October 3, 2012, - 7:32 pm
If this isn’t the most accurate natural selection video ever, I don’t know what is. I get the feeling that if Obama could get the government to pay for this, he would.
Check out this insanity . . .
Remember when Japanese people used to be smarter than us?
That was a hilarious clip by Kimmel and his writers. But the fact is that people have been altering their physical features for centuries and centuries. This is not a modern phenomenon at all, and the body alterations have been performed by different cultures throughout history. They are basically forms of tribal markings, and become another way for individuals to demonstrate their ties to certain socio-cultural groups, losing a part of their individuality. But as certain markings become more commonplace, people who seek to assert a tribal identity need to further differentiate themselves. Thus, the bagel-head surgical procedure, is just another illustration of that principle.
Of course, one can also differentiate oneself and develop a new social-cultural identity by developing one’s mind–but that takes a lot more work, and results, obviously, can not be seen as easily as physical alterations.
Ralph Adamo on October 3, 2012 at 11:05 pm
I don’t know… Nothing new under the sun, maybe, but this is the first I’ve heard of people having surgery and spending good money to make themselves look like defective Klingons.
Brian R. on October 4, 2012 at 1:53 am
WTF?!
kirche on October 4, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Oh dear! Those ZaNy Japanese! I am speechless…but CraZy Japanese always render me that way…WTF?????
Skunky on October 4, 2012 at 4:51 pm
This trend, along with all the tattooing and body piercing and other weird modifications are getting people ready for the brave new world of genetic modification, human cloning, chimera, cyborgs,enhanced humans,super soldiers, (All of which are off the drawing board now)and, ultimately, the mark of the beast. If people can get used to body modifications that make them look like they are no longer human, they can get used to anything. Will YOU take the mark?
RT on October 3, 2012 at 8:25 pm