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Confusing Stereotypes and Slang Misuse

August 18th, 2008 1 Comment   Posted in Distorted Viewpoint, Funny Pictures, Photoshop Phun, Social Misfits

I’ve come across my share of adults that have used foul language in front of young children, and these same adults later wonder why these kids end up copying them.  Quite often you end up hearing things like “Billy is a bastard” or “Kelly is being such a dumb cunt”. The kid doesn’t know what the words “bastard” or “cunt” means necessarily, but they do know it was used by an adult with mean intent.

This problem becomes worse, and in fact, more confusing to children when they hear adults uses slang terms in relationship to stereotyping people of certain races, genders, or sexual orientations.

Imagine what images must go through a kid’s mind when he hears his older sibling (or perhaps his father) say something like “So I went to this bar the other night. And the moment I stepped in, my gaydar went off big-time. I was surrounded by nothing but fudge packers and ass pirates. It was so disgusting.”

Firstly, the gaydar reference probably wouldn’t mean anything to them. The fudge packing comment would seem harsh and confusing (who doesn’t like fudge), and the ass pirate comment would give them nightmares of pirates with booty-faces (instead of pirates searching for booty).

And this confusion isn’t strictly related to gay-bashing.

Kids could easily be confused by the use of slang terms used to degrade women.

“The girl I met on my blind date had such a butterface.”

If you had the words Parkay splattered over your face, you’d probably be blind too.

And imagine how confused some kid would be by some racist comment like: “Some big crazy cracker tried to mess with me down by the alley this morning.”

You wouldn’t have to be Mike Tyson’s kid to know how to solve that problem. Bite him!

So the lesson we learn from this is simple.  Before you start blabbing about the events of your day, watch what you say.

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Seacrest Out (Of The Closet)

May 21st, 2008 No Comments   Posted in Distorted Viewpoint, Funny Pictures, Photoshop Phun, Pop Culture, Social Misfits

On the eve of the American Idol season finale, a new (but not necessarily shocking) bit of news has been leaked out to the press. American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is in fact, gay.

While Seacrest’s sexual preference has been more well-guarded than a Suri Cruise bowel-movement, pictures of Ryan (or as he likes to be called by his closest and dearest boyfriends - Rear End) have been leaked out to the media. Below are but a few of the pictures we were able to get our hands on.

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