More evidence that I’m not so young anymore
Okay, I don’t quite get it.
I was in the elevator at my Woodland Hills motel, and in walked a lovely young girl. By “young girl” I mean she was somewhere between sixteen and twenty-six; I can’t quite tell the difference nowadays. Long pale straight blond hair, angelic features, sweet as anything, polite and smiling. Her T-shirt, black and sleeveless, had the following printed on the back in large letters, “Vomit is erotic.”
Yes, well of course. I’ve often thought so. Haven’t you?
I can only imagine her T-shirt was ironic. But it seemed very very sad to me, nevertheless.
Strange, indeed. But you see many strange things on T-shirts these days.
respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline
Check out Theodore Dalyrymple’s new book “Our Culture, What’s Left of It.”
Lots of examples of this and that.
Shock efffect delusion!
-puking would be applause then for good music of that band
Hey — what if it’s the name of a band?
You should have puked on her and said, ” I agree”.
I agree with Neo – it’s not just weird, it’s sad. It’s sad that somebody who is young and fresh and just getting started feels compelled for some reason to splash ugliness on herself. It’s sad that she’s not too innocent to wear something like that. It’s sad that she doesn’t have better taste! And yes, I know, that probably shows that I’m not so young any more, either.
For the very un-squeamish, a possible explanation.
For those who’d prefer not to read it, which may include most of you, the quick summary is that vomit is a fetish for some people. Said angelic girl may be one of those people.
Have you considered the t-shirt was purchased and/or sent from a non-English speakng culture?
I was born in a non-English speaking country and in those tight early years of marriage, my parents often sent me clothes.
One of those care packages arrived when I was out of wash and late for work (in a retail store). It had a pair of jeans. I put it on. It wasn’t till I got to work that a friend (laughing) informed me that there was a patch on my back pocket. It said “Cowboys ride harder and stay on longer.”
My parents who are religious, proper people would have died if they knew what it said. BUT they don’t know English and anything written in English (often with very bad grammar) is considered “upscale”.
Perhaps this girl got the t-shirt sent to her by non-english speaking relatives in bavaria or sweden of something. And perhaps she hadn’t looked down at her own chest yet? (Hey, I’m not a morning person. Throughout school, I’d look down at noon — when I finally woke up — to see what I was wearing.)
Vomit is erotic, but urine is divine.
That’s LA culture for you: nihilistic.
Possibly the t-shirt was simply intended to shock; sort of a cry for attention. Maybe I’m just getting old too, but I can’t imagine a situation in which vomit could be erotic…except to a sick (no pun intended) mind.
Sad? Explain. I’d understand if you’d said weird, but sad?
Maybe the generational gap is larger than I suspected