That's -- wow.
Probably more traumatizing than if she'd just freaked out, no? Surely the only dignity-maintaining response is her the parent in that situation to pretend not to notice, right?
The kids empty, emotionless gaze was what disturbed me. He had just been caught jerking off, fer Christ's sake. Definitely a sociopath in the making.
But, but it's not a candid camera moment from somebody's webcam, it is a re-enactment. To respond to it as if it were something in the real world is to miss the intent behind the composition -- which I don't know what it is, it looks sort of like it's taken from a propaganda piece from the early '80's or so, instructing parents on how to behave in that sort of situation; but there's also a strong possibility it is from a campy parody of such a propaganda piece, from a much later time.
Speaking of campy parodies, did you all watch the short film Apo linked to, under the title "Dear Hunter"?
How old is that kid? The mom hasn't said anything to him about sex yet? Boo.
The cold, detached, wistful stare while he's jerking is much more disturbing, imo.
You mean, like, maybe he's still...?
Ew.
No i mean its like what i imagine an angel looks like when rubbing one out.
"an angel" s/b "our host"
What about her cold, unblinking stare. And her voice. Very robotic. Picture her as some hippie sexologist's stepford wife.
I liked how Ricky's mom basically says, "you're old enough to have These Feelings, but too young to actually talk about them."
Also, this looks to be from the late 60s-early 70s, based on the hairdos and the "Make Love Not War" (irony!) sign on the inside of Ricky's door.
I get the distinct feeling he's going to kill his mother.
Have you seen the whole video? It's a good one, all about "trainables"--the 70's word for the mentally challenged.
That is, the kid's not a sociopath, just retarded. The section on getting young girls to understand menstruation is terribly interesting.
The whole video, which is almost three times that long, is here. It includes the extra-disturbing intro.
Is this video SFW? Not all of us are shiftless layabouts, you know...
At least visually, it's SFW. There's a lot of "Who knows another word for penis?" talk.
Lots of diagrams, but nothing too obvious from far off.
I've linked to the full video before (predictably), but can't find the post right now.
"The technique used is drawing out, not pumping in." Hee.
I love that Ricky has a "Make Love Not War" sign on his door.
"Oh, that's your problem, son. Crisco is shortening".
Original music by the Lakesprings. Cool. So, 1978 -- I was not too far off with "early '80's". Plus I reckon the dates are just about right for the male lead to be played by our host.
If the video were remade today, mom would discover him getting orally sexated by a classmate. Who says there's no such thing as progress?
Is "orally sexated" intended to introduce ambiguity between fellatio and analingus?
("The Fellatios" would be a good band name. Stanley, take note!)
31 I was going to write 'sexed,' per the local idiom, but 'to sex' technically means 'to determine the sex of,' which generally doesn't require an oral examination. And 'fellatio' just seems so overworked these days.
With a more MILF mom the cut would have been better.
Yes, I think that she would be good on the masturbation talk.
I know two banana ladies who teach condom use. Both are quite cute.
WRT the intro to the video linked in 18, which is indeed extra-creepy: is that the guy who played Bea Arthur's ex-husband in Golden Girls?
(Further to 32: my Google search to check if I had been pwned by reality returned an Unfogged thread within the top five results.)
OT: Anybody else buy UFC 71 tonight?
No, but I am curious about the outcome. Has the fight already happened?
Ah, I see that it hasn't. Liveblog here. I read that "Rampage" has gone soft, but the odds have him as the favorite.
Maybe it's fun to watch -- I haven't seen it myself -- but given everything else going on, isn't there kind of a gladiatorial, decline-of-the-Roman-Empire vibe about UFC events?
decline-of-the-Roman-Empire vibe
I was thinking this very thing yesterday. This country is so totally fucked.
I was thinking this very thing yesterday.
Wait, with regards to professional sports, or national politics? Or their intersection?
espn.com has started covering UFC. The Keith Jardine fight is about to start.
Keith Jardine just got knocked the fuck out.
44: Everything. The culture of decadence, the egregious entitlement of the uppermost classes, the imperial overextension. Time to crack open that unread Gibbon I've had sitting around.
You mean by letter count, or syllables?
The guy who knocked him out was making his UFC debut. 0:48 of the first round.
Hm, looks like the brief interlude of teh funny has passed, and we're back to -gg-d and Apo discussing dick sizes. Goodnight then...
Celebrities in attendance so far: David Spade, Mandy Moore, Adam Sandler, and Kevin James. Gooberiffic!
Really?
Oh, I think they live in Vegas (where Agassi is from).
They arrived at the fight on little three-wheeled scooters.
And it's over. Jackson KOs Liddell in under 30 seconds.
Wow. ESPN was pimping Liddell so hard this week.
Huh. Actually 1:53 of the 1st. Seemed like a much shorter fight.
Ogged, 4">here's the Jardine-Alexander fight, which is the more impressive upset.
-gg-d and Apo discussing dick sizes
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Ogged, 4"
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okay well I know the story of Ricky, not going to divulge my sources on this, but basically he was yes, still jerking off while she was talking and the reason why he was looking like that was because he had been masturbating imagining her intruding and saying the exact same things she actually did say when she did intrude. So there was no way he was going to let that opportunity pass him by, a fetish fantasy fulfillment story come to life.
The Liddell fight is on dailymotion, too. I have to say, that's a little...pathetic.
Chuck Liddell is old, man.
Plus, Pride has better fighters generally. Not that Apo buys that.
Pride's better at the higher weight classes. UFC seems more loaded at the lighter ones.
"Pride's better at the higher weight classes. UFC seems more loaded at the lighter ones."
Yeah, that sounds about right. All Pride really ever cared about was heavyweights, anyhow. Although they did have BJ Penn, and didn't they have Yves St. Laurent for a while?