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2011/05/09 19:24:14
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Ancient Chaos Terminator
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Hilarious life-sized Barbie doll demonstrates the bizarre proportions of the beloved toy:
http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2011/04/19/life-sized-barbie-doll-does-not-make-me-feel-better-about-my-own-body/
Hamilton College student Galia Slayen created a life-sized Barbie with proportions based on the doll's measurements.
Galia built the giant-boobed beast for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week in an effort to start a conversation about unrealistic body images.
Life-sized Barbie stands 6' tall with a 39" bust, 18" waist and 33" hips.
Unrealistic? Sure. Sexy? Definitely.
You think life-sized Barbie is going to convince girls that Barbie's body doesn't rock? Please. Now you just have a bunch of 8 year-olds even more confused.
"Mommy, why isn't my head smaller than my boob?"
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Then there's this other hilarious photo on Tosh.0 website. This will make you look twice...
http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2011/05/09/that-might-not-be-the-best-color-for-you/?xrs=synd_facebook
We gotta get this woman some pants to cover up her pants!
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2011/05/09 19:31:49
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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Both of those images freak me the hell out.
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Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. |
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2011/05/09 22:47:21
Subject: Re:Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Pulsating Possessed Chaos Marine
Did you guys know Canada has a friggin desert?
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Not sure if thats hot or not hmmmm......  Still the last picture makes me die a bit inside  HOLY !@%$ She's wearing pants!
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You're not playing the game like I play it...why aren't you playing the game like I play it?! O_O |
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2011/05/09 22:50:04
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Madrak Ironhide
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2011/05/09 23:08:52
Subject: Re:Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant
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If you go on to read all of the story the chick goes on to say that the proportions are not exact, or really close to it.
Regardless, barbie is not proportioned right and does set unrealistic expectations, even if this example is a gross exaggeration.
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2011/05/09 23:17:33
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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That doll makes me feel better about my body.
After all, at least I don't look like THAT... thing...
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2011/05/09 23:34:11
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Fixture of Dakka
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Chowderhead wrote:Both of those images freak me the hell out.
Deep breathes, you'll make it.
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"But i'm more than just a little curious, how you're planning to go about making your amends, to the dead?" -The Noose-APC
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Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2011/05/10 00:29:56
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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alarmingrick wrote:Chowderhead wrote:Both of those images freak me the hell out.
Deep breathes, you'll make it.
The dry heaves are coming! I'm gonna hurl!
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Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. |
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2011/05/10 01:40:31
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Fixture of Dakka
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BrassScorpion wrote:Hilarious life-sized Barbie doll demonstrates the bizarre proportions of the beloved toy:
http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2011/04/19/life-sized-barbie-doll-does-not-make-me-feel-better-about-my-own-body/
Hamilton College student Galia Slayen created a life-sized Barbie with proportions based on the doll's measurements.
Galia built the giant-boobed beast for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week in an effort to start a conversation about unrealistic body images.
Life-sized Barbie stands 6' tall with a 39" bust, 18" waist and 33" hips.
Unrealistic? Sure. Sexy? Definitely.
You think life-sized Barbie is going to convince girls that Barbie's body doesn't rock? Please. Now you just have a bunch of 8 year-olds even more confused.
"Mommy, why isn't my head smaller than my boob?"
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Then there's this other hilarious photo on Tosh.0 website. This will make you look twice...
http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2011/05/09/that-might-not-be-the-best-color-for-you/?xrs=synd_facebook
We gotta get this woman some pants to cover up her pants!
I thought Barbie would be scaled differently if she was human size, the head and arms seems too small on the model.
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2011/05/10 01:49:18
Subject: Re:Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant
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Well, lets be honest, if you full scaled GW models they would look funny too. Miniatures always have strange proportions to exaggerate details.
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2011/05/10 02:02:12
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Monstrous Master Moulder
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Well, it's not a perfect model, as it was built out of pre-existing parts to match the general scale. So that thing can be called Franken-Barbie.
Waaaaaaaaay back in 7th grade, I remember they brought in these cardboard cutouts of what barbie and g.i. joe would look like in real life, and honestly, franken-Barbie is not too far off.
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2011/05/10 02:24:00
Subject: Re:Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Deranged Necron Destroyer
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They definitely took some liberties in stating that doll was... 'sexy'
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2011/05/10 02:35:39
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Melissia wrote:That doll makes me feel better about my body.
After all, at least I don't look like THAT... thing...
Oh come on, I bet your body's rockin' 
The doll does look a little... grotesque; almost like someone's taken the fat out of everywhere and pumped it into her boobs...
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2011/05/10 02:39:07
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Toys not proportioned like real people!
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2011/05/10 02:47:59
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Platuan4th wrote:
Toys not proportioned like real people!
Woah, since when did Pokénews become a credible news source?
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2011/05/10 02:55:35
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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Avatar 720 wrote:Platuan4th wrote:
Toys not proportioned like real people!
Woah, since when did Pokénews become a credible news source?
Yeah. After Raichu left, that place has gone way downhill.
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Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. |
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2011/05/10 03:12:19
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Platuan4th wrote:Toys not proportioned like real people!
Sure, but the point is for people to be aware of why.
I mean, you can look at GW miniatures with their chunky frames and stupidly big guns, and say 'that's because this is totally metal and is about big, strong men with stupidly big guns firing stupidly big bullets that make a gory mess of the target'*
And with barbie its good to ask why those proportions were chosen, and what effect they have on young girls.
*Even if they only wound about half the time. Hmmmm.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2011/05/10 03:16:31
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Was a response to the original article, not you, Sebster.
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2011/05/10 03:26:11
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Chowderhead wrote:Avatar 720 wrote:Platuan4th wrote:
Toys not proportioned like real people!
Woah, since when did Pokénews become a credible news source?
Yeah. After Raichu left, that place has gone way downhill.
Still better than FOX....
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2011/05/10 03:32:24
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Slarg232 wrote:
Still better than FOX....
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2011/05/10 04:49:17
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
United States
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Barbie would be more attractive if 'she' were modeled on Galia Slayen.
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2011/05/10 04:55:28
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Platuan4th wrote:Was a response to the original article, not you, Sebster.
Huh? That was my first post in the thread.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2011/05/10 05:00:14
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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sebster wrote:Platuan4th wrote:Was a response to the original article, not you, Sebster.
Huh? That was my first post in the thread.
So it was. For some reason, I took Andrew1975's post to be from you, most likely from some disconnect in my head that took your post as a reference to another post you had made(which was his).
Looking at it now, I can see what you're actually saying, other than what my brain interpreted earlier.
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2011/05/10 05:29:56
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Purposeful Hammerhead Pilot
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Chowderhead wrote:Avatar 720 wrote:Platuan4th wrote:
Toys not proportioned like real people!
Woah, since when did Pokénews become a credible news source?
Yeah. After Raichu left, that place has gone way downhill.
Is Joy still doing the weather?
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 Maybe you hang out with immature women. Maybe you're attracted to immature women because you think they'll let you shpadoink them. |
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2011/05/10 05:33:31
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Death-Dealing Devastator
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I dub her the "Rob Liefeld Anatomical Homunculus".
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2011/05/10 06:15:01
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Renegade Inquisitor with a Bound Daemon
Tied and gagged in the back of your car
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dogma wrote:Barbie would be more attractive if 'she' were modeled on Galia Slayen.
Hells yeah. Just drop that leopard print shirt. Who's idea was it to ever let that look back in anyway? I thought we learned from the first time around.
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2011/05/10 11:00:49
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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BrassScorpion wrote:
Just like 'heroic scale' miniatures have oversized weaponry in order to make weapon detail more of a feature, and increased arm breadth for sturdiness and an illusion of proportion.
I do not think Barbie is exploitive, a lot of the proportions are based around practicality.
Barbie is first and foremost a fashion doll, and the female proportions , based on fashion takes especial note of shoulders, breast, waist and hips. All other proportions are secondary. Any fashion attire has to have marked differences in order to show the curve of the fashion, as normal proportioned dolls at that scale would have very limited distinction, a couple of millimetres here and there, it would leave not a lot to work with.
Secondly for fashion dolls arms and legs need to be artificially slender, preferably with removable hands and feet in order to make it feasible to dress the doll. A plastic doll with proper proportions arms would be a problematic to dress, beyond the patience of most children. There is a market for better pro-portioned dolls, but most often with glued on or sewn on clothing.
I do not think Barbie would have survived if it was disproportionate for reason of exploitation, it would have generated a lot on of complaints and sooner, and allowing for its market demographic doesnt make any sense..
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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2011/05/10 15:23:28
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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I do not think Barbie would have survived if it was disproportionate for reason of exploitation
You don't understand economics very well do you.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog |
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2011/05/10 15:37:24
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Erm, no. Maybe shows the proportions of Mexican Bootleg Barbie.
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2011/05/10 16:19:44
Subject: Final proof that Barbie does not have realistic proportions
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Melissia wrote:I do not think Barbie would have survived if it was disproportionate for reason of exploitation
You don't understand economics very well do you.
Clarification for the hard of thinking.
Barbie is marketed towards girls, so the usual sexist message behind characters with oversized breasts and tiny waists would be an anti-sell.
Therefore Barbie is proportioned as is for different reasons. Unlike earlier version renders of Lara Croft for instance.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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