Internet Barbie Phenomenon
dark_puck: If you were middle class or above and had any females in the house, even an animal, you had ten million barbies in your house.
dark_puck: They just spontaneously existed.
There's this weird trend I've noticed, whenever Barbie comes up on the internet.
Namely, everyone trips all over themselves to assure the Rest Of The Internet that they did not play with Barbies, oh no! Well, maybe Salem Witch Trials or Execution of Marie Antoinette, but play? With Barbie? No, even as little girls they would not have been so mainstream!
Well, you know what?
I actually played with my Barbies.
I played dress-up, and I played house, and I played Scooby Doo Gang because who doesn't want to play with Barbie and her friends Nancy Drewing it up all over the place?
And see, here's the thing about Barbie.
Yes, she's tall and skinny and beautiful and inhuman, but Barbie. Is. ANYTHING. She goddamn wants to be.
BARBIE'S CAREERS
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From your stereotypical "female jobs" to being a lowly McDonald's register monkey to being a goddamn paratrooper and an officer of Starfleet, Barbie can do anything she goddamn well wants to do. And she laughs at your attempts to stop her.
In conclusion,
dark_puck: They just spontaneously existed.
There's this weird trend I've noticed, whenever Barbie comes up on the internet.
Namely, everyone trips all over themselves to assure the Rest Of The Internet that they did not play with Barbies, oh no! Well, maybe Salem Witch Trials or Execution of Marie Antoinette, but play? With Barbie? No, even as little girls they would not have been so mainstream!
Well, you know what?
I actually played with my Barbies.
I played dress-up, and I played house, and I played Scooby Doo Gang because who doesn't want to play with Barbie and her friends Nancy Drewing it up all over the place?
And see, here's the thing about Barbie.
Yes, she's tall and skinny and beautiful and inhuman, but Barbie. Is. ANYTHING. She goddamn wants to be.
BARBIE'S CAREERS
- Aerobics instructor
- Art teacher
- Dance teacher
- Elementary teacher
- Sign language teacher
- Spanish language teacher
- Student teacher
- Swim teacher
- Special Education Teacher
- Dentist
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Surgeon
- Veterinarian
- Paratrooper
- United States Army officer
- United States Air Force jet pilot
- United States Air Force Thunderbirds
- United States Marine Corps officer
- United States Navy officer
- Ambassador for world peace
- United States President
- Presidential candidate
- UNICEF Summit diplomat
- Firefighter
- Life guard
- Police officer
- Canadian Mountie
- Astronaut
- Computer Engineer
- Paleontologist
- Flight Attendant
- NASCAR driver
- Pilot
- Architect
- Artist
- Athlete
- Babysitter
- Ballerina
- Business executive
- Cat burglar
- Cheerleader
- Cowgirl
- Chef
- Designer
- Fashion Model
- Guest editor of international fashion magazine
- Hair Dresser
- Make-up artist
- McDonald's cashier
- News anchor
- Pet stylist
- Photographer
- Pop singer
- Princess
- Scuba diver
- See's Candy cashier
- Secretary
- Sea world trainer
- Soda fountain waitress
- Starfleet officer
- TV chef
- Wedding stylist
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From your stereotypical "female jobs" to being a lowly McDonald's register monkey to being a goddamn paratrooper and an officer of Starfleet, Barbie can do anything she goddamn well wants to do. And she laughs at your attempts to stop her.
In conclusion,