New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This reminds me that one of the great things about a digital camera is that you can take sexy photos without the creepy dude at the CVS knowing what you look like naked.

And the chances are pretty low that your parents will ever find them, let alone be able to turn on the computer and create a chance of finding them.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Which leads me to a question for all of those single folks on the boards... Do you have an arrangement in place with friends/siblings for someone to come to your place and remove all naughty sex items should anything happen to you so your parents don't see that stuff? Or am I just overly paranoid?

Nope. When they search my house looking for clues as to why I was brutally murdered they will find the sex toys and erotica and draw whatever conclusions they choose to draw. I imagine that if I have to clean out their house after the plane goes down, I'll find some interesting stuff too.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
And the chances are pretty low that your parents will ever find them, let alone be able to turn on the computer and create a chance of finding them.

Ha! My mother outlaw is more technically proficient than I, and she knows that they exist(ed?).

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by leagleaze
It wasn't a complaint, it was an observation in response to your trying to argue about the MPAA and its determination of what is an R versus an X or NC17 or whatever.

However, yes, it does seem to me people make a much bigger deal about a nude frontal shot of a male than a nude frontal shot of a female. Which is silly if you think about it.

I wasn't speaking to it in my original post, but in the sense of male versus female treatment and the ongoing issue of over sexualization of women (which by the way is even worse if you are a lesbian as I was reminded recently when a fellow employee said something quite awful to me) yes, I would complain about the number of male frontal nudity shots versus female frontal nudity shots.

On the other hand, I personally could do with no frontal nudity shots. I don't go to a movie to see naked people, it doesn't do much for me.

1. Well, you do see a bit more in a male frontal shot, whereas a direct frontal shot of a woman is not a "pink shot." But I concur... there should be no distinction.

2. No woman is being sexualized. You're sexualized by birth. Men are wired to view women as sex objects, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. I can no more shut off the mechanism that makes me check out a woman and think about banging her than stop my heart from beating. There's no sexualization going on - its already been there, since the dawn of time.

3. I concur that movie nudity is pointless and silly. It tends to detract from the plot, unless the plot is about the sex (9 1/2 Weeks, Unfaithful, etc..). But yes, I did rent Swordfish just to see Halle's tits.

4. Oh, I'd hate to be a lesbian today. I imagine every guy you ever share a drink with asks the same stupid questions.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This reminds me that one of the great things about a digital camera is that you can take sexy photos without the creepy dude at the CVS knowing what you look like naked. One of the not so great things about a digital camera is that the file names of the photos are so nondescriptinve that one's SO could accidentally include those photos in an email to his parents.

These value judgments of "great" and "not so great" only apply, of course, if you're so patriarchal as to prefer that the creepy dude at CVS and your SO's parents not see naked photos of you.

And "accidentally" is only true if you don't believe Freud.

But otherwise, I stand by what I say.

Don't take photos of yourself naked unless you're prepared to hit the gym a lot afterward. I was appalled when I saw myself on video. I thought I was in shape, but the video seemed to indicate otherwise. Its also a good idea to do such amateur video in summer, when you tend to be tan. Winter white does not look good on camera.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

I have not yet heard the words "Fairytale" or "ambitious" once from the euro chicks. Instead, their leitmotif appears to be "shopping." I do not know if I prefer this emphasis.

I am interested that the guy keeps harping on the womens' manners (not saying they have them, particularly, but noting whenever they display some). Particularly, that he gave one chick a necklace entirely because she was the first one he heard say "thank you," and regretting that he had given a necklace to a woman who DIDN'T say thank you for it.

How funny were the womens' reactions to his saying grace?

Is anyone else struck by the quality of the blue of a lot of the womens' eyes? I am beginning to think of it as a "non-American" thing to have eyes in the flat, opaque, bright, unmixed sky blue that seems to show up on the swedes, Dutch and some of the czechs. (Maybe up in Bilmore-dom all the Svens and Ollies have it, but I sure haven't seen it anywhere else I've been.) Maybe it is just the way they are lighting shots, but it was sort of freaking me out. National inbreeding can be an interesting thing, I guess.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This reminds me that one of the great things about a digital camera is that you can take sexy photos without the creepy dude at the CVS knowing what you look like naked

One of the other great things is that when you break your digital camera because of dropping it and you have to send it away to be serviced, and the warranty doesn't cover problems resulting from dropping, the service people will change their mind and fix it once they realize there are naked pictures of you on there that they would like to retrieve.

At least I think that's what happened. I can't think of any other explanation for the "it's not covered by the warranty" call, followed by the "it's ok, we think it's covered by the warranty" call 15 minutes later.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
As far as I know, there is no actual vagina shown in the Vagina Monologues. I feel its egregious false advertising.

That's the worst title I've heard since The Neverending Story. Someone call Lionel Hutz.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You don't get to define the only way I win. I'll write whatever I like, and I'll change the framework of the alleged argument all I like. In fact, I'll probably contradict myself from time to time. Don't play the "I'll define who wins" game with me, Bubba. I ain't playing that one.

This is great. Combined with "everyone mostly agrees I'm mainly correct," you must be undefeated in court.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Bottom line is, if you're not adult enough to deal with nudity or object to nudity on religious grounds, you are a shithead.

Since we're arguing in circles, I'm just going to let this go.

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
My only point, which you've hijacked and contorted, was that there should be no objection at all to nudity and its parochial to be uncomfortable with it. We're stuck in a bizarre society that has ass backward values and idiotic "moral" strictures, and I blame the red states and organized religion for it.

No. You just admitted you contort your argument and contradict yourself when you argue. I have neither hijacked nor contorted anything you've said. I just made you put your wife's tits where your mouth is (wait a second. that doesn't make sens...). You backed down by saying, 'I'll write whatever I like, and I'll change the framework of the alleged argument all I like. In fact, I'll probably contradict myself from time to time. Don't play the "I'll define who wins" game with me, Bubba. I ain't playing that one.'

Translation: I give up.

TM

Edited to add:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have some digital shots and they're pretty damn nice

I'm confused. Is this one of your examples of your contradictions? Didn't you say you didn't have any photos of her tits?

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
One of course beats "red headded step-children" because (i) they are step children, not your children, so you don't care (similar to the rented mule) and (ii) red hair is a long-standing folk-tale shorthand for "illegitimate" or "not your kid." Obviously, this predates proper understanding of recessive genetics.

I always understood this to be a reference to being Irish, i.e. your red-headed step-child is particularly worthy of being beaten because, after all, she's really just a dirty little mick. But perhaps the Irish part of my family is just overly sensitive.

Let's not even begin on "beyond the Pale."

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This is great. Combined with "everyone mostly agrees I'm mainly correct," you must be undefeated in court.

It's an effective way to say "i've never lost a case." i'm sure he's never been called on it by a judge.

But, Ty, really it's the most blatant case of false advertising since neverending story. and the all-you-can-eat special at the Frying Dutchman.

[bold_n_brazen]

Just days ago, someone posted a recommendation for a book titled "3". Of course, when I search for that book on Amazon, I get roughly 4 million books.

Since I am unable to figure out how the search funtion works, could whomever posted the recommendation, please re-post the book's author.

Ten minutes of gratitude, etc. etc.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Just days ago, someone posted a recommendation for a book titled "3". Of course, when I search for that book on Amazon, I get roughly 4 million books.

Since I am unable to figure out how the search funtion works, could whomever posted the recommendation, please re-post the book's author.

Ten minutes of gratitude, etc. etc.

Here it is... http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...3129#post43129

I will now bask in the gratitude.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I have not yet heard the words "Fairytale" or "ambitious" once from the euro chicks. Instead, their leitmotif appears to be "shopping." I do not know if I prefer this emphasis.

I am interested that the guy keeps harping on the womens' manners (not saying they have them, particularly, but noting whenever they display some). Particularly, that he gave one chick a necklace entirely because she was the first one he heard say "thank you," and regretting that he had given a necklace to a woman who DIDN'T say thank you for it.

How funny were the womens' reactions to his saying grace?

Is anyone else struck by the quality of the blue of a lot of the womens' eyes? I am beginning to think of it as a "non-American" thing to have eyes in the flat, opaque, bright, unmixed sky blue that seems to show up on the swedes, Dutch and some of the czechs. (Maybe up in Bilmore-dom all the Svens and Ollies have it, but I sure haven't seen it anywhere else I've been.) Maybe it is just the way they are lighting shots, but it was sort of freaking me out. National inbreeding can be an interesting thing, I guess.

So far I've heard at least one "fairytale" and one "Prince Charming".

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I'm so sad that the girl who cussed like a sailor, drank like a sailor and went commando is gone. That guy is an idiot. but it's funny how all of the women are shocked that he said grace -- is saying grace an American convention or are these women all just not very religious?

[Replaced_Texan]

Earth Faces Attack From Man's Most Ancient Enemy: The Sun
Solar storm will wipe out civilization at noon.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/1....ap/index.html --

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Another spectacular eruption on the surface of the sun sent charged particles hurling toward Earth on Wednesday, and scientists said the cloud could significantly disrupt communications on Earth and may even hamper firefighting efforts in California.

"It's headed straight for us like a freight train," said John Kohl, a solar astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "This is the real thing."

[...]

The cloud of charged particles from last week's eruption struck Earth "with only a glancing blow," Kohl said. It disrupted some airline communications.

But scientists observed one of the three biggest such explosions in 30 years shortly before 6 a.m. EST Tuesday. It produced a particle cloud 13 times larger than Earth and hurtled through the solar system at more than 1 million miles per hour.