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Wow. I can't believe this account is still here and active -- and more to the point, that I remember my password.
Huh.
Anyway, I can't think of anything to say that would explain a long period of neglect, so I'm going to go straight to the reason I'm here: I get it! I know why they do the bash-up-the-car thing!
I mean, we've all seen them, the videos where the wronged woman expresses her, um, disappointment and disapproval in the face of her man's inability to treat her with respect and, well, keep it in his pants. You know the ones ... Carrie Underwood did one that I can't recall the name of at the moment, and Shakira did it in Don't Bother, the Veronicas did it in that one, what was it called, Everything, or something like that. And as much as we all get that it's a woman's way of communicating her feelings in a way her man will actually understand and take to heart, at the same time I'm sure I'm not the only one wincing and thinking "ooh, leaving a little too much evidence for the cops there, babe" ... or something along those lines.
But now I get why it's the car they have to go after: it's a metaphor! It's symbolic in the way that just trashing his apartment (think Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone) just can't convey. Because men's cars, especially nice, shiny, expensive, and, er, *buffed* ones, are metaphors themselves. Of their virility, masculinity, macho-ness ... and their penises. So, by extension, when he cheats on her sexually, the fitting response is a nice metaphorical kick in the metaphorical balls.
Ah. Now I can listen to the songs with a proper appreciation.
Heh.
Oh, and ... hi, y'all. Hope life is good.
:)
Huh.
Anyway, I can't think of anything to say that would explain a long period of neglect, so I'm going to go straight to the reason I'm here: I get it! I know why they do the bash-up-the-car thing!
I mean, we've all seen them, the videos where the wronged woman expresses her, um, disappointment and disapproval in the face of her man's inability to treat her with respect and, well, keep it in his pants. You know the ones ... Carrie Underwood did one that I can't recall the name of at the moment, and Shakira did it in Don't Bother, the Veronicas did it in that one, what was it called, Everything, or something like that. And as much as we all get that it's a woman's way of communicating her feelings in a way her man will actually understand and take to heart, at the same time I'm sure I'm not the only one wincing and thinking "ooh, leaving a little too much evidence for the cops there, babe" ... or something along those lines.
But now I get why it's the car they have to go after: it's a metaphor! It's symbolic in the way that just trashing his apartment (think Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone) just can't convey. Because men's cars, especially nice, shiny, expensive, and, er, *buffed* ones, are metaphors themselves. Of their virility, masculinity, macho-ness ... and their penises. So, by extension, when he cheats on her sexually, the fitting response is a nice metaphorical kick in the metaphorical balls.
Ah. Now I can listen to the songs with a proper appreciation.
Heh.
Oh, and ... hi, y'all. Hope life is good.
:)