Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
zunger

Barbie girl

Mattel has specifically but somewhat unfirmly denied that the much-discussed breakup of Ken and Barbie has anything to do with the new "Cali girl Barbie" that was recently introduced.

This took a whole different spin in my head when I saw a print ad for the latter in a local paper, and noticed that when printed on low-grade newsprint, a lower-case i looks an awful lot like an l.
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Math is hard

phoebek

February 14 2004, 10:56:53 UTC 11 years ago

Just one more Barbie career, the oldest profession!

hahahahaa!

djdigit

February 14 2004, 11:21:32 UTC 11 years ago

*snicker*

syiana

February 15 2004, 16:26:30 UTC 11 years ago

> when printed on low-grade newsprint, a lower-case i looks an awful lot like an l.

on Livejournal, too, apparently. whoa, I almost just went out an bought a Barbie.

now I'm sort of disappointed...

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zunger

February 15 2004, 17:23:57 UTC 11 years ago

Don't be too disappointed. The way this new Barbie is dressed does very little to resolve the ambiguity.