August 02 2007
Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 11:56 am
Creeped-out vintage photos by Creeplings.com are wonderful. Buy them here.
Pageant Photo Retouching will improve snaps of your kids that weren’t quite cute enough for a frame: This three-year-old goes from lamb dressed as mutton to freaky lamb dressed as mutton…And this photo of a baby has had some work: “flesh tones boosted to peachy hues, lashes added, bow shadows removed from forehead, drool removed from mouth and dark circles gently faded, while natural eye creases are preserved for a more natural appearance.” Read the comments on Metafilter.
Would you, could youbuy a corn stripper? Reminds me of this cartoon.
Is the Michael Moore backlash over yet? Sicko publicist Michael Moore sends an open video letter to presidential candidate and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani via The Huffington Post.
Why the skinnies hate the fatties: According to the Independent.
You start with a well-intentioned “work for the dole scheme” but you end up with this: Walmart-owned Superama supermarkets in Mexico display these signs: “Our volunteer packers collect no salary, only the gratuity that you give them. Superama thanks you for your understanding.” Full story here.
The impossible has happened: John Campbell’s brand has been sullied — and by the very people who were supposed to be on his side:
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Christ on a bike, did you see the next “sample” on that retouched baby-pic site? It turned a perfectly cute kid into Strassman’s evil kid puppet….
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Strassman gag funny! Here’s some more: This one’s had a major hair-makeover…And this one has had her mouth replaced, but this one has had an age progression job done, which includes big girl teeth and more hair.
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
I feel ill. They look like poorly made dolls the lot of them. Doesn’t this count as abuse? Couldn’t the kids use this in mitigation in the future when they inevitably turn bad and start assassinating picture editors?
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Why do all the hairstyles look like they’ve come out of the 1950s? Not to mention the sexualisation of some of these girls (like the open mouth thing…). Creepy.
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Apparently if you look into their cold, dead eyes and say Jon-Benet 5 times… you’ll go insane.