Alternate Celebreality
August 3, 2007 7:41 AM Subscribe
In a recent interview, Dita Von Teese discussed the time, effort, and manpower necessary to turn a regular person into a celebrity. Luckily, Planet Hiltron is here to undo all that work through the magic of Photoshop. Hiltron imagines an alternate world in which Pamela Anderson is just Pam from accounting, Anna Wintour lounges around in a terrycloth romper, and Nicole Kidman has all the Australian beauty of an Outback Steakhouse. Luckily, they always have their education to fall back on.
The Anna Wintour and Ann Coulter are beyond perfect. (I have to admit when I saw the Lindsay and Ma Lohan pictue on the front page, I thought it was an untouched photo. Kudos.)
posted by piratebowling at 7:49 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by piratebowling at 7:49 AM on August 3, 2007
I found Ann Coulter a bit silly, but Wintour was hilarious.
posted by delmoi at 7:57 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by delmoi at 7:57 AM on August 3, 2007
Alternative universe Lindsay for the win.
posted by darkripper at 7:59 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by darkripper at 7:59 AM on August 3, 2007
Dont miss: Angelina's happy dance, Paris's revolutionary pose, Gwyneth's yearbook photo, the effects of Johnny's fast living, the Olsen's awkward years, and everything Ashlee.
posted by hermitosis at 8:08 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by hermitosis at 8:08 AM on August 3, 2007
Awesome!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:09 AM on August 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:09 AM on August 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
Not to be a party-pooper, but the "chunky" thing? So tired.
posted by Nabubrush at 8:23 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by Nabubrush at 8:23 AM on August 3, 2007
this has made me rethink my views on god, intelligent design, genes, evolution, and Kant...thanks
posted by Postroad at 8:25 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by Postroad at 8:25 AM on August 3, 2007
I don't think the "chunky" think is offensive. This is what regular people look like. On the chunk-spectrum, most of the Hiltron photographs hit square in the middle, with exceptions on either side.
This is what people who don't work out two hours a day, six days a week, and who don't have a nutritionist, plastic surgeon, makeup artist, and personal trainer often look like. There are some examples that are more mean-spirited than others, but ultimately it seems harmless to me.
posted by Julia F***ing Sugarbaker at 8:30 AM on August 3, 2007 [3 favorites]
This is what people who don't work out two hours a day, six days a week, and who don't have a nutritionist, plastic surgeon, makeup artist, and personal trainer often look like. There are some examples that are more mean-spirited than others, but ultimately it seems harmless to me.
posted by Julia F***ing Sugarbaker at 8:30 AM on August 3, 2007 [3 favorites]
God Damn this site takes a long time to load. Took me 10 minutes to get the entire first page. Now most of the single-picture links are hanging or unresponsive. Too much traffic?
posted by ChestnutMonkey at 8:44 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by ChestnutMonkey at 8:44 AM on August 3, 2007
Must be too much traffic, it was loading fine earlier. Thanks for breaking Planet Hiltron, y'all.
posted by piratebowling at 8:50 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by piratebowling at 8:50 AM on August 3, 2007
must be the traffic--I'm hanging & waiting too. I guess it's nature's way of telling me something's wrong.
posted by beelzbubba at 8:58 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by beelzbubba at 8:58 AM on August 3, 2007
The education link is neat. I found Stephen Fry's honorary doctorate from Anglia Ruskin university especially funny. The university is based in Cambridge, so tends to be considered the poorer relation. Fry went to the University of Cambridge, and is an honorary fellow there.
posted by djgh at 9:06 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by djgh at 9:06 AM on August 3, 2007
Busted.
posted by hermitosis at 9:07 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by hermitosis at 9:07 AM on August 3, 2007
I don't think the "chunky" think is offensive. This is what regular people look like. On the chunk-spectrum, most of the Hiltron photographs hit square in the middle, with exceptions on either side.
What I meant by the chunky thing was that many of the pictures were self-flagged as "chunky", but as you say, that is what regular people look like. I have no problem with pictures of people who don't have a BMI of 12. I think they're refreshingly realistic, actually. I guess my point is that I thought maybe some of those pictures should have been tagged "normal" or "regular".
posted by Nabubrush at 9:15 AM on August 3, 2007
What I meant by the chunky thing was that many of the pictures were self-flagged as "chunky", but as you say, that is what regular people look like. I have no problem with pictures of people who don't have a BMI of 12. I think they're refreshingly realistic, actually. I guess my point is that I thought maybe some of those pictures should have been tagged "normal" or "regular".
posted by Nabubrush at 9:15 AM on August 3, 2007
Oh man. Dave and Vicky Beckham. Excuse me, I think I need to go change my coffee-stained blouse.
posted by katillathehun at 9:16 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by katillathehun at 9:16 AM on August 3, 2007
Is this something I would have to obsessively read, and pretend to be disgusted by, People to understand?
posted by DU at 9:25 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by DU at 9:25 AM on August 3, 2007
Yes. Welcome home, DU.
posted by hermitosis at 9:33 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by hermitosis at 9:33 AM on August 3, 2007
- Ann Coulter isn't even photoshopped, is she? How sad that the one person who might benefit from the photoshopping of
10203040 extra pounds is the one they leave basically untouched... - I hate to admit it, but Kendra Wilkinsen apparently can't be badly photoshopped: even with the chunky and wrinkles added, that neoteny attractiveness is still there. And I think even at 300 pounds, Johnny Depp would still get plenty of tail...
Pictures of famous people on MeFi? Better not tell cortex.
posted by stinkycheese at 9:48 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by stinkycheese at 9:48 AM on August 3, 2007
I had to look up Anna Wintour on Wikipedia as I'd never heard of her and she looks better in the photo shopped picture.
posted by octothorpe at 9:55 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by octothorpe at 9:55 AM on August 3, 2007
I'm all for flagging chunky people as chunky. Just because the average American (and, tailing closely Brit, Australian etc) is now chunky doesn't mean chunkiness is OK. Almost every chunkster got that way by eating too many chunky products and exercising too little, something that's real easy to remedy.
By stigmatising chunkiness, we help the chunky lose chunks. It's your basic tough love. With chunks.
posted by rhymer at 10:12 AM on August 3, 2007
By stigmatising chunkiness, we help the chunky lose chunks. It's your basic tough love. With chunks.
posted by rhymer at 10:12 AM on August 3, 2007
By stigmatising chunkiness, we help the chunky lose chunks. It's your basic tough love. With chunks.
Here we go.
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posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:17 AM on August 3, 2007 [3 favorites]
Here we go.
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posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:17 AM on August 3, 2007 [3 favorites]
I'm all for flagging chunky people as chunky. Just because the average American (and, tailing closely Brit, Australian etc) is now chunky doesn't mean chunkiness is OK. Almost every chunkster got that way by eating too many chunky products and exercising too little, something that's real easy to remedy.
Ok, obviously you're being facetious here, and in addition to that addressing this is something that's basically tilting at windmills and likely to turn this into a shit-flinging fest. While I'm all for flinging shit, it's inconvenient for me right now to engage in it. However, I think if we're going to flag normal and large folks as chunky, maybe we ought to flag undernourished folks as, I don't know, Auschwitzers?
posted by Nabubrush at 10:21 AM on August 3, 2007
Ok, obviously you're being facetious here, and in addition to that addressing this is something that's basically tilting at windmills and likely to turn this into a shit-flinging fest. While I'm all for flinging shit, it's inconvenient for me right now to engage in it. However, I think if we're going to flag normal and large folks as chunky, maybe we ought to flag undernourished folks as, I don't know, Auschwitzers?
posted by Nabubrush at 10:21 AM on August 3, 2007
"Chunky" is a pretty non-offensive term, and probably not worth people getting steamed about. In this case, it refers to pictures in which the original subject has been remade to appear overweight. Chunky, chubby, overweight, plus-size. It's all about the same, isn't it? If they were tagged "Lard-Ass" or "Hamhock" or "Help, I can't stop eating!" then I would say that's unnecessarily insensitive.
Look at Nicole Kidman's new head. Without adding any value-judgments, If that's not a chunky head, I don't know what is.
posted by Julia F***ing Sugarbaker at 10:27 AM on August 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
Look at Nicole Kidman's new head. Without adding any value-judgments, If that's not a chunky head, I don't know what is.
posted by Julia F***ing Sugarbaker at 10:27 AM on August 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
Load, website, load!
I'm all for flagging chunky people as chunky. Just because the average American (and, tailing closely Brit, Australian etc) is now chunky doesn't mean chunkiness is OK. Almost every chunkster got that way by eating too many chunky products and exercising too little, something that's real easy to remedy.
By stigmatising chunkiness, we help the chunky lose chunks. It's your basic tough love. With chunks.
YES! Shaming people is a GREAT way to get them to cease behavior society isn't wild about. It has worked so very well for:
*Gay people
*Teenage boys who like to masturbate
*Men who like porn
*Men who visit prostitutes
*Women who are prostitutes
*Drug users
*Alcoholics
*Vegans and/or meateaters
You could really be on to something here!
posted by thehmsbeagle at 10:31 AM on August 3, 2007 [4 favorites]
I'm all for flagging chunky people as chunky. Just because the average American (and, tailing closely Brit, Australian etc) is now chunky doesn't mean chunkiness is OK. Almost every chunkster got that way by eating too many chunky products and exercising too little, something that's real easy to remedy.
By stigmatising chunkiness, we help the chunky lose chunks. It's your basic tough love. With chunks.
YES! Shaming people is a GREAT way to get them to cease behavior society isn't wild about. It has worked so very well for:
*Gay people
*Teenage boys who like to masturbate
*Men who like porn
*Men who visit prostitutes
*Women who are prostitutes
*Drug users
*Alcoholics
*Vegans and/or meateaters
You could really be on to something here!
posted by thehmsbeagle at 10:31 AM on August 3, 2007 [4 favorites]
It's kind of amazing that a haircut can make such a difference. I mean, people can gain or lose a little weight and still pretty much look like themselves, but give someone the haircut of the homogeneous suburban American, and that's exactly what they become.
posted by oneirodynia at 10:45 AM on August 3, 2007
posted by oneirodynia at 10:45 AM on August 3, 2007
YES! Shaming people is a GREAT way to get them to cease behavior society isn't wild about. It has worked so very well for...
You forgot:
*Leaders who use unnecessary force instead of diplomacy
posted by voltairemodern at 11:11 AM on August 3, 2007
You forgot:
*Leaders who use unnecessary force instead of diplomacy
posted by voltairemodern at 11:11 AM on August 3, 2007
Dita Von Teese is awsome.
I can't get Planet Hiltron to load.
Therefore, Dita Von Teese is more awsome than anything on Planet Hiltron.
posted by yohko at 12:12 PM on August 3, 2007
I can't get Planet Hiltron to load.
Therefore, Dita Von Teese is more awsome than anything on Planet Hiltron.
posted by yohko at 12:12 PM on August 3, 2007
Oh good a LOLFATTIEZ and a LOLVEGANZ thread all in two days!! sweet! carry on.
posted by spicynuts at 12:21 PM on August 3, 2007
posted by spicynuts at 12:21 PM on August 3, 2007
You could really be on to something here!
Don't be so bloody ridiculous.
What I'm saying is that being fat should not be construed as normal because it isn't a normal state for humans to be in. It shortens your lifespan. It makes you miserable. And it makes you smell of milk in hot weather.
It's also nothing like being gay. It's actually far more akin to smoking - that is, a choice, and a bad one. Through an effort of will (and one that is arguably easier than quitting smoking) you too can be thinner. Of course we should help people lose weight. But what we shouldn't do is pretend that weighing 280lb is "normal" or "regular."
The head of the the British Medical Association recently spoke out on this. He had a point. In the meantime, please feel free to tell me widespread obesity, which has only become a big deal since about 1970 is unrelated to driving absolutely everywhere and consuming family sized KFC buckets by yourself.
posted by rhymer at 12:36 PM on August 3, 2007 [3 favorites]
Don't be so bloody ridiculous.
What I'm saying is that being fat should not be construed as normal because it isn't a normal state for humans to be in. It shortens your lifespan. It makes you miserable. And it makes you smell of milk in hot weather.
It's also nothing like being gay. It's actually far more akin to smoking - that is, a choice, and a bad one. Through an effort of will (and one that is arguably easier than quitting smoking) you too can be thinner. Of course we should help people lose weight. But what we shouldn't do is pretend that weighing 280lb is "normal" or "regular."
The head of the the British Medical Association recently spoke out on this. He had a point. In the meantime, please feel free to tell me widespread obesity, which has only become a big deal since about 1970 is unrelated to driving absolutely everywhere and consuming family sized KFC buckets by yourself.
posted by rhymer at 12:36 PM on August 3, 2007 [3 favorites]
Dita Von Teese is awsome.
I can't get Planet Hiltron to load.
Therefore, Dita Von Teese is more awsome than anything on Planet Hiltron.
This much alone is true. I have a full on chubby for Dita - or is that a misuse of chubby?
posted by longbaugh at 1:01 PM on August 3, 2007
I can't get Planet Hiltron to load.
Therefore, Dita Von Teese is more awsome than anything on Planet Hiltron.
This much alone is true. I have a full on chubby for Dita - or is that a misuse of chubby?
posted by longbaugh at 1:01 PM on August 3, 2007
On a more frivolous note, I'm sure there's a joke in here somewhere about blowing chunks.
posted by rhymer at 1:13 PM on August 3, 2007
posted by rhymer at 1:13 PM on August 3, 2007
consuming family sized KFC buckets by yourselfYou say that like it's a bad thing.
posted by scrump at 1:43 PM on August 3, 2007 [1 favorite]
...only if you drive to get them. You should jog or cycle. That way you're allowed to drink the delicious grease at the end.
posted by rhymer at 2:05 PM on August 3, 2007
posted by rhymer at 2:05 PM on August 3, 2007
OMG, guys, there's more gold in the Visitors Gallery!!!
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 2:54 PM on August 3, 2007
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 2:54 PM on August 3, 2007
I have a wonderful picture of Dita and my girlfriend together, from an event we were at. It's very nice. They are two lovely women.
I just wanted to say that and grin from ear to ear. :D
posted by zoogleplex at 4:58 PM on August 3, 2007
I just wanted to say that and grin from ear to ear. :D
posted by zoogleplex at 4:58 PM on August 3, 2007
And I think even at 300 pounds, Johnny Depp would still get plenty of tail...
Lobster tail, maybe. Without the millions in the bank, he wouldn't though.
posted by jonmc at 5:21 PM on August 3, 2007
Lobster tail, maybe. Without the millions in the bank, he wouldn't though.
posted by jonmc at 5:21 PM on August 3, 2007
What I'm saying is that being fat should not be construed as normal because it isn't a normal state for humans to be in. It shortens your lifespan. It makes you miserable. And it makes you smell of milk in hot weather.
It's also nothing like being gay. It's actually far more akin to smoking - that is, a choice, and a bad one.
posted by rhymer at 12:36 PM on August 3
Thanks, Doc.
posted by Nabubrush at 8:15 PM on August 3, 2007
It's also nothing like being gay. It's actually far more akin to smoking - that is, a choice, and a bad one.
posted by rhymer at 12:36 PM on August 3
Thanks, Doc.
posted by Nabubrush at 8:15 PM on August 3, 2007
What I'm saying is that being fat should not be construed as normal because it isn't a normal state for humans to be in. It shortens your lifespan. It makes you miserable. And it makes you smell of milk in hot weather.
It's also nothing like being gay. It's actually far more akin to smoking - that is, a choice, and a bad one.
More importantly, it makes women less attractive to random men they don't know, and since that's women's only real reason for existence they really should be shot on sight if they don't hold up their end of the bargain, amirite? (Although we'll use the health thing to blame them, let's face it: it's all about being sexy enough to please random men.)
After all, we don't poke fun at fat people, only and always at fat women. Fat men still deserve respect because they're real human beings, having penises and all. We poke fun at fat women, and fat women ONLY, because women's only reason for existence is to be decorative. How dare they let us down by not living their lives the wayraging nerds the medical community tells them to?
posted by watsondog at 12:37 AM on August 4, 2007
It's also nothing like being gay. It's actually far more akin to smoking - that is, a choice, and a bad one.
More importantly, it makes women less attractive to random men they don't know, and since that's women's only real reason for existence they really should be shot on sight if they don't hold up their end of the bargain, amirite? (Although we'll use the health thing to blame them, let's face it: it's all about being sexy enough to please random men.)
After all, we don't poke fun at fat people, only and always at fat women. Fat men still deserve respect because they're real human beings, having penises and all. We poke fun at fat women, and fat women ONLY, because women's only reason for existence is to be decorative. How dare they let us down by not living their lives the way
posted by watsondog at 12:37 AM on August 4, 2007
After all, we don't poke fun at fat people, only and always at fat women.
Ahem, my desire to tell chunky folk that they're not regular
is entirely uncoloured by gender. I might be chunkist, but I'm not sexist.
Seriously, though, as I say, I'm all for helping the chunksters to de-chunk whether it be encouraging workplace gyms or limiting the number of twinkies you can buy in 24 hrs. But what I won't do is collude with them in pretending they don't have a problem.
You don't need to be a doctor to know that eating less and exercising more will work in 99% of cases. It's a simple solution. The problem is it's not an easy one.
posted by rhymer at 2:04 AM on August 4, 2007
Ahem, my desire to tell chunky folk that they're not regular
is entirely uncoloured by gender. I might be chunkist, but I'm not sexist.
Seriously, though, as I say, I'm all for helping the chunksters to de-chunk whether it be encouraging workplace gyms or limiting the number of twinkies you can buy in 24 hrs. But what I won't do is collude with them in pretending they don't have a problem.
You don't need to be a doctor to know that eating less and exercising more will work in 99% of cases. It's a simple solution. The problem is it's not an easy one.
posted by rhymer at 2:04 AM on August 4, 2007
After all, we don't poke fun at fat people, only and always at fat women.
Less of that "we", if you please. If anything, round my way, we have the opposite; the fat men I know get remorselessly ribbed for their state, whilst the larger ladies I know get ne'er a mention. And the ridiculing of the fat fellas gets taken down many notches in the presence of said big-boned ladies.
Of course, this is just as revealing, as it shows we don't want to comment on women's body sizes, and our silence implies that we believe their condition to be worse and a more sensitive topic to discuss - implicitly saying that they should be more embarrassed about their size.
Go figure.
posted by Luddite at 4:58 AM on August 4, 2007
Less of that "we", if you please. If anything, round my way, we have the opposite; the fat men I know get remorselessly ribbed for their state, whilst the larger ladies I know get ne'er a mention. And the ridiculing of the fat fellas gets taken down many notches in the presence of said big-boned ladies.
Of course, this is just as revealing, as it shows we don't want to comment on women's body sizes, and our silence implies that we believe their condition to be worse and a more sensitive topic to discuss - implicitly saying that they should be more embarrassed about their size.
Go figure.
posted by Luddite at 4:58 AM on August 4, 2007
You don't need to be a doctor to know that eating less and exercising more will work in 99% of cases. It's a simple solution. The problem is it's not an easy one.
posted by rhymer at 2:04 AM on August 4 [+] [!]
Actually, you don't need to be a doctor to know what you've said is a gross oversimplification, funnily enough. You need to be a doctor to diagnose the many different causes of weight gain.
Hypothyroidism. Fatty acid deficiency. Cushing's syndrome. Certain prescription drugs. Kidney, heart or liver disease. Organ enlargement or cysts. Depression. Lymphedema.
But seriously, thanks for delievering the solution for 120 million overweight Americans in a three-sentence post to MetaFilter. Maybe you can come up with a lasting peace plan for the Middle East with a witty bon mot next.
If you're going to keep on with the amateur doctoring, though, you might want to work on your bedside manner.
posted by Nabubrush at 10:01 AM on August 4, 2007
posted by rhymer at 2:04 AM on August 4 [+] [!]
Actually, you don't need to be a doctor to know what you've said is a gross oversimplification, funnily enough. You need to be a doctor to diagnose the many different causes of weight gain.
Hypothyroidism. Fatty acid deficiency. Cushing's syndrome. Certain prescription drugs. Kidney, heart or liver disease. Organ enlargement or cysts. Depression. Lymphedema.
But seriously, thanks for delievering the solution for 120 million overweight Americans in a three-sentence post to MetaFilter. Maybe you can come up with a lasting peace plan for the Middle East with a witty bon mot next.
If you're going to keep on with the amateur doctoring, though, you might want to work on your bedside manner.
posted by Nabubrush at 10:01 AM on August 4, 2007
That's the sort of defensive attitude that makes it really easy for one to curl safely up in one's fat, feeling all persecuted and shit. But it doesn't really matter because that's not the discussion that anyone else is trying to have but you.
A "fat" appearance is a distortion of the "normal" and "healthy" image of humans, and like any distortion, lends itself to being singled out for humor. Whether that distortion is a result of factors that an individual has any control over has little bearing at all. The point of this argument as it relates to the post is that individuals thought of to embody our culture's "ideal" physique have been painted into less flattering forms, and labeled "chunky". Nicole Kidman, chunky. Jennifer Lopez, chunky. I don't see this as anything but taking full advantage of celebrity images, re-imagining them however we choose for entertainment purposes. When Nicole Kidman donned a prosthetic nose to play Virginia Woolf, she was presenting an alternate-reality version of herself; she has very little control over other people's power to do the same to her, for reasons that may be more or less forgivable on artistic grounds.
The image of the fat Nicole, to continue the example, isn't funny because it's a fat or "chunky" woman. It's funny because it's a shocking manipulation of a person known for incredible thinness. And the reason this may give the illusion of being tied to gender is that in general, it is FEMALE celebrities that are forced to be known for their thinness (though hiltron produces some entertaining male fatties as well).
And while weight is an undeniable factor in a lot of these transformations, it's obvious (to me) that the artist's main criteria for selecting photos to inject celebrity features into is hair. Bad hair. Limp, puffed, drab, mousy, ratty hair. Especially considering that the bulk of the Photoshopping is done in the face area, I'd say bad hair is Hiltron's main comedic weapon, and the fatness of some of these individuals is a very handy byproduct.
Whoops-- surely someone will now come in and get all huffy thinking that I'm saying fat people have bad hair.
posted by hermitosis at 2:50 PM on August 4, 2007
A "fat" appearance is a distortion of the "normal" and "healthy" image of humans, and like any distortion, lends itself to being singled out for humor. Whether that distortion is a result of factors that an individual has any control over has little bearing at all. The point of this argument as it relates to the post is that individuals thought of to embody our culture's "ideal" physique have been painted into less flattering forms, and labeled "chunky". Nicole Kidman, chunky. Jennifer Lopez, chunky. I don't see this as anything but taking full advantage of celebrity images, re-imagining them however we choose for entertainment purposes. When Nicole Kidman donned a prosthetic nose to play Virginia Woolf, she was presenting an alternate-reality version of herself; she has very little control over other people's power to do the same to her, for reasons that may be more or less forgivable on artistic grounds.
The image of the fat Nicole, to continue the example, isn't funny because it's a fat or "chunky" woman. It's funny because it's a shocking manipulation of a person known for incredible thinness. And the reason this may give the illusion of being tied to gender is that in general, it is FEMALE celebrities that are forced to be known for their thinness (though hiltron produces some entertaining male fatties as well).
And while weight is an undeniable factor in a lot of these transformations, it's obvious (to me) that the artist's main criteria for selecting photos to inject celebrity features into is hair. Bad hair. Limp, puffed, drab, mousy, ratty hair. Especially considering that the bulk of the Photoshopping is done in the face area, I'd say bad hair is Hiltron's main comedic weapon, and the fatness of some of these individuals is a very handy byproduct.
Whoops-- surely someone will now come in and get all huffy thinking that I'm saying fat people have bad hair.
posted by hermitosis at 2:50 PM on August 4, 2007
I'd just like to mention that, as I was responding to a specific thing in someone else's post, I fail to see hoe it's possible that it's not the discussion anyone is trying to have but me. That just doesn't make sense to me. My original point (that was derailed by someone else) was that it's odd that the main tag was "chunky". It just seemed kind of lame to me. Wouldn't it be funny if Pam Anderson was fat and worked in accounting?" Well, no funnier than the fat woman who presently works in accounting, to me anyway.
In response to your post, oddly, I agree with you. I think the main tag should have been "bad hair" or something similar.
posted by Nabubrush at 10:44 AM on August 5, 2007
In response to your post, oddly, I agree with you. I think the main tag should have been "bad hair" or something similar.
posted by Nabubrush at 10:44 AM on August 5, 2007
Well if it makes you feel better, it's now officially the discussion nobody is trying to have but us :)
I think it is funny that Pam is fat and works in accounting, but really because the photo presents an entire parallel universe that gets my imagination going. That picture of Pa and Ashlee Simpson, for example, where he's giving her bunny ears-- it seems so eerily plausible, they seem so comfortable in that world, though I know that both of them would (sadly) prefer death to that version of reality.
It's that "what might have been" reaction that had me gasping. That's why the one's I found funniest (above) aren't particularly the ones that lean heavily (har) on the fat joke.
posted by hermitosis at 5:59 AM on August 6, 2007
I think it is funny that Pam is fat and works in accounting, but really because the photo presents an entire parallel universe that gets my imagination going. That picture of Pa and Ashlee Simpson, for example, where he's giving her bunny ears-- it seems so eerily plausible, they seem so comfortable in that world, though I know that both of them would (sadly) prefer death to that version of reality.
It's that "what might have been" reaction that had me gasping. That's why the one's I found funniest (above) aren't particularly the ones that lean heavily (har) on the fat joke.
posted by hermitosis at 5:59 AM on August 6, 2007
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Good Lord. I'm totally gasping with laughter here.
posted by hermitosis at 7:47 AM on August 3, 2007