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10-29-2007, 09:19 AM | #46 | |
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Porn is in the eye of the beholder? I never argued that this was porn as such (hell I am not turned on by it ... anything you feel like sharing with us? ). Just asking if you thought it was, or could reasonably be viewed as, offensive. As for being in the eye of the beholder, this is sometimes true and sometimes not. In this case, the resemblance to a vagina I think is not "just" in the mind of the beholder. The reason being that there are some facts which are true for all humans, such as the fact that most vaginas look pretty similar, and this Pikachu fun-house in shape and placement is a pretty close match. Maybe kids wouldn't notice it ... but the vast majority of adults would. Likewise sexual violence against women is a widespread reality, and can't be dismissed this easily, as being "in the eye/mind of the beholder". It is a fair question if this violence has any connection with this photo. Dana, good points, although my friend was not "upset" but just found it objectionable. But she is fairly sensitive to things like this, for reasons I won't share here. On a lighter note, I wonder if "Pikachu fun-house" will soon become a euphemism for vagina. I think it should .
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10-29-2007, 11:14 AM | #47 |
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Hey, ZenGum, while we've got you on the line...
You're our most verbose Japanese-Engrish poster here.... what the hell does Pikachu mean anyway? Is it just a made up name, as I suspect? Has it acquired any other associations, as you predicted above? TIA
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10-29-2007, 12:08 PM | #48 | |
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You had me stumped with this one. I'm much too old to know more than four things about pokemon. So for the third time tonight I have consulted the great Wikiguru and learned:
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Do you feel richer for knowing this?
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10-29-2007, 08:12 PM | #49 |
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I disagree, I don't think young girls would make the connection either. I doubt very much that preteens would make a sexual connection with this toon character, without being prodded by elders.
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10-29-2007, 08:31 PM | #50 | |
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10-29-2007, 11:34 PM | #51 | |
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And I wasn't suggesting that you were having sexual fantasies about Pikachu. Don't straw man me. I was saying that anyone with an adult mind would almost inevitably notice that in shape and position the entrance to the house resembled a vagina. Meh, if this bothers you lets call Dead Horse on it. I'm getting bored. You can have the last horse-beating.
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10-29-2007, 11:59 PM | #52 |
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I think that's the main difference. We're all adults here (the majority of whom enjoy the odd crass joke or suggestion) so if we can see a bit of something naughty we will.
I'm sure I don't speak for all cellarites, but I'm pretty sure it's plain to see where Zen is coming from. Or it could be just an Aussie thing. lol
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10-30-2007, 12:18 AM | #53 |
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Never having been a young girl, I can't speak with authority. But I can say that if it looked like a penis, young boys would make the connection.
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10-30-2007, 04:43 AM | #54 | |
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You hit the closest on what I was thinking - I think (gimme a break, it's 5 a.m.). IMO, if this was widely thought of (or recognized) as objectionable there wouldn't be nearly so many climbing in and out of the pika-gina. Men and women, young and old - we all have different ideas about what's objectionable, sexual, or both/neither due to whatever psychological theorum are popular lately. I know several people who are naive/prudish/repressed enough that the resemblance may very well have to be pointed out to them. Just my quarter of a cent. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend. God, they're getting shorter, I think.
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10-30-2007, 10:50 AM | #55 | |
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10-30-2007, 01:46 PM | #56 |
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So that is were pika children come from.
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10-30-2007, 02:19 PM | #57 |
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Nah...they're delivered by the Pika-stork
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10-31-2007, 09:42 AM | #58 |
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No, they're stitched together by a Spanish artist called Pika-Sew.
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