![]() ![]() I don’t need a crap site like this coming along and trying to suck them in and reinforcing everything that I’m fighting against.Ģ) I use a lot of colorful terms to describe less than pleasant people but even I have a hard time reducing someone all the way down to the bottom of the barrel and calling them a Bimbo. Explaining to them, that “no, you do NOT have to have UGGs, Toms, Abercrombie” or whatever else is being forced down their throat by the kids at school is not fun but I refuse to have them think that who they are is defined by what they wear or how they look. From the constant stream of what they consider beautiful and the fact that no photo the girls look at hasn’t been photoshopped into perfection, it’s nothing short of exhausting. So I’m just going to hit the ones that disgust me the most.ġ) As the mom to three girls, I am constantly struggling with society’s attempt at sinking their teeth in my kids. I’m not sure where to begin with all the things wrong with this site. ![]() It’s kind of like Polly World but with implants and a nose job. Miss Bimbo is a site that is marketed to young girls where they’re encouraged to create their ultimate Bimbo and play along with other Bimbos – doing jobs (who knows what kind) to earn money so they can buy more clothes, have more adventures and furnish their stylin’ apartment. disgusted and last but not least – not that surprised. Now those of you who know me, know that it’s not often that I’m speechless but that’s exactly what I was. All of a sudden, my touchpad took a wrong turn and there in front of me was this little image: This past Monday as I so often do, I was sitting here minding my own business, hanging with the Rooster, watching Two Broke Girls (have you watched that show? It’s hysterical) and cruising thru the Interwebz. Today, I’m borrowing from her and doing the same. In France, where the game first launched, the site has attracted a million users.What’s Throat Punch Thursday? It’s a day that fellow blogger, Deborah Cruz dedicates to taking a topic or person or stupid action (or all of them combined) and unleashes on them a good, old- fashioned ass whipping. Miss Bimbo requires parents to register for girls under age 13. "What about the Sudoku challenges? What about loving your bimbo? What about taking care of your bimbo sending it to university?" "It just seem to be some journalists who picked up on one or two areas of it and completely ignored all the positives," said Evans. They also note players are also offered positive games to play. "It tells you that a balanced diet is a plate of vegetables which is clearly nonsense and it tells you that cereal bars make you fat, they are not messages we should be giving to young children," she said.īut, Nicholas Jacquart and Chris Evans, the makers of Miss Bimbo, defend the game as satire. Similarly Dee Dawson, a UK-based eating disorder expert, said the game's messages are inappropriate. "The message is clear and simple: a girl's value is in her looks, and if you're not happy with it then fix the way you look, and that's the only way you'll be happy," she said. Psychologist Linda Papadopoulos said the site offers girls a troubling solution. "We apologise to any players whom this may inconvenience, but we feel in light of this week's proceedings, it is the correct action to take. "As a result of this rather surprising media attention, we have decided to remove the option of purchasing diet pills from the game," said a statement posted on the site, which also noted they were trying to fix operational difficulties owing to increased traffic. ![]() The ultimate goal of the game is to attract a virtual billionaire boyfriend. Players shop for lingerie, strive to reach a target weight and can use reward money deemed "bimbo bucks" to pay for breast enhancements and - until this past weekend - diet pills. The game encourages players to create a character that will "become the most famous and beautiful bimbo in the world." 'The message is clear and simple: a girl's value is in her looks, and if you're not happy with it then fix the way you look, and that's the only way you'll be happy.'-Linda Papadopoulos, psychologist The makers of the online game "Miss Bimbo" have removed the option for players to purchase virtual diet pills as the game targeting young girls comes under close scrutiny. ![]()
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