Comments on: A long stripper pole http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1528006 marilove Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1528006 It wasn't erotic.  Sexy, yes, but not erotic.  There is a difference, you know.  Not that erotic is bad, either. I thought it was great. *shrug* It wasn’t erotic.  Sexy, yes, but not erotic.  There is a difference, you know.  Not that erotic is bad, either.

I thought it was great. *shrug*

]]> By: Ken Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1527507 Ken Williams Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1527507 It is difficult for me to imagine conceiving of this video and carrying it through to actual execution. It is difficult for me to imagine conceiving of this video and carrying it through to actual execution.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1526262 Ipo Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1526262 Really?  Although beer swilling might be a safe bet, I don't sense hatred nor dislike for women in the maker of the video.  I thought it was beautiful.  I thought the women were beautiful.  I felt the video was not foremost erotic but very much aesthetically pleasing.  Had those been lightly attired, toned and athletic men, I would have still seen the otherworldly beauty in their slow spiralling descent, although I am very much partial to the female form.  <i>... had a camera and got some strippers together ...</i> sounds misogynistic and devaluating to me.  Also, you might just be naive but you have no idea how difficult it is to get "some strippers together", or else more students would quit just fantasizing about that.   If you had looked past the ladies and paid any attention at all, you might have noticed the soap bubbles, the balloons, the birds, the thunderstorm and the satellite, putting the plane into context and altitude.  Since you didn't pay attention, why did you bother to comment? Really? 
Although beer swilling might be a safe bet, I don’t sense hatred nor dislike for women in the maker of the video. 
I thought it was beautiful. 
I thought the women were beautiful. 
I felt the video was not foremost erotic but very much aesthetically pleasing. 
Had those been lightly attired, toned and athletic men, I would have still seen the otherworldly beauty in their slow spiralling descent, although I am very much partial to the female form. 

… had a camera and got some strippers together … sounds misogynistic and devaluating to me. 
Also, you might just be naive but you have no idea how difficult it is to get “some strippers together”, or else more students would quit just fantasizing about that.  

If you had looked past the ladies and paid any attention at all, you might have noticed the soap bubbles, the balloons, the birds, the thunderstorm and the satellite, putting the plane into context and altitude. 
Since you didn’t pay attention, why did you bother to comment?

]]> By: Marya http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1526037 Marya Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1526037 Wonderful, The female body as interchangeable grommets around a space shoelace. Wonderful,
The female body as interchangeable grommets around a space shoelace.

]]> By: absimiliard http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525979 absimiliard Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525979 But . . . but . .. But I like LMFAO! -abs probably shouldn't, but his taste in music is notoriously awful amongst his friends and, frankly my dear, LMFAO makes songs that are awesome to drum to But . . . but . .. But I like LMFAO!

-abs probably shouldn’t, but his taste in music is notoriously awful amongst his friends and, frankly my dear, LMFAO makes songs that are awesome to drum to

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525976 Florian Bösch Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525976 Och, the new bond doesn't fuck anything female that doesn't flee fast enough, unlike Pierce Brosnan or Roger Moore. Och, the new bond doesn’t fuck anything female that doesn’t flee fast enough, unlike Pierce Brosnan or Roger Moore.

]]> By: lev36 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525973 lev36 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525973 Regardless of the difficulties involved, I think it's obvious that this is the design we'll have to use for the space elevator. To be fair, we should alternate male and female strippers, of course, but the essential idea is good science. Regardless of the difficulties involved, I think it’s obvious that this is the design we’ll have to use for the space elevator. To be fair, we should alternate male and female strippers, of course, but the essential idea is good science.

]]> By: Bevatron Repairman http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525948 Bevatron Repairman Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525948 Mostly, it doesn't have a governing body that can be corrupted by the IOC. Mostly, it doesn’t have a governing body that can be corrupted by the IOC.

]]> By: therealkuri http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525933 therealkuri Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525933 I'm going to try to engage from my standpoint as a student pole dancer who has never stripped (and, being in my thirties, I'm way too old to start now anyway regardless of fitness). When I see pole fitness competitions (I'm thinking of Pole Art and the like), and even looking at the instructors at my studio perform there are awesome combos and technically very difficult strength moves involved in every routine. It awes me. I've gone to the local strip club in my city and while one or two of the dancers did some neat tricks in between and before stripping off, the majority didn't do anything more difficult than a helicopter or basic inversion. And really, that's not what gets guys to through twoonies or loonies into their rolled up poster after the dance, nor is what encourages them to drop a wad of cash on a lapdance afterwards. (I'm saying that strippers in a local club is fair comparison to Pole Art, but local strippers vs. local pole dance instructors is a fair comparison.) This video was a little boring (the endless pole gimmick pretty much erases any need of choreography because the camera just moves up when the trick is finished) but to say that pole fitness is "boring" just because it takes the dance out of a purely erotic mode is not true at all. It broadens it beyond that, tying together many elements of other dance and gymnastics. I highly doubt that anyone who watches <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4gs7_O-KzY" rel="nofollow">Natasha Wang's Pole Art performance</a> would call it either "boring" or "empty of eroticism", but it is technically amazing and artistically a lot more interesting than the cliched strip club routine. I’m going to try to engage from my standpoint as a student pole dancer who has never stripped (and, being in my thirties, I’m way too old to start now anyway regardless of fitness). When I see pole fitness competitions (I’m thinking of Pole Art and the like), and even looking at the instructors at my studio perform there are awesome combos and technically very difficult strength moves involved in every routine. It awes me.

I’ve gone to the local strip club in my city and while one or two of the dancers did some neat tricks in between and before stripping off, the majority didn’t do anything more difficult than a helicopter or basic inversion. And really, that’s not what gets guys to through twoonies or loonies into their rolled up poster after the dance, nor is what encourages them to drop a wad of cash on a lapdance afterwards. (I’m saying that strippers in a local club is fair comparison to Pole Art, but local strippers vs. local pole dance instructors is a fair comparison.)

This video was a little boring (the endless pole gimmick pretty much erases any need of choreography because the camera just moves up when the trick is finished) but to say that pole fitness is “boring” just because it takes the dance out of a purely erotic mode is not true at all. It broadens it beyond that, tying together many elements of other dance and gymnastics. I highly doubt that anyone who watches Natasha Wang’s Pole Art performance would call it either “boring” or “empty of eroticism”, but it is technically amazing and artistically a lot more interesting than the cliched strip club routine.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525928 Nathan Hornby Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525928 Ideally I wouldn't even be on a website! Ideally I wouldn’t even be on a website!

]]> By: Visceral Vixen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525925 Visceral Vixen Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525925 LOL the comments here from guys who act like they've never seen a woman in their lives makes me think some of them are the same desperate dudes from STEM fields who come into my work and get fleeced of all their weekly pay in half an hour.  :p  LOL the comments here from guys who act like they’ve never seen a woman in their lives makes me think some of them are the same desperate dudes from STEM fields who come into my work and get fleeced of all their weekly pay in half an hour.  :p 

]]> By: Visceral Vixen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525923 Visceral Vixen Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525923 What, because we filthy strippers don't deserve it?  What, because we filthy strippers don’t deserve it? 

]]> By: Visceral Vixen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525922 Visceral Vixen Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525922 If you want more of this than I hate to tell you, but you just might be on the wrong website.  If you want more of this than I hate to tell you, but you just might be on the wrong website. 

]]> By: Mantissa128 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525906 Mantissa128 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525906 In case anyone doesn't know this already, you can make a .gif your desktop background and it will animate! Whether you will get any work done with your infinite stripper pole in the background is another matter. In case anyone doesn’t know this already, you can make a .gif your desktop background and it will animate!

Whether you will get any work done with your infinite stripper pole in the background is another matter.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525883 euansmith Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525883  I think there may have been a double meaning in a few of the things she said... or am I just being lewd?  I think there may have been a double meaning in a few of the things she said… or am I just being lewd?

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525882 euansmith Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525882 Is this the title sequence to the new James Bond film? Is this the title sequence to the new James Bond film?

]]> By: Florian Bösch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525879 Florian Bösch Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525879 Somehow I thought a space elevator would look different. But alright, I don't have objections against this design. Can we make stripper poles out of carbon nanofibres? Also, using strippers as crawlers, how're we gonna solve the insufficiency of carbon oxydation as a fuel source to power the crawler up the pole for 30'000km? Somehow I thought a space elevator would look different. But alright, I don’t have objections against this design. Can we make stripper poles out of carbon nanofibres? Also, using strippers as crawlers, how’re we gonna solve the insufficiency of carbon oxydation as a fuel source to power the crawler up the pole for 30’000km?

]]> By: Ray Perkins http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525867 Ray Perkins Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525867 Where did the volume control go? Maybe what videos need is a button to switch to an alternate music score; for us old farts. Where did the volume control go? Maybe what videos need is a button to switch to an alternate music score; for us old farts.

]]> By: Bill http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525842 Bill Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525842 It needs Joe Manganiello.  It needs Joe Manganiello. 

]]> By: Andrew Kay http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525840 Andrew Kay Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525840  I think he's explaining that it's respectful to not incorrectly label people  I think he’s explaining that it’s respectful to not incorrectly label people

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525839 Ipo Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525839  Bob Staake, I think that was money well spent.   Bob Staake, I think that was money well spent. 

]]> By: mequals http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525825 mequals Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525825  How about animated gifs? http://i.imgur.com/EEVZk.gif http://i.imgur.com/2xadO.gif  How about animated gifs?

http://i.imgur.com/EEVZk.gif
http://i.imgur.com/2xadO.gif

]]> By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525796 Amelia_G Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525796 Like the pool number in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." But better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBuFNpikHs Like the pool number in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” But better!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBuFNpikHs

]]> By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525789 Amelia_G Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525789 That was gorgeous. Now something equivalent of the mens, please! Not fly fishing. Australian penis puppetry is interesting but not pretty enough. That was gorgeous. Now something equivalent of the mens, please! Not fly fishing. Australian penis puppetry is interesting but not pretty enough.

]]> By: autark http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525776 autark Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525776 I want to see the Borgore version of this. I want to see the Borgore version of this.

]]> By: christabd http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525769 christabd Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525769  Are you implying that more respect is due to professional pole dancers than to professional strippers? Strippers have to work just as hard to learn these moves and frankly they invented most of them. Pole dancing is an amalgamation of a lot of different gymnastic and dance disciplines but the modern practice is still rooted in erotic performance. Not all professional pole dancers may have worked as strippers, but they're borrowing heavily from them. If you watch the "pole aerobics" competitions they're empty of any eroticism and are typically boring as hell to anyone who pole dances.  Are you implying that more respect is due to professional pole dancers than to professional strippers? Strippers have to work just as hard to learn these moves and frankly they invented most of them. Pole dancing is an amalgamation of a lot of different gymnastic and dance disciplines but the modern practice is still rooted in erotic performance. Not all professional pole dancers may have worked as strippers, but they’re borrowing heavily from them.
If you watch the “pole aerobics” competitions they’re empty of any eroticism and are typically boring as hell to anyone who pole dances.

]]> By: LaylaSV http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525766 LaylaSV Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525766  ;)  ;)

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525756 cstatman Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525756 Bob Staake,   your wonderful books inspire my son (Donut Chef being a current favorite in reading rotation,  along with Look a Book, and ReD Lemon)    So it is fitting,  your books inspire my son,  and your son inspires me!  :P     if he is spending time with these young ladies?  directing them?   I say?   WIN!   you sent this to BB for bragging rights!!!   :P :P :P Bob Staake,   your wonderful books inspire my son (Donut Chef being a current favorite in reading rotation,  along with Look a Book, and ReD Lemon)    So it is fitting,  your books inspire my son,  and your son inspires me!  :P     if he is spending time with these young ladies?  directing them?   I say?   WIN!   you sent this to BB for bragging rights!!!   :P :P :P

]]> By: pickledbeatnik http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525751 pickledbeatnik Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525751 Ugh. It's got production value, except for the part where the plane flies in (I don't know why it's there?) but I seriously just watched part of a misogynistic idiot's student film. It's like a beer-swilling asshole had a camera and got some strippers together and dicked around in After Effects one weekend.  Ugh. It’s got production value, except for the part where the plane flies in (I don’t know why it’s there?) but I seriously just watched part of a misogynistic idiot’s student film. It’s like a beer-swilling asshole had a camera and got some strippers together and dicked around in After Effects one weekend. 

]]> By: alex4point0 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/a-long-stripper-pole.html#comment-1525710 alex4point0 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=179607#comment-1525710 Suddenly the Whitehouse approves funding for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator, but nobody knows why. Suddenly the Whitehouse approves funding for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator, but nobody knows why.

]]>