Comments on: Supermodel Personals

Supermodel Personals

PrinceValium — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:05:53 -0800

Supermodel Personals. "Nervous short girl into fantasy novels and The Simpsons seeks quiet, sensitive guy to while away the hours with me in my library of cocaine." (NSFW)

By: rafter

rafter — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:16:14 -0800

[this is hilarious]

By: dobbs

dobbs — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:24:28 -0800

ha. those were great, thanks.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:48:12 -0800

[this is contained within square brackets] Interesting concept. Thanks for the link, PrinceValium.

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 01:28:08 -0800

genius. thanks

By: Down10

Down10 — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 02:03:31 -0800

I sense a tinge of hostility in these personals.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:26:38 -0800

That was fuckin' funny.

By: gwint

gwint — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:39:26 -0800

Like shooting fish in a barrel-- ah, but what fish.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:00:28 -0800

Hilarious, and it wouldn't surprise me if the models really said those things.

By: ashbury

ashbury — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:31:37 -0800

I really liked it for a few minutes and then the sarcasm and anger started to wear on me like a naugahyde coat and I had to go away.

By: signal

signal — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:31:25 -0800

Oh joy, that particular brand of misogyny which targets pretty women rears its head once again. Hyuk, look, models are stoopid. Funny. How about some blonde-jokes?

By: geoff.

geoff. — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:49:40 -0800

This makes me miss Super Models are Lonlier Than you Think

By: geoff.

geoff. — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:51:01 -0800

This makes me miss Super Models are Lonelier Than You Think

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:19:35 -0800

Oh joy, that particular brand of misogyny which targets pretty women rears its head once again. Hyuk, look, models are stoopid. Funny. How about some blonde-jokes? Yes, because the life of pampered women who get paid huge amounts of money because they look pretty is so tough they really deserve endless sympathy. Cry me a fuckin' river, glamourpusses.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:35:56 -0800

Perhaps not endless sympathy, but hostility? I dunno, some where amusing but kinda overkill, easy repetitious humor becomes a little tedious

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:53:43 -0800

Perhaps not endless sympathy, but hostility? Why not? The looks obsessed, materialistic, celebrity-worshipping culture that supermodels are part and pacel of deserves hostility and mockery, don'tcha think? I don't really see the misogny since as far as I'm concerned it applies to male models (and most other "celebrities") as well. I can see what you mean about overkill, but hell, as long as it's funny.

By: ifjuly

ifjuly — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:54:14 -0800

signal, i read it more as making fun of the manipulated image created in the ads...not so much the women but whoever's designing them, the person who's sniffing out the provocative implications of each image and its setup. and yes, it's pretty hilarious. wish i'd thought of it; it's perfect for the format--a format which WANTS you to form subconcious, instant "cool" narratives based on a page flip.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:32:54 -0800

It seems to me that these are poking fun at the way these women are portrayed in the photos as opposed to making fun of the women themselves. This is an important distinction. IMO, that makes this more of a slam on the fashion industry (and the images it produces) than on women.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:35:01 -0800

In other words, I agree with what ifjuly wrote and really need to consider reading all the comments before I post.

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:39:06 -0800

Nice. Particularly the junkyard manager one. On preview: I third ifjuly.

By: bargle

bargle — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:04:13 -0800

Not a single picture on that site is showing up for me. I suspect that lessens the humor somewhat.

By: msacheson

msacheson — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:53:30 -0800

The little blogger girl. Cheerleader, honors student, and I'm in a band! I tell my parents I'm a virgin, but the truth is I sneak out at nights to party with cholos, and the secrets to my good grades are diet pills, and having given a handjob to the vice principal.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:28:26 -0800

Perhaps not endless sympathy, but hostility? A better word would be jealousy.

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:49:10 -0800

Its a nice idea but the execution is very repetitive and somewhat limited.

By: apollo3000

apollo3000 — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:44:36 -0800

There is an additional rich layer of irony that can perhaps be enjoyed only by those of us who have the misfortune to be veterans of the online personal-ad 'scene.'