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Well thanks Dad (lemmy.world)

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[-] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 99 points 2 years ago

I mean, he's not the ugliest girl I've ever seen

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago

Also....like...I never questioned that he was a girl until I learned this factoid as an adult. So often when they put a man in drag for comedic effect you instantly know you are looking at a man but this kid passes yo.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

sometimes I do look at women - even attractive women - and see a man's face in a moment of contextual disassociation. And vice versa. And I think about how maybe men and women don't really look facially that dissimilar, there's just a lot of context that affects our perception.

I am terminally bisexual though so maybe thats part of it.

[-] applebusch@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I'm sorry to hear that. How long do you have?

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

depends whether you're reading my grindr profile or my medical records

[-] Kiwi_Girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Are you saying you lied about your height?

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

well a biologicial physical dimension anyway

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Not bisexual, still notice that

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Fuck. You're right. A very interesting insight. Thank you for that. I honestly didn't appreciate how easily primed I can be.

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Because drag is an exaggeration and not really trying to pass. If it's for "comedic effect" they don't want them to pass anyways, because "man dressed as woman haha funny" gets confusing for cisheteros when he actually looks good.

[-] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 83 points 2 years ago

When I was a kid, I would've thought it was hilarious to be mistaken for an ugly girl. Can't speak for this kid, but it looks like he had fun with it.

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Nah, he probably had sisters, or cousins, or nieces, and he understood he had to take that one for the team. He’s proud today. He tells the story & laughs!

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

He's at an office Christmas party listening to boring stories and pipes up "yea, well I was buzz's gf in home alone!"

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Probably paid for his college.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Look at that photo. It's such a small part, but he posed for a great photo. I only notice as an adult who has tried to take a photo of kids. Man, they don't know how to "smile naturally" or take any direction. Then this kid nails "smile like you like me against my wishes" or whatever direction was given.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

what's his name? I want to see interviews of him as an adult talking about it.

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

"So they used a picture of the Art's Director unattractive son"

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Conservatives: cancel Home Alone, it's grooming children!

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Woof!

[-] BigT54@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Wtf are you barking at

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I'm not really barking. I'm sitting here quietly. I typed "woof" with my thumbs. It's a quote from the movie we're discussing.

[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I mean, OK for not picking some random girl and mocking her particularly but what about all the girls in the audience that look like the kid? It's still a pretty fucked up joke in retrospect.

[-] ZeroTHM@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

Are we supposed to pretend that ugly kids don't exist or something?

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

I don’t think the problem was the photo, the problem was the reaction of disgust, and the fact that the whole purpose of the photo was to laugh at the ugly person. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say maybe that’s not the best way to go

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 2 years ago

I love it. You need someone who is gonna be ok with being the butt of an ugly joke and being in on it is better than not. So the kid put on a wig and makes the silliest face he can for a one off and they get to brag they are in the movie in silly way and no one is hurt by it.

Or would you prefer they go to the union for ugly actors?

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Did you read what I wrote at all?

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago

We don't have to act like being ugly is a character flaw or that there's anything wrong with dating an ugly person.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Yes. In today's world, everyone is beautiful no matter what is what you're supposed to say.

Not that being mean for being means she is good, but the directors made a good call, I think.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Directors son, woof

[+] xia@lemmy.sdf.org -8 points 2 years ago

It's not mean if it's degrading men.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Can you imagine casting for "Ugly Girlfriend?" Can you imagine being the girl who got the part? Can you imagine being a girl who got turned down for the part, especially if the mean kids in middle school found out? "haha did you hear Stephanie is too ugly to get cast as 'Ugly Girlfriend' in the John Hughes movie!"

They're not degrading men. They just know that if someone finds out that boy was the ugly girlfriend photo, the worst insult they can reasonably make out of it is "dude, you're an ugly girl." To which the boy can say, "yeah, that was the whole point."

This men's rights nonsense is stupid, but even more stupid when the complaint itself doesn't make sense.

[-] BaardFigur@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

This men's rights nonsense is stupid

Mens rights is not stupid at all.

They're not degrading men. They just know that if someone finds out that boy was the ugly girlfriend photo, the worst insult they can reasonably make out of it is "dude, you're an ugly girl." To which the boy can say, "yeah, that was the whole point."

You're right about that though

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Men having rights is not stupid. "Men's Rights" is stupid, because we already have them. Any man who has fewer rights than a woman in modern society is discriminated as such because of something about them other than their gender.

It's like fighting for the rights of drivers of passenger cars on the road, or the rights of cute puppies to be adopted from the pet shop. It's like owning the Extended Edition of Lord of the Rings and demanding a scene that was in the theatrical cut. It's like buying a cheeseburger at McDonald's and specifying that you want it to include beef. It's like playing Smash Bros against level 1 CPUs with all weapons on and complaining that you didn't get the hammer. It's like fighting for LeBron's right to play basketball; to wit, nobody's stopping him.

I'm strong enough in my masculinity that I don't have to pretend to be oppressed just to feel good about myself.

[-] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Men having rights is not stupid. "Men's Rights" is stupid, because we already have them. Any man who has fewer rights than a woman in modern society is discriminated as such because of something about them other than their gender.

That's not quite true. At least not in Norway. There are more women than men in higher education in Norway. Despite that fact, gender points is still a thing, and it still favours women heavily. These points makes it easier to get into the study you want.

The school system in general is designed around women. Girls in Norway are getting higher grades than boys when the tests are not anonmyized. When they're anonymized, the genders ties. Looks like the teachers subjective opinions has some negative implications for a lot of boys future

In general, a lot of places were women have it worse than men are being adressed. Sometimes retarded stuff are being adressed, like women fighting to get free menstrual products (paid for by taxes, so basically paid for by men). Yet 75% of suicides are done by men, and it's not being properly adressed.

I can go on a lot btw, I barely just scratched the surface.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I don't have anywhere near enough knowledge about Norwegian politics to be able to speak on any of that. All I can tell you is that, worldwide, men have all the rights, and women only have some of them.

By the way, I recommend against using the "R" word ("Sometimes r— stuff are being addressed"). It's a slur against people with mental illnesses.