Comments on: TOM Totally Looks Like Neck Rings Woman

By: kayla

kayla — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:14:12 +0000

its there colture or what ever dont make fun of it what if that was u and people were makeing fun of u.u would like that much would u:}

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:31:50 +0000

So I know all about that but i still think its funny, i never thought of it that way it is funny

By: bluenowait

bluenowait — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:37:41 +0000

Another example of how Politically Correct the golden age of animation was!

By: MistyRain

MistyRain — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:00:44 +0000

Actually, it isn’t healthy, because it could cause infection, weakened muscles, therefore the person could choke in her own tongue, and more.

By: Understanding

Understanding — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:01:40 +0000

um… ‘female castration’ is a part of some cultures. That does not make it good.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:51:55 +0000

Ah, yes, but now he is an idiot who can feel very proud of himself and what a goooooood person he is.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:21:17 +0000

what are you talking about? this person was just saying that the person looked like tom because of the rings, not because people from different culture looked funny! you are an idiot.

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:20:03 +0000

totally

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:18:33 +0000

agreed. but they ARE looked down upon is they don’t do it and men are more attracted to the women who have more rings. and it IS painful… when the rings are taken off to make them longer, the women have no neck support and it’s extremely painful for them..

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:16:47 +0000

it’s actually perfectly healthy. they do it slow and it just stretches the muscles. look it up.

By: bookworm

bookworm — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:29:32 +0000

woooow thats a very long neck! but cant people just let their bodies be?!

By: wolf pack

wolf pack — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:41:45 +0000

u like like a hurtin

By: david

david — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:51:20 +0000

Wasn’t that the point of that gag in the cartoon?

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:45:03 +0000

oh, absolutely!
(LOL)

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:43:15 +0000

something i’ve learned from things like NatGeo and other sources about things in other cultures is that scientists are learning new things all the time, so don’t necessarily understand everything you read as the absolute truth!

By: moonbaby

moonbaby — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:27:37 +0000

LOL!!! I mean ouch. I mean, Oh isn’t that sad. yeah.

By: rawr

rawr — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:19:45 +0000

i would not think so, but whatever floats there cultural boat

By: Fuzzy_dragon

Fuzzy_dragon — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:15:39 +0000

actually when National Geographic did an article about the culture this woman came from, they said that because of the forced separation of the vertebrae caused by those rings, if she were to ever remove them for any reason she would die either from asphyxiation or from the spinal cord being severed almost immediately. those rings eliminate the natural neck strength by robbing it of its natural support. In my book this is yet another one of those wacky and dangerous methods women use to attempt to make themselves more beautiful in a long progression of unhealthy methods

By: moonbaby

moonbaby — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:44:48 +0000

wows~ WHAT???! Are you mental? Not one of these comments is putting down that poor lady for wearing neck rings. All cultures have strange customs that outsiders don’t fully understand. This is Totally LOOKS LIKE. No one is here to culture-bash.

Meanwhile, loopysunshine gets a total WIN for originality!!! Way to not just put another twist on the same old thing.

By: Lara

Lara — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:43:50 +0000

Of course, this is completely different from the peer pressure to be as skinny and beautiful as possible that the West imposes on its women.

By: Laynie

Laynie — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:02:40 +0000

“Akin” means similar to. Cloudy was saying that the custom of wearing neck rings was similar to the Chinese custom of binding women’s feet.

By: Yuri

Yuri — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:14:40 +0000

This is not a chinese costum -_-;;

By: palsyboy

palsyboy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:13:58 +0000

I’m far more worried that someone thought Tom’s name was an acronym (for what, “Tow Otters’ Mania?”) than this is somehow bigoted. If you seek to be offended, you will inevitably succeed. Good job on your success.

By: palsyboy

palsyboy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:12:34 +0000

You wrote the same insubstantial comment that so many others have except that you added an umlaut. Wow. You’re so clever. Please share your wisdom not only with me, but with the world.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:58:52 +0000

And if you wear high heels too often it can actually do permanent damage/hurt you not to wear them. So your analogy is accurate!

By: Cloudy

Cloudy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:58:54 +0000

Below is part of the Wiki page on this practice. It seems like a form of slow torture to me. In pictures I’ve seen of women/girls who are subjected to this I see only pain and misery in their eyes. I think it is akin to the barbaric custom of binding the feet of Chinese females. Thankfully, this is now a FORMER custom.
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“Neck rings push the collarbone and ribs down and stretch the neck muscles several inches. The stretching of the muscles takes several years to occur. The neck stretching is mostly illusory; the weight of the rings twists the collar bone and eventually the upper ribs to create the illusion of an elongated neck. The vertebrae do not elongate. In advanced stages the forces can cause trauma, such as occlusion of venous flow or hematoma.

A person who has been wearing neck rings for many years may suffer difficulties with the neck muscles and pain from the weight of the rings[1]. The area beneath neck rings may become infected if left unwashed. To have neck rings removed individuals can go to a hospital and have them taken off. Afterward the patient must wait several months for their neck muscles to recover. In some cases, the muscles have become so weak that she can choke to death on her own tongue if not provided with support. The bone structure deformation recovers only minimally after ring removal.

Sometimes tourism is blamed for encouraging people to wear neck rings as attractions to earn money from tourists.”

By: anon

anon — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:22:36 +0000

“it is also voluntary”
So, if you were the only one in your small village NOT to do it, you think the other villagers would be a-okay with that?

By: wows

wows — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:49:14 +0000

I cant believe u people cant understand different cultures like this… thats sad that our society today cant accept people who look or are different

By: HeDarra

HeDarra — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:45:19 +0000

I’ve seen this before. When a girl turns 13/14-ish and ‘comes-of-age’, she is given the first 2 rings, the top and the bottom. Then each year after that she is given one of the middle rings. It’s kind of like the boys in some African tribes that get a new facial piercing every year. It’s one of those weird cultural things. For the neck rings in particular, it’s a slow stretching, so it doesn’t hurt too much, they just can’t ever take the rings off.

By: medicat

medicat — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:06:45 +0000

it’s not painful, nor does it decrease the strength of the neck. it is also voluntary. imo, it’s no more strange than high heels.

By: The Josh Man

The Josh Man — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:29:07 +0000

Yay Broadway!

By: av. Q

av. Q — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:48:31 +0000

Between me and you:
I think everyone’s a little bit racist, sometimes,
doesn’t meanwe go around committing hate crimes.
Look around and you will find
no one’s really color-blid.
Maybe it’s a fact we all should face:
everyone makes judgements – based on race.

Everyone’s a little bit racist – today.
Everyone’s a little bit racist – okay!
Ethnic jokes might be uncouth,
but you laugh because they’re based on truth.
Don’t take them as personal attacks.
Everyone enjoys them – so relax!

By: BBB

BBB — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:28:09 +0000

Joke: n.

…Ah, screw it. Your’e the one with a dictionary. Look it up.

By: TJBJ

TJBJ — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:04:26 +0000

Racism: n.
The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

How is this racist? No one mentioned race. Except for you. Hmm…

By: Orion

Orion — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:56:18 +0000

I don’t think it’s racist to point out the pain and distress caused by such customs. Recognizing the value of a culture does not mean automatically accepting everything that said culture considers normal. Look at it this way: If she were a European-looking woman, what would you think of her? You’d probably think she was a total freak. It’s like the anorexia/bulemia epidemic in Western culture. A whole lot of people convinced her she would be more beautiful if she did this to herself. That is creepy…and sad.

By: BBB

BBB — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:04:01 +0000

…or healthy

By: anon

anon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:42:01 +0000

Um. That’s like racist. Or something. I’m sure, somehow.

By: Tribble

Tribble — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:10:04 +0000

Ouch! Does not look comfortable!

By: Orion

Orion — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:09:18 +0000

Holy freaky cultural custom, Batman…

By: Shin

Shin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:07:52 +0000

Fürst?