tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post428398597061220116..comments2024-03-29T14:41:00.974+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Why is Sexy/Hot a term of approbation?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-69739916221802361732013-06-07T00:21:01.406+01:002013-06-07T00:21:01.406+01:00Funny you should say that, Bruce.
The main thing ...Funny you should say that, Bruce. <br />The main thing I've noticed about internet communications is that there really <i>isn't</i> any point. <br />Would that it were otherwise. <br /><br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-63368664698973024022013-06-06T21:52:16.596+01:002013-06-06T21:52:16.596+01:00@Crow - I think you may be missing the point...@Crow - I think you may be missing the point...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-35686020144273891972013-06-06T21:30:25.588+01:002013-06-06T21:30:25.588+01:00Where I live, there is such a dire shortage of any...Where I live, there is such a dire shortage of anything remotely describable as a 'hot chick', that the most astonishingly un-hot examples get to be described as 'hot'. <br />i.e.: Anything under 90, having at least 1% of their mass not green/grey in colour, not legally dead, and possibly female in origin. <br />This is what happens to language when you remove any baseline to provide context. <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-927598234739431822013-06-06T18:19:36.856+01:002013-06-06T18:19:36.856+01:00@C - Clearly the word has a wide and imprecise usa...@C - Clearly the word has a wide and imprecise usage - the thing I am talking about IS deliberate, contrived, strategic. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-62733596439244161812013-06-06T18:18:32.108+01:002013-06-06T18:18:32.108+01:00C. has left a new comment on your post "Why i...C. has left a new comment on your post "Why is Sexy/Hot a term of approbation?":<br /><br />What gives you the idea that "sexiness" must be deliberate? In that case unwanted sexual attention would be impossible - and believe me, it is possible to attract sexual attention while dressed modestly...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-66772862881631816442013-06-06T17:47:40.118+01:002013-06-06T17:47:40.118+01:00If there was "only this world", it would...If there was "only this world", it would still be what it is: paradise. <br />Are we speaking of "the world" as The World, or in a merely social sense? <br /><br />All the world's troubles originate from people seeing themselves as the world, rather than the world as them.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-19544622086340075872013-06-06T17:41:27.164+01:002013-06-06T17:41:27.164+01:00@JP - Too late, attitudes had already changed; the...@JP - Too late, attitudes had already changed; the pill was more like a consequence rather than a cause...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-35947757693647161382013-06-06T17:28:41.160+01:002013-06-06T17:28:41.160+01:00How would you respond to:
"Why the change?
T...How would you respond to:<br /><br />"Why the change?<br />The Pill, obviously."<br /><br />The Pill certainly dramatically lowered the costs and consequences of Godless pleasure-seeking...JPnoreply@blogger.com