Editor’s note: Pop super-stud Justin Timberlake came to TD Banknorth Garden last week. The Muse was unfairly bumped off the guestlist, but we’re over it: We can’t help but love the guy. The following is an exploration into the J.T. phenomenon:

For years, despite fame, fortune and power, Justin Timberlake was every man’s whipping boy. I couldn’t watch ‘N Sync’s “Bye, Bye, Bye” video without having my sexual orientation questioned. In the eighth grade, I tried to curl my hair like Justin did. I was pushed down the stairs by the older kids. I was not justified in buying Justified.

Maybe that says more about me than Timberlake.

Point is, the dude couldn’t catch a break. I mean, Justin tried to tell us he was a regular guy, he really did. He even showed us Janet Jackson’s boob at the Super Bowl. Maybe he watched a little football while he was there. That’s cool, right guys?

We just weren’t buying it.

Then, one sunny day in Hunksville, God spoke to Justin. He gave J.T. three simple instructions: 1. Cut a hole in a box; 2. Put your junk in that box; 3. Make her open the box. The rest is history.

What timely advice it was. An Saturday Night Light Digital Short starring Timberlake and Andy Samberg, may have saved SNL and certainly introduced J.T.’s brilliance to an entirely new fanbase. Not since Samberg’s equally brilliant “Lazy Sunday” skit has SNL received so much attention. The skit was Timberlake’s lowbrow gift for the holidays.

The R’B parody features him and Samberg, clad in dark shades and sideburns, explaining how to please a woman with the perfect holiday present. The gift was J.T.’s oft-rumored, but never confirmed, manhood.

Three hundred Facebook groups and countless ill-conceived YouTube parodies later, Justin Timberlake is not only a man, he’s the man. So, in its honor, let us celebrate another overlooked highlight of J.T.’s masculinity: he named his latest album FutureSex/LoveSounds. Think about that for a second. Only a man would do that.

Well here’s to you, Mr. Timberlake. You are a far greater man than I.

But I’m not much to judge by-I do yoga.