29 May 07
Originally posted by PBE6Well, yeah sure, it's always been important, but don't you think society has become more obsessed with youth and beauty in maybe the last 100 years? I think so. Then again, I wasn't around back then, so I wouldn't really know. From what I've read though, older people had significantly more status back then.
I have serious doubts that the bulk of the population counteracts their fear of dying by getting tummy tucks. I also don't believe people have been tricked by the media into applying makeup. People want to appear attractive to other people, it's as simple as that. Commercials present products in the most favourable light possible so you'll buy them. If they ...[text shortened]... mething we invented after television. Beauty has been around since people started mating.
29 May 07
Originally posted by rbmorrisCosmetics were invented by the ancient Egyptians, before the time of Christ. In the Old Testament, you can read stories of King David playing voyeur with the comely Bathsheba. Time and memorial, dude.
Well, yeah sure, it's always been important, but don't you think society has become more obsessed with youth and beauty in maybe the last 100 years? I think so. Then again, I wasn't around back then, so I wouldn't really know. From what I've read though, older people had significantly more status back then.
29 May 07
Originally posted by darvlayDifference between then and now? Back then cosmetics were largely the purvey of the elite in the society. The common person wasn't engaged in that practice until more modern times.
Cosmetics were invented by the ancient Egyptians, before the time of Christ. In the Old Testament, you can read stories of King David playing voyeur with the comely Bathsheba. Time and memorial, dude.
29 May 07
Originally posted by uzlessMakeup and perfumes were used all over the ancient world, by the rich and poor, to increase attractiveness, advertise status, and celebrate rituals:
Difference between then and now? Back then cosmetics were largely the purvey of the elite in the society. The common person wasn't engaged in that practice until more modern times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cosmetics
30 May 07
Originally posted by darvlay'Time and memorial'? I think the phrase is 'time immemorial'...as in a time before anyone can remember.
Cosmetics were invented by the ancient Egyptians, before the time of Christ. In the Old Testament, you can read stories of King David playing voyeur with the comely Bathsheba. Time and memorial, dude.
30 May 07
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Originally posted by PBE6so we're back to the need of hitting the general labia area, even though indirectly, by competing with makeup, clothes & whatnot. every woman will go to great lengths to increase the probability of them getting nailed, as will the men to be the one doing the nailing. we'll even use anything new the society can provide to get the competitive edge. stupid semi-mohawks (the becks kind), big hair, 'this season's colors', nose jobs, fake tits, labia reductions. trends, which don't really have anything to do with reality. they're just manufactured needs/advantages to provide more ammo for the sexual race.
...People want to appear attractive to other people, it's as simple as that. Commercials present products in the most favourable light possible so you'll buy them. If they don't have the intended effect (making you more physically attractive to the opposite sex, increasing your status relative to your competition, providing pleasure, providing self-confidence, etc...), you'll quickly stop buying them and move on to something else.
so, there will be gun dealers of course, who themselves are trying to get the same advantage as everyone else. providing for manufactured needs is just another manufactured need. the concept of 'successive career'. which will greatly increase the probability of getting sex, of course.
the funny thing is, none of this rat race matters. if all these manufactured things were taken away, there would still be just as much nailing done. flabby labia or not. the only difference is between people cutting themselves, feeling bad about the way they were born.
I wonder if the amish and such have more appreciation for what they were born like? I'm sure there's just as much sex, maybe even more because of the repressed sexuality. at least I once saw a genetics study on a finnish religious community, and there was just as much 'cross-pollination' as in the 'wordly' population. so how do the amish compete? who can spill out the most bible quotes gets the most booty behind the newly raised barn?
30 May 07
Originally posted by wormwoodI agree with your first paragraph, and the beginning of the second one. The only thing I disagree with is the word "manufactured", it makes it sound like the public has been brainwashed. The ammo must exploit some useful human emotion, otherwise if you got enough cool people getting their legs hacked off, you could start an amputee trend.
so we're back to the need of hitting the general labia area, even though indirectly, by competing with makeup, clothes & whatnot. every woman will go to great lengths to increase the probability of them getting nailed, as will the men to be the one doing the nailing. we'll even use anything new the society can provide to get the competitive edge. stu ...[text shortened]... spill out the most bible quotes gets the most booty behind the newly raised barn?
Oh, and I agree that if we all dropped the ammo at once we could exit the rat race, but people who drop the ammo before everyone else just put themselves at disadvantage, becoming the unlucky "before" user shots for the products in question. If you're the only one in a Mexican standoff without any bullets, you're in trouble.
Bible quotes? Lest ye forget Ezekiel 7:2: "And I say verily unto you, let the Amish bang in the freaky manner to which they are accustomed, for their beards are long and their women cocooned in cloth. In their banging there is much giggling and shame, and their wooden dildos are built with the proscribed number of cubits and dove-tail joints. Praise be to the Lord."