I think this tweet thread from last year says it all, really:
My standard response when a younger child does the “Trick or Treat?” thing to me is to say:
“I don’t know; which one do you want me to do to you?”
If I say it loudly enough, it’s generally enough to have a Helicopter Parent come steaming up to the door and snatch Their Precious Child away from me. Then I throw gumballs at their retreating figures.
A couple of years ago, the Daily Mail featured this creature in their coverage of the races at Aintree (Liverpool):
I know; no man should, right? Well, apparently the young lady saw the pic of herself, came to the same conclusion and did something bout it. The following year at Aintree produced this pic:
Yikes. Were it not for the tattoos on the feet [sigh], you wouldn’t know it was the same girl. Again:
Alas, thanks to the current trend towards radical feminism (“Your body is beautiful no matter what it looks like!”), coupled with the usual suspects (booze, bad diet, etc.), American girls seem to be headed in the opposite direction.
Try not to throw up.
Sad, especially when you learn that all the changes took place inside the space of a couple of years.
But hey… it’s a free country, so to speak, and these women should be able to abuse themselves as they please — just as men can exercise their choice and not date them unless there’s drunkenness and/or sheer desperation involved.
It’s not often that I am rendered speechless, but this story has made today one of those times.
We always make fun of Florida Man when some weird stuff happens in the Sunshine State; I think that the subject of this article qualifies as “California Man/Woman”, for all sorts of reasons.
I accept no responsibility for what may happen when you follow that link, even though it’s quite safe for work… I think.
Here’s the setup:
Now the question: if this were the modern era (i.e. the late teens of the 21st century), who would be the best example of the “She” referenced above?
Your suggestions in Comments, although I would suggest it’ll be difficult to top Taylor Swift.
