Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ties_that_rock

"PITTSBURGH - The Steel City apparently rocks.

Pittsburgh tops the list of Esquire's "Cities That Rock" in its April issue. The list excludes New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Austin, Texas, which are widely cited for their music scenes."

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
You seem to forget, O whiffy kitty, that adopting a caring and do-good attitude is yet another way to feel superior.

I like my feelings of superiority to be more visceral and pure - not hiding behind a veneer of altruism.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Fast food ain't that cheap. I'm willing to bet the ingredients of a chicken salad or a turkey on whole wheat probably aren't miles above that of a Big Mac, fries and 90 oz Coke.

Are some folks eating shitty because they don't have the time to do otherwise? Yes, and thats unfortunate. But what about the piles of people in my neighborhood with good jobs carting home boxes of Ho-Hos, cases of Coke and deep dish pizzas? I don't want to hurt the poor woman working three jobs to feed her kids, but I also don't want to give a free pass to the 30 year old chicken-wing inhaling junk food Pac-Man next door who looks like he walked out of a Botero.

I guess the comprimise is to leave fast food alone, but tax the piss out of junk food.

I still think a tax on consumption only won't have the desired effect. Like bilmore said, leaving production alone while taxing consumption will only serve to line the government's coffers -- nothing else.

And Gwinky's right too, people have to be educated into alternatives. They also have to be "presented" with alternatives. Unfortunately, look at the shelf space in most grocery stores and probably upwards of 95 percent of it is processed and has additives.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I like my feelings of superiority to be more visceral and pure - not hiding behind a veneer of altruism.

Aren't feelings of superiority inherent in every act of altruism?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Hey, music snob. Buy this: The Go "The Go"

I saw these guys live a while ago, opening for somebody else. I thought they rocked the house.

Donot buy this: The Von Bondies "Pawn Shoppe Heart"

I purchase no albums recorded by Jack White punching bags.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Aren't feelings of superiority inherent in every act of altruism?

Let's ask Abby.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I refer back to my three brilliant and foolproof weight loss diet plans:

1. Eat nothing you don't cook yourself.
2. No between meal snacks.
3. Eat nothing that is not presented on a proper place setting at a table in front of you which excludes any plastic or paper.

You forgot two others:

4. Push your fat ass away from the table after the first helping, and;

5. Dessert is not a requirement with every meal.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You wanna get a cease and desist from Botero's lawyer? Post some photos of pedestrians on Market Street around lunch time on the net.

No shit. I don't think I have see so many orcas in one place since "Free Willy 4: Willy's Revenge" where the whales band together and terrorize a small beach community.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Aren't feelings of superiority inherent in every act of altruism?

Is that why Abby is letting you DP her?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Aren't feelings of superiority inherent in every act of altruism?

Feeling superior over fat people because you are thin and they are not is pure and visceral.

Feeling superior over fat people by recognizing the economic, cultural, and educational obstacles that might have led to their obesity and helping them to overcome those obstacles is an extremely roundabout, indirect, and boring way of feeling superior.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Feeling superior over fat people because you are thin and they are not is pure and visceral.

Feeling superior over fat people by recognizing the economic, cultural, and educational obstacles that might have led to their obesity and helping them to overcome those obstacles is an extremely roundabout, indirect, and boring way of feeling superior.

Do both, and you've covered all bases.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Modeling the new "Fastskin" suit. It mimics the skin of a shark:



Insert breast stroke joke here.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The list excludes New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Austin, Texas, which are widely cited for their music scenes."

1) This is retarded. I've spent enough time in Pittsburgh that I can say definitively that it does not, in fact, rock.

2) I notice that Austin is the one city labled with the state as well. Is this really necessary? Would anyone really have been confused? Hasn't Austin grown up enough now to be a single name city like the others listed? That's retarded too.

-balt(from Baltimore, Maryland)assoc

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Feeling superior over fat people because you are thin and they are not is pure and visceral.

Feeling superior over fat people by recognizing the economic, cultural, and educational obstacles that might have led to their obesity and helping them to overcome those obstacles is an extremely roundabout, indirect, and boring way of feeling superior.

They're not mutually exclusive. Have both and you are super-superior.

drat. beaten to the lame-o punch by bilmore.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
This is a horrible thing to say about leagl.

It is, and I'm very hurt.