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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9752264 times)

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68730 on: January 04, 2014, 04:18:08 pm »
Nope.  He was just that pretty ;D
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68731 on: January 04, 2014, 04:34:09 pm »
I've had people say they were unable to determine my gender when I was a High School freshman, but they might have just been being shitheads. I do have amazingly luxurious eyelashes, though. Still, these days I don't think there is any way any person could ever reasonably mistake me for a women. Not many women have constant shadow, shoulders as wide as a doorway, or are 6'1'' (though I have seen a few women taller than me, mostly volleyball players).

The unfortunate side effect of that, however, is that I do get called "sir" all the time, even by people who know me. I have a name, goddamnit!
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68732 on: January 04, 2014, 04:47:15 pm »
Sorry, sir.
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For, in order that men should resist injustice, something more is necessary than that they should think injustice unpleasant. They must think injustice absurd; above all, they must think it startling. They must retain the violence of a virgin astonishment. When the pessimist looks at any infamy, it is to him, after all, only a repetition of the infamy of existence. But the optimist sees injustice as something discordant and unexpected, and it stings him into action.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68733 on: January 04, 2014, 05:03:46 pm »
Once I get my new glasses I'll post an updated photo and you can tell me whether my beard helps. :P
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68734 on: January 04, 2014, 06:11:16 pm »
Quote from: Ogdibus on January 04, 2014, 03:38:37 pm
It's probable that some are doing it to be rude.  When dealing with businesses, they might have policies that can help if you make a complaint, but that get's tiresome quickly.  Depending on where you live, government employees might be required to respect your gender, but again, it probably takes extra time and effort.
I'm pretty sure that 'in public' would refer to somewhere like a street or a shop, not a workplace. So the people would be strangers who are just uninformed, rather than trying to make a dig at alleecat.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68735 on: January 04, 2014, 06:16:46 pm »
This is why, come the revolution, we must be to expel the monster ISP that is BT:

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68736 on: January 04, 2014, 06:19:04 pm »
Quote from: Owlbread on January 04, 2014, 06:16:46 pm
But this is why, come the revolution, we must be to expel the monster ISP that is BT:

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I agree with you there it's the only ISP in my area and it sucks
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« Reply #68737 on: January 04, 2014, 06:20:59 pm »
Mine too. It's like they lord over us. There's nothing we can do about their terrible services, we just have to thole it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68738 on: January 04, 2014, 06:27:03 pm »
Quote from: Owlbread on January 04, 2014, 06:20:59 pm
Mine too. It's like they lord over us. There's nothing we can do about their terrible services, we just have to thole it.
I learned a new English word.
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For, in order that men should resist injustice, something more is necessary than that they should think injustice unpleasant. They must think injustice absurd; above all, they must think it startling. They must retain the violence of a virgin astonishment. When the pessimist looks at any infamy, it is to him, after all, only a repetition of the infamy of existence. But the optimist sees injustice as something discordant and unexpected, and it stings him into action.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68739 on: January 04, 2014, 06:31:28 pm »
It is a Scots word (at one time Old English) with no equivalent in the English language besides "endure" which doesn't quite fit.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68740 on: January 04, 2014, 06:34:51 pm »
How does "endure" not fit? It seems to fit what you mean from my perspective.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68741 on: January 04, 2014, 06:36:45 pm »
Quote from: Owlbread on January 04, 2014, 06:31:28 pm
It is a Scots word (at one time Old English) with no equivalent in the English language besides "endure" which doesn't quite fit.
I know this, but was trying to raise your hackles. :D
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For, in order that men should resist injustice, something more is necessary than that they should think injustice unpleasant. They must think injustice absurd; above all, they must think it startling. They must retain the violence of a virgin astonishment. When the pessimist looks at any infamy, it is to him, after all, only a repetition of the infamy of existence. But the optimist sees injustice as something discordant and unexpected, and it stings him into action.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68742 on: January 04, 2014, 06:38:37 pm »
Quote from: Owlbread on January 04, 2014, 06:31:28 pm
It is a Scots word (at one time Old English) with no equivalent in the English language besides "endure" which doesn't quite fit.

The same reason that "gloaming" doesn't mean sunset. It's impossible to explain.

And blast you Kaijyuu for I am an innocent man who is often prey to such things.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68743 on: January 04, 2014, 06:41:35 pm »
So explain it with more words. There are enough in the english language that you can find some sort of equivalent, even if it takes a paragraph. I don't believe in the least it's impossible to make an accurate comparison.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #68744 on: January 04, 2014, 06:45:18 pm »
It's like endure + acceptance, that's the best description I can give. You know when you're about to eat a shit sandwich and you just "chow down"? Or when you bite a bullet? It's like that, but combined with endure. It's all quite subtle which is why I gave the example of gloaming, something that differs from English counterparts on similar lines.
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