# OH THE HORROR! Is this some sick joke? What have you done to these poor children? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711 "2007-07-30T17:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/121 "2007-08-01T07:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Nope, definitely not just you. This new one is actually not bad. [/QUOTE] I’m getting the tropical girl too today. From the link: “Sanpshot Enhanced for Low Glamour Pageants”. They’re doing to these girls’ pictures the same thing they did to the word “snapshot”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/122 "2007-08-01T08:09:21Z")
Somewhere on the web, there is a massive trainwreck argument between the exasperated, indignant owner of that site, and a bunch (or perhaps an angry mob with pitchforks) of people who commented on it - I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere, and that it elevated the weirdness yet further. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/123 "2007-08-01T08:11:41Z")
Ah. Here’s what I was thinking of: [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/email-pranks/crazy-doll-lady.php](http://www.somethingawful.com/d/email-pranks/crazy-doll-lady.php) ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/124 "2007-08-01T08:28:29Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Ah. Here’s what I was thinking of: [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/email-pranks/crazy-doll-lady.php](http://www.somethingawful.com/d/email-pranks/crazy-doll-lady.php) [/QUOTE] Already covered in post number thirty three. 😉 [QUOTE=Long Time Lurker] You may find this amusing: [Something Awful vs. Crazy Doll Lady](http://www.somethingawful.com/d/legal-threats/crazy-doll-lady.php) [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/125 "2007-08-01T08:33:57Z")
Oops. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/126 "2007-08-01T15:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Somewhere on the web, there is a massive trainwreck argument between the exasperated, indignant owner of that site, and a bunch (or perhaps an angry mob with pitchforks) of people who commented on it - I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere, and that it elevated the weirdness yet further. [/QUOTE] I’m quite confused. Site is, or is not, a parody? If it’s a parody, is the entire dialog between SomethingAwful and the retouching gorgon a work of fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/127 "2007-08-01T15:03:08Z")
The photo retouching site appears to be for real. I think she was just whooshed by most of the SA guy’s comments and sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/128 "2007-08-01T20:40:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger] I think that of all the creepy photos on all the pages that have been linked to here, [this one](http://www.kelsphotocreations.com/images/retouch1lowres.jpg) is the one that makes me want to go hide in a bomb shelter somewhere and not come out until all the retouchers have been nuked into eternity! Who the FUCK puts that kind of lipstick on a BABY? 😕 [/QUOTE] It’s as if the artist wanted the baby to be screaming “Ahhhhhhhhhh! My head is made of cardboard!” Seriously, folks, what is wrong with people? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/129 "2007-08-01T21:10:47Z")
I think you guys have it all back to front. The plasticised photies are how the children looked when in the pageants themselves. The ‘touch ups’ just turned them back into normal kiddies again. 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/130 "2007-08-01T23:53:54Z")
…it reminds me of the New Twilight Zone episode where a woman feels compelled to go to the mall late at night to buy a doll… only to discover tht she herself is actually a mannequin and that each mannequin gets one year of real life before having to retun to the mall… I’m just saying that for some reason this remind me of that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/131 "2007-08-01T23:59:47Z")
[QUOTE=nashiitashii] Seriously, folks, what is wrong with people? [/QUOTE] Some people are just fucking completely bonkers in the nut, yet somehow able to function sufficiently in everyday life so as not to end up locked in the rubber room. People who dress up their dogs and pretend they’re furry little people and stage elaborate weddings for them are another example. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/132 "2007-08-02T01:40:51Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] …it reminds me of the New Twilight Zone episode where a woman feels compelled to go to the mall late at night to buy a doll… only to discover tht she herself is actually a mannequin and that each mannequin gets one year of real life before having to retun to the mall… I’m just saying that for some reason this remind me of that episode. [/QUOTE] Actually, I think she was trying to return a thimble (because that’s what mannequins do on their crazy nights out…go thimble wild). And Anne Francis was the mannequin. Speaking of TZ, I think that if they’d used a doll that looked like one of those kids for Talky Tina, I would never have been able to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/133 "2007-08-02T02:10:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Speaking of TZ, I think that if they’d used a doll that looked like one of those kids for Talky Tina, I would never have been able to sleep. Psssst! Look up to post #73! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/134 "2007-08-02T02:37:32Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] I think you guys have it all back to front. The plasticised photies are how the children looked when in the pageants themselves. The ‘touch ups’ just turned them back into normal kiddies again. 😉 😃 [/QUOTE] “Look Gepetto, I’m a Real girl now…! No wait…what are you doing!? Stop, STOP!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/135 "2007-08-02T14:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Some people are just fucking completely bonkers in the nut, yet somehow able to function sufficiently in everyday life so as not to end up locked in the rubber room. People who dress up their dogs and pretend they’re furry little people and stage elaborate weddings for them are another example. [/QUOTE] Very eloquently stated, and something to keep in mind when dealing with other humans - they might not be as sane as you could hope (heck, YOU might not be as sane as hoped). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/136 "2007-08-02T14:46:51Z")
Okay, if you’d pay to have your cat Photoshopped, raise your hand. C’mon, we know you’re out there. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/137 "2007-08-02T16:39:58Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Holy hemorrhaging Christ. What the hell is that? I mean, I know it’s a baby – but a baby _what?_ [/QUOTE] Does the phrase “We Like The Moooon!!!” have any meaning for you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/138 "2007-08-02T16:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Okay, if you’d pay to have your cat Photoshopped, raise your hand. C’mon, we know you’re out there. [/QUOTE] Heh. I thought of this too… what if a few of us pet owners submitted some photos of our ‘babies’ to be retouched… "I’d like you to add the following: Bow or Hat Jewelry Lipstick “doll eyes” eyelashes Pageant Clothes I guess you can add a New Mouth too if you like …" Move over, Chupacabra ! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/139 "2007-08-02T17:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Does the phrase “We Like The Moooon!!!” have any meaning for you? 😉 [/QUOTE] AAAAAAHHHHH!!! :: runs from the room :: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711/140 "2007-08-02T18:23:15Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] “Look Gepetto, I’m a Real girl now…! No wait…what are you doing!? Stop, STOP!!!” [/QUOTE] [Robot chicken skit] This is a BIG no-no! [/end RBS] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-is-this-some-sick-joke-what-have-you-done-to-these-poor-children/413711.md?page=8)