What Is YOUR Definition of an "Airhead"?
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One of the things I enjoy about these threads is reading all the creative answers. 
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I have to admit, several years ago when I first heard of the term, "Himbo" (a male bimbo,) I laughed out loud.
I think a lot about how God seems to gift people to the extreme in some areas (in this case looks) and not so much in other areas.
And it's intriguing to me how people judge and are judged as being an "airhead" according to the traits society deems as the most valuable.
For example, I have a friend who, like me, gravitates towards creative hobbies. She is a true genius in that area -- she can create the most intricate articles of clothing you can think of, all from scratch, without any sort of pattern, right down to the last detail. Me, I like to joke that I am her henchman. I prefer the more mundane tasks, like the endless streams of mindless prep sewing you have to do before you actually construct a garment.
But the funny thing is that we are both completely useless when it comes to directions -- even if it's to the store that we always go to for every week. We have often talked about how it's as if God filled one part of our brain, and literally left the compartment for directions completely empty! Without GPS, we would literally be lost. And we have no idea why. It's not like we haven't tried. Before GPS, I used to print out and study maps of everywhere I needed to go.
Likewise, I have met people, such as at work, who could do almost every sort of math problem in their head -- but if you tried to talk to them about how you were sad because your beloved pet just died, they would look at you blankly and not say a word.
It might not be that they don't care, it could just be that they don't know how to respond to grief or express comfort.
To a person who considers directions important, my friend and I could easily be labeled as airheads. But what if they needed a pair of pants hemmed? Now this is an area in which we could be useful.
And to the person who needs a kind or comforting word, how do they see someone who simply isn't built to offer that? Do they see that person as empty or hollow? But what if they later need the solution to a problem at work that this person can easily answer?
These are the kinds of things I am thinking about...
The way we both define and are defined by other people -- usually according to what we/they need or see valuable at the time.
I think a lot about how God seems to gift people to the extreme in some areas (in this case looks) and not so much in other areas.
And it's intriguing to me how people judge and are judged as being an "airhead" according to the traits society deems as the most valuable.
For example, I have a friend who, like me, gravitates towards creative hobbies. She is a true genius in that area -- she can create the most intricate articles of clothing you can think of, all from scratch, without any sort of pattern, right down to the last detail. Me, I like to joke that I am her henchman. I prefer the more mundane tasks, like the endless streams of mindless prep sewing you have to do before you actually construct a garment.
But the funny thing is that we are both completely useless when it comes to directions -- even if it's to the store that we always go to for every week. We have often talked about how it's as if God filled one part of our brain, and literally left the compartment for directions completely empty!
Without GPS, we would literally be lost. And we have no idea why. It's not like we haven't tried. Before GPS, I used to print out and study maps of everywhere I needed to go.Likewise, I have met people, such as at work, who could do almost every sort of math problem in their head -- but if you tried to talk to them about how you were sad because your beloved pet just died, they would look at you blankly and not say a word.
It might not be that they don't care, it could just be that they don't know how to respond to grief or express comfort.
To a person who considers directions important, my friend and I could easily be labeled as airheads. But what if they needed a pair of pants hemmed? Now this is an area in which we could be useful.
And to the person who needs a kind or comforting word, how do they see someone who simply isn't built to offer that? Do they see that person as empty or hollow? But what if they later need the solution to a problem at work that this person can easily answer?
These are the kinds of things I am thinking about...
The way we both define and are defined by other people -- usually according to what we/they need or see valuable at the time.
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Isnt it someone who uses too much airspray...I mean hairspray
Didnt they used to have CFCs in them...chlouroflorurocarbons and hydrogen in them that were bad for the ozone layer?
Or was it some other kind of propellent?
Is the person talking about airheads stuck in a time warp of the 80s?
Nobody uses hairspray anymore, big perms are not in. Ladies now all want dead straight hair and use GHD.
Come on.
Didnt they used to have CFCs in them...chlouroflorurocarbons and hydrogen in them that were bad for the ozone layer?
Or was it some other kind of propellent?
Is the person talking about airheads stuck in a time warp of the 80s?
Nobody uses hairspray anymore, big perms are not in. Ladies now all want dead straight hair and use GHD.
Come on.
Years ago when I was a DSD salesman. (I filled shelves in grocery stores with snacks) I was showing a clerk my watch which was an analog watch. I told her that when I went to school and they taught us how to tell time they didn't have digital clocks so I never learned how to tell time by them. I still couldn't to this day....
And she believed me!
And she believed me!
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