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Oh boy! Faux News! *proceeds to ignore the topic*

Thread hijack!!

*has large butt*

I feel so... behind.

And I have terrible punnage.

*cries*

Edit: Do the Time Warp!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

I'm guessing the boys over at FoxNews had never heard of the Venus of Willendorf...

I'm guessing the boys over at FoxNews had never heard of the Venus of Willendorf...Uh... indeed. Unless I seriously get my stone age figurines confused, this was about the least news-flashy news-flash ever. :confused:

Willendorf?
Willendorf. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf)

I'm guessing the boys over at FoxNews had never heard of the Venus of Willendorf...

Willendorf?

Oh boy! Faux News! *proceeds to ignore the topic*

Thread hijack!!

Hey, genius: if you'd actually read the report you would have noticed that it refers to the full report at http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1356

And FYI, it's clearly a non-political topic, so even a brain-dead leftie zombie should have no problem with it.

But since you are obviously happy confining yourself to Dishonest Liberal Media outlets, go ahead and wallow in them.

Hey, genius: if you'd actually read the report you would have noticed that it refers to the full report at http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1356

And FYI, it's clearly a non-political topic, so even a brain-dead leftie zombie should have no problem with it.

But since you are obviously happy confining yourself to Dishonest Liberal Media outlets, go ahead and wallow in them.

The Daily Express is just as bad.

And yet again fox find a brilliant excuse to post up pictures of kylie's bottom.

Someone needs to got to the Express and shout OLD! at them.

And yet again fox find a brilliant excuse to post up pictures of kylie's bottom.

Meh. I wish they'd find a brilliant excuse to report something newsworthy.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

Well, I prefer curvy myself.

Well, I prefer curvy myself.

Actually I'm with you there. The anorexic look does nothing for me. If I want to hug a skeleton, I'll go to a Halloween party. A girl's got to have meat on her bones.

Just as long as it doesn't get taken too far the other way.

Willendorf. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf)

I remember reading about the Venus figurines in my Anthro course. Very fascinating, very fascinating indeed. My standing favorite explanation is that these were carved by pregnant women, who had nothing better to do, as self representations. Specifically, with a top-down view. Absolutely fascinating, don't you think?

And in today's news, Mickey Mouse isn't real.
More at 11.

And yet again fox find a brilliant excuse to post up pictures of kylie's bottom.

I can't be the only person to see the irony...

Article about historical appeal of fuller figured females... accompanied by picture of token 'skinny chick'.

A total non-story... as mentioned, this hasn't been 'news' since the Venus of Willendorf. Hell, look at what was considered an attractive female form in the art of just a few centuries ago.

And I wasn't aware Kylie Minogue has the most famous behind in the world. News to me.

I'm guessing the boys over at FoxNews had never heard of the Venus of Willendorf...

Waldorf!

Cookie for whoever gets the reference!

Waldorf!

Cookie for whoever gets the reference!

Character from the Muppet Show.

I'll take "Silly references" for 500, Alex.

"Baby Got Back" may have been a smash hit song in the early 1990s, but researchers say the song might have been wildly popular some 15,000 years ago as well.
Bwahahahahahaaaaaaaawaitthat's-not really funny is it?


God damn it, even "Happy Frog" would probably have been a smash hit 15,000 years ago! :mad:

*Implodes*

And yet again fox find a brilliant excuse to post up pictures of kylie's bottom.
In the words of the sage

I've seen the poison letters of the horrible hacks
about the yellow peril and reds and the blacks
and the tuc and its treacherous acts
kremlin money - all right jack
I've seen democracy is under duress
but I've never seen a nipple in the Daily Express"
(John Cooper Clarke).

Character from the Muppet Show.

I'll take "Silly references" for 500, Alex.

No, level 438 wizard.

Don't ask. Extremely obscure geeky reference.

Hey, genius: if you'd actually read the report you would have noticed that it refers to the full report at http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1356

And FYI, it's clearly a non-political topic, so even a brain-dead leftie zombie should have no problem with it.

But since you are obviously happy confining yourself to Dishonest Liberal Media outlets, go ahead and wallow in them.

Oh boy! Shit or crap! A hell of a choice. It's like the American elections all over! You can only pick between the Giant Douche and the Turd Sandwich. Democracy at its finest! :rolleyes:

I honestly *tried* to read the Faux News site, but it's design makes it hard to read because of the lack of text formatting. The paragraphs aren't well spaced.

I however don't stick to Dishonest Liberal Media, I use Eh 'Canadian' media.

You let your baby have back? I'm calling child services.

No, level 438 wizard.

Don't ask. Extremely obscure geeky reference.

...And there I was, thinking it had something to do with Fawlty Towers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/shoptalk/images/fawlty.jpg

Waldorf!

Cookie for whoever gets the reference!

Destroyed Oerth?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

Build me a time machine! :p

Actually I'm with you there. The anorexic look does nothing for me. If I want to hug a skeleton, I'll go to a Halloween party. A girl's got to have meat on her bones.

Just as long as it doesn't get taken too far the other way.

Yeah.

Mmmmmmm......big chicks...... :p

Fox News is wrong, it's still all about the girls with the big asses. :D

Fox News is wrong, it's still all about the girls with the big asses. :D

:fluffle: I hope they clone one of the ones they found in the article if it is accurate. ;)

Bwahahahahahaaaaaaaawaitthat's-not really funny is it?


God damn it, even "Happy Frog" would probably have been a smash hit 15,000 years ago! :mad:

*Implodes*

For the record, the name of that music is "Internal Combustion Engine Imitation". Seriously.


Also, in other news, water is wet.

For the record, the name of that music is "Internal Combustion Engine Imitation". Seriously.

I'm sorry sir, you simply know too much. :cool:

*Throws CthulhuFhtagn into a black van and speeds away*

Bah to Fox News, and the Daily Express. They're both poor. It's barely news.


"Men who existed 15,000 years ago may have liked fat women. But we're not sure."

So?

Destroyed Oerth?

Encore! Encore! Someone as geeky as I am!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

Wow. Even when they have a science section they still don't have a clue how science is supposed to be applied.

Their art showed women with exaggerated bottoms, but their art also showed men with exaggerated penises. Really really exaggerated penises. As long as the figures were tall.

Does that mean that they wanted men with penises as big as they were? I doubt it.

Penises and the whole area around a woman's hips, represent fertility. Exaggerated fertility, more food. Simple as that.

Of course, there's also the matter of looks representing socio-economic status. In areas where people die of wasting diseases like chronic diarrhea, people don't consider skinny to be attractive because it is a potential sign of bad health. Fat, as a sign of cardio-pulmonary disease however is unknown because so few people get fat.

We're just the opposite. No one in the Western world dies of diarrhea, but we do die of heart attacks and complications from diabetes. So fat is unattractive, but skinny is fine until it gets the the point of saggy skin and sunken eyes. But even then, that's mostly in women's fashion magazines. Pornography where women are supposed to be attractive, not merely pretty, features women with quite a bit more flesh to flash.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

Alright... I'm sorry, but honestly...

This is news?

Honestly... I've known this for ages. This is nothing new. The figurines are obvious exaggerations, of course, of the human body. However, they did forget to mention that larger hip size also was a sign of having wide, premo-birthing hips. :D But meh.

Honestly though... this is nothing at all new.

Them "wide, premo-birthing hips" is good eatin'.

No, really.

Are you following me around?

But yes, that be true, yo.

Them "wide, premo-birthing hips" is good eatin'.

No, really.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258146,00.html

IMO, this is just another reason to be glad we're no longer hunter-gatherers. ;)

What do you think?

Sweet ass! :eek:

We're just the opposite. No one in the Western world dies of diarrhea, but we do die of heart attacks and complications from diabetes. So fat is unattractive, but skinny is fine until it gets the the point of saggy skin and sunken eyes. But even then, that's mostly in women's fashion magazines. Pornography where women are supposed to be attractive, not merely pretty, features women with quite a bit more flesh to flash.

I think you are blurring the boundaries a little too much. If you are a hundred pounds over your 'perfect' weight, you'll be unhealthy. If you are a hundred pounds under it, you'll probably be dead.

What you are referring to as 'fat', then - must be 'morbid obesity'. The sunken eyes and saggy skin is descriptive of anorexia. But - there is a whole world between those extremes.

And, even in that world - there is a confusion - we are TOLD that the skinny chick is what we should like... so guys marry a skinny chick - then cheat on her with her heavier friend. Girls are told they have to be skinny to look good - and the evidence bears them out because 'attractive' clothes are only designed to fit girls with no curves.

i think our media images, and our personal images are getting conflicted. More and more people are finding that the 'media' idol isn't what they really want... and more and more of them are moving on to reality, rather than taking another shot at the 'media' lie.

Men (and women) have always found women attractive when they had figures that look healthy, satisfied and fertile. True then, still true now - under the gloss.

I think you are blurring the boundaries a little too much. If you are a hundred pounds over your 'perfect' weight, you'll be unhealthy. If you are a hundred pounds under it, you'll probably be dead.

What you are referring to as 'fat', then - must be 'morbid obesity'. The sunken eyes and saggy skin is descriptive of anorexia. But - there is a whole world between those extremes.

And, even in that world - there is a confusion - we are TOLD that the skinny chick is what we should like... so guys marry a skinny chick - then cheat on her with her heavier friend. Girls are told they have to be skinny to look good - and the evidence bears them out because 'attractive' clothes are only designed to fit girls with no curves.

i think our media images, and our personal images are getting conflicted. More and more people are finding that the 'media' idol isn't what they really want... and more and more of them are moving on to reality, rather than taking another shot at the 'media' lie.

Men (and women) have always found women attractive when they had figures that look healthy, satisfied and fertile. True then, still true now - under the gloss.

Damn media, they are trying to brainwash us, and if your right they're causing marital strife. Now thinking back to my espionage thread with my crusade on brainwash I think that it is safe to say there is intellectual war going on and that having a stand against these mental oppressors is necessary.

i've just been reading up on the San rock art of south africa. many of the women there have prominant posteriors too. ancient poles and ancient south africans have something in common it seems.