who love men, sometimes only if theyā€™re bankers, and definitely only if theyā€™re utter dolls.

These modern-day, Throwback Thursday-savvy Ken Dolls get naked at any opportunity, brunch every Sunday and get drunk on cocktails someone else is paying for.

And they are extremely funny.

The hashtags are plentiful, as they should be if heā€™s going to get those precious clicks and sponsorship deals.

(Instagram/The LA Basics)
(Instagram/The LA Basics)

One post which incorporates a deep, philosophical quote is accompanied by 29 hashtags, including #happymonday, #gayabs, #instagay, #gay (three times), #musclegay, #gaylife and #sexygay.


The hashtags are almost as copious as nudity, which, according to the accountā€™s owner, some have taken offence over.

ā€œHaters keep reporting my posts for too much nudity,ā€ he wrote, tongue surely in cheek.

ā€œIf you have a problem with it, just unfollow!! #girlbaiā€

In their own words, they are a ā€œpart-time model, aspiring actor, fashion blogger and gym enthusiastā€.

And boy, does it show.

The account has racked up more than 26,000 followers, and is growing by the day.

Fans have left comments like ā€œthis account is everythingā€ and ā€œI died with this accountā€.

Another wrote: ā€œThis is the best account on insta ā€œ.

No disagreement here.