A lot of these are really stretching to make the point, but the ones that work are uncanny. posted by elizardbits at 10:58 AM on July 30, 2012 [4 favorites]
To be pedantic "swimwear" is a more accurate descriptor. Some of those aren't bikinis at all.
One shouldn't mix literature and bikinis. I kind of feel like my vision has been adversely affected. Soon I won't be able to see well enough to read at all. On the bright side I won't need mittens this winter. posted by cjorgensen at 11:00 AM on July 30, 2012
Odd place for a lion in any case. posted by sweetkid at 11:01 AM on July 30, 2012
Subtitle: Person seeks flimsy excuse for pouring over swimsuit pictures. posted by mrnutty at 11:01 AM on July 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
Subtitle: Person seeks flimsy excuse for pouring over swimsuit pictures.
Also, that is a really terrible bathing suit. I appreciate that sometimes the goal of a bathing suit is sometimes to draw attention to one's breasts, but the only thing I can thing looking at that is "that lion's ears are really misshapen and weird, and also why are the ears coming through whatever crack in whatever doorway it is peeking through." posted by koeselitz at 11:07 AM on July 30, 2012
only thing I can think my god what was I thinging when I typed that posted by koeselitz at 11:08 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Pfffft. Humbert Humbert would beg to disagree. posted by Forktine at 11:23 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Finally a blog I can read for the articles. posted by Tell Me No Lies at 11:26 AM on July 30, 2012
To be pedantic "swimwear" is a more accurate descriptor.
Not sure if some of these are really meant to get wet:
The bathing suit: Mare One Piece by Missoni. $534
The bathing suit: The King Panel One Piece by We Are Handsome. $340.
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The real surprise - the cheapest one:
The bikini: Abbie Polka Dot by Victoria’s Secret. Top $11.99 posted by achrise at 11:27 AM on July 30, 2012
This persuades me that my blog idea "Turds that match famous penises" is not, in fact, the result of far too much scotch, shit acid, and head-butting the wall for fifteen hours straight. posted by Decani at 11:56 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
This is better than I thought it'd be. posted by ColdChef at 12:00 PM on July 30, 2012
Now this is what the web is for. posted by telstar at 12:03 PM on July 30, 2012
At what point do we file things under "loltumblr?"
Every time I see one of these emerge, I have a hard time imagining the moment when the person who started it said "this is the thing that I do now. Guess I'll get to work on it." It's much more amusing and valid (and assuring) to me when I hear someone say "hey, wouldn't it be funny if there was a tumblr that did this," than having it actually happen.
Maybe there's an inherent hypocrisy in this Portlandia-aligned view of mine-- furthermore, maybe that hypocrisy is what makes it fun in the first place.
OTOH, maybe this is my just first honest-to-goodness "get off my lawn" moment. I'm sincerely not sure. posted by herbplarfegan at 12:06 PM on July 30, 2012
I've no idea why, but I think that lime and black monstrosity is really quite attractive. But I'm a professional geek, so my opinions on fashion are automatically void. posted by sodium lights the horizon at 12:32 PM on July 30, 2012
How odd that Imagine by Jonah Lehrer is in this list! (See next MF post.) posted by BentFranklin at 12:45 PM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Every time I see one of these emerge, I have a hard time imagining the moment when the person who started it said "this is the thing that I do now. Guess I'll get to work on it." It's much more amusing and valid (and assuring) to me when I hear someone say "hey, wouldn't it be funny if there was a tumblr that did this," than having it actually happen.
I commonly say ". (dot) tumblr (dot) com" after someone does something or if I notice something that I think is particularly interesting and yet just ripe for internet memes.
A friend of mine dropped an egg on the ground and we were commenting on how the splatter patterns made a funny face. I quickly responded ".tumblr.com". posted by Fizz at 12:45 PM on July 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
A friend of mine dropped an egg on the ground and we were commenting on how the splatter patterns made a funny face. I quickly responded ".tumblr.com".
This is the kind of thing that makes those dreary hours with stumblupon worth while. Thank you sweetkid! And +1 for the Jonah Lehrer reference. posted by sneebler at 4:34 PM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
This post was just a dirty trick to get me to go to Mod Cloth and look at retro-bathing-beauties wasn't it?
posted by elizardbits at 10:58 AM on July 30, 2012 [4 favorites]