Bumblebee
Commodore
exactly what came to mind!
Some hot chick walks into a turning prop
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Oh give it a rest. Sexism is and was apparent long after the feminism movement of the 90's. This is news to you? You get a group of women in a group together around a table, and y'all say the most profane and sexually objectifying stuff imaginable. Or are you "above" THAT? It's what we do. We ALL do it. We judge each other on appearance, if we did not, you wouldn't give a rip about whatever flavor of the moment pseudo-celeb is wearing, or dating, or shagging, or seen around, and what they were all wearing. We judge by appearance. Guys are just a bit more "public" about it.
Second, you're in a completely male dominated career. It started that way, it will stay that way. Just more Type A personality types with us males. These types of shenanigans are new to you? Or are you just one of the women who are "committed to taking a stand for all woman-kind" and calling out any perceived offense of "woman objectifaction"?
Most of us are married, dating, and friends with lots of women at this juncture in our lives. We're all keenly aware of the double standards women tend to throw around. I'm not buying it.
Let's stay on track here... She a fashion blogger, not a "women's fashion mag editor", and she's a solid 4.
Bumblebee
Commodore
hot writer/editor schools immature pilot bloggers!
Thanks SC I was irritated by a lot of these inane comments, but "boys will be boys".
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
I was going to sort of agree with Bumblebee (and SC), but then I saw that his avatar gives every appearance of being a Beech 99. YOU ARE NOW MY SWORN ENEMY!@
boondr
Penalty Vectorer
pains me but :yeahthat:
boondr
Penalty Vectorer
I agree with maybe about 10% of what SC says most of the time and find her to a bit over the top on feminist issues, but she is 100% correct here. We are talking about a human being getting seriously injured via an obvious accident and there are 50% jokes in this thread. This isn't even a celebrity that people had already formed opinions on this is an everyday person who got hurt and like she said "Y'all" got jokes.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Of course we do. What separates the actual human beings from the not is that we recognize that this is a physiologically-induced behavior and not a product of our actual, conscious selves, but of our gonads. We all exist in the region between "swinish dog" and "effeminate asexual", but if it brings me too close to the later to suggest that this chick's maiming is a tragedy regardless of how desirable she was as a sex-object, then I guess I'm a mincing queer.
Don't get me wrong. I don't date fat chicks (er, I don't admit to it, anyway), and I'm as much an easily-confused pig as any man living when it comes to sexuality, but the worth of a human being is not contained in their sexual allure.
If it were, I'd be deader than disco!
Bumblebee
Commodore
fine then... (it's a C-12)
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Oh, yeah. It's just a Kingair 90. You may live. Barely.
Bumblebee
Commodore
I'm with SeatClutcher on this.
I'm all for a little gallows humor, but the "hot or not" angle is retarded.
"Hot girl falls in woodchipper!"
"OMG, is she still hott?"
"(pic)... would you? (after pic) would you now?"
Humor, I think, is one thing to help people cope with and understand an incident like this, masturbatory fantasies about someone who was almost decapitated... well... that's a little weird. Legal and totally within the rules, but just a little heavy on the creepy user angle.
I'm all for a little gallows humor, but the "hot or not" angle is retarded.
"Hot girl falls in woodchipper!"
"OMG, is she still hott?"
"(pic)... would you? (after pic) would you now?"
Humor, I think, is one thing to help people cope with and understand an incident like this, masturbatory fantasies about someone who was almost decapitated... well... that's a little weird. Legal and totally within the rules, but just a little heavy on the creepy user angle.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
A200... The 90 equivalent is U-21
But I appreciate the reprieve
Now, see, I thought they put the tail on the TOP of the 200s.
You may still live, though. I am a just and merciful Interwebz King.
Bumblebee
Commodore
Oh shoots the pic IS a U21, I will be in the C12 silly me!
NJA_Capt
Well-Known Member
You're both kind of right, but it is a hard angle to tell. But before you go postal on -99 drivers....take a look at the main landing gear.
A/B100s, -200s, and -99s (and F90s)..have dual wheel main landing gear. All of the Queen Air/ C-90 / U-21s have single wheel mains.
The tires and the (low) tail, tell the story.
PS....If it has a backup mirror by the pilot's window = U21
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
Yeah, I think SC is usually way over the top with the feminist stuff, but in this case, the jokes really are in poor taste.
gne in prog
Well-Known Member
Please. Sometimes a joke is just a joke.
What you seem to have taken from the jokes is more offensive than the jokes.
fholbert
Mod's - Please don't edit my posts!
For those throwing stones at the pilot. He may have been heads down and didn't see her coming.
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2011/12/lauren-scruggs-tragedy-how-could-she.html
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2011/12/lauren-scruggs-tragedy-how-could-she.html
Masturbatory Fantasies > Near Decapitation? Sweet!
gne in prog
Well-Known Member
I'm fairly certain that's a name of a new show on spike network.
Bumblebee
Commodore
Yeah, the fact that women are still often treated more as an object than a person (this thread is evidence of that fact) couldn't be a reason to continue trying to get the word out to receptive and enlightened males. If people tried half of the slurs ( and I think that they often still do) to races it wouldn't be tolerated nearly so much as it is towards women. It's just a joke...she must be having her time of the month...what a bitch.... Whatever.
Try to realize that this is so common that you can't see it because of your conditioning.