phaeton Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Reminds me of that "Extreme Makeover" show that my roommates watch... you know, they elect some "lucky" individual (sometimes couples, too), give them a nose job, chin job, standard facelift, different hairstyles, dental work, etc to make them "beautiful"... It's pretty ridiculous. I think the one that i watched all the way through was with some woman who was a bodybuilder. She pumps iron and works manual labour type jobs, but then would complain that "My muscular physique and masculine features make me feel much less than a woman"... One of the ones that i watched was a couple about to get married, and they did both the bride and groom. It was all secretive and nobody in either person's family was allowed to see either one. At the end, they all pulled off the veil or appeared from behind the curtain, and ppl were clapping and cheering, and the d00d's mom was sobbing "oh, he's so handsome!!" etc... you know, i think if i went and hacked up my face to look different, my mom would kick my ass. There wasn't a damn thing wrong with the way these people looked before, i think they've just got vanity/esteem/personality issues. In a few cases, i thought they looked worse afterwards, but who am i to say. I realise Lee was looking at tabloids for entertainment value, but at the same time television spews this sort of crap constantly. It all ties together. Dr. Seuss: The Original White Rapper . WWND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren. Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Originally posted by pseudonym: Ever thought of a lawsuit...? I felt lucky to get out after all said and done at $2600 for both of them. I also lost my job at the time I was going thru all that shit, but got a better job. It was a traumatic thing, but my life has been sorta crapolla anyway, no-big-deal! Also, I just don't believe in sueing everyone, unless something really "bad" happens, like death or serious injury, thanks anyway. Gotcha. Glad you're doing alright now. Who Put The ' M ' In MySpace? don\'t_click | day_job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudonym Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Thanks Ren, I'm not going to go on hijacking Lee's thread, but in "Show-biz" yer face is 90% of it, and who ya know or blow. The other 10% is probably "talent" anyone remember talent? WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dawson Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 DON'T DO IT - MAYBE TITS!!! C'mon, pseudonym, we humans may not have been created perfect, but let's not mess with the one thing he/she/they/it did just right "Jeebus" (gee, I wonder who that nickname is meant to insult.) "Save me, Jeebus!" -Homer Simpson, on his way to becoming a missionary Who exactly is that insulting? *Howard Zinn for President* **Pilsner Urquell for President of Beers!** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim P. Dyndale Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Actually, I've seen a good trend recently... Especially here in Norway. Most fo the most popular Norwegian artists and bands today are very talented people. And when people like Kurt win both our national Idol final and the international one as well it's a very good sign that a lot of people still prefer talent. Of course, in the TV show Idol, the singers had to prove they were really good. They didn't have any auto-tune or Melodyne or any some such tool to cover up bad performances. If they missed notes or just plainly sucked in every way, then it was completely exposed. That's why I like Idol. It promotes talent and uniqueness. This really wasn't the topic of the thread at all... Sorry. Yeah, if you feel you really need a face-lift or a "boob-job" or any such thing, then you've got other serious issues you need to deal with. No offense intended. -Joachim Dyndale -------------------- Einstein: The difference between genius and stupidity is: Genius has limits My Blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbayson Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Originally posted by Lee Flier: Can I just puke now? [OFFENSIVE HUMOR] Well, bulimia is one way to rid yourself of unwanted cellulite. I wouldn't recommend it, Lee, but if you feel compelled to hop on the unrealistic-body-image bandwagon, that's your choice. [/OFFENSIVE HUMOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted March 1, 2004 Author Share Posted March 1, 2004 LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren. Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Originally posted by pseudonym: Thanks Ren, I'm not going to go on hijacking Lee's thread, but in "Show-biz" yer face is 90% of it, and who ya know or blow. The other 10% is probably "talent" anyone remember talent? The I still can make it, coz am amazingly untalented, but God I'm beautiful... ...kiddin'... Who Put The ' M ' In MySpace? don\'t_click | day_job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harq Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by Lee Flier: Sorry to rant, I know they're just lame tabloids but lame tabloids SELL. And that means people must actually want to read this stuff. As if all the beauty and fashion magazines aren't bad enough. Blahhhh.I agree with you, Lee. I find the tabloids and the beauty mags to be lame. However, they both still sell. I just choose not to buy them. That said, I recently read a fascinating book called "I watched a wild hog eat my baby!: a colorful history of tabloids and their cultural impact." I bought it online to round out my order to get free shipping. For anyone who enjoys media studies and history, consider it. And it truly is a history of yellow journalism and all that it wrought (warning: it can be dry. YMMV). Here's one of my True Encounters With VANITY!!!! stories. I worked in a retail store in a high-rent neighborhood. During the day, most customers were either locals or tourists. It wasn't unusual for the local customers, when they came to the pay counter, to ask me to remove their wallets from their purses, remove a credit card or two from their wallets, and then help them hold the pen while they signed the charge slip because they had just had a manicure next door. The kicker was when, one day, a woman came in and asked me to locate the purse she was holding in her hand. "MMMMr Urrrs. MrrrRRR," came from somewhere inside her, while she was waving her other hand at the counter, where she had eventually set her purse. I figured out she wanted me to open her purse. But I didn't know how she wanted to pay, so I had to keep holding items in front of her eyes until I could finally figure out what she wanted to do. In the end, I found out she had just gotten neck botox and was paralyzed from her upper jaw down past her collarbone. I find it sad that a person whould subject him or herself to such a procedure. But it's that little bit of (politcally incorrect) humour that sometimes keeps one sane at a minimum wage job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Welcome to the forums, Harq! Not quite tornado alley...that's not too far from Kansas City... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 To quote my son: "Anorexia is Phat!" Lee, I saw that tabloid the other day. Who the heck cares if some movie star has a chunky butt? We're paying $1.75 a gallon for gas, our armed forces are meddling all over the globe, it's an election year, jobs are migrating overseas, and our government racking up debt, eroding our freedom and rights one by one .... and we're supposed to care if Farrah had a face lift. www.metalblues.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOT Bolt Rifles Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Originally posted by Jeebus: Originally posted by NOT Bolt Rifles: "Jeebus" (gee, I wonder who that nickname is meant to insult.) Perhaps you haven't been around long enough, but I changed my name to Jeebus to AVOID insulting people who were offended by my prior name. Ahh! but perhaps I have been around long enough to remember when you called yourself The Jesus. I'm sure that name was not meant to offend anybody either. Just as I am sure you changed it to avoid insulting people, not to avoid being banned. NBR "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." -- John Adams "I am a senior member, and thereby entilted to all the privileges and rights accorded said status" -- NBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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