Synthetic Jailbait.

November 3, 2000 7:19 AM

Synthetic Jailbait. That's what you get when you demonize attraction to sexy little 16 and 17 year old Britney wannabees. [parental advisory: explicit lyrics] [from Flutterby, which walks this beat more often than me.]
posted by baylink (12 comments total)

Geez baylink, explicit lyrics.. and um nudity?? Could have told us before I went and clicked the link at work. Argh... I'm gonna get fired over this!
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 7:53 AM on November 3, 2000

Me too! :-(
posted by ethmar at 7:53 AM on November 3, 2000

Jesus. I'm sitting in the computer lab, my back to all the other desks, my screen completely visible, and the room filled with 19-year-old women. Nice work, baylink. Try being less clever and more clear.
posted by Mo Nickels at 8:24 AM on November 3, 2000

I understood the warning baylink, plus I usually look at people's comments before exploring links here. I'll check this one out later.
There are commercials on TV now asking kids to vote for the coco puff bird for president. I think he is running against a donkey and an elephant. His campaign promise is that he will include chocolate gold coins as surprises in future cereal boxes if elected.
I remembered this at work the other day, and decided to see if they had on-line voting. I typed in cocopuffs.com as my boss entered my office. IT IS NOT A CEREAL WEBSITE. No arm done, but there could have been. Wonder how many kids have stumbled into that one.
posted by thirteen at 8:36 AM on November 3, 2000

Indeed.

My apologies; the first picture was as far as I'd scrooled before posting the link; had I seen the others, I'd have made the warning more Explicit. No Pun Intended.

If anyone needs a note to their boss, I'll be glad to write one.
posted by baylink at 1:08 PM on November 3, 2000

But, c'mon: with a slug like "Synthetic Jailbait", whatinhell did you *expect* might be there? :-)
posted by baylink at 1:09 PM on November 3, 2000

I thought "Synthetic Jailbait" was some hip new band. Okay, no I didn't - I clicked the link and had naked boobs staring at me in my cubicle just like everyone else.
posted by Hankins at 1:14 PM on November 3, 2000

You read way too much Dave Barry, Hankins. :-)

I've asked Matt to edit the warning.
posted by baylink at 1:15 PM on November 3, 2000

"naked boobs staring at me"

That could be a little...distracting.
posted by smcbride at 1:16 PM on November 3, 2000

But, c'mon: with a slug like "Synthetic Jailbait", whatinhell did you *expect* might be there? :-)

Actually, "jailbait" is one of those terms that gets thrown around casually but is never explained, in spite of being sufficiently vague to defeat intuition. It's not exactly something you can look up in a dictionary. I had no idea it had anything to do with young girls until fairly recently, when some news article used it in a context that implied that meaning.

Not to be pedantic or anything - just revealing my own level of cluelessness in the service of encouraging tolerance ;-)

-Mars
posted by Mars Saxman at 1:28 PM on November 3, 2000

Nicely put, Mars.

*Really*? I've known what 'jailbait' meant since before the concept applied to me...

PS: that paper/novel was hilarious; thanks much for sending it along...
posted by baylink at 1:59 PM on November 3, 2000

Oh, Mars, I used to have respect for you.... but now... :)
posted by daveadams at 2:06 PM on November 3, 2000