# Meaning of "Blurred Lines" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987 "2013-09-30T07:58:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/81 "2013-10-01T18:33:04Z")
Jeez, it’s “mug me.” He clearly wants to be assaulted and robbed by the woman in question, duh. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/82 "2013-10-01T18:51:16Z")
I’ve seen several possibilities but “Please don’t drug me” fits this thread the best. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/83 "2013-10-01T21:10:15Z")
Oh come on… “Drug me?” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/84 "2013-10-01T21:37:24Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > And also to get her ass split in two, because that sounds super. Is that phrase meant to be an example of the song being sexist, or sex negative? Because I’ve heard that phrase more than a few times in real life, and the experiences have generally been pretty sex positive, if you take my meaning. And generally haven’t involved any women. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/85 "2013-10-01T21:46:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Jeez, it’s “mug me.” He clearly wants to be assaulted and robbed by the woman in question, duh. OMGZ, that’s pillage! There’s no consent! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/86 "2013-10-01T22:19:38Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’ve said that people should get enthusiastic consent from their partners. I enthusiastically support that. Though maybe “enthusiastic” conveys a little too strongly? I mean, \*“well, I wasn’t really expectin’ to, but as long as you’re makin’ a suggestion and I had nothing else planned, I’m up for it if you are…” \* is pretty affirmative if not rarin-to-go “enthusiastic” 😃 > [@pulykamell](#): > > Well, there’s no accounting for taste, but, yeah. It’s got a great hook and an infectious beat. That it does. They knew where to borrow from and the production/mixing was well done. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/87 "2013-10-02T02:59:33Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I read it as she needs to give up being a good girl. And also to get her ass split in two, because that sounds super. Sounds super to tons of women who like rough sex and dirty talk. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/88 "2013-10-02T03:09:28Z")
I’m just not ok with telling a woman that she’s the hottest bitch in this place, no matter how hot of a bitch she is. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/89 "2013-10-02T05:36:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Is that phrase meant to be an example of the song being sexist, or sex negative? Because I’ve heard that phrase more than a few times in real life, and the experiences have generally been pretty sex positive, if you take my meaning. > > And generally haven’t involved any women. He actually just says he’s got something big enough to be capable of splitting her ass in two, rather than that he intends to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/90 "2013-10-03T18:59:46Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Why do I think it’s important? Because I’ve held far too many crying women and men, who were devastated, sometimes years later, because they “didn’t say no loud enough”, or they went numb and let the other person do want they wanted because they were too scared to say no. AND because I’ve held far too many crying women and men, who were devastated, sometimes years later, who realized that they took advantage of partners who weren’t really willing, but didn’t say no loud enough, or were too scared to say no. Really? Seriously? What do you do for a living that so many people are coming to you crying for hugs? :rolleyes: God I hate hyperbole. ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/91 "2013-10-03T19:12:48Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Really? Seriously? What do you do for a living that so many people are coming to you crying for hugs? :rolleyes: > > God I hate hyperbole. Social worker? Counselor? Doctor? Nurse? Hey, remember that Seinfeld episode where Jerry got all roll-eyes with his girlfriend the dermatologist who “saved someone’s life” because he figured she was milking the hyperbole? It was skin cancer, you hipster. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/92 "2013-10-03T19:48:52Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Really? Seriously? What do you do for a living that so many people are coming to you crying for hugs? :rolleyes: > > God I hate hyperbole. I’m a minister (Priestess, neopagan division) and a nurse, and I run first aid at a number of festivals where assault does sometimes unfortunately happen. I love you. ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/93 "2013-10-03T19:53:01Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’m a minister (Priestess, neopagan division) and a nurse, and I run first aid at a number of festivals where assault does sometimes unfortunately happen. > > I love you. Knew it. Nurse, is chronic cynicism treatable? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/94 "2013-10-03T20:35:51Z")
> [@CLee](#): > > Knew it. Nurse, is chronic cynicism treatable? Yes. Step one: Turn off the internet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/95 "2013-10-07T04:34:20Z")
A data point: [one Tumblr user’s round up of what (s)he finds offensive in the song/video.](http://diabanrion.tumblr.com/post/62394238032/whats-wrong-with-blurred-lines-tho) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/96 "2013-10-07T07:31:30Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > Honestly, I’m not trying to be smug. > > You know how it is said that you cannot be right or wrong on matters of opinion? For example, blue, green, yellow; your choice. What is your favorite color? No wrong answers. Well…if you said “Firefighter are nice” that would be an invalid answer. > > To me, this song is an invalid response. > I cannot see the appeal to this song. I’m into some modern pop, 90’s pop, 80’s synth pop, I can dig most scenes. But this? The delivery is tacky, the beat is weak, the …the…you’re sure this isn’t a whoosh? > > This is music? Then you are failing, and failing even more now that you seem to think you have the right to tell people what is music. Apparently thinking of this as a song is an “invalid response.” You are telling everyone in this thread that they are stupid for even discussing the topic. There is just no other reason to share this opinion of yours. I inform you of this so that maybe you will reform and stop performing this action, as thinking of you as “smug” is the least of what people will do for this type of action. Something is not “not a song” because you don’t like it, and people aren’t giving invalid responses if they try to understand said song. You are giving the invalid response by pretending like certain facts are up for debate. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987/97 "2013-10-07T07:43:31Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Sometimes it IS fun to be degraded for women, usually in a place of trust, but it’s degrading none the less. I like it sometimes when my husband is disrespectful to me in bed. No, not by definition. Being degraded is not what your husband does in bed because you know he still respects you. Degrading someone specifically involves removing their feelings of worth. And, yes, I do feel I have the right to tell both men and women that flirting in a dirty way but then not following up is wrong. You are essentially lying. And telling people not to lie is one many things I think I have the right to tell someone else to do. And, if the Thicke didn’t want people to interpret his song the way they did, he shouldn’t have, first off, used a phrase that is commonly used by people talking about rape vs. non-rape, and, second off, should have not specifically made an R-rated version of his video with women who are clearly not actually into the sexuality. If you want to convince me that the woman in the song wants to be dirty, don’t put up a video of women who don’t even seem to want to be naked. And definitely don’t then say you were intentionally degrading them, even as a joke. People don’t analyze anything anyone says in a vacuum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-blurred-lines/669987.md?page=4)