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Pimp My Swine Flu Mask

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Things are kinda nuts watching all the Swine Flu headlines in the news. So in times of crisis, it's nice to see some crafty ingenuity on self-expression. Crafty Chica sent me this link from a Latino pop culture blog called Guanabee with their pimp my swine flu mask feature. Check out the photo gallery.

From the site:

One thing Mexicans know how to do is roll with the punches and no swine flu epidemic is going to squelch their sense of fun.

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Posted by: n95 flu respirators on July 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM

http://www.truthaboutflu.com/

I want one with missing teeth! That would be funny!

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Posted by: Flu Mask on July 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM

http://www.truthaboutflu.com/

People having fun will make them feel better. Keep their immunity up.

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Posted by: Anonymous on May 1, 2009 at 4:13 AM

Faced with a serious situation and still having some humour is awesome.

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Posted by: amy on April 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM

can we please stop with the "pimp"? it's not cool, it's ignorant. exploiting sex workers has nothing to do with decorating flu masks, or any of the other things that the crafting community uses it for.

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Posted by: Natalie Zee Drieu on April 30, 2009 at 8:06 PM

The word "pimp" is part of pop culture and started gaining popularity with MTV's TV show "Pimp My Ride". In this case, it's not used as a noun.

adjective

1. very good, excellent; COOL, AWESOME. Also pimping.

That is a pimp car.

That's a pimping car.

from:
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/definition+of/pimp

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Posted by: Becky Stern on May 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM

In this case it's not even used as an adjective, it's used as a verb. It has nothing to do with sex workers, but rather the popular cultural representation of pimps as very decked-out people wearing extravagant clothes and excessive jewelry/accessories. In my mind it's got just as many positive connotations as the term "hack," which some consider to be a bad word as well.

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Posted by: cyndali on April 30, 2009 at 8:33 AM

Wow...now that's a fashion statement!!

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Posted by: Hee hee on April 30, 2009 at 8:20 AM

Gov. Scare

I'd like to put words on a mask saying..Government Scare..let's cause a panic.

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Posted by: Trilobyte on April 30, 2009 at 6:08 AM

This makes me want to move to Mexico. When facing a serious situation, you need some humor to get through it. Too bad more USmericans don't realize this.

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Posted by: zen on April 30, 2009 at 5:46 AM

best post ever!

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Posted by: Tranquilita on April 29, 2009 at 5:35 PM

Here's another example from Merida, Mexico:
http://www.yucatan.com.mx/noticias/20090429/imagenes/grande/TN_1326926.jpg

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Posted by: delta on May 2, 2009 at 5:01 AM

btw, flu is transmitted via contact i.e. touch infected subway seat, touch your eye...it is not airborne, so masks are a mute point BUT cute pimpin'...

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