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ABBAKiss · 05-13-2003, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
rant about pot and body mutilation

You are just pissed off because Steve-O makes more dasch than you do.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 05-13-2003, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
One difference is that the self-mutilation that was showcased in National Geographic was usually intended as a decoration or modification that (1) reinforced the person's membership of the cultural or larger social group in which the person would generally spend his/her whole life, and (2) was generally viewed as beautiful or desirable, or at least necessary (in the case of genital mutilation) by the members of that group.

As you note, we generally view this stuff as just plain freaky.

Yeah, but are we (or by proxy mainstream American middle-to-upper-middle-class culture) really the applicable cultural or larger social group? It could very well be the specific sub-culture. Not in all circumstances, but it surely is in some.

Then again, I'm on record thinking that real social mobility in the US is more of a myth than is generally believed.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 05-13-2003, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
A California legislator wants to formalize the procedures surrounding the distribution of medicinal marijuana, as approved by the voters in a recent ballot initiative. So he introduced a bill to do just that.

The bill was numbered SB 420. Everyone is now denying responsibility for assigning it that number, but there's a lot of smirking in Sacramento.

This is hilarious. I wish I would have numbered it.

I'm still laughing.

robustpuppy · 05-13-2003, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Yeah, but are we (or by proxy mainstream American middle-to-upper-middle-class culture) really the applicable cultural or larger social group? It could very well be the specific sub-culture. Not in all circumstances, but it surely is in some.

Then again, I'm on record thinking that real social mobility in the US is more of a myth than is generally believed.

Right -- I am referring to acceptance by the larger group. But as you suggest, surely these folks don't give a jack what a bunch of vain self-important over-educated under-stimulated lawyers who waste colossal amounts of time on chat boards think about their splitcocks and forked tongues, and aren't likely even to seek employment in places run by the likes of us.

However, my guess is that most extreme self-mutilators grew up in households where people looked "normal," so they did not develop the aesthetic as children, as the adults in the National Geographic spreads probably did. So for most people, it must be rebellion rather than acceptance that motivates, at least initially, and then acceptance is found in the sub-group, which acceptance might motivate more mutilation/adornment.

Atticus Grinch · 05-13-2003, 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Then again, I'm on record thinking that real social mobility in the US is more of a myth than is generally believed.

The specific sub-culture we're talking about --- the one that would split tongues and penises as some sort of statement --- is always the very first to complain that people are judging them based on how they look or dress. You're allowed to think well of them for what they choose to project to the world, but you're never allowed to think poorly, because, hey, you might be misjudging.

I don't think they've completely thought this stuff through.

fufu · 05-13-2003, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This is hilarious. I wish I would have numbered it.

I'm still laughing.

Me too.

:rofl:

Replaced_Texan · 05-13-2003, 07:45 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
...aren't likely even to seek employment in places run by the likes of us.

The guy who did my tattoo was referred to me by his mother, who was a secretary in my old firm. When she showed me the tattoos that he'd done, I was shocked. The lower half of both legs were covered with tattoos (which were works in progress), but she did such a good job of covering up, I had and everyone else in the office had no idea that she was so adorned.

dtb · 05-13-2003, 07:49 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This is hilarious. I wish I would have numbered it.

I'm still laughing.

Uh... I don't get it. :blush:

ThurgreedMarshall · 05-13-2003, 07:51 PM

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Originally posted by fufu
Me too.

:rofl:

I think you're new, so I'll cut you some slack. These posts are stupid and a waste of space. Private message or IM or email whoever you think said something funny and the extent to which you are rolling on the floor (with or without ass), spitting latte all over your keyboard or whatever.

RP is not new and therefore is a numbskull.

TM

AngryMulletMan · 05-13-2003, 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
The specific sub-culture we're talking about --- the one that would split tongues and penises as some sort of statement --- is always the very first to complain that people are judging them based on how they look or dress. You're allowed to think well of them for what they choose to project to the world, but you're never allowed to think poorly, because, hey, you might be misjudging.

I don't think they've completely thought this stuff through.

That's because PLF is correct about the relationship between drug use and body mutilation. Have you ever noticed how head shops and tattoo/piercing parlors are often in very close proximity if not under the same roof?

AM(um, not that I've even been, heh, heh)M

evenodds · 05-13-2003, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I think you're new, so I'll cut you some slack. These posts are stupid and a waste of space. Private message or IM or email whoever you think said something funny and the extent to which you are rolling on the floor (with or without ass), spitting latte all over your keyboard or whatever.

RP is not new and therefore is a numbskull.

Gee, Thurgreed, it's been an awfully long time since one of your "no lol" rants.

Maybe she has no idea how it irks you.

Or knows and enjoys it.

E/O

fufu · 05-13-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by evenodds
Gee, Thurgreed, it's been an awfully long time since one of your "no lol" rants.

Maybe she has no idea how it irks you.

Or knows and enjoys it.

E/O

I always love to get a rise from TM now and again.

Atticus Grinch · 05-13-2003, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
Uh... I don't get it. :blush:

Don't worry; you're not alone, although I confess amazement that there are adults in the world who don't know this. (Spree: link to Snopes.com entry on 4:20.)

bilmore · 05-13-2003, 08:16 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Guy called, car is painted, and he's coming back this afternoon to finish the job. He gave me his drivers license to hold until everything is to my total satisfaction.

Who knew?

Um, uh, me.

Anne Elk · 05-13-2003, 08:32 PM

Spoiler not required for this one:

World's first inflatable church is consecrated in Britain. Full article here

Is there really a need for such a thing? Do you have to take your shoes off before you can go in? Can you bounce up and down on the pews, or would the minister frown on such behavior?