My First Stripper Pole

Wed, 2009-09-02 13:40

N.Beltov

Now there's a shining example of bourgeois civilization. Yes, let's continue in this market idolatry because that's the foundation of a good society. Gah.

Wed, 2009-09-02 14:01

#3

Polly B

Unbelievable...

But this comment at the link made me laugh.

"Well, now I know where all the $1 bills from the Monopoly game went."

Wed, 2009-09-02 14:17

#4

Maysie

Holy fuck.

Wed, 2009-09-02 15:19

#5

radiorahim radiorahim's picture

The photo is kind of fuzzy and looks like it was taken with a cellphone camera.

Did a quickie Google and this seems to be the only photo around the net...couldn't find anything that looked like an "original" reference. So hard to tell whether it's "real" or a prank.

In any case, what's a whole lot worse are the "pole dancers" who seem to hog the poles on crowded Toronto subway trains at rush hour :D

Wed, 2009-09-02 15:33

#6

Maysie

I think they are pole-hoggers, radiorahim. Never seen any dancing, not enough room!

Wed, 2009-09-02 15:43

#7

radiorahim radiorahim's picture

You might be right...or maybe it's a new kind of "obnoxious PDA"..."pole hugging"

Wed, 2009-09-02 15:44

#8

Maysie

Euwwwwwww.

Wed, 2009-09-02 16:44

#9

Tommy_Paine

Ye see, this is the stuff I've been talking about.

And you know, I thought Bratz dolls in fetish gear was the bottom of the barrel. Then, I caught "Toddlers and Tiara's" advertized on "Da Larnin' Chanel"

Now this.

Every time I think I've seen the bottom of the barrel, they invent a whole new one on me.

Wed, 2009-09-02 19:11

#10

Michelle

Don't get me started on the morons on the TTC who think they're auditioning for amateur night at the Brass Rail by hugging the freakin' poles on the subway...

Regarding this doll - I don't know, I think I call hoax. But maybe not! Anyone checked Snopes yet? :)

Wed, 2009-09-02 19:22

#11

Papal Bull

It could also be one of those hilariously poorly produced knock off discount toys that come from somewhere (I used to have a bunch, but they didn't indicate where they were made anywhere on the product or packaging, they were weird). Note how the text on the box says "Pole Dance", but the stand that the doll sits on says "Pole Dancer". Also, the list of descriptors are pretty funny too, "style", "interesting", "music", "flash", "up and down", "go round and round".

Looking in the background of the photo too you'll notice what I think are barrels of something (MONKEYS PERHAPS!?) and also what appear to be skads of electronics along the wall.

Either way, weird. But funny.

Wed, 2009-09-02 20:10

#12

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-412195/Tesco-condemned-selling-p... condemned for selling pole-dancing toy[/url] (October 24, 2006)

Wed, 2009-09-02 20:43

#13

Papal Bull

M. Spector wrote:

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-412195/Tesco-condemned-selling-p... condemned for selling pole-dancing toy[/url] (October 24, 2006)

Now...that is absolutely reprehensible.

Wed, 2009-09-02 22:33

#14

Stargazer

It was posted on the blog Copyranter today. SEriously, if you're interested in racism, homophobia and sexism in advertising, check out this blog:

http://copyranter.blogspot.com/

Fri, 2009-09-04 18:40

#15

Call me Dave

I have been looking for Christmas gift ideas for my daughter, after seeing this, I think I will just keep on looking...

Now, I could see a product like this as a potential Christmas gift for my wife...

Fri, 2009-09-04 19:56

#16

Tommy_Paine

Grabs some popcorn.

This is going to be fun.

Fri, 2009-09-04 20:14

#17

martin dufresne

Sorry, I never have bait after dinner. But the thread title could be changed to "My first Slip as Troll"...

Fri, 2009-09-04 20:23

#18

Michelle

Or you could quit personally attacking people.

Fri, 2009-09-04 20:27

#19

Tommy_Paine

And cutting some slack to new members while they find their footing.

Fri, 2009-09-04 20:42

#20

martin dufresne

Sorry for impeding your fun, Tommy. As you were.

Fri, 2009-09-04 20:52

#21

Tommy_Paine

Impeed my fun, Martin?! Good gracious, sir, you are responsible for the lions share of my fun here. Dinna fesh yersel'.

It's just we need new perspectives and blood here, and it does take time for people to settle in.

And, I just knew someone would jump on poor Dave.

Just surprised it was you.

Sun, 2011-11-27 14:42

#22

Michelle

Didn't want to start a new thread for this, but I was surfing YouTube, one video leading to another, as they go, and discovered a clip from Toddlers and Tiaras, where a 5 year-old girl's mother and an esthetician force her to undergo an eyebrow waxing, despite her begging and crying not to have to do it.

Talk about child abuse. You'd think child protection agencies would be glued to this show every time it's aired.

Quote:

Child abuse infomercial Toddlers & Tiaras has outdone last week's episode—which featured a 2-year-old in a cone bra—by finding a pageant mom to force her screaming, begging, and crying 5-year-old to get her eyebrows waxed on television.

Last time this little girl got her eyebrows waxed, "the wax was way too hot and it actually ripped off her skin," according to her mother.

This time around, the child screams, cries, and hyperventilates as hair is torn from her face with a scalding substance at a linoleum-tiled salon. Her reward: A lollipop. "Normally I woulda just held her down and ripped it off," her mother drawls.

The video is red-hot rage-inducing. That poor baby!

Sun, 2011-11-27 14:55

#23

Sineed

How about the mom who Botoxes her kid?

http://gawker.com/5801277/pageant-mom-defends-giving-8+year+old-botox-an...

Quote:
Remember that terrible mother who said she gives Botox and "virgin waxes" to her 8-year-old daughter to improve her chances at beauty pageants? Good Morning Americatracked her down. Apparently Kerry Campbell—an aesthetician who regularly injects botulims into her daughter's face—is real, and says she's doing nothing wrong.

Botox Mom says her baby wants the procedures: "We talked about it. She didn't exactly ask me about it, but I know she was complaining about her face having wrinkles, and things like that."

I recommend the movie "Little Miss Sunshine" as an antidote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWyH_twcMl0

Sun, 2011-11-27 15:06

#24

Michelle

Her eight year-old complains to her about WRINKLES? (The article goes on to say the only lines on the kid's face are dimples. Last I heard, dimples were adorable!) Um, and where did she get the idea that 8 year-old faces have wrinkles that must be eliminated??

Unbelievable. I hadn't seen that one before, since I never watch the show. Seriously - why aren't the Child Protective Services organizations in their areas going after these child abusing freaks after every episode?

OMG. I had no idea what a "virgin wax" was before I clicked the link to the previous Gawker article that the current one linked to.

Quote:

"She also has her virgin wax monthly, which gets rid of her fluffy leg hair and makes sure she wont develop pubic hair in the future."

WTF! WTFF!

Sun, 2011-11-27 16:29

#25

Mr.Tea

Michelle wrote:

You'd think child protection agencies would be glued to this show every time it's aired.

I'd go so far as to say that people who watch it should be forced to register as sex offenders.

They actually had this child "beauty pageant" where some 5 year old girl was dressed up as Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman"...you know, the role where she played a fucking PROSTITUTE. A 5 year old child.

I am scared to death of the world that my daughter is growing up in...

Sun, 2011-11-27 16:39

#26

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

Quote:
[b]Child beauty pageants are Canadian based and began in 1921[/b] and were originally for girls aged 13 to 17, however the popularity of child beauty pageants grew and age divisions began to allow younger girls enter the contests.

The beauty pageants that we know today started in the 1960s in Florida, and currently has over 25,000 pageants and is a billion dollar industry. Since the murder of Jon Benet-Ramsey in 1996 the spotlight has been on the world of child beauty pageants, and in particular the parents of the girls who participate in the pageants.

[url=http://www.thephoenixnews.com/articles/42051]Source[/url]

Sun, 2011-11-27 19:17

#27

Catchfire

I saw this thread this morning and was too depressed to comment. I don't have much more to offer than Michelle's eloquent: WTFF

Sun, 2011-11-27 20:01

#28

Tommy_Paine

I don't think this is related, directly, but I think it is tangetically as porn has deffinately leaked into the mainstream, and I think it's leaked into the stuff we are talking about here. An interesting view, I thought.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/trends/n_9437/

Mon, 2011-11-28 00:56

#29

Bacchus

Catchfire wrote:

I saw this thread this morning and was too depressed to comment. I don't have much more to offer than Michelle's eloquent: WTFF

Definitely the best statement on the situation : WTF

Mon, 2011-11-28 01:11

#30

Bacchus

Tommy_Paine wrote:

I don't think this is related, directly, but I think it is tangetically as porn has deffinately leaked into the mainstream, and I think it's leaked into the stuff we are talking about here. An interesting view, I thought.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/trends/n_9437/

Holy shit that article makes sense! I am going to have to seriously look at my behavior and have a talk with Mrs Bacchus