No more Bling!

[lisarea]

xishi, I should clarify that I'm not just addressing you here. I don't know if you're judgemental about others, and if so, how much.

Hell, I know I do it sometimes. I get mad when I see someone shop at WalMart or drive to work alone in a Hummer or something. I have to remind myself sometimes, too, that you cannot judge someone quickly, based on just a little information about them like that. I think what set me off more, in fact, was maybe the OP, characterizing certain types of vanity as more egregious than others. What immediately came to mind for me is our own horribly vain LadyShea, who has big purchased hooters and wears makeup and furs and sashays around the place inciting lust into the hearts of men alla damned time. And who subjected herself to major surgery in order to give one of her very limited supply of life-sustaining organs to an acquaintance, thus saving his life. I mean, I still hate what guts she has left for being all hot and having the big hooters and all, but I can't pretend I have any moral grounds for that. The closest I get to giving away parts of my body is when I clip my toenails in the living room and leave them lying around in the carpet to get stuck in my boyfriend's socks. (I do what I can.)

I think what you're doing is good. It's an ethical decision, and one I think is worthwhile. I also think Dr. Temple Grandin has made an ethical decision, and that her contribution is worthwhile. She's the autistic professor down the road there (I'm pointing north from my house) at CSU, who designs calming slaughterhouses and other facilities to minimize the stress and trauma to livestock in factory farms. She works inside the industry itself, but she does it in a way that profoundly mitigates the cruelty involved.

The world needs both of you. The world needs that big nasty tart LadyShea with her bling and her generalized trollopery. Just because I am so gonna kick her ass doesn't mean I am justified in doing so.

(I am ass-u-me-ing that LadyShea knows I'm only picking on her because I love her.)

[xishi]

thank you...i was beginning to regret posting at all...LadyShea sounds like quite the gal...how do you know what she wears and about her hooters...is there something my isp is not providing me with...there are so many smilies...i am overwhelmed... this seems appropriate...i have never even been in a walmart and from what have heard would never go...

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by xishi

thank you...i was beginning to regret posting at all...LadyShea sounds like quite the gal...how do you know what she wears and about her hooters...

She said something about wearing vintage furs in the thread, and she's mentioned the hooters before here.

Plus, I'm posting from a van parked outside her house.

[Ensign Steve]

Originally Posted by lisarea

Anyone who can manage to live their lives wholly and completely in adherence to their principles at all times probably doesn't have enough principles.

Wrong! It means I have exactly the right amount of principles.

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by xishi

thank you...i was beginning to regret posting at all...

I'm sorry you feel that way, xishi. I also respect your desire to minimize the negative impact your existence has on other lifeforms, and though I might not agree with all of your opinions I definitely appreciate your input.

[xishi]

thank you again...as for being judgemental...made me wonder exactly what is being judgemental and how we know when we are being so...ex if i see a mother abuse her child i would judge that to be wrong...so i would be judgemental...but at other times i or anyone could be judgemental without realizing it...am i making any sense here...

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by lisarea

I'm just saying that we're all culpable. We're all cruel. We're all vain. Society is a big stinking death machine, and you cannot avoid participating. All you can do is limit your impact in some ways. But we're all probably hypocrites at some point. We all contribute to shit we don't want to contribute to. Anyone who can manage to live their lives wholly and completely in adherence to their principles at all times probably doesn't have enough principles.

You got that right, girl.

It ain't no cakewalk, or if it is, I'm covered with frosting.

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Wrong! It means I have exactly the right amount of principles.

Oh, nice talk from somebody whose banana is all sexually harassing me with erotical thrusting maneuvers!

I feel so cheap.

And inexplicably aroused.

[Ensign Steve]

inexplicably, my ass!

Maybe if you could drag your gaze away from LadyShea's hooters for more than five seconds, this would not be an issue.

[xouper]

xishi: ...go pick on someone else for a bit...ok

Now you know I felt about some of your comments.

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

inexplicably, my ass!

Maybe if you could drag your gaze away from LadyShea's hooters for more than five seconds, this would not be an issue.

Oh, way to confound the issue with untestable hypotheticals.

You're all just trying to mesmerize me with your bling, whether it be silicon, carbon, or pixel based. It's all bling, and it's all designed to distract me and dissuade me from...something. And I'm not going...

You're pretty.

[Trinity]

Well, well, well. Xishi, I can see you've made quite an impression already. Come on, admit it, you're glad you came.

[LadyShea]

Originally Posted by xishi

i would not do it myself...but seems less so as it has little influence on current state of affairs...i love vintage myself...i have a fake fur coat from the sixties that looks like a 30's movie star coat..living in south florida i get to wear it maybe twice a year...i prefer velvet...also please note that said it was awful to me...that is an opinion not a moral outrage...i also may not like peanut butter but it is only my opinion...have no problem with those who love peanut butter

Oh I love me some vintage. Clothes, jewelry, furniture you name it Check out the thread titled "What's In It" and look at the cool pink metal cabinets and matching pink appliances I noticed.
My furs will not get much use after my move though, I am afraid. Maybe I'll turn em into a fabulous wrap and have a holiday party.

And hey lisarea, not nice to talk about hot, sashaying me when I am not supposed to be here

[xishi]

what was most meaningful about her comments about you was her mention of the extreme kindness you did for another person...so sashay and draw all the lust you may

[xishi]

Originally Posted by Trinity

Well, well, well. Xishi, I can see you've made quite an impression already. Come on, admit it, you're glad you came.

you speak with such familiarity...have we met somewhere before perhaps

[pescifish]

Originally Posted by lisarea

Plus, I'm posting from a van parked outside her house.

Not for long!

Naugas, btw, do not need to be slaughtered for their hydes. They shed their hydes without harm to themselves. Naugahyde®, The Cruelty Free Fabric™

[Trinity]

Originally Posted by xishi

you speak with such familiarity...have we met somewhere before perhaps

Absolutely not. I'm entirely too familiar with people. It's a side effect of my natural bitchiness.

[livius drusus]

Trinity knows things. I think she can see through time or something.

[Trinity]

Originally Posted by livius drusus

Trinity knows things. I think she can see through time or something.

Mwhahahaha! I know only the value of a very good friend.