Comments on: The 5-cent cure for unpopularity http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: copperwatt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1512092 copperwatt Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1512092 To be clear, I agree with you. This ad is indefensible, along with many modern ads of the same message, for precisely the reasons you give. My criticism was solely directed at commenters overcorrecting, and thinking they are doing something noble by expressing contempt for the idea that a naturally very skinny girl could be found attractive. To be clear, I agree with you. This ad is indefensible, along with many modern ads of the same message, for precisely the reasons you give. My criticism was solely directed at commenters overcorrecting, and thinking they are doing something noble by expressing contempt for the idea that a naturally very skinny girl could be found attractive.

]]> By: Ken Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511664 Ken Williams Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511664 True, but the point of this ad seems to be that if you are not very very thin, you ought to aspire to be (by eating sugar candies, which is silly but sort of beside the social point).  That's not a healthy thing. If the ad just implied that skinny girls who "just happen to look like that" were better humans than average-weight girls, I'd be with you.  But it really seems to be pushing the unhealthy notion that girls ought to try hard to get skinny. Oh, and that girls ought to work really hard for the approval of nearby boys. But yeah, I do agree that name-calling by body-type isn't nice. True, but the point of this ad seems to be that if you are not very very thin, you ought to aspire to be (by eating sugar candies, which is silly but sort of beside the social point).  That’s not a healthy thing.

If the ad just implied that skinny girls who “just happen to look like that” were better humans than average-weight girls, I’d be with you.  But it really seems to be pushing the unhealthy notion that girls ought to try hard to get skinny.

Oh, and that girls ought to work really hard for the approval of nearby boys.

But yeah, I do agree that name-calling by body-type isn’t nice.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511596 Paul Renault Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511596 Yes, cancer killed her - quoting and editing down from her Wiki page: "Doctors ... discovered abdominal cancer that had spread from her appendix , a very rare form of cancer ...[that] Having grown slowly over several years, the cancer had metastasised, not as a tumour, but as a <i>thin</i> coating over her small intestine." Yes, cancer killed her – quoting and editing down from her Wiki page:
“Doctors … discovered abdominal cancer that had spread from her appendix , a very rare form of cancer …[that] Having grown slowly over several years, the cancer had metastasised, not as a tumour, but as a thin coating over her small intestine.”

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511577 L_Mariachi Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511577 <b>Under Mac OS.</b> For aleph you’d have to go to Edit : Special Characters... and find it there. Under Mac OS.

For aleph you’d have to go to Edit : Special Characters… and find it there.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511418 Ito Kagehisa Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511418  You are the king of nonstandard characters.  You are the king of nonstandard characters.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511417 Ito Kagehisa Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511417  Well, certainly funnier!  Well, certainly funnier!

]]> By: Laurie Ross http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511362 Laurie Ross Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511362 Shirley is eating "Okies". That's kind of creepy. [edit: aw, shucks, missed the previous clevar observation.] Shirley is eating “Okies”. That’s kind of creepy.

[edit: aw, shucks, missed the previous clevar observation.]

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511212 Ito Kagehisa Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511212 I was going for funny, not hateful.   I'm actually very impressed that Ben knew how. I'd do this in one of my ssh windows: perl -e 'print chr(2135);' then cut 'n' paste.  Ben's way is less generically useful but much easier! --Ittōsai I was going for funny, not hateful.   I’m actually very impressed that Ben knew how.

I’d do this in one of my ssh windows:

perl -e ‘print chr(2135);’

then cut ‘n’ paste.  Ben’s way is less generically useful but much easier!

–Ittōsai

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511184 Quiche de Resistance Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511184 Approaching 99 problems too. Approaching 99 problems too.

]]> By: Quiche de Resistance http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511185 Quiche de Resistance Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511185 Lexi Belle for example.  25 years old, yet still a teenager.  Let's have a round of applause for this veteran! Lexi Belle for example.  25 years old, yet still a teenager.  Let’s have a round of applause for this veteran!

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1511030 TheMudshark Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1511030  I know plenty of women over 20 whose faces look just as young.  I know plenty of women over 20 whose faces look just as young.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510850 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510850 Giant heads for Hollywood celebrities, tiny bodies for European/Russian politicians.  Both for Dmitry Medvedev. Giant heads for Hollywood celebrities, tiny bodies for European/Russian politicians.  Both for Dmitry Medvedev.

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510799 rtresco Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510799 It's the subtleties that make geniuses of Mad Men. It’s the subtleties that make geniuses of Mad Men.

]]> By: Vaughn Marlowe http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510785 Vaughn Marlowe Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510785  But the white socks with penny loafers was creepy ... before it was gay.  But the white socks with penny loafers was creepy … before it was gay.

]]> By: SteveKiwi http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510774 SteveKiwi Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510774  Giant heads, or tiny bodies?  Giant heads, or tiny bodies?

]]> By: copperwatt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510759 copperwatt Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510759 Er, that last line should read: "either, both, or neither" Er, that last line should read: “either, both, or neither”

]]> By: knappa http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510663 knappa Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510663 The saddle shoes also make her look young. The saddle shoes also make her look young.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510625 pjcamp Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510625 I think we're up to 93 ways at this point. I think we’re up to 93 ways at this point.

]]> By: copperwatt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510591 copperwatt Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510591 Because all skinny girls are anorexic?  Because all skinny girls are anorexic? 

]]> By: copperwatt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510590 copperwatt Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510590 Hmm... are you maybe implying she died of cancer from all the cigarettes she used to keep herself so thin? Otherwise I am lost. Hmm… are you maybe implying she died of cancer from all the cigarettes she used to keep herself so thin? Otherwise I am lost.

]]> By: Angela Rugg http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510583 Angela Rugg Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510583  She died of cancer. Is that caused by thinness now?  She died of cancer. Is that caused by thinness now?

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510550 Daemonworks Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510550 Meanwhile, in real life, nobody's more popular than a girl with a box of cookies. Meanwhile, in real life, nobody’s more popular than a girl with a box of cookies.

]]> By: Spitty Sumo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510527 Spitty Sumo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510527 all of my THIS. cannot "like" this enough. "Can you count how many ways this Life Savers ad bb posters is are creepy?" all of my THIS.

cannot “like” this enough.

“Can you count how many ways this Life Savers ad bb posters is are creepy?”

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510528 Paul Renault Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510528 In a few minutes, using WinXP's Control Panel and bashing the keyboard: Greek: κλκξξγ0325ξ Nepali: सपिविपवख णणकम  णकमावकम Russian: длжум0уофдмлоыв Swedish: lködsflkeqwjfäsakjdf Pashto: کثقنرصثکړنشرمنثق۰۳تر۳۰هرمشنړیسب Slovak: rkljweéáj§ôlkjqwm Tatar: длодло0о0ао0йөдоңфав Uzbek Cyrillic: дўоўшосмЦУЦмпй The Hebrew KB isn't installed on my copy, 'cuz the text has to flow from right  to left - a completely different display handler is needed.  There are Hebrew versions of Windows out there. As far as Aleph, here it is:  א In a few minutes, using WinXP’s Control Panel and bashing the keyboard:

Greek: κλκξξγ0325ξ
Nepali: सपिविपवख णणकम  णकमावकम
Russian: длжум0уофдмлоыв
Swedish: lködsflkeqwjfäsakjdf
Pashto: کثقنرصثکړنشرمنثق۰۳تر۳۰هرمشنړیسب
Slovak: rkljweéáj§ôlkjqwm
Tatar: длодло0о0ао0йөдоңфав
Uzbek Cyrillic: дўоўшосмЦУЦмпй

The Hebrew KB isn’t installed on my copy, ‘cuz the text has to flow from right  to left – a completely different display handler is needed.  There are Hebrew versions of Windows out there.

As far as Aleph, here it is:  א

]]> By: copperwatt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510503 copperwatt Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510503 deleted deleted

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510498 Paul Renault Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510498  Yeah, eventually some thinness killed her.  Just goes to show ya... /Yes, very obscure.  Yeah, eventually some thinness killed her.  Just goes to show ya…

/Yes, very obscure.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510495 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510495 <blockquote>The typical head-body ratio for adult humans is 1:8.</blockquote>In Hollywood, it's 1:5.

The typical head-body ratio for adult humans is 1:8.

In Hollywood, it’s 1:5.

]]> By: bkad http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510493 bkad Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510493 Indeed, the mac way of typing accented European characters (acute and grave accents, umlauts, cedillas, etc.) is decidedly more pleasant (alt-letter + letter) than typing codes, and I really wish Windows would steal the scheme. Unfortunately aleph isn't on the list covered by this easy method.  Indeed, the mac way of typing accented European characters (acute and grave accents, umlauts, cedillas, etc.) is decidedly more pleasant (alt-letter + letter) than typing codes, and I really wish Windows would steal the scheme. Unfortunately aleph isn’t on the list covered by this easy method. 

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510478 bcsizemo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510478 What's with all the plugging and unplugging? Multiple USB keyboards FTW. What’s with all the plugging and unplugging?
Multiple USB keyboards FTW.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/16/the-5-cent-popularity-cure.html#comment-1510475 bcsizemo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176798#comment-1510475 Or a really tight corset. Or a really tight corset.

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