There was an image construction thing on Netscape a year or two ago, that gave him features that were much less Euro.
Yeah, that looks nothing at all like how Jesus is portrayed in American media.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2005 5:55:16 am PDT #765 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Megan E. - Jul 18, 2005 6:05:47 am PDT #766 of 10002
-Ma request (my first)
I am about to give a big presentation about an important agreement that we are about to sign with the Government of Canada. Don't-throw-up-ma requested.
beekaytee - Jul 18, 2005 6:06:35 am PDT #767 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I've always wondered...what's the diff what a prophet/messiah/leader looks like?
Okay, so it's been said that Confuscious was a nerdy guy that nobody liked when he was alive. Still? A 3rd of the world's religions based on stuff he is supposed to have said.
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell talks about CEOs being tall.
So what?
Did Gandhi get taken less seriously because he was short?
I don't get it.
t /afraid of heightism
eta: calm tummy `ma to Megan. Good luck!
beekaytee - Jul 18, 2005 6:09:05 am PDT #768 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Alpha Bits:
I'm hip to the biological need for male leaders to appear strong and capable of providing well. But in this, post-industrial age, it just does not make sense to me.
Nutty - Jul 18, 2005 6:15:40 am PDT #769 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
George W. Bush is proof that the taller presidential candidate does not always win. (I mean, there had to be a limit eventually, or else Gigantor would be president, but 6'4" is not really Out There in terms of height any more.)
There is a halo effect, where people who are pretty are assumed to be smart/competent/worthwhile solely on the basis of their being pretty. But, there are plenty of charismatic people who are funnylooking, and the funnylookingness is part of what makes them distinct from the sea of pretty sameness. Short, skinny, and sorrowful-looking Humphrey Bogart, for example. (Not that he ever ran a cult or a Fortune 500 company.)
Jesse - Jul 18, 2005 6:15:41 am PDT #770 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh dear, Gud. I'm sorry things are hard. (Does it help that I almost always type your name "God" the first time?)
It's just a male face?
A male face with long hair.
Good luck, Megan!
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 6:25:02 am PDT #771 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All the calm in the world to you, Megan.
6'4" is not really Out There in terms of height any more
Hey! I thought 6'6" was gigantic!
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:25:20 am PDT #772 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
George W. Bush is proof that the taller presidential candidate does not always win.
Even still, they had to give him a Scully box to stand on during the debates.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2005 6:25:53 am PDT #773 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Does it help that I almost always type your name "God" the first time?
It's an easy mistake to make.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2005 6:28:37 am PDT #774 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
George W. Bush is proof that the taller presidential candidate does not always win.
But a lot of his image is that he's tough on the terrorists, doesn't listen to the polls, takes on the tough issues, that sort of stuff.