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TwilightPrincess
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01 Jul 2024, 4:24 pm

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Well, I know a woman who had cancer, and then had her breasts reconstructed. No nipples. She posed nude three times for my life-drawing class. I admired her perkiness and confidence, after all that she had suffered.

On the other hand--I have no admiration at all for the Kardashians.

People do make a lot of judgments about women just based on their chest size or the clothes that they wear. Some women are naturally large-chested. An elder in my former church said that I needed to be more careful about what I wear than other women because I’m “a large-chested woman” and I was making things hard for the brothers - his words not mine. I don’t consider myself large-chested, and I was a very modest dresser. He made his daughter wear baggy clothes. The point is that people need to mind their own damn business. We should be able to wear whatever the hell we want without backlash from ignorant people. Obviously, we are all free to think what we want, but the stares, comments, etc. aren’t cool. It’s about boundaries.



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01 Jul 2024, 6:35 pm

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I'm not sure you even understand the appeal of having a fun car if your big criticism is that you don't get many opportunities to go that fast on the highway.

Going fast in a straight line isn't really that challenging, so it's not very rewarding for most people. But, accelerating quickly, braking quickly and maintaining a lot of speed through corners tend to be rewarding even if you don't manage to reach top speed.

Roads having speed limits really doesn't interfere with the ability to enjoy your fun car when the road is empty. Speed limits are merely suggestions, your car will accelerate right past whatever number is written on the sign as though the sign didn't exist at all.

Beyond that, people who can afford expensive cars can also usually afford some HPDE time at the local track.

I don't doubt that there are some needledicks who buy performance cars just as a status symbol, but pretending like they're the average performance car owner is an admission of not being familiar with car culture or the people who participate in it.

It's like insisting basement dwelling cheeto-dust covered neckbeards are the typical Star Wars fan because those are the ones you're personally most familiar with. Yes, those guys exist but they're not representative of the typical Star Wars fan, they're just a fun stereotype that some people take too seriously.


Okay, I confess to being judgmental. Just because I want a car that is utilitarian and reasonably priced doesn't mean that people who want to spend a lot of money for a sports car are necessarily bad.


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01 Jul 2024, 8:36 pm

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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.


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04 Jul 2024, 9:51 am

TwilightPrincess wrote:
Honey69 wrote:
Well, I know a woman who had cancer, and then had her breasts reconstructed. No nipples. She posed nude three times for my life-drawing class. I admired her perkiness and confidence, after all that she had suffered.

On the other hand--I have no admiration at all for the Kardashians.

People do make a lot of judgments about women just based on their chest size or the clothes that they wear. Some women are naturally large-chested. An elder in my former church said that I needed to be more careful about what I wear than other women because I’m “a large-chested woman” and I was making things hard for the brothers - his words not mine. I don’t consider myself large-chested, and I was a very modest dresser. He made his daughter wear baggy clothes. The point is that people need to mind their own damn business. We should be able to wear whatever the hell we want without backlash from ignorant people. Obviously, we are all free to think what we want, but the stares, comments, etc. aren’t cool. It’s about boundaries.


I myself also wear what I prefer (not to impress others).

In my case, it ends up having the opposite effect: I get less attention (Despite being in my early 30s with no kids, I dress like a 50 year old suburban dad). But you know what? Just like you, I pick out my outfits because they're what I want to wear. I don't take anyone else into account when picking out an outfit.

I've been told I'd get more attention if I dressed differently. I refuse to. I'm not going to change my style to please society. I dress the way I do because this is what's comfortable for me.



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04 Jul 2024, 11:58 am

Honey69 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:

I'm not sure you even understand the appeal of having a fun car if your big criticism is that you don't get many opportunities to go that fast on the highway.

Going fast in a straight line isn't really that challenging, so it's not very rewarding for most people. But, accelerating quickly, braking quickly and maintaining a lot of speed through corners tend to be rewarding even if you don't manage to reach top speed.

Roads having speed limits really doesn't interfere with the ability to enjoy your fun car when the road is empty. Speed limits are merely suggestions, your car will accelerate right past whatever number is written on the sign as though the sign didn't exist at all.

Beyond that, people who can afford expensive cars can also usually afford some HPDE time at the local track.

I don't doubt that there are some needledicks who buy performance cars just as a status symbol, but pretending like they're the average performance car owner is an admission of not being familiar with car culture or the people who participate in it.

It's like insisting basement dwelling cheeto-dust covered neckbeards are the typical Star Wars fan because those are the ones you're personally most familiar with. Yes, those guys exist but they're not representative of the typical Star Wars fan, they're just a fun stereotype that some people take too seriously.


Okay, I confess to being judgmental. Just because I want a car that is utilitarian and reasonably priced doesn't mean that people who want to spend a lot of money for a sports car are necessarily bad.


It's not even about necessarily bad, I don't have kids and don't need to haul large items; an 86 or Camaro might be useless to some people but it's ideal for me (I picked those as two of the cheapest coupes in recent memory).

Other people have greater compromises to make when they pick a vehicle and I get that, but I don't see the point in having negativity towards people who don't have to make those compromises (whether due to different lives or having another boring vehicle to use).

Personally, I'd prefer towing a trailer behind a fun car vs. being stuck with a lame car every day but I don't intend to cast judgment, just admitting my priorities are different.

My tastes lean heavily towards reasonably priced performance cars. I don't really get spending 6 figures on a car whether it's practical or not, but all the power to people who have the means. Even if I won the lottery odds are my lottery winnings car would be an old Corolla or Civic/Integra/CRX, maybe a Vega or Monza. Nothing new and nothing where 50% of the cost are the badges.


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