People of WalMart

[Not Afraid]

I'm sorry, but rich or poor, you have no excuse for dressing like some of the people in these photos. It has nothing to do with economic standards and everything to do with taste. But, I think the photos and the location where they are taken have an awfully lot to say about the fu<ked up consumerism in this society where MORE is the goal and MORE for CHEAP is the mantra.

I can't feel sorry for people - empathy for their situation, yes, but most are not "victims", they voluntarily went there.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

It has nothing to do with economic standards and everything to do with taste.

And having different taste is sufficient reason for having your picture anonymously posted to the internet for the general amusement of others? If you saw these people in real life would you go up to them and tell them how tasteless you find their existence? If not, why would you on the internet (slobby poor people do get online when they're not on the run from g-men after their moonshine).

It seems odd from this group of people to hear the idea that taste is an absolute. And by many standards the membership of this board is heavily involved in its own form of ****ed up consumerism and quest for more, more, more (the overflowing Disneyana).

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Alex

And having different taste is sufficient reason for having your picture anonymously posted to the internet for the general amusement of others? If you saw these people in real life would you go up to them and tell them how tasteless you find their existence? If not, why would you on the internet (slobby poor people do get online when they're not on the run from g-men after their moonshine).

It seems odd from this group of people to hear the idea that taste is an absolute. And by many standards the membership of this board is heavily involved in its own form of ****ed up consumerism and quest for more, more, more (the overflowing Disneyana).

Taste is not absolute, which is why some don't find those pictures funny. I didn't find them particularly funny, just icky.

And, no, I would not go up to these people and say "you dress funny". I doubt anyone would. That's why people love the internet. It is somehow "acceptable" to made those kind of comments anonymously. Glamor Do's and Don'ts has been doing this in print for YEARS. I'm not saying it ir right or wrong or amusing or not. It just is a somewhat "normal" part of our culture - as is immense consumerism.