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bettyellen

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41. To misstate what the controversy was about- and say that this is in no way political -is nonsense.

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 04:53 PM

Feb 2014

what you appear to be saying is you wish it was about the sizes and shapes of women you have known, so you can gas off down memory lane, and somehow that would be relevant or helpful. It is neither.

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Models and Body Types - On DU? [View all] MineralMan Feb 2014 OP

OK, but how do you feel about humans being apes. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #1

Well, we're one branch off the primate tree. MineralMan Feb 2014 #3

Thanks. It was a tongue in cheek question given another hot OP. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #42

great apes, or as i think fracking fantastic apes. ;) loli phabay Feb 2014 #6

I am okay with it considering we are similar by between 95 and 98% genetically VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #7

Um, we are great apes. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #11

as i said we are fracking fantastic apes as long as we shave. lol loli phabay Feb 2014 #25

I have a full beard, which sometimes is MineralMan Feb 2014 #32

eek, not for me but if it works for you knock yourself out. loli phabay Feb 2014 #36

If I shaved, I'm sure my wife would call the police MineralMan Feb 2014 #38

lol i can see the police report now, subject doa due to having shaved loli phabay Feb 2014 #39

Not a worry. I won't be cutting off my beard. MineralMan Feb 2014 #40

We have common ancestors with modern apes. Arugula Latte Feb 2014 #30

The Great Apes are actually all Hominidae, including humans. Adrahil Feb 2014 #44

Interesting, thanks. Arugula Latte Feb 2014 #50

Another way to put it laundry_queen Feb 2014 #49

doors, dude. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #2

At my advanced age, more people open doors for me than MineralMan Feb 2014 #4

I can't wait to open the door to the Olive Garden Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #10

as she is packing heat and carrying an ipod loli phabay Feb 2014 #15

and considering voting third way. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #17

and considering starring in a porn movie, while eating non organic food and pacific loli phabay Feb 2014 #19

...and walking a "Pitbull".. n/t EX500rider Feb 2014 #29

Chicken thread! Chicken thread! Lasher Feb 2014 #48

When you do, I hope you'll start a GD thread about it. MineralMan Feb 2014 #22

Quit stealing my line The Straight Story Feb 2014 #20

you better open the door for me. ;) loli phabay Feb 2014 #23

Only if you promise to pose for SI The Straight Story Feb 2014 #31

as long as they pay me i am up for it. loli phabay Feb 2014 #37

we all have a different idea of beauty i suppose, my ideal is more like the ladies on the si cover loli phabay Feb 2014 #5

OK, but what does that have to do with politics? MineralMan Feb 2014 #8

much like your call to change the posts that appear on gd. sexual politics seems to be the biggest loli phabay Feb 2014 #13

It sells magazines, too. MineralMan Feb 2014 #18

your not the intended audience, no doubt what you buy woukd not intetest me or vice versa loli phabay Feb 2014 #21

Again, I have no idea what magazines you read. MineralMan Feb 2014 #24

seems it dies as politics and life intertwine at a lot of points loli phabay Feb 2014 #26

I still subscribe to some paper magazines. MineralMan Feb 2014 #28

you missed the point about the SI thread possibly making GD a bit hostile to women... bettyellen Feb 2014 #9

Here's how I see that: MineralMan Feb 2014 #12

It is supposed to be a progressive space, and the fact that is get littered with bullshit intended bettyellen Feb 2014 #33

Thank you for your reply. I choose the threads I participate in MineralMan Feb 2014 #34

To misstate what the controversy was about- and say that this is in no way political -is nonsense. bettyellen Feb 2014 #41

And it is actually commentary on something he claims to not read. nt boston bean Feb 2014 #47

I see the same types of things on ABC, NBC, CBS... Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #27

conceptually for many the ideal would be similar to what constitutes hostile in a work enviornment bettyellen Feb 2014 #35

What's ironic about this issue is that the models justiceischeap Feb 2014 #14

I suppose that's true, but it has nothing to do with me. MineralMan Feb 2014 #16

but... it does have to do with each and every one of us women. and it has to do with our daughters seabeyond Feb 2014 #43

It's a small leap to the day when they start featuring completely computer-generated models! reformist2 Feb 2014 #46

Meh. I look at page 1 of GD and see Star Trek, Doctor_J Feb 2014 #45