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someone you've seen around the office for years treating you one way (cold/distant) while you were fat, and then trying to act like they've always been your bestest bud is physically and mentally revolting. If you can't see why...
I don't get it.
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pretty much any society really
I blame Dexter.
hahaha
no that scenario you just described is totally awful
a person not being attracted to you but still, you know, being entirely civil and treating you like a human being and talking with you as they normally would, but then finding themselves attracted to you when you lose weight, is also totally fine, i think
basically there is no scenario in which treating someone badly because they are overweight is acceptable
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOD
NO GOD PLEASE NO
NO
NO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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The first thing she realizes is that she is surrounded by ladies in traditional white dresses twirling around for a folklore and traditional dance festival
Every single woman in the city is dancing and wearing a dress
NO ESCAPE
You are correct, but I had to say "Pried" and "Pride" out loud first because in my head they sounded (very subtly) different. But no, they are the same. English is weird.
twist
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Blame the Normans.
Or to make it a lot simpler, just write all the divisions correctly as exponents:
(x^-1 * y^2 * 5^-1 * x^-1 * y^2)^4 = (y^4 / 5x^2)^4 = (y^16 / 625*x^8 )
Therein lies my problem. I'm supposed be happy that people are suddenly being nice to me? I'm happy in the sense that it makes my life easier at work. I'm happy in the sense that I will use it to manipulate my way into influence.
I am disgusted with them individually and it's made me more misanthropic than I was even before I lost weight. They are less than people to me now.
Google Talk: ludious83
bear and bear
what is the justification for that? there is none.
if its good you sould buy it @desc
One of the (many) interesting bits is that for Tolkien "magic" and "technology" are not opposed. In fact they are pretty much the same thing (very Asimov). They are both means of acomplishing things more quickly and easily than someone could manage on their own. And in this they are both very dangerous. Not inherently evil, but perilous.
I'd post the whole thing bit it is too long. You can read it here (it is letter 131): http://www.e-reading.org.ua/bookreader.php/139008/The_Letters_of_J.R.R.Tolkien.pdf
It is pretty amazing how much straight up wrong information exists out there in commentary about LOTR. Especially when it comes to things like a "black and white" morality or people being born into their morality. Couldn't be further from the truth really.
the treatment you receive from others- when you're very fat- is hard to explain. it's incredibly humiliating. at least with boring people they can be regarded as equals until they open their mouths. when you're super fat, people's eyes just glide over you. it's like you're not there. i can't really describe it adequately. hundreds of times a day someone instantaneously appraises you and then looks away. i'm not just talking about hot ladies. and the people who do talk to you often make light of it in ways that are seemingly harmless. look how many overweight teenagers turn to being the 'funny fat kid' and pulling up their shirts and shit. that's not fun socialization- it's not their way of fitting in. it's intensely embarrassing and painful, but sometimes the only way to get people to look at us.
i'm not trying to sound like a martyr. i'm fat because i eat too much- so much that even though i'm an active person and i like exercising, it's not enough. and i think i'm pretty charming and funny. i'd rather be me than a boring dude or a dumb dude.
but it still sucks really badly in a way that is complicated and too nuanced to express correctly. i dunno. of course it's better (for me, anyway- not gonna speak for everyone) to be thin than fat. i am glad that my life gets better in a lot of ways when i watch my weight. but at least in terms of socialization, it is incredibly demoralizing and at times infuriating to go from feeling like a circus bear to a human being. it's like, no, fuck you. i was a human being the entire time.
Google Talk: ludious83
I often read things daily and just read this and still don't understand.
GOD DAMN THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR BELIEF IN COMFORT.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
I imagine you yelling all of that, looking around, and just sort of resigning yourself to your fate and dancing along in defeat
:^:
I liked that part a lot, even when was just kind of shuffling in place at exactly 140 bpm for 8 hours of trance music
Yeah, when I really get into dancing it is an amazing feeling. But usually have to have friends and such around me really into it. Like dancing to hip hop is different than dancing to trance which is very different than moshing/dancing to punk.
But once you really get going you kind of understand why a lot of places around the world developing dancing as part of their spiritual belief system.
They want me to wear 'indoor shoes'
can I just wash my sneakers or should I wear my heels or what
I have no idea what the fuck constitutes an indoor shoe beyond going out and buying new ones specifically for this oh god
at the end of the phone call the guy was like 'please come!'
JUST MORE PEER PRESSURe
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My feet are rarely hurting after dancing. Leigh on the other hand....
Why character
why not aharacter
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