June 28, 2002

2:49 AM

I like 'em fat like that! Are fat chicks ugly? This site doesn't think so. It's a G rated attempt to turn everyone's favorite celebs into whales. There's just something about seeing Big Britney that makes me even more naseous than usual. Or contact the site and perhaps they'll enlarge your significant other for you.
posted by Happydaz (14 comments total)

Oooooh - looks like they've just been scaled sideways. Badly in most cases - also a sprinkling of "spherize" for the "rounder" parts...
posted by Spoon at 3:08 AM on June 28, 2002

Interesting site, but I think they're going for some sort of "how-many-pop-up-ads-can-we-cram-into-a-single-visit" record.
posted by RavinDave at 3:08 AM on June 28, 2002

I was hoping to wake up to a good MeFi post. Awful site and a worse post.
posted by anathema at 3:16 AM on June 28, 2002

Sounds like someone woke on the wrong side of the bed. I thought it was amusing.
posted by Frasermoo at 3:19 AM on June 28, 2002

> I think they're going for some sort of "how-many-pop-
> up-ads-can-we-cram-into-a-single-visit" record.

I just opened it while running the free version of Pop-Up Stopper and got no pop-up ads.

(Not a paid testimonial.)
posted by pracowity at 3:32 AM on June 28, 2002

I like how he applies the watercolor filter when things start getting sloppy. He should cap 'em off with a nice lens flare.
posted by davebush at 3:51 AM on June 28, 2002

Hmmm, the "big Britney" is intriguing...

I wonder, if we had the same technology in the early 70's, before "big Elvis", we coulda changed da world....
posted by jkaczor at 4:53 AM on June 28, 2002

I wonder if this thread will stay civil...
posted by Stuart_R at 5:21 AM on June 28, 2002

I was hoping to wake up to a good MeFi post. Awful site and a worse post.

I was hoping to see some really bad and pointless comments. Thanks for lowering the bar.
posted by wackybrit at 6:24 AM on June 28, 2002

Thanks for lowering the bar.
Lowering the bar? A FPP with the elegant wording "are fat chicks ugly? has good company on the recent Metafilter, after the "sperm is good for you" enlightened discussion and the genital piercing thread
Welcome to MetaFark
posted by matteo at 6:42 AM on June 28, 2002

It's hard to imagine the bar being lowered much more than this post already has.

Never mind. I am sure it can be lowered much, much more.
posted by adampsyche at 7:14 AM on June 28, 2002

I've emailed wackybrit for clarification. I don't always expound and explain my reasoning on MeFi mainly due to time constraints. I just didn't find the site funny at all and I thought the "fat chicks" comment on the front page was just plain stupid. I am not a knee jerk anything (except maybe my possible overreaction to the Butterfly Kisses fiasco), I thought the post itself lowered the bar. I just expect more, even on a Friday, from Mefites.
posted by anathema at 7:17 AM on June 28, 2002

Did we learn nothing from Spinal Tap?

"Talk about mudflaps/My girl's got 'em"
posted by ColdChef at 7:23 AM on June 28, 2002

As I directly replied to anathema:

It was a tongue-in-cheek reponse to highlight my opinion that if you don't like what's on a site, then do something to increase the signal/noise ratio rather than whining about it. Posts that some people like, others will hate, and vice versa, and moaning about posts you don't like achieves nothing. Post something that you find interesting, and we can enjoy that instead.
posted by wackybrit at 8:21 AM on June 28, 2002