ita, that link took me to phonetrace.org, was that what it was supposed to do?
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
quester - Dec 02, 2006 8:42:03 pm PST #4169 of 10007
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2006 8:46:27 pm PST #4170 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita, goddammit! I totally thought she was kidding, she is not.
I'm finally totally up front about my link and it's some weird cry-wolf thing, huh?
I'm guessing you didn't put in a number, quester.
quester - Dec 02, 2006 8:47:54 pm PST #4171 of 10007
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, no I didn't.
eta: now I get it.
SailAweigh - Dec 02, 2006 8:48:27 pm PST #4172 of 10007
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
humans are pre-disposed to be attracted to beauty.
Actually, we're pre-disposed to be attracted to symmetry. The more symmetrical the person's face/body, the fewer genetic abnormalities.
quester - Dec 02, 2006 8:54:14 pm PST #4173 of 10007
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Sail! You're right. I knew I was mis-remembering something.
Lee - Dec 02, 2006 9:01:40 pm PST #4174 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita's link was wrong, and traumatic, and still kind of funny.
Allyson - Dec 02, 2006 9:04:49 pm PST #4175 of 10007
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm pretty damn symmetrical, and yet, it's not really working out for me.
I can't believe people click ita's links. I mean, she even WARNS people, and yet, I see people clicking the links.
What gives? You're all the same people who slow down to look at accidents on the opposite side of the freeway, right?
Next time traffic is at a standstill for no particular reason, I'll think to myself, Somewhere a few miles up the freeway, bon bon is clicking one of ita's links. Fucking rubbernecking link-clicking bon. She does this every morning on the 405.
Trudy Booth - Dec 02, 2006 9:05:57 pm PST #4176 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Wasn't beauty more currency for the privileged? I'd imagine, for men whose wives had to do stuff for everyone to get by, indicators of their practicality would be better currency--what is then attractive is what suits them best for the task. Childbearing hips, perhaps, or strong hands for working in the fields.
I doubt it. I don't think there are many old ballads or folk tales or poems about the guy who gets lucky and finds a nice sturdy bride. I could be wrong, but I don't know of any, "Oh, shallst I e're be worthy of her excellent threshing?"
omnis_audis - Dec 02, 2006 9:12:30 pm PST #4177 of 10007
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
tee hee hee hee.
Just ordered a bit of costuming for KT and ND's party next week. Hopefully it arrives in time. Hopefully it goes over well. 'taint much, but it's naughty.
Tee hee hee hee :)
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2006 9:47:00 pm PST #4178 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Trudy--what about certain African cultures (and Polynesian too, I think) that find fat women the prettiest. Because fat has another meaning in those societies--healthy, from wealth, and probably good childbearing stock.
Much like thin has become some indicator of leisure these days--however shortsighted and inaccurate, it's supposed to be the people with more leisure who have time to be thin. Calories are readily available, so being heavy doesn't mean anything.
I remember reading the same thing about a tan. Back in the day, tan meant your worked outdoors, pale meant you were wealthy enough for leisure. That flips around in the late 20th, where tan means you have time to hang out in the sun, and pale means you're stuck in some sweatshop/office cubicle instead.
At least that's what I recall.