eeg! 51-year-old actor marries a 16-year-old girl

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

here is AC's take. I read about it hours before this guy put it on his Ridiculist and was going to post it here but the site was down for a while, at least for me. Now that it's on the Ridiculist, I thought I'd post it.

As for the situation, well, what is there to say?

 

[DeafPoet]

Eh, whatever. It seems to be on the up-and-up legally speaking so who gives a shit? This is probably going to be short-lived and altogether miserable for all involved but whatever makes those crazy kids happy, I guess.

 

[{ Emilia }]

Not much to say. Some people are just really amusing. Nice video but who really cares?

 

[BlobVanDam]

Lucky guy. At least, for the few months this lasts.

She looks older than 16, and he doesn't look too old, so it doesn't have the pedo/graverobber factor I was expecting, but it's still a bit weird.

 

[scotpens]

Lucky guy. At least, for the few months this lasts.

Hey, Bo Derek was John Derek’s junior by 30 years. Their relationship started when she was 16 and their marriage lasted until his death. So, you never know.

She looks older than 16, and he doesn't look too old, so it doesn't have the pedo/graverobber factor I was expecting, but it's still a bit weird.

The girl isn’t dead, and I assume the guy has no necrophiliac tendencies. You mean “cradle-robber,” right?

 

[BlobVanDam]

She looks older than 16, and he doesn't look too old, so it doesn't have the pedo/graverobber factor I was expecting, but it's still a bit weird.

The girl isn’t dead, and I assume the guy has no necrophiliac tendencies. You mean “cradle-robber,” right?

Nope, I meant grave robber. Opposite of cradle robber. He'd be the cradle robber, and she'd be the grave robber.

 

[Jono]

^ Robbing the grave is used in the right context, grave robbing refers to the person they are in the relationship with is older, so in this case the girl is the "grave robber" not the guy.

Edit: Blob beat me to it.

 

[scotpens]

^^ I can see where the phrase “May-December” would be apt here, but “grave robber”? Jeez, the guy’s only 51. It’s not like Anna Nicole Smith marrying some rich 90-year-old geezer.

 

[RoJoHen]

16-year olds should not get married to anyone, let alone 51-year olds.

Plus, it's Victor Tombs! Talk about CREEPY.

 

[Myasishchev]

here is AC's take. I read about it hours before this guy put it on his Ridiculist and was going to post it here but the site was down for a while, at least for me. Now that it's on the Ridiculist, I thought I'd post it.

As for the situation, well, what is there to say?

Well, the ongoing neotenization of the human species is arguably kind of ridiculous, but this is stupid. No one should get married at 16. Why can't they just have sex, without legal entanglements, like normal people? Maybe that's not legal sans marriage in their state. It's legal in mine, but we value freedom (ha ha, that's not true, of course, we've just never changed our redneck age of consent law, and I hope we don't).

Also, that guy looks fucking great for being 51. He looks my age.

 

[DonIago]

Eh, he was part of the Dharma Initiative; what were you expecting?

 

[sojourner]

It's good to hear that she is just so rill.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I'm almost 30 and dating a 20-year-old so I can't be too judgmental here, although the fact that she's 16 is a bit creepy to me. Even I wouldn't date a 16-year-old.

 

[Jetfire]

Is it me or does the 16 year old girl look older than the 51 year old actor guy?

 

[auntiehill]

If any 51 year old man came around asking for my friend's 16 year old daughter, the 51 year old in question would find himself staring down the business end of a shotgun. And if any grown man came around my nieces, he'd find himself with a sudden, close-up view of the back of my stainless steel frying pan.

What in the HELL is wrong with this girl's mother? She signed the consent form? Jesus, I feel sorry for this girl. No 16 year old should be married, period.

 

[Myasishchev]

If any 51 year old man came around asking for my friend's 16 year old daughter, the 51 year old in question would find himself staring down the business end of a shotgun. And if any grown man came around my nieces, he'd find himself with a sudden, close-up view of the back of my stainless steel frying pan.

Is the thesis "violence is less harmful than sex"? That seems counter-intuitive, but, hey, so is quantum mechanics, and that works out okay.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And if any grown man came around my nieces, he'd find himself with a sudden, close-up view of the back of my stainless steel frying pan.

Speaking as someone who also has a 16 year old niece, I echo this sentiment.

Oh, hell, never mind. Anyone who does this to my niece is only going to have one more choice to make his entire life: be killed by my brother, or by me. (Or, for that matter, by her. Trust me, she could do it.)

 

[Robert Maxwell]

And if any grown man came around my nieces, he'd find himself with a sudden, close-up view of the back of my stainless steel frying pan.

Speaking as someone who also has a 16 year old niece, I echo this sentiment.

Oh, hell, never mind. Anyone who does this to my niece is only going to have one more choice to make his entire life: be killed by my brother, or by me. (Or, for that matter, by her. Trust me, she could do it.)

I love how everyone becomes an Internet Tough Guy (or Gal) when this sort of subject comes up.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Like you wouldn't?

 

[MHT1138]

This was done all the time throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Nevertheless a 16 year old in today's society is unlikely to be able to make that kind of decision with any clarity. I cannot believe her mother signed the consent form. Her job is to try to prevent her daughter from making stupid decisions.