November 28, 2006
A Fetching Smile
Orthodontia is one of the great success stories, and equalizers, of the postwar years. Prior to that one growed up with the teeth they had, like it or not. But starting in the fifties tin grins became reasonably affordable; then pretty much every Daddy's Muffin could have a movie star smile.
Something about the whole orthodontics thing strikes me as fake, though. Assembly line, Stepford. Now everyone has beautiful smiling faces, and as a result I believe a lot of individual character has been lost.
Take that girl above. A beautiful smile, but isn't it a bit fake? Cookie cutter? Throw in cosmetic surgery and soon we less than perfect types will be eugenicized out of existence.
Haven't you ever been smitten by someone not because of their perfection, but because of those tiny imperfections that give them uniqueness? A slightly crooked nose. A less than stellar smile. That little twist at the corner of their mouth that makes that person one in a million, and infinitely adorable as a result.
I, for one, have grown to abhor the plasticine perfection we are inundated with, that nigh impossible ideal against which we are all measured. Some of us will aways fall a yardstick short. Well, imperfection can be perfection to some. I don't need that million dollar nonpariel. I can find the beauty in the flawed.
Lookit. Exhibit A:
Now, isn't that better? No fakery there. That's the real deal.
And hell, I'd feel like Adonis making out with that set of chompers. It's all about personal taste, really. Or the lack thereof.
Ha ha, you made me look.
I knew it was a bad idea to click that link. Oy.
Posted by: DogsDontPurr at November 28, 2006 8:02 PMBest post in a while Veloc. Absolutely nailed a common truth. I deflowered a girl once that had a wart on her nose. Other than that wart, she was a real sport. Out.
Posted by: rankin' rob at November 28, 2006 8:52 PMI don't feel one damned bit bad about the fact that I'm wearing braces to improve my smile. There's plenty of imperfection upon which I can rely....just in case anyone should fall into a momentary lack of judgement and find that a straighter smile has perfected me. (Of course...I could easily understand how that mistake could occur.)
Actually, I've shown everyone I work with my recently acquired 'Ugly Betty"; braces and new geeky black reading glasses. I intend to have fun with it, and...perhaps you were not aware...but there are serious braces fetishists out there.
I shall miss that once they are removed.
Oh. Now I understand.
Posted by: rankin' rob at November 28, 2006 9:23 PMWithout Velociworld, where would I get my weekly fix of monkeys, javelins impaling feet, axes impaling heads, and rotten choppers? Mebbe you oughta post a "Best Of" your retch-inducing pix.
Well, SWMBO has gone through almost two years of Orthodontial Fun, but it wasn't to get a movie star smile - it was so she wouldn't wear down her teeth and lose 'em. Not fun, especially the surgery part. Not cheap, either.
Me, I loves my snaggle teeth just the way they is.
Posted by: Elisson at November 28, 2006 11:46 PMOne could also argue that teeth put in a jar beside the bed at night might be better than the cuts inflicted by a mouth full of metal,,,
Posted by: Michele at November 29, 2006 12:06 PMNothin' sexier than a slight overbite. You never know if it's natural or just came from practice.
Posted by: Dishonorable Schoolboy at November 29, 2006 1:46 PMFuck you man...I was ready to eat dinner. Blogs have visual...they have sound...but thank God they don't have smell.
Got Dam.
Posted by: Yabu at November 29, 2006 11:12 PMWhat Michele said...
Posted by: GUYK at November 30, 2006 8:06 AMHey, how about some more industrial accident reveries? Haven't had any of those in a coon's age.
Posted by: rankin' rob at November 30, 2006 7:58 PMHeh. I'm not feeling too bad about my porceline smile right now, either...but oddly enough, I was thinking the same thing..too perfect, couldn't they have made one of them crooked???
Posted by: Kelly at December 1, 2006 1:09 PMWhat kind of blog is this? Rankinblog has a nice picture of Britney's snatch posted, and you have a picture from a dental school textbook.
Posted by: Jack Straw at December 1, 2006 8:08 PMDamn, been sneaking in and taking pictures of my 3rd shift again, haven't you?
Posted by: Richard at December 2, 2006 5:12 AMI've never liked perfection either. Good thing because I'm rather flawed myself.
Posted by: Libby at December 3, 2006 10:05 AMV-Man, come back... we need a non-gross story!
Posted by: Jean at December 3, 2006 8:51 PMIs that a picture of Klaus Kinski on the left hand side?
Posted by: Jinxy at December 3, 2006 9:46 PM... post, prick... or I am holding your Zippo hostage....
Posted by: Eric at December 4, 2006 9:28 PM... and no... I didnt mail it today like I promised...... hey, I was busy.....
Posted by: Eric at December 4, 2006 9:28 PMIf I wanted to see the same post for days on end and lack of content..why...I'd go to my own site.
Post, bitch!