Climb aboard the failboat; she did not see this in the stars.

[this charming man]

It is pretty bad when you live in California, and you cannot even "predict" an earthquake. Watch the video; I at least, would have said: "I told you this would happen!" (http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-53202)

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-53202

[RenaissanceBiker]

I wanted to see more shaking.

[Beltaine]

A full helping of woo with a side of cleavage.
:eye-poppi

Why am I skeptic, again?

[AgeGap]

I was going to ignore the video until I saw Beltaine refer to cleavage. I thought things were meant to shake during an earthquake though.

[MattusMaximus]

She may be into horoscope woo, but... damn... I could watch that video all day. There's something... mesmerizing... about... her... :hypnotize

It was much better than "Cats". I'll watch it again and again...

ETA: I noticed that she didn't invoke the stars to protect her from the earthquake.

[Monza]

I find that video strangely compelling.

[RoboTimbo]

I'm willing to allow her to convince me that astrology is real, no matter what or how long it takes.

[roseglass]

Most of the new age girls in our town would have you guys wrapped up tight then :)

"Well I thought you were a skeptic?"

"Ummm ... "

[RoboTimbo]

Skepticism is all well and good, but I can think of two reasons for keeping an open mind.

[sthomson]

I don't know what to say in response to the comments in this thread. Apparantly a skeptical mind does not preclude a tendency to look at a woman as the sum of her breasts.

[IMST]

As a male member of this thread, I share sthomson's disgust that people are focusing on the breasts and not on the content of the OP. That kind of behavior does not reflect well on our community.

Tsk, I say. Tsk.



of course, if it were a hot guy doing the astrology in something flattering my opinion would be completely different.

[e-sabbath]

I will confess... the third time I watched the video, I looked for 'secondary tremors'. The second time, I watched it to see her reaction again. "We're having an earthquake?" (pause) (Shake shake shake)

... the odd thing is, there weren't any.

[TX50]

I prefer this one (where did they get that high-tech robot!?)

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-54501

[TheDaver]

But with ample cleavage like that, she must be genuine!

ETA: Damn, I’m only like the hundredth person to make a cleavage joke, in a 14-post thread.…

[Tumblehome]

I don't know what to say in response to the comments in this thread. Apparantly a skeptical mind does not preclude a tendency to look at a woman as the sum of her breasts.


Yes, we should admire her for her logical thinking. ;)

Both of 'em.

[RoboTimbo]

Since "The One" is already taken by Australian TV for a psychic show, maybe her show should be called "The Two".

I'm guessing she's a Gemini.

[sthomson]

Yes, we should admire her for her logical thinking. ;)

I think that it's possible to deal with wooish people respectfully and logically, without resorting to childish "BOOBIES!!!" jokes. She's a woman. She has breasts. I would hope that such a fact would not alter your opinion of her, but apparantly I am mistaken.

[Toke]

It would be rather inconsiderate to ignore her breasts, they are nice and she does a good job at displaying them.
Nice detail where she holds the top button, as if the top was about to burst.

Since astrology does not interest me, i choose to ignore her blather and enjoy the view.

[sthomson]

It would be rather inconsiderate to ignore her breasts, they are nice and she does a good job at displaying them.
Nice detail where she holds the top button, as if the top was about to burst.

But of course, her arms, her hair, her nose, her eyes, her ears, etc. etc. etc... you will let those be without comment. Thereby, reducing her to a set of secondary sexual characteristics. If she had unremarkable breasts, then she wouldn't even be worth mention, I imagine. Do you not see how I might possible be staggered by this sort of thought process?

[Toke]

Look at the video again.

She is nice looking, but her breasts are her most remarkabel feature, she know that, and does her best to show them off.

Maybe to compensate for the blather, and keep male viewers from zapping.

[SFBaker]

A psychic who can't predict and earthquake - pretty useless.

Toke is right - she knows what she has and she is using them, and I say go for it.

Yes, she is cute, but she is also a fool/charlatan.

It would be nice converting her to our side.

[RoboTimbo]

I agree with sthomson. The tv station most likely hired her because she is a real astrologer who gives accurate horoscopes which aren't open to subjective interpretation. Nothing whatsoever to do with anything else.

[Toke]

But of course, her arms, her hair, her nose, her eyes, her ears, etc. etc. etc... you will let those be without comment. Thereby, reducing her to a set of secondary sexual characteristics. If she had unremarkable breasts, then she wouldn't even be worth mention, I imagine. Do you not see how I might possible be staggered by this sort of thought process?

She does the reducing herself.

A plain or homely astrologer surprised by an earthquake is not much of a story.

One with a quaking clevage is a great inspriration for tit jokes.

If this staggers you, you should get out more.

[Beltaine]

Believe it or not, there are women out there who DO use their *ahem* physique to get ahead in life.

The comments in this thread alone are proof enough that it's a valid means of marketing.

Just because we don't like stereotypes doesn't mean they don't exist.

[Tumblehome]

I think that it's possible to deal with wooish people respectfully and logically, without resorting to childish "BOOBIES!!!" jokes. She's a woman. She has breasts. I would hope that such a fact would not alter your opinion of her, but apparantly I am mistaken.


You must have a pretty low opinion of her for showing off her cleavage. Imagine, resorting to such cheap tricks to get attention. How shallow can a girl get?

Or does your outrage only go one way?

[Ethan Thane Athen]

In my experience (work and social), women are at least as shallow* as men when it comes to eyeing up the opposite sex...just not usually as open about it. I've also had female colleagues thinking it sexist of me or other male colleagues if we admire a passing female form (even just looking rather than passing comment) but genuinely seem to see no problem if they do the same when attractive men walk by. Go figure...

Luckily I have an enlightened wife who believes it is perfectly normal for a man to admire an attractive woman and will even point examples out for me in case I miss them (how good is that!?). Similarly she will look at men she finds attractive. Neither of us intends doing anything about it and neither of us can make judgements on said person's personality etc because all we can see when we drive past is their physical appearence.

Just don't see the problem here.

*Assuming this should even be seen as shallow...

[sillyhead]

Well, I reckon she might need to do something to pay for them. :)

[luchog]

I will confess... the third time I watched the video, I looked for 'secondary tremors'. The second time, I watched it to see her reaction again. "We're having an earthquake?" (pause) (Shake shake shake)

... the odd thing is, there weren't any.
Well, plastics do tend to be more stable and less prone to wave motion mechanics than human tissues.

[Monkey Pants]

I didn't really notice her giant plastic tits but now that you mention it......

[AbleSugar]

Are we still recording??