I realize they put their personal lives and their idiot-syncracies out there for the world, but I thought this thread may have inched its toe over that fine line franksolich spoke of.
But the "fine line" is that boundary between what the primitives freely and voluntarily divulge about themselves, and what one might know about a particular primitive (his real name, his address, and somesuch) that the primitive has NOT revealed.
That line doesn't seem to have ever been crossed.
I don't think it's never been crossed because of the boundary line; I think it's never been crossed simply because decent and civilized people have their own personal moral boundaries, which coincidentally coincide with this one.
If such a line were crossed, even innocently and accidentally, that post would be immediately deleted. And as one can see, we're not in any regular habit of having to delete posts here, like they have to do quite often on Skins's island. I think as a moderator, I've deleted exactly one since January 3, 2008--and that had nothing to do with any private details of a primitive; it was the language, nothing more.
To expand on an earlier point, using Pedro Picasso, the poster-boy for Skins's island, as the example. I happen to know that Pedro Picasso is edging towards 51 years of age, that Pedro Picasso is blond, and that Pedro Picasso is well-preserved for his age.
I know these personal details because Pedro Picasso blabbed them to the whole world.
In real life, if Pedro Picasso were to suddenly show up at the Tumbleweed Cafe out here in the Sandhills of Nebraska, I wouldn't know him from Adam.
My
only clue would be a body odor slightly reminescent of wet dead fish, nearly all of which is covered by cologne and deodorant, but not entirely all. Maybe 97% or 98% masked, but not 100%. The guy's married after all, and needs to smell decent for the wife.
Nebraskans, because of our clean pure air, have sensitive nostrils, and I could scent something like that two tables away.
So.....how do I know Pedro Picasso's body odor?
Because of a general knowledge of biology, and clues regarding personal tastes and habits that Pedro Picasso himself has blabbed to the whole world on Skins's island.
A general knowledge of biology, and personal tastes and habits that primitives yik-yak about on Skins's island always gives one good clues as to what a particular primitive smells like.