First-World Rich White People Heroically Struggle to Solve First-World Rich White People Problems

This dude wants to Raise Consciousness about a serious problem: Paintings of hot sexy women on sci-fi and fantasy books.

Posted by: Ace at 02:50 PM

Comments

1 Yeah, that's a real evil there.

Posted by: wheatie at January 18, 2013 02:54 PM (fH4X9)

2
This is a problem, how? not enough pointy elbows?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie Ž at January 18, 2013 02:54 PM (1hM1d)

3 You owe me some brain bleach!
And lunch.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 02:54 PM (+aCe4)

4 Why, besides the fact that he hasn't encountered it since his birth, does this man hate vagina so much?

Posted by: Jollyroger at January 18, 2013 02:55 PM (t06LC)

5 Those hot women aren't wearing burkas...so of course, they're evil.

Posted by: wheatie at January 18, 2013 02:55 PM (fH4X9)

6 I would like that outfit on the left in blood red and royal purple as well, s'il vous plait.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 18, 2013 02:56 PM (VtjlW)

7
The guy is really going to have a problem if he ever sees the three boob chick from that movie.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk, now without socks at January 18, 2013 02:56 PM (p/cQy)

8 Did... did he shave his legs for the knife picture?
Please God. No.

Posted by: Jollyroger at January 18, 2013 02:56 PM (t06LC)

9 Unlike biofuels, this particular strain of narcissistic nincompoopery seems to be injuring no one. Yet.

Posted by: Truman North at January 18, 2013 02:57 PM (I2LwF)

10 Is this part of the Hawkeye Initiative? http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/

Posted by: CitizenEgg at January 18, 2013 02:57 PM (RB0el)

11 I don't see the problem

Posted by: Iluv jumbo black nuts at January 18, 2013 02:57 PM (zCojJ)

12 Oh dear God no.

Posted by: Marcus at January 18, 2013 02:57 PM (GGCsk)

13 Is that a spatula taped to your leg, or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: johnd01 at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (ukNFU)

14 She looks better in the bald wig and beard makeup. Lost the glasses, though.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (PH+2B)

15 Unlike biofuels, this particular strain of narcissistic nincompoopery seems to be injuring no one. Yet.
Posted by: Truman North
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Chris Stevens would disagree...if he could.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (+aCe4)

16 I've really got to stop checking in here when I'm eating lunch.

Posted by: mugiwara at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (gauLy)

17 I like the papier mache head the guy is wearing.
It's not?
Seriously?

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (VndSC)

18 Feminism is so confusing.

They march for the right to dress like sluts and then complain about being represented in fiction dressed like sluts.

Is the rule that women are allowed to dress like sluts, but men aren't allowed to notice?

Posted by: Lauren at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (tyue4)

19 I would like that outfit on the left in blood red and royal purple as well, s'il vous plait.

Red Hat Society?

Posted by: Infidel at January 18, 2013 02:58 PM (O/fK8)

20 I was just thinking there was no way a man could look gayer than to wear a garter on his thigh. Then Ace posted a picture of a dude with a plastic lettuce knife tucked into a garter on his thigh.

Go figure.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 18, 2013 02:59 PM (CmheR)

21 Is the rule that women are allowed to dress like sluts, but men aren't allowed to notice?

Womyn dress only for other womyn. And feminists even more so, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (B/VB5)

22 Und vhere did this .... man get his violent toys that he is parading about as if to encourage the use of violence in our already-too violent Society?

Posted by: Bibgy's Achtung! Salute at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (3ZtZW)

23
btw, women can contort in different ways then men because they are actually built different. That guy should check that out if its not too icky for him.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk, now without socks at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (p/cQy)

24 Not Not Moby is ascared of the tingling in his vaj.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (K+mtQ)

25 I bet this fella would feel much more secure if I painted some big fucking firm hooters on him. Or maybe tattooed a nipple on his forehead?

Posted by: Fritz at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (/ZZCn)

26

for a second I thought this was about that new tv conspiracy show with Anthony Edwards

Posted by: soothsayer at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (zwqd/)

27 http://bit.ly/VP3vsb

Smell the glove ringing thru to me.

Posted by: sTevo at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (VMcEw)

28
That's a good look for you, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (vxGjP)

29 To borrow the phrase, What fresh hell is this?!

Posted by: toby928Š Caesarist at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (evdj2)

30 Which one is the tranny?

Posted by: eman at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (tBnjP)

31 interesting.......he's prettier than the drawing of the female in the second picture

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 18, 2013 03:00 PM (GVxQo)

32 The calf-high black socks make the outfit.

Posted by: Roy at January 18, 2013 03:01 PM (VndSC)

33 If I had a couch, I'd keep it away from that "guy."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 18, 2013 03:02 PM (yiIja)

34 Well, looks like we'll need a ban on lettuce knives now.

Over/under he shops at Whole Foods?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:02 PM (UOM48)

35
Breaking: Federal Appeals Court upholds WI law restricting unions.

Walker wins again.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk, now without socks at January 18, 2013 03:03 PM (p/cQy)

36 Tell the truth, dood. You'd still take photos of yourself in those poses, even without the sanctimonious politics.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 18, 2013 03:03 PM (pUkWs)

37 White folks got their set of troubles and soo do ex-mayors and current mayor's of Chocolate city's , in fact all mayors in Chocolate city's have problems..

Posted by: Clemenza at January 18, 2013 03:03 PM (x59Gv)

38 His shit's fucked up and he talks like a fag.

Posted by: Truman North at January 18, 2013 03:03 PM (I2LwF)

39 I'm here to rape your lettuce.

Posted by: sTevo at January 18, 2013 03:03 PM (VMcEw)

40 Why?

Posted by: EC at January 18, 2013 03:04 PM (doBIb)

41 I sense some irony here but nah man this'll totally get that guy all kinds of laid by hot sci-fi & fantasy chixxx. "OMG THAT HIGHLY CONSCIOUS GUY HAS TWO PAIRS OF GLASSES TO MATCH DIFFERENT OUTFITS" is what the chixxx will say. Then they will dispense the poon.

To that creepy pansy gross bald dork.

Because he earned it.

With this display.

Of earning it.

Posted by: oblig. at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (cePv8)

42 I think he should go on one of those reality tv shows for male models. I'm sure he'll go far.

Posted by: Bibgy's Achtung! Salute at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (3ZtZW)

43 *begins to speak, then quiets down*

o.o

*raises hand as if to begin a tirade, then stops*

. . . >_> I've got nothin'. . .

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, fresh out of brain bleach at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (v07al)

44 The guy really has looking like an idiot down. Kudos.

Posted by: maddogg at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (OlN4e)

45 The one on the left raises my consciousness. The one on the right, not so much.

Posted by: Cricket at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (DrC22)

46 I can't get past his soulful eyes.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (UOM48)

47 Hey Ray Nagin , you coulda been a contender, just look at the Prezzy, you had to go get those 27 indictments, well the Chief washed his clothes but sounds like Mr. Chocolate City got him some permanent stains...

Posted by: Clemenza at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (x59Gv)

48 jane

you can tell he's serious about this....he's not smizing......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 18, 2013 03:06 PM (GVxQo)

49 Didn't know Nerd Porn was an issue for basement dwellers of the 4th realm...

But Seriously , these guys giggle when you
mention the Big Bang Theory...

Posted by: American Dawg at January 18, 2013 03:06 PM (trA4n)

50 And muslims think the women should be covered up. Ick.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 03:06 PM (+aCe4)

51 Ace, you should have teased it and dared us to guess what he looks like.

Because he looks exactly what he should look like.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 18, 2013 03:06 PM (T0NGe)

52 Virgin for life?

Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at January 18, 2013 03:06 PM (xMU3a)

53 The pic of him at the link, holding a toaster...needs a bathtub full of water.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:07 PM (UOM48)

54 The last pussy that guy got was around his damn neck.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:07 PM (da5Wo)

55 43 yeah I'm all done with this too

Posted by: Bibgy's Achtung! Salute at January 18, 2013 03:07 PM (3ZtZW)

56 The lady has some skinny thighs tho.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 03:08 PM (+aCe4)

57 I like Bowie's German version of Heroes. It's one of the few English pop songs that translate well into a foreign language.

Posted by: kallisto at January 18, 2013 03:08 PM (jm/9g)

58 Is this part of the Hawkeye Initiative?

#NukeIowaCity

And ban lettuce knives. For the Children.

Posted by: HeatherRadish needs a beer at January 18, 2013 03:08 PM (ZKzrr)

59

GAH!!!!11!1!!

Mein EYES!!!11!!!!1!!

At least drop it below the fold.

GAH!

Posted by: imp at January 18, 2013 03:08 PM (UaxA0)

60 The sword pic at the link is scawwwy. Pweez, Mr. Pwesident, make Congwess outlaw evul swords....(little Timmy)

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:08 PM (UOM48)

61 Is that a spatula taped to your leg, or are you just happy to see me?

Nothing says "I Love You" like the gift of a spatula.

Posted by: Sy Greenblum, president of Spatula City at January 18, 2013 03:09 PM (ZKzrr)

62 >>>he's not smizing

Izzat some sort of wimmen's shaving technique? Becoz he doesn't do that either

Posted by: Bibgy's Achtung! Salute at January 18, 2013 03:09 PM (3ZtZW)

63 "Jim Hines straddles"

Anything after that? Stopped reading.

Posted by: RWC at January 18, 2013 03:09 PM (fWAjv)

64
Ace, you should have teased it and dared us to guess what he looks like.

Nah, it would've been another London Boys pic.

Either that or a Rick Roll.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 18, 2013 03:09 PM (yiIja)

65 Please sign this White House petition. Thanks much.

http://tinyurl.com/bby6x3j

Posted by: Jed at January 18, 2013 03:09 PM (TyTgv)

66 The one on the left raises my consciousness. The one on the right, not so much.
Posted by: Cricket at January 18, 2013 03:05 PM (DrC22)

You named it "consciousness"? Funny. I just call mine Timmy. He likes tofind himself in the bottom of holes.

Posted by: Jollyroger at January 18, 2013 03:10 PM (t06LC)

67 Clicked on the link to the article...it goes to the fucking BBC.

There are more of these side-by-side photos, with this guy striking the same pose as the scifi model.

This guy's name is Jim Hines...and he is a 'fantasy author'.
He's also raising money for some disease that aflicts girls.

I think he's doing this to get laid, and sell books.

Posted by: wheatie at January 18, 2013 03:10 PM (fH4X9)

68 GAH!!!!11!1!!Mein EYES!!!11!!!!1!!At least drop it below the fold.GAH!
Posted by: imp
---------
I feel your pain. I lost a load of squid I ate.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 03:10 PM (+aCe4)

69 I think it's kinda funny though.

Posted by: RWC at January 18, 2013 03:11 PM (fWAjv)

70 A little more cleavage please, Mr. Hines.

Posted by: G. at January 18, 2013 03:12 PM (aOhOP)

71 I love how he has to make sure you know his weapon is--

flaccid, er plastic and green.

Ewwww.

Posted by: tasker at January 18, 2013 03:12 PM (r2PLg)

72 "Male characters [are] powerful and strong, and women's sexuality will
be emphasised. And why is that a problem? It's constraining for both men
and women."

Men are strong, women are beautiful.

And that's wrong.

...........................

Fuck it. I quit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:12 PM (da5Wo)

73 Can you say 'child molestor', because I sure can.

If ever there was a reason to own a gun, THAT picture is it.

Jesus.

Posted by: blindside at January 18, 2013 03:12 PM (x7g7t)

74 But no matter the mission, Hines shows some flesh. Just because he is
waging a war, it does not mean he cannot be alluring at the same time,
right?

"Alluring" ---- so that's what the hipsters are calling that now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:12 PM (UOM48)

75 WTF!
Really?

Where is the corresponding campaign this guy has to end the rampant objectification of men depicted as beefcakes on romance novels whose pecs are so big you could land the space shuttle on them and have runway left over?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (0q2P7)

76 wheatie

oh he's going to get laid alright....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (GVxQo)

77 LMAO. I just realized that's a celery knife. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I hope to hell this guy isn't on 'our' side.

Posted by: blindside at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (x7g7t)

78 I'm here to rape your lettuce. Posted by: sTevo at January 18, 2013 03:03 PM (VMcEw)

No, he just wants his salad tossed.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (sbV1u)

79 I have just 1 four letter word for this... WTF?

Posted by: cu'chulainn at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (Vk2CC)

80 >>>Jim C. Hines' latest book is LIBRIOMANCER, a modern-day fantasy about a magic-wielding librarian

B-O-O-O-O-O-R-I-N-G

Posted by: Bibgy's Achtung! Salute at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (3ZtZW)

81 Sorry JED , I don't sign anything associated with the current White House...
Plus -
- The White House doesn't address them anyway , it's all a big joke to them....

Posted by: American Dawg at January 18, 2013 03:13 PM (trA4n)

82 If you're looking at illustrations of women in the sci-fi and fantasy genres and expecting biological realism, you're an idiot. You might as well look at hentai manga to figure out how to pick up chicks.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:14 PM (4df7R)

83 35 Breaking: Federal Appeals Court upholds WI law restricting unions.
Walker wins again.
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Excellent.

Posted by: wheatie at January 18, 2013 03:14 PM (fH4X9)

84 I demand a thread full of Denise Milani to make up for this travishamockery.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, fresh out of brain bleach at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (v07al)

85 What completely destroys the premise is that the guy is just plain ugly. Get a athletic male model-type to do those poses and women who think of themselves as feminists would buy up whatever romance novel had it on the cover.

In my bookstore days you wouldn't believe how many women bought a stack of lurid romances while announcing they'd just die if their friends knew about this purchase. If they web had existed back then I'd have taken down names off the checks and credit cards to run in a sting page. Perhaps set up a hidden camera for further evidence.

Posted by: epobirs at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (kcfmt)

86
There's a knife just for celery?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk, now without socks at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (p/cQy)

87 I usually don't have a problem with clicking on 'continue reading' but I think I had already seen more then I wanted to see with the teaser. Gawd, even the phrase 'teaser' makes me wanna puke.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (feFL6)

88 I stopped reading Drudge because it makes me want to shoot myself. Now this?

Posted by: Marcus at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (GGCsk)

89 83
35 Breaking: Federal Appeals Court upholds WI law restricting unions.

Walker wins again.

Well, that's one bright spot in this suck-ass day/week/month/year-so-far.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (UOM48)

90 "Male characters [are] powerful and strong, and women's sexuality will

be emphasised. And why is that a problem? It's constraining for both men

and women."

I've got a better idea. Why don't you write a GREAT book that breaks that convention and sets another?

No you need to tell authors to SHUT UP! instead...

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (0q2P7)

91
SMOD.

Stat.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (8cJXl)

92 Yeah, I didn't need to see that.

Posted by: Aaron at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (Tlix5)

93 he just wants to dress up in women's clothing

Posted by: thunderb at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (Dnbau)

94 /raises hand

Can I be excused from this planet please? Not sure even an eternity in Alextopia can undo the damage from seeing that...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Meadow Party 2016 at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (GBXon)

95 There's a knife just for celery?

It's a lettuce knife. I have one, that I never use.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (UOM48)

96 Going out on a limb here - he's been to Thailand.

Posted by: eman at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (tBnjP)

97 Most men posing for such pictures would be concerned about their genitals accidentally coming into view.

I don't think this guy had that concern.

Posted by: epobirs at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (kcfmt)

98 Too gutless to strap a real one on--even his strap on has to be--

politically correct.

Posted by: tasker at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (r2PLg)

99 What's weird is how I can look at some of those female fantasy costumes, notice how ridiculous and impractical they are, and yet still respect women while retaining the sense of perspective that I am looking at fantasy.

Why these people feel the need to make their insecurities so well known is beyond me.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (ROv35)

100 Why...WHY is this news anywhere, much less the BBC?

Posted by: MadisonConservative at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (Y/HG5)

101 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (/eBe8)

102 Not sure even an eternity in Alextopia can undo the damage from seeing that...

---

Maybe a timeout in the barrel will fix that.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (e0xKF)

103 96 There's a knife just for celery?

It's a lettuce knife. I have one, that I never use.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:16 PM (UOM4

__________________

Gawd--what a tool this guy is.

Posted by: tasker at January 18, 2013 03:18 PM (r2PLg)

104 I stopped reading Drudge too because it is too tabloidy for me.

Posted by: sTevo at January 18, 2013 03:18 PM (VMcEw)

105 Did... did he shave his legs for the knife picture?

I don't think he has the testosterone necessary to need to.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 18, 2013 03:18 PM (/eBe8)

106 Maybe a timeout in the barrel will fix that.

Head back down. You're in for a while, mister.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Meadow Party 2016 at January 18, 2013 03:19 PM (GBXon)

107 Dammit, but some pumps, Jimmy! I can't understand what you're doing there with the flats. Something's not coming across. Something's... lost.

Posted by: Dang at January 18, 2013 03:19 PM (R18D0)

108 Maybe a timeout in the barrel will fix that.

Posted by: Brandon in Baton Rouge at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (e0xKF

Wait a minute....who gave you permission to climb out?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:19 PM (UOM48)

109
84
I demand a thread full of Denise Milani to make up for this travishamockery.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, fresh out of brain bleach at January 18, 2013 03:15 PM (v07al)

http://tinyurl.com/akq4fua

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:19 PM (da5Wo)

110 Innnnn the jungle the lion sleeps toniiiiiiite!

Ooooooh weeeeee~!

Posted by: Dead Hostage Choir and A Capella Group at January 18, 2013 03:19 PM (KDq5l)

111 Omega, man.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (9o+v/)

112
Drew and Gabe both sat back and just let it happen.

At least this guy stepped up to the plate.

Posted by: jwest at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (ZDsRL)

113 Codex Chief Executive Officer Peter Hildick-Smith remains puzzled why
science fiction and fantasy publishers sell sexualised covers.

*blink* OK, someone get this hyphenated metrosexual a book on Human Nature 101 and a book on marketing techniques, please.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (QkEg0)

114 Last night we had Couch Rape Boy and now this.

SMOD, take me now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (UOM48)

115 What completely destroys the premise is that the guy is just plain ugly. Get a athletic male model-type to do those poses and women who think of themselves as feminists would buy up whatever romance novel had it on the cover.

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that the female protagonists who are posing on these books, by nature of their being heroines, are supposed to be more flexible, fit, attractive and generally better at everything than a typical 38-year old schlub with a bald head and a goofy beard. I mean, I get what he's saying -- the breast-waist-hip ratio on some of these illustrated women is physically impossible sometimes, and some of the positions they stand in are just painful -- but it's such a stupid thing to obsess over.

The only guys I've ever seen who look like the illustrated Conan the Barbarian are 'roided up monsters who'd never be able to swing a battleaxe without tearing something. So do you want to try modeling THOSE poses, too, sir?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (4df7R)

116 I really did think Ae had a fuller head of hair.

Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (ck23p)

117 >>>>What's weird is how I can look at some of those female fantasy costumes,
notice how ridiculous and impractical they are, and yet still respect
women while retaining the sense of perspective that I am looking at fantasy.

Yeah it's fantasy ass. Real world check dumbshit. The readers of scifi by and large, their fantasies include hot women.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (0q2P7)

118
So the naked scanners are being removed from airports. There's a billion or so bucks pissed down the drain.

Posted by: Ohio No you can't see my junk Dan at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (JKNDp)

119 First world problems like "I've got way too much time on my hands and don't have to worry about where my next meal is coming from"? That kind of first world problem?

Posted by: joncelli at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (RD7QR)

120 >>>The Second Amendment under assault? Nah.>>>A President wiping his ass with the Constitution? Nah.>>>A government so out of control with spending that our children and THEIR children have the equivalent of the chains of a debtor's prison on them? Nah.

All related to one another, is my guess. Collapse coming, so they need to get rid of the guns, so they can enslave your kids - though that requires trashing the Constitution.

Posted by: Bigby's 2 Fingers of Gin at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (3ZtZW)

121 Wow. What a fucktard.

What do you think the odds are this guy has kiddie porn?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (u5ozF)

122
100
What's weird is how I can look at some of those female fantasy costumes,
notice how ridiculous and impractical they are, and yet still respect
women while retaining the sense of perspective that I am looking at fantasy.

Why these people feel the need to make their insecurities so well known is beyond me.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 18, 2013 03:17 PM (ROv35)

Leftists are unable to process two ideals at once. You cannot be both attractive and awe-inspiring, for example. It incurs cognitive dissonance in a moonbat's brain.

Guns cannot both destroy and protect. Cognitive dissonance.

You cannot earn wealth and give freely to charity. Cognitive dissonance.
Moonbattery at its finest. And why is that? Because they lack integrative complexity.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, fresh out of brain bleach at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (v07al)

123 Men are strong, women are beautiful.

Yeah, but in these fantasy worlds, the women are also strong. Unrealistically strong. Not that the guys are realistic either but, no, an average-sized athletic woman will not have a protracted fight with an average-sized athletic man.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 18, 2013 03:22 PM (T0NGe)

124 I really did think Ace had a fuller head of hair.

Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (ck23p)

It's short, but I think it's a nice style. The dude on the right however needs some serious plugs.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2013 03:22 PM (GsoHv)

125
115
Last night we had Couch Rape Boy and now this.

SMOD, take me now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:20 PM (UOM4

LOL

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, fresh out of brain bleach at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (v07al)

126 "Male characters [are] powerful and strong, and women's sexuality will
be emphasised. And why is that a problem? It's constraining for both men
and women."

I'm offended that he's offended. So there.

But, really, does he not realize that he's complaining about the Heroine being portrayed as sexy? Would he complain if the main character were male and was portrayed as sexy?

Does he complain when Chris Hemsworth takes off his shirt in Thor, or that Gerard Butler walked around shirtless for the entirety of 300?

Somehow, I doubt it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (/eBe8)

127 Is that erg?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (UOM48)

128 This is clearly a case of "I can ever get laid! Maybe I can get laid by a militant feminist if emasculate myself enough and advocate for a feminist cause"

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (0q2P7)

129 Yeah, but in these fantasy worlds, the women are
also strong. Unrealistically strong. Not that the guys are realistic
either but, no, an average-sized athletic woman will not have a
protracted fight with an average-sized athletic man.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 18, 2013 03:22 PM (T0NGe)

Ok, so the women are unrealistically beautiful AND strong. I'm still failing to see a problem. Or an insult. Or much of anything really.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (da5Wo)

130 Does he complain when Chris Hemsworth takes off his shirt in Thor, or that Gerard Butler walked around shirtless for the entirety of 300?

O___O

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:24 PM (4df7R)

131 Not that the guys are realistic either but, no, an average-sized
athletic woman will not have a protracted fight with an average-sized
athletic man.

Usually that's acknowledged and explained. For the record.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 18, 2013 03:24 PM (/eBe8)

132 His name is Harrison Bergeron.

Posted by: EC at January 18, 2013 03:24 PM (doBIb)

133
That guy has a face in need of a punch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk, now without socks at January 18, 2013 03:24 PM (p/cQy)

134 http://tinyurl.com/akq4fua

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:19 PM (da5Wo)

...will to live... returning. Scars in mind's eye. . . healing. I think I'll make it now. x_X Many thanks, good sir.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, fresh out of brain bleach at January 18, 2013 03:25 PM (v07al)

135 Does he complain when Chris Hemsworth takes off his
shirt in Thor, or that Gerard Butler walked around shirtless for the
entirety of 300?

Somehow, I doubt it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (/eBe

He's too busy humping a couch while shoving a cucumber up his ass to complain.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:25 PM (da5Wo)

136
>>>The dude on the right however needs some serious plugs.

Oh, I thought this was a self-portrait entitled 'Blog Host w/ Ginsu'.
Of course, I didn't read the post.

Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2013 03:25 PM (ck23p)

137 This day is shaping up to be a zero JEF day, here at the HQ.

Posted by: sTevo at January 18, 2013 03:25 PM (VMcEw)

138 I'll tell you this: if this guy is an author, I will not be reading the Sunday book thread here. The. Humanity.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at January 18, 2013 03:25 PM (qwK3S)

139 Holy Shit!!

The most amazing thing about that pic is that the lettuce knife isn't illegal.

Posted by: RWC at January 18, 2013 03:26 PM (fWAjv)

140 That guy is so ghey.

Posted by: Aquaman at January 18, 2013 03:26 PM (evdj2)

141 61

Nothing says "I Love You" like the gift of a spatula.

Posted by: Sy Greenblum, president of Spatula City at January 18, 2013 03:09 PM (ZKzrr)

UHF references are always welcome.

Anyway, I'd lurk in this thread a bit longer, but I need to teach some more poodles how to fly.

Posted by: Big McLargeHuge at January 18, 2013 03:26 PM (qTl9t)

142 the lettuce knife isn't illegal.
---
That's because you are not in Britain.

Posted by: sTevo at January 18, 2013 03:26 PM (VMcEw)

143 >>>Usually that's acknowledged and explained. For the record.

Yeah it's only movies that expect you to accept that on faith. Books usually put effort into explaining WHY a woman can kick a mans ass. Usual plot device is she has been augmented, in more ways than the cover makes readily apparent.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:27 PM (0q2P7)

144 These are the guys that only play female characters in RPG games.

Posted by: EC at January 18, 2013 03:27 PM (doBIb)

145 That guy is so ghey.

Posted by: Aquaman at January 18, 2013 03:26 PM (evdj2)

Totally.

Posted by: Green Lantern at January 18, 2013 03:27 PM (/eBe8)

146 I can't link (or wont) any rally good images to erase the one above but if you scroll down a little you can find some here.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 18, 2013 03:28 PM (81UWZ)

147 That guy reminds me of South Park - Drugs are baaad, M'Kay?

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262Š at January 18, 2013 03:28 PM (UU0OF)

148 Just. Go. Away.

Yes, you care. I hope it gets you into some panties like you are trying for. (That could be taken two ways I guess).

Posted by: Tonic Dog at January 18, 2013 03:28 PM (X/+QT)

149 "This is clearly a case of "I can ever get laid! Maybe I can get laid by a militant feminist if emasculate myself enough and advocate for a feminist cause"

The growing number of men who emasculate themselves for temporary female approval is amusing.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 18, 2013 03:28 PM (ROv35)

150
>>>That guy is so ghey.

"How gay is he?"

He's so gay if you wanted to get the lighbulb out of his colon, you'd first have to remove the potato ricer from his rectum.

Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (FZ3Ul)

151 Sex sells. This? Not so much.

Posted by: Vizzini at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (O7Q1u)

152 Anyway, I'd lurk in this thread a bit longer, but I need to teach some more poodles how to fly.
Posted by: Big McLargeHuge
------
As God is my witness, I thought poodles could fly!

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (+aCe4)

153 He's too busy humping a couch while shoving a cucumber up his ass to complain.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:25 PM (da5Wo)

Dammit. See what you made me do. (SFW)

http://tinyurl.com/cgg3ot

That vid is going to haunt them through life.

Posted by: RWC at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (fWAjv)

154 Usual plot device is she has been augmented, in more ways than the cover makes readily apparent.

Yeah. Or has kewl magik powerz.

But at least they pretend to deal with it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (/eBe8)

155 Ok, so the women are unrealistically beautiful AND strong. I'm still failing to see a problem. Or an insult. Or much of anything really.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:23 PM (da5Wo)
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I think they're supposed to be unattractive and not appear strong but in actuality are as strong as their male counterparts, and smarter, with better judgment and greater wisdom.

You see this kinda dude at bars all the time, offering to eat peanuts out of women's shit. They think going omega and agreeing with any statement or request issued from a woman's lips will get them laid. One time out of a hundred it does.

Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (1FLBb)

156 Like tears in rain

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 18, 2013 03:29 PM (MSrqi)

157 paintings of hot sexy men is OK, though.

Posted by: Jim Hines at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (wAQA5)

158
That guy is weird.

Posted by: Couch Raper at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (p/cQy)

159 "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

Posted by: B at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (11H3F)

160 Seriously, does anyone look at a Boris Vallejo illustration and say, "Wow, that's reallysexually gender biased." Because A) yes, it is, for both males and females, and B) that's kind of the point of fantasy art, and nobody cares.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (4df7R)

161 are supposed to be more flexible, fit, attractive and generally better
at everything than a typical 38-year old schlub with a bald head

They're not better than me at making pie.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (ZKzrr)

162 This guy is to sexy as Ed Schultz is to sane.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (UOM48)

163 So that's average joe. I'm not suprised.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 18, 2013 03:31 PM (6BgmB)

164 That vid is going to haunt them through life.

They should just save themselves the hassle and check right into prison.

Posted by: EC at January 18, 2013 03:31 PM (doBIb)

165 Meanwhile, women are reading stories about vampire stalkers, rage-filled werewolf rapists, and businessmen who turn college girls into sex slaves.

Whose gender, exactly, is being inaccuratley portrayed in modern popular literature?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 18, 2013 03:31 PM (u5ozF)

166 "How gay is he?"

To steal another phrase, Gheyer than Librace's hairdresser on helium.

Posted by: toby928Š for TB at January 18, 2013 03:31 PM (evdj2)

167 O My ............ So this is what purgatory looks like
I think someone needs to finish the Gary Gygax zombie project and have him go all Fiend Folio on this A..Hat

Posted by: DrDrill at January 18, 2013 03:31 PM (sOFZs)

168 When you click on the link, I'm shocked he's using chipmunks as prop animals rather than gerbils.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:32 PM (UOM48)

169 They're not better than me at making pie.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 18, 2013 03:30 PM (ZKzrr)

If they could cook, too, they'd be a Mary Sue.

And one of these days I'm going to have to get some of your pie recipes.

I like pie.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:32 PM (4df7R)

170 When you click on the link, I'm shocked he's using chipmunks as prop animals rather than gerbils.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
--------
He's working his way up to guinea pigs.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at January 18, 2013 03:32 PM (+aCe4)

171 Just think through some quirk in the near future that photograph above could be the only thing that survives to define the time we lived on this planet. Your entire life and your times would be summed up in that picture.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 18, 2013 03:32 PM (BuSM8)

172
>>>They're not better than me at making pie.

Ahem.

Posted by: garrett at January 18, 2013 03:33 PM (FZ3Ul)

173 So Anthony Edwards and Moby had a kid? Huh, never knew they were an item.

Posted by: wooga at January 18, 2013 03:33 PM (arbYd)

174
When you click on the link, I'm shocked he's using chipmunks as prop animals rather than gerbils.

He's saving his gerbils for Date Night.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 18, 2013 03:33 PM (yiIja)

175 I named my dick Nostalgic -- that way, I can wax nostalgic like Vic or wax Nostalgic like Ace.

(with a big 'Bite Me' to zombie e.e. cummings)

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 18, 2013 03:33 PM (cHZB7)

176 You know what's REALLY ridiculous about these female fantasy-figures? that they always do these things in stilletto heels. And the heels NEVER BREAK. That passes the event horizon of suspension of disbelief for me.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:34 PM (4df7R)

177 99 -

Think he receives, rather than uses

Posted by: Eurw at January 18, 2013 03:34 PM (bLJgP)

178 I would guess that something like 90% of Kim Harrison readers are female.

All those "paranormal romance" books about women detectives/bounty hunters who run around banging sexy vampires are written by women for women. And they all have covers like that.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 18, 2013 03:35 PM (MSrqi)

179 Those heels are made from Adamantium!

Posted by: EC at January 18, 2013 03:35 PM (doBIb)

180 Your facebook posts are attracting the wrong kind of attention.

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at January 18, 2013 03:35 PM (epxV4)

181 Somewhere a loveseat is missing its rapist.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 18, 2013 03:35 PM (UOM48)

182 You know the duality is so striking.

Readers of scifi know the chicks aint for realz they just want to fantasize.

In romance novels men are depicted as ludicrously hot, sensitive and caring, and listening to every word the protagonist says. Yet so many women can't spot that as a fantasy.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:36 PM (0q2P7)

183 "Thanks Mom for letting me borrow your heels"

Riiiiiight. Those are his mom's.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 18, 2013 03:37 PM (MSrqi)

184 They're not better than me at making pie.

Oh, moron challenge. I could beat the hell out of any pie you could make on your best day. I'll even admit to my secret ingredient, butter. More butter then was used by the aging sicko perv Marlon Brando in the filming of 'Last Tango in Paris'.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at January 18, 2013 03:37 PM (feFL6)

185 I glanced at the bbc article. The gist of the story seems to be "why wouldn't anyone be interested in a super hero who looks like Roseanne or Rosie O'Donnell?" The substory seems to be about another no talent poseur who's dying to have his 15 minutes of fame ill-repute while raising a question that no one over the age of six and in his right mind would ever spend even 10 second wondering about.

Posted by: mallfly at January 18, 2013 03:37 PM (bJm7W)

186 Hmmmm.

The next time my wife tells me I need to be more sensitive and caring, I'm going to tell her she needs to wear high heals, plunging neckline, short skirt and carry a Tesla Pistol with her everywhere she goes.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:38 PM (0q2P7)

187 Is that the guy who played "Goose" in Top Gun?

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 18, 2013 03:38 PM (MSrqi)

188 OMG I almost bought a Kindle version of one of his books recently, thought I had a sample but am not finding it now. Looks like I had a close call on giving a nutcase money.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at January 18, 2013 03:39 PM (wbeNt)

189 The next time my wife tells me I need to be more
sensitive and caring, I'm going to tell her she needs to wear high
heals, plunging neckline, short skirt and carry a Tesla Pistol with her
everywhere she goes.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:38 PM (0q2P7)

That could end poorly.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 03:40 PM (da5Wo)

190 >>>More butter then was used by the aging sicko perv Marlon Brando in the filming of 'Last Tango in Paris'.

I can make shortbread pie crusts with butter too. And I have a pie that has bacon.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Back From Beyond at January 18, 2013 03:40 PM (0q2P7)

191 He's ghey, Jim.

I mean dead. He's dead, Jim

Posted by: Bigby's 2 Fingers of Gin at January 18, 2013 03:42 PM (3ZtZW)

192 Sure, when HE dresses like that, he's "raising consciousness".

But when I dress like that, the security at Chuck E Cheese says I'm "causing a disturbance."

No justice.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 18, 2013 03:42 PM (MSrqi)

193 Just wanted to point out that Jim Hines is actually a pretty good fantasy author. Goblin Quest is a good easy-to-read and fun book. It pokes at a lot of fantasy tropes.

Posted by: egd at January 18, 2013 03:43 PM (XVGEg)

194 > They're not better than me at making pie.

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Some French surrender monkey cyclist at January 18, 2013 03:43 PM (ZWvOb)

195 Ack. Sock off.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at January 18, 2013 03:43 PM (ZWvOb)

196 I remember when this crossed over into computer games in the mid-80s with a title Barbarian that had an ad campaign based around models Fabio and Maria Whittaker. Both humans of improbable proportions compared to most of the populace.

There used to be a joke that you never saw a picture of Maria Whittaker standing without a prop of some sort because she would helplessly tip over otherwise.

http://tinyurl.com/afssd3z

Posted by: epobirs at January 18, 2013 03:43 PM (kcfmt)

197 > Just wanted to point out that Jim Hines is actually a pretty good fantasy author.

Regardless, he can have the tatas when he pries them from my cold dead hands.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at January 18, 2013 03:44 PM (ZWvOb)

198 50 bucks says he was in the airforce
Another 50 says he's a packers fan

Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 18, 2013 03:45 PM (yZxXI)

199 And I have a pie that has bacon.

I'm afraid I have to admit defeat. The flame suppression/plasma fire system in my kitchen is not up to that level. Yet.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at January 18, 2013 03:45 PM (feFL6)

200 That's it. I'm boycotting Hines ketchup again.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 18, 2013 03:46 PM (MSrqi)

201 Sharp knees? Anybody?

Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2013 03:46 PM (fsLdt)

202 What's sad is how long that dink stared at himself in the mirror strikin teh pose.

Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2013 03:47 PM (fsLdt)

203 Beuller?

Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2013 03:49 PM (fsLdt)

204 Whoooosh!!!!

Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2013 03:50 PM (fsLdt)

205 It's a gift.

Posted by: eleven at January 18, 2013 03:50 PM (fsLdt)

206 "I'd F me. I'd F me SO hard".

Posted by: Jame Gum at January 18, 2013 03:51 PM (zULK3)

207 That's it, I'm going back to the "dinosaur picture" from earlier. Think happy thoughts...think happy thoughts...

(And remember folks, these retards have been pwning us in politics. Have a nice day...)

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Meadow Party 2016 at January 18, 2013 03:52 PM (GBXon)

208 The growing number of men who emasculate themselves for temporary female approval is amusing.
---
If that's the motive, they're really misguided. Women are still attracted to guys who give off the male scent, for lack of a better term. The men I know who are burly and masculine attract women of all persuasions, lib, conservative, commie, it doesn't matter. You can't fool Mother Nature. Must be something about pheromones.

Posted by: kallisto at January 18, 2013 03:56 PM (jm/9g)

209 Working for the BBC, of course. Jimmy Saville would be proud.

Posted by: Stu-22 at January 18, 2013 03:56 PM (k4bdL)

210 #194

Too bad for him that he has made an indelible association in my mind with this idiocy. Just like actors, authors should lead with their work unless they're happy with alienating potential customers.

I was never a George R.R. Martin fan, outside of the Wildcards series, which he manages rather than writes for the bulk of it, but his recent leftist jackassery has cemented my lack of interest in anything that might lead to a penny of revenue going in his pocket.

Posted by: epobirs at January 18, 2013 03:57 PM (kcfmt)

211 Gayest. Thing. Ever.

(and I'm an Expert!)

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 18, 2013 04:09 PM (hTDbY)

212 Him and Tron Man in a cage match to the death.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at January 18, 2013 04:15 PM (SzAZ7)

213
From the article:
"I think posing has made people see it again - you see how ridiculous it is when a 38-year-old fantasy writer is doing it."
EXACTLY. It is ridiculous when YOU do it. Stop it, douche bag. Militant feminists don't put out.

Posted by: Heralder at January 18, 2013 04:27 PM (+xmn4)

214 All related to one another, is my guess. Collapse coming, so they need to get rid of the guns, so they can enslave your kids - though that requires trashing the Constitution.
Posted by: Bigby's 2 Fingers of Gin at January 18, 2013 03:21 PM (3ZtZW)

There are trillions of dollars siting in 401Ks. They can't touch that money because they know if they go and clean out 401Ks, there WILL be a revolt.

Take away the guns though, and how are you going to resist.

As stated and restated, it isn't Gun Control they want, just plain old 'control'. Would-be dictators are always the same. The methods to get there vary but the reasons are the same.

I hope Jesus is planning his return soon.

Posted by: blindside at January 18, 2013 04:34 PM (x7g7t)

215
Some chicks like sci-fi
http://tinyurl.com/p5ew3k

Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at January 18, 2013 05:21 PM (0c0fX)

216 Dude. Get a life.

Posted by: mojo at January 18, 2013 05:37 PM (d/67n)

217 Holy shit! Dr. Venture has gone Arch?

Posted by: thoolou at January 18, 2013 05:45 PM (K6H3J)

218 I hate to admit that I still lurk at metafilter, but this kind of crap is HUGE there now, bigger than raising awareness about H.P Lovecraft being racist.

Posted by: Dave M at January 18, 2013 06:32 PM (Svci8)

219 I wonder if it has occurred to this vagina challenged fellow that us chicks who enjoy adventure and fantasy fiction are drawn in by these covers too? Furthermore if he know anything about women he would have discovered that we gals spend a lot of time looking at other women. I bet we spend just about as much time looking, admiring, judging other women as men do. Women on the cover of something will not decrease the sales to women. (See all women's magazines ever published)

Posted by: Long Island at January 18, 2013 07:29 PM (hl8SI)

220 Isn't the point he is really making , (and not the point he only thinks he's making), is that hot sexy women are hot and sexy, whereas he is not?

To make the point he's trying to make, he first has to concede the point that the artwork he finds offensive, is actually very good for what it is. It only looks stupid when he does it, which is to say, he looks stupid. OK, point taken, dude. You look stupid.

That's what I get out of it.

Posted by: Kenneth at January 18, 2013 10:05 PM (GYW4K)

221 @221
and also, the chicks don't get hard-ons from wearing women's clothes

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at January 18, 2013 11:02 PM (j7Vby)

222 This is must be what the Roman Empire looked like to the Visigoths when they were circling the drain.

Posted by: southpaw at January 19, 2013 09:36 AM (CSLqZ)

223

"Thank you Mom for letting me borrow your shoes."

[END] argument for 40 yo white balding dude.
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