Gothamist: What Was Going on in Madison Square Park Yesterday?

robingee

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:47:45 -0500

OH THAT babyhitler!

west side Michael

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:21:49 -0500

Makes you wish for the old days of the park circa 1979.

NannyState

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:15:26 -0500

That statue looks like it's grabbing its crotch.

glob

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:51:35 -0500

Who gives a f-?

cucarachita

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:25:31 -0500

(sorry for the bad editing above, obviously I was going to be a little more rude than I ended up being).

cucarachita

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:33 -0500

Well, my boyfriend is old and balding and poor, and I like him just fine. And I think you people who are making fun of these ladies are a bunchprobably hate yourselves as much as they are hateful to others. That's the only way I can explain your vile way of expressing yourselves. Furthermore, it is not how much a woman (or man) weighs or how old she is that makes her attractive. It's how attractive s/he feels. For that matter, if fat women or men are so unattractive, how come they have girl/boyfriends, husbands, families and good careers? Eh? They have what some of the commenters here don't have: some kind of human saving grace that makes them attractive and desirable, more than any diet or makeover could make them (or youse guys). I know plenty of models and so-called "hot girls" and rich guys (of the goodlooking and runty but rich variety) who are are such a-holes that they'd be lucky to find a dog on euthanasia row who'd consent to go home with them.

Kojak

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:49:06 -0500

"Men are happy with women a bit bigger than, women think they should be." I agree, but there's a limit on how much butter I'd like on my toast.

fastergrace

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:40:38 -0500

Meh. If people weren't being assbutts I wouldn't feel the need to comment. I can't help myself.

takethecanoli

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:38:28 -0500

Oh, it's 6:30, has the focus group started?

fastergrace

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:25:26 -0500

#40 - I was overweight, and I still am overweight, but I've lost 50 pounds in the past 6 months. I've been able to take better care of myself because I am *happy* with my life and myself and I feel damn good because of it. I was never able to do that when I was unhappy. If that is really true about your sister giving her psychological issues *probably* wasn't the best way to help her.

babyhitler

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:15 -0500

#38 - I totally disagree. Growing up my sister was a porker and I totally got on her case about it. Making Pig noises and calling her Mount fatty really got to her and she lost tons of weight so that she looked good enough in college that a lot of guys asked her out. Now, she finally found a dude to marry and he "loves her just the way she is" and now she got fat again. Now she has high cholesterol and High blood pressure and I feel that the dude is gonna divorce her cause she's fat. Being Nice solves nothing. You need the specter of shame to motivate you into losing weight.

Kojak

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:08:16 -0500

Here here BH. well said

fastergrace

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:55 -0500

babyhitler- It's not healthy for people to be overweight. Everyone knows that. But being insensitive to someone with a weight problem will make them feel worse, and they will EAT MORE because they feel bad about themselves. People that feel good about themselves are more likely to take a positive approach and start to exercise and eat healthier. Where's the good in being mean? Be nice and understand that NOBODY is perfect.

Reflect

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:50 -0500

TYRA is a washed up has been. She created most of the body image issues with her fucking show. Wake up anyone who watches that wig in buckets of makeup. No ones paying any attention to you anymore tyra skanks.

Shinobi Shaw

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:45 -0500

Hmmm, Loin of pork!

babyhitler

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:48:08 -0500

This is the problem with America. Instead of making women feel bad about themselves for being fat and lazy they reward them with saying it's okay to be a fat gross unhealthy hog with mounds of hogflesh stuffing their faces all day. It's not okay.

fastergrace

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:10:25 -0500

The mean comments aren't funny, especially to people who have serious body issues. Have a heart, people.

lanciano

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:57:10 -0500

i think i have that same swimsuit.

takethecanoli

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:47:59 -0500

I need to see the cantaloupes that go with all that cottage cheese.

lachincha

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:09:39 -0500

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Any woman who can stand proudly in a bikini with sexy, confident posture gets a big "yes" in my book.

drchadwick1

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:08 -0500

Two things are pretty certain: 1) it was some kind of publicity crap that does not warrant any kind of news coverage 2) you're playing right into the marketers' hands by writing about it.

Kojak

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:57:19 -0500

Somebody call Seaworld. We found their missing Orcas

robingee

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:19 -0500

Did we NOT expect a bunch of "fatty" comments here?

Alex

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:48 -0500

oh god nice back fat on the last one

Kojak

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:02 -0500

yes,no,yes,yes,no,no,yes I want them real thick and juicy, with a side of lean.

introgression

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:11:15 -0500

marginal, i totally agree... i love how she spent like 15 episodes humiliating other women because some magazine called her fat

marginal

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:50:57 -0500

oh, Tyra. humiliating women so you can make a point about how unjust it is to humiliate women. I wonder if she thinks these women are proud to be standing there like farm animals in the service of her dumb social experiments or if she understands they just need the money. I can't make up my mind over which realization would be cruelest.

kswissreject

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:31:53 -0500

monkeymonkey, "affected," not "effected." come on people.

smitty

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:48 -0500

Wow, you guys are mean. Every woman has cellulite.

Vonkhan

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:27:47 -0500

DO NOT WANT!

driftwood

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:46 -0500

No one is sensitive to men about their beer guts. Why are women so weird about their weight? Work out if you're so fat. I've heard of at least a couple of studies that women are more critical of their own appearance than men are. Men are happy with women a bit bigger than, women think they should be.

aveB4life

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:22:52 -0500

i didnt know manatees could stand.

thenamesdave

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:21:01 -0500

This photograph made me gay.

Think twice

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:12:33 -0500

Caryatids

JMH

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:27 -0500

no, yes, yes, no, no, yes, no

matty

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:06:06 -0500

No one is sensitive to men about their beer guts. Why are women so weird about their weight? Work out if you're so fat.

eyekantspel

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:05:48 -0500

My favorite Tyra episode about body image is when she donned the fatsuit and went on dates with guys who were disgusted. They should do a show taping women's reactions to finding out that a guy is short, bald, not an investment banker, and/or lives outside Manhattan.

babyhitler

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:05:20 -0500

My Guess is that it's a commercial for Dove's Body firming Cream that teaches women to feel good about their bodies and other ridiculous notions. C'mon, people only care about women if they are attractive.

Rocknrope

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:04:46 -0500

No, yes, yes, no, yes, yes, no.

djwerdna

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:03:38 -0500

Isn't it like Tyra Banks and the criticisms she doles out on Top Model that cause people to have body-image issues?

BlackieJones

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:57:12 -0500

Jesus Christ, it looks like they all were sitting in a gravel driveway right before this shot.

Jen Chung

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:56:59 -0500

monkeymonkey, thanks for clearing that up. My favorite Tyra episode about body image is when she donned the fatsuit and went on dates with guys who were disgusted. Second is when she discussed the unflattering bathing suit pictures and told everyone to kiss her ass (video).

Public Relations

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:01 -0500

We saw that while leaving an appointment with a client. Just decided it was such a great day - to take a shortcut through the park - and OMG!

monkeymonkey

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:45:24 -0500

It was an episode of Tyra Banks show interviewing women about their body image (which is often effected by insensitive remarks like the above)

Peter

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:42:09 -0500

More crew members and equipment would be visible if this had been a TV commercial filming.

VanessaNYC

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:32 -0500

I walked by. It was weird. Some of the girls looked really uncomfortable as guys were watching (understandable for both sides, I suppose). Some camera guy was telling this fully clothed girl standing in front of the bikini models to say, "I wish that I had bigger hair." And then the girl said her line. I have no idea what is was for. I kept walking.

donner

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:37 -0500

Anyone else find it interesting how they're spaced out?

nomnomnom

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:04 -0500

Who knew? You don't need a boat to go whale watching.

Wza

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:35:17 -0500

Cameraman: "Everyone say cheeese!"

Anna_Merkin

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:30:47 -0500

All that jelly and no toast.