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Another kindred spirit:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Waterbirth

Hey there --

I noticed that you voted for the trailer for 10 MPH (about a Segway roadtrip across America) a while ago...

Well, the filmmakers have posted the ENTIRE FILM online and I just submitted it to the Sift. Enjoy!

http://www.videosift.com/video/10-MPH-Segway-roadtrip-across-America-93-min

P.S. I love your profile handle & pic together. Only the well-read get it.

Perse, it has to be said: everytime I see your name I think "saxamaphone".

That's all I wanted to say.

Have anything needing a save? I have one burning a hole in my pocket...

Thank you very much!

In reply to this comment by persephone:
*save those crabs

gvod had this one on his blog. This is probably too much for some Sifters.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Mankini-Man-Dances-London

Just wanted to alert you that I had posted this to your channel.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Sexual-Showdown-Top-vs-Bottom

Sorry, that was just meant to poke some fun. You make a point, but I just don't see how a commercial calling guys with fast cars small is really going to create a huge problem. From my perspective, they're just trying to get meatheads to slow down, especially in the residential areas, like you said.
I don't think that stereotype holds any merit, though, because some people simply enjoy going fast. I know I do (but I would never have a little car with a fart can on it).

Once again, sorry if I offended. Stupid internets can't convey the way things are said too well.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
It's a real ad campaign addressing a real problem, MG. Just as you showed concern for your community with your post about contraceptives being offered in gradeschool, I am voicing my concern about a real problem in my community.
Don't try to put me down for that, or it will only make you look like an ignorant prick, of which I am sure you are not.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Persephone and Quboid need to smoke some weed and just chill out. It's a funny video, nothing more.

Wow. That was deep. I hope that didn't hurt your head. I'm kidding.

I appreciate what everyone's saying about it being hard sometimes to deal with being extremely attractive. But, EVERYONE has their own struggles. It's tough to be attractive, it's tough to be short, it's tough to be ugly, it's tough to black, it's tough to be a woman. My point is exactly this: It's tough to be alive and to deal with life everyday. You don't need to whine to each other because we all have our own trials. How do you think it feels to someone who was hit by a drunk driver and lost both their legs to hear someone complain about being attractive.

..and don't give me crap about attractive women being attacked. Ugly women get raped, too. It's a terrible, terrible thing, but it happens to very few of us. It happens to men, women, boys, girls, young, old, ugly, pretty, asian, latino... all kinds of people.

The part that's hard isn't being good looking... it's being alive and staying positive through sickness and health, through thick and thin.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
You could start to think a little deeply about this statment and ask yourself why life is hard for different people. Then you could try to put yourself in the shoes of women who have been attacked and appreciate that being attractive doesn't always bring good things, or nice attention. Then you will have come a long way in understanding what it means to be someone else. Or not.

In reply to this comment by deedub81:
Life's hard. Being good looking isn't.

Not at all.... What I've been tryin to say (very badly I admit) is this:
It is one thing to say "negative attention, or even just TOO MUCH attention can be a negative experience no matter who you are"
it is quite another to say "I'm upset because I garner too much attention and it gets negative" unless you're a supermodel or rock star or something. Standing out in a crowd happens whether you're exceedingly pretty OR exceedingly ugly. Negative attention is a problem regardless of what you look like. This insistance that negative attention is such a problem for PRETTY PEOPLE is insulting to others who have the same problem but aren't pretty. It's like you're saying "well we have men stalking us because we're so damned beautiful" - um excuse me, but you have men stalking you because you're female. How do I know this? Because ugly women get stalked just as much.
Can you see how blindingly narcissistic this looks? To lay some special claim on harrassing behavior just because you're pretty? This is a feminist issue and I deplore it being devalued down to only being pertinant to the pretty ones. What happens when the next time some not-so-fortunate-looking female speaks up about her harrassing ex-boyfriend? Is it a far leap for others to disbelieve her claims because, after all, she's not that pretty... why would a guy stalk her?
No one likes harrassing and intimidating behavior. No one enjoys it. But many many women have it happen to them. To turn this into an issue about looks is devaluing.
By the same token, no one likes being objectified. And it happens quite frequently to UNpretty women too. To imply it's a difficulty only for the beautiful is demeaning and demoralizing and subverts the issues of power-play inherent in objectification.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
So it sounds like you're saying unattractive people deserve empathy and understanding, but attractive ones do not. Is that what you're saying? They've got it so good, they don't know up from down, so why should anyone listen to their story? By offering my experiences, I was trying to garner some empathy for the negative side to lots of male attention, especially to the inexperienced, naive and unprepared idiot that was me. You think it made me feel good about myself, to have guys do what they did? A little boost, or something?

It's somewhat reassuring to me that I'm not alone in having a chip on my shoulder about stuff. I'd say you have a decent sized one yourself, only different stuff, no?

Go explain to the good folks in Sudan that you are struggling with life being too good looking. Yawn.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
Think about what that really means, Fishlegboots. It means these people feel they can't afford to be vulnerable, they can't just be themselves, they can't be real, they don't want to be warm or candid with people too much, because they don't want to give the wrong message.

As far as women go, believe it or not, but they don't necessarily want to be fucked by every dude that comes along.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
Think about what that really means, Fishlegboots. It means these people feel they can't afford to be vulnerable, they can't just be themselves, they can't be real, they don't want to be warm or candid with people too much, because they don't want to give the wrong message.

As far as women go, believe it or not, but they don't necessarily want to be fucked by every dude that comes along.

Hehe! Admittedly, it's probably not what you were looking for from the 'Sexuality' tag...

Thanks for not downvoting it, at any rate!

In reply to this comment by persephone:
GROSS!!!

You didn't think that was sexual?!?! Look at those muscular arms!!!


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I'm pro vaccine no argument here.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
You could only be advocating total abstinence as a smart choice, then Kommie, because warts can be transmitted by the balls touching the outside of the vulva. I know women who got it whilst in a monogamous relationship with their very first boyfriend, who showed no sign of warts and who always used a condom.

He was a carrier and didn't realise he had it and she did the responsible thing by insisting on a condom every time. I wouldn't say her choices were bad ones. Warts is an epidemic and so easily transmitted, you'd have to be a monk not to get it these days-hence the vaccine.

In reply to this comment by K0MMIE:
You're right, and its really a shame that poor choices made early in life will affect them the rest of their life, but honestly poor choices got them there.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
You wouldn't make such an asinine comment if you knew what it's really like to have warts. It itches and burns like hell. Sex is basically impossible, because your whole vagina is so sore. A guys penis will feel like he's ramming you with a knife, if you try sex. Many women have it without realising it until it's severe, because the warts may be inside, hidden from view, like around the cervix.

There's nothing tickly about having warts.

In reply to this comment by K0MMIE:
Sure, Genital warts (or Condyloma, Condylomata acuminata, or venereal warts) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection caused by some sub-types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

Basically what I am saying is that her vagina may get some french ticklers.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
What are you saying here?

In reply to this comment by K0MMIE:
HPV = Human Paplova Virus = Genital Warts. Yeah, your love hole is ruined for life.