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Country Arts SPA

One of my most hated genres of SPA are those based in so-called 'Country Arts' - that awful, faux-naif, pastel-hued Hallmark Store style that fills every homewares store on major holidays. Country-arts SPAs couldn't survive without teddy bears, golliwogs, cherubs, American flags, happy little ducks and quilting motifs(oh, and Jesus, of course). And it's all pure blech. The whole thing reeks of wholesome parochial Midwestern Values, packing enough sentimentalism to choke a no-nonsense, cynical city girl like me. ;)
The worst part is that many Country-Arts SPAs CHARGE for these little lumps of inept pixel blancmange. Anyone with half a brain can simply dig through the source code and download the files for free. Should they WANT to. Unbelievable.

Now, here's where the whole definition of 'community' falls down. In direct contradiction to the folksy, comfy, welcoming aura that Country Arts supposedly represents, Country-Art SPAs are NAZIS about how you access and use their stuff. Their sites invariably have Right-click locked and expect anyone who wants one of their tacky little byte bundles to do likewise, OR ELSE! Their terms of use invariably decree that to adopt/buy their stuff, you must have a kiddy-friendly site and speak God's Language, English. Again, why the fuck they think these things are worth stealing, I have no idea.
The overall effect is of a warm steamy apple pie that you take a bite of, and find it's filled with shredded newspaper.

I also find it amusing when their sites list a pre-made graphic as 'sold out'. Bitch, it's a FILE ON YOUR HD, capable of INFINITE reproduction and INCAPABLE of 'running out of stock'.


Oink fucking oink 9_9
(case in point. The original maker wanted 6 bucks for this one)

PSP ref. and Teddies, two in one!

Like too many vodka stingers will eventually colour your carpet.

Yay, get the lawnmower!


This is Lucy's punishment for all the football stunts on Charlie Brown...
This site alone has further collected nausea as well as shitty layout. *sigh* Tripod users...