# The fall of western civilization, if any. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376 "2006-04-19T22:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/1 "2006-04-19T22:42:33Z")
My niece, age 4 came to me the other day and showed me her Barbie Doll. She was very happy with it, and showed me Barbie’s tattoos. . . . uh, that’s nice. Barbie has tattoos! I am very old now. [sub]Surely, someone is going to rot in hell for this one.[/sub] Tris ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/2 "2006-04-19T22:52:59Z")
Just when I thought I’d seen it all… We’re going down, Tris. It is the end. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/3 "2006-04-19T22:57:29Z")
And just where, might I ask, are these tats? Small-of-the-back slut brand? Tribal markings? Frou-frou flower on the ankle? Bush markers? ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/4 "2006-04-19T22:57:45Z")
Just wait till the barbies come with nipple rings and other pierced parts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/5 "2006-04-19T23:08:11Z")
> [@](#): > > And just where, might I ask, are these tats? Abs, ankle, and wrist. I didn’t ask my four year old neice to show me Barbie’s butt. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/6 "2006-04-19T23:55:05Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > My niece, age 4 came to me the other day and showed me her Barbie Doll. She was very happy with it, and showed me Barbie’s tattoos. > > . . . uh, that’s nice. > > Barbie has tattoos! > > I am very old now. > > [sub]Surely, someone is going to rot in hell for this one.[/sub] > > Tris She didn’t draw them on with a pen? I think my sister gave some of her Barbies tattoos that way. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/7 "2006-04-20T00:33:51Z")
> [@Anne Neville](#): > > She didn’t draw them on with a pen? I think my sister gave some of her Barbies tattoos that way. Nope. She’s four! (4!) I would recognize kindergarten art work. Barbie has tatoos. The end is near. Tris ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/8 "2006-04-20T03:25:45Z")
You’re a bit late, the dolls came out in 1999. Would have made a good point for Y2K being the end of the world. A pic: [http://www.rbdolls.com/pics/salelist1/butterflyart.jpg](http://www.rbdolls.com/pics/salelist1/butterflyart.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/9 "2006-04-20T03:30:11Z")
Oh my! What’s next? Barbie wearing leather and hanging out with bikers? [Oh, wait…](http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/product.asp?type=&subtype=&product_id=150296&series_id=150086) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/10 "2006-04-20T03:31:33Z")
I thought that if the world was going to end we were meant to lie down or put a paper bag over our head or something. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/11 "2006-04-20T12:30:40Z")
> [@Peak Banana](#): > > Oh my! What’s next? Barbie wearing leather and hanging out with bikers? > > [Oh, wait…](http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/product.asp?type=&subtype=&product_id=150296&series_id=150086) Oh, god. I have the same leather jacket and ponytail as Biker Ken. Might as well retire my penis and take up knitting… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/12 "2006-04-20T16:57:14Z")
I know a guy who looks _exactly_ like Biker Ken. Ponytail and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/13 "2006-04-20T17:07:00Z")
Clearly, the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/14 "2006-04-20T19:07:46Z")
My best friend from my 20’s looked just like biker Ken - with the pony tail & all too - except my biker Ken lookalike was gay. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/15 "2006-04-20T19:12:37Z")
It’s a good thing she didn’t show you Barb’s “jewelry”!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/16 "2006-04-20T22:02:12Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > It’s a good thing she didn’t show you Barb’s “jewelry”!! :eek: OK, I’m really hoping that no one from Barbie Corporate reads this site. Really hoping. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/17 "2006-04-20T22:16:45Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I thought that if the world was going to end we were meant to lie down or put a paper bag over our head or something. You can if you like. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/18 "2006-04-20T23:15:43Z")
Hey kids, new from \*Matteriell \*it’s: Barbie Biker Bitch. Comes complete with rattie torn jeans, fringed leather jacket, 6" stiletto heel boots, and pack of comdoms. But is this any worse than those Bratz dolls? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_O_Malley_s_Cow)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/19 "2006-04-20T23:20:54Z")
> [@trupa](#): > > But is this any worse than those Bratz dolls? I was thinking the same thing. I am waiting for Trailer Trash Barbie to come out. They had a line of Lingerie Barbies. I don’t know if it is around anymore. They were not meant for 4 year olds though. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376/20 "2006-04-21T03:50:58Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > …except my biker Ken lookalike was gay. There’s a joke just waiting to be made here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fall-of-western-civilization-if-any/353376.md?page=2)