So Let's Hammer Out This Sexist & Cliched Analogy About Moose & Hosmer
by Freneau on Jul 20, 2010 12:28 PM EDT
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Print- Thought #1: Wow, so like, Moose or Hosmer is sorta like the "Ginger or Maryann" question for Royals fans these days. At the very least I should tweet this. Maybe it's a whole post. Hmm.
- Thought #2: Could we take it further? I'm old enough to remember the brief but real "Aniston or Cox" query from the mid-90s.
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ooh, the mad men question would be a good one
who to choose?
also
who doesn’t go with mary ann?
aniston would seem like the easy choice but cox, who may have been more uptight, seemed easier to read and knew what she wanted.
never like angelina jolie even for a bit. she looks part alien to me.
and hosmer for the plate discipline.
yea, that's the problem with that one
the cliche of the cliche is to go with maryann, because she was more of a girl next door or whatever … although the fact that she was presumably also much younger never gets mentioned
And she is rumored to be seen with local boy and noted Royals fan
Jason Sudeikis
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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 20, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I Used This
One in a game thread a few days ago.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jul 20, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
MYERS!
Wil Myers = Jeanie. Years ago there was a beer commercial where dudes debated Ginger or Mary Ann before compromising on Jeanie. Anyone else remember that?
I don't think there is one of these going on right now
Thought #4: Is there one of these things going on now? Can’t think of one. Maybe our hope is Mad Men. Incredible cast. We need some touchstone sexist and objectifying debate for our time.
I think it partly has to do with the fracturing of popular culture into smaller niches. With so many TV channels and the internet, there really aren’t too many shared experiences anymore for the general population.
I think music has also splintered as well...
who was the last artist that was hugely popular with both black and white kids? Jacko?
Will Smith
a little more recent, but still a decade ago. Maybe there is someone else.
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jul 20, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
does Kanye count?
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jul 20, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess that's still not hugely popular in the white crowd.
Just something that some white people happen to like.
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you know
we really should be having this conversation in the other direction…
what is a white act/band that is popular with non-whites?
Eminem?
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Jul 20, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Justin Bieber
I think even black women get Bieber Fever.
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I don't women get Bieber Fever.
Only girls. Little girls.
Or at least I hope so. Cause ew. All my friends waiting for the Twilight actors to turn legal was creepy enough. At least they look like almost-adults instead of babies who got big.
Jay-Z says hi
Empire State of Mind is inescapable here in NYC.
by billexgordler on Jul 20, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
well...
when you’re looking for a cultural least common denominator, hip’s kind of beside the point. He’s popular, for sure.
by billexgordler on Jul 20, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
My wife posed the question a month or so ago
Is Jay-Z’s wife more famous/popular than he is now?
by thejosephboys on Jul 20, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
many
but there’s always a pretty huge percentage that doesn’t
what’s the black equivalent of being a country-only fan?
that's a tough one
because it seems like country-only fans have no musical soul.
maybe the hardcore, gangster rap of the late 80’s-early 90’s? NWA, Easy-E, etc., where if you said really bad words and talked about killing you were a popular rapper, and if you didn’t you weren’t. (said the white boy who grew up in Kansas)
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jul 20, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess the equivalent of country
would be either extremely hardcore rap, or extremely underground rap
ICP is a awesome
they come up with some funny shit
by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 20, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yes there is
Team Edward or Team Jacob
If Wil(l) were 20, he’d know all about this — careful what you wish for.
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jul 20, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
then
I trust you'll break down the Jacob:Edward, Moose:Hos analysis in your next
post
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jul 20, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
My wife was dragged into this crap by her friends.
She finds it amusing, and thinks Jacob is way hotter.
Also, she has started reading the books that the HBO series True Blood is based off of and says that Stephenie Meyer basically ripped off Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels for ideas. Not that any of you care. The TV series is kind of fun to watch though.
same here
women have this weird desire to drag one another into things that by any standard suck. I don’t know what’s scarier, tweens reading this garbage or adult women
From where I stand, Pattinson/Edward is strange looking. Wouldn’t say ugly, just… I’m not seeing it.
My wife likes it
I just reconcile it by saying its the female version of Star Wars – juvenile plots, laughably bad dialogue, terrible acting, but somehow it just has this irresistable appeal.
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for some reason i like that the girls (when should i start saying women?) i know like it
but that’s probably just because i haven’t seen or read any of it. i’m very critical of films and should it be as bad as advertised i’d probably lose some respect for these young women.
Bite your tongue, sir
“Star Wars” had neither “laughably bad dialogue” and “terrible acting.” Shakespeare and Olivier could only dream of something so purely excellent as Mark Hamill’s “But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!”
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by CentralChamps20?? on Jul 20, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
adult women
the female protagonist completely void of both personality and agency is more inexcusable for adult readers—by rights they should know better.
by Yunielateral Movement on Jul 20, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
You'd think they'd know better, but then again people inexplicably like movies like Old Dogs too.
Maybe the Harry Potter books are good, and got more adult oriented as they progressed, but I still think there were far too many adults reading the stuff.
I think women should go back to having unreasonable expectations about men
based on better characters than Edward and Jacob.
Like Lloyd Dobler
@@@Confiscate Their Shoes@@@
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by philofthenorth on Jul 20, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, True Blood >>>>> Twilight
Twilight is awful. True Blood I actually find myself looking forward to. I don’t think I’ve felt this way about a show since Star Trek TNG was in its first run…
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I think they overplay the cliffhangers a bit since they use it every episode.
I wish they’d make a good Star Trek TV show again. TNG was easily the best, and I’ve seen all the other tries too.
I think they're gonna have to take a break for a while.
A long while. All the people doing it were burned out and left it Brannon Braga’s hands which sucked ass. We need to clear the stench away and then let the next batch come in fresh. I’m willing to wait for that. Plus the movie kicked ass.
+99.999
much worth noting, this made me laugh:
I’m a 100 year old immortal with a perfect body and a perfect soul. I think I’m gonna go date some annoying high school chick.
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jul 21, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Although
it’s probably dangerous to point this out amongst a bunch of Mad Men fans, very few people actually watch Mad Men—not enough to generate a “who’s hotter” trope that will get much attention, anyway.
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by The Ol' Perfesser on Jul 20, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a generational thing
Ginger is now seen as superficial and high maintenance. Today, those things are out. In the 70’s (or whenever the hell those dimwits were stranded on that island,) perhaps those qualities were rare enough in a woman to be coveted. Bottom line: I’d hit them both. Probably even at their present age.
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That one doesn't count
He totally set that one up.
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by CentralChamps20?? on Jul 20, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I Remember Telling
My wife, as we watched the “Friends” premiere, that Aniston would be a star.
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by philofthenorth on Jul 20, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
never watched friends but Aniston for me...
I just never was attracted to Mrs. Arquette.
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Ginger vs Maryann
Yeah, it’s Maryann – but you touched on something there Will – Catwoman had them both beat all to hell
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Which Catwoman?
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Jul 20, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
julie newmar
it wouldn’t make sense to compare madonna or halle berry to ginger and mary ann.
Comparing Halle to anyone else
just isn’t fair.
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Jul 20, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Newmar
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
EEEEEEEEEEEW!
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
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