The “Pick Me Girl” Dilemma “I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.” That is both a quote from an old Paul Simon song I've had on repeat recently and the inspiration for this article. Now, I don’t love comparing people to inanimate objects but I do enjoy some classic symbolism and I feel that purely as an example, the desire for a nail to be a hammer reminds me a lot of the mindset of a pick me girl.