We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
Is Arthur Schopenhauer correct?


I know I'd have a shit load more peircings and tattoos if I knew for certain that I could another job or a partner that way.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:48, 151 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I thought you worked for your Dad?
Does he mind them?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:50, Reply)

I do but he'll retire in a couple of years.

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:53, Reply)

Is it his company?
Can you take it over?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I could do if I knew anything about engineering.
I don't really have the hutzpah or knowledge.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:58, Reply)

You could own it
and then employ someone to run it. Result = you get lots of tattoos and piercings and do what the fuck you want
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:59, Reply)

Losing my dad's super engineering skillz would means it wouldn't work.
Besides, I don't want to.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

OK
just a thought
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

That's part of what we are and a reason why we kick the arse of the animal kingdom.
No point moaning about it.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:52, Reply)

i thought that was due to opposable thumbs

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Monkeys have them.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:03, Reply)

well they must play a more limited role than i thought
a monkey would kick the arse of a goldfish, for example.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Not at swimming
Or saying Bob
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

my grasp of zoology is at best tenuous
i shall give this up as a bad job.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

I'm not taking any shit from a bloke called Arthur
who doesn't even know the word "quarter"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)

He was a philosopher, not a linguist.

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:55, Reply)

He also said "Life without pain has no meaning"
so he was all for you getting more tattoos and piercings, basically
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:58, Reply)

This^
*googles*

Sounds like a twat to me
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I'd like to think it's less than that.
While my behaviour from person to person changes, my personality shows through every time. Then again, I spend a lot of time being bothered about what others think of me, even when I'm in crowds, so I'm no fucking use here.

It's like the tattoo I had in mind, the main reason I've not had it done is because I know others will take the piss. For me, the fact that idea bothers me is enough for me not to do it. Yet, I want a tattoo, and I'm not sure why.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 12:58, Reply)

If it's the "You'll Never Walk Alone" one, you absolutely should get it and bollocks to what anyone else thinks
Whilst I have absolutely no affinity or affection for LFC generally, since Hillsborough that phrase has always resonated with me.

So has "Ferry Cross The Mersey" by Gerry and the fucking Pacemakers, though. Swings and roundabouts.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:00, Reply)

Aye, it's that one.
As I say, I want to get it, but if others giving me shit is enough to put me off, I think that's pretty damning.

Then again, I recently considered a tongue piercing, and I know that'd look shit... I'm a weird fucker.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)

I think with tattoos you've got to be sure enough that you want it that other peoples' opinions don't matter
If you can see yourself getting embarrassed when people give you shit for it instead of telling them to fuck off and not caring, then you probably don't want it badly enough to justify it. That might change as you do, though.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Makes sense
I've seen a few I like, so shall keep some in mind. I saw one I liked, but it went against my rule of No Band Tattoos. It's up there with the No Girlfriend Names.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Don't get a tattoo because you kinda want one
Get one because you've seen something, or someone's work, that you NEED.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:16, Reply)

I like this advice!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)

Labs can be considered an authority on this, I think
No Band Tattoos is an excellent idea. After I got my only tattoo to date I was feverishly looking for something else I wanted done, and contemplated getting a KoRn tatt. As much as I loved them at the time, I'd be embarrassed by it now, so imagine what it'd be like when I'm 40 or 50.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)

I think something like a band character or icon is cool
Never a name though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

My friend has an odd one
This is it. Those are the symbols for her favourite band, but unless you really know them, it's just a nice tattoo.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:26, Reply)

I like that a lot
but the symbols should be close together. What is the band?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

N Dubz

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)

30 Seconds To Mars

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)

The style of the tattoo is excellent

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Thanks for the compliment!
Most kind.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)

It's only fair
I'd hope people would talk to me about stretching a carteledge piercing, for example, or dealing with being called gay all day every day, so I assume you're happy to distribute tattoo advice
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:35, Reply)

Always happy to, even though I'm no expert, just have an avid interest.
I have no desire to stretch my cartilage piercing (Industrial) because I have enough bloody problems with it as it is. I've contemplated removing it several times now, it's always sore even 9 months after being pierced, and bleeds a fair bit (must keep catching it or knocking it when I sleep).
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Yeah I'd definitely leave that mate!
I'm glad I did mine, very happy with it now, but fucking hell it hurt
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:48, Reply)

My mate stretched her septum
Said it hurt dicktons more than getting it pierced did, and my septum was probably the most intense pain I've had in a piercing.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:54, Reply)

That's the rule I'm sticking to now
Unless I see something that'll really jump out at me, I'm not going to bother.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Don't be afraid to look at general styles as well
Find artists whose work you love, and talk to them about getting something unique done in their style, rather than a cool symbol (which I'm not knocking, I've got a few small symbol tatts that I love).
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Cheers, shall definitely keep it in mind
I want to have a couple of small ones, at least.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)

I love my small tattoos
But am looking to incorporate them somehow into my next sleeve.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Have you got any pics of your tattoos?
I'm intruiged to see them
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Here's a pic of my sleeve just after it was finished. It's easily the 'best' tattoo I have, in terms of quality.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:37, Reply)

That is cool
Crazy Inca/Mexican looking
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Thanks!
It's Polynesian, but a lot of the style is similar to traditional Incan/Aztec tattoos, in that they both use a lot of geometric patterns.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:44, Reply)

I saw a guy in the pool at Centreparcs
who had a massive Inca type head on his upper arm. It looked fucking brilliant!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:47, Reply)

Cool!
I'm thinking my next sleeve will be by Tomas Tomas or Xed le Hed.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:50, Reply)

Quality is also important
make sure it's done well. Spend lots. Then even if you age and are a different person in the future, it'll still look good.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Could not agree more with this statement!
"You get the tattoo you deserve" is definitely true.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)

You'll Never Walk Alone is a beautiful song,

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Definitely

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Classic Sartre existentialism
See The Look
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

That makes quite a lot of sense...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

I like Sartre
Just his writings can be rather impenetrable at first.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:28, Reply)

I was going to mention Sartre and you beat me to it
He's the reason we know that everyone exists independently and are not just part of our imagination.
Shame - we wouldn't have it if you were all in my head.

.....or would we.......
*existentializzzzzeesss*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:47, Reply)

*Solipsises all over the floor*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:53, Reply)

He tried too hard to be quotable.
The stupid Kant.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)

He was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
He could drink you under the table
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Right, that's enough of that!
Out. Both of you!
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Sorry landlord
Two oranges walk into a bar, one says to the other "your round"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Are you having a beer?" Descartes says, "I think not," and vanishes

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Yours is probably slightly more highbrow than mine
I know a brilliant one about a lobster but it requires hand actions
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Must admit, I prefer the version of the 2 overweight gentlemen to the 2 oranges in a bar
One turns to the other and says "Your Round."
The other responds "So are you, ya fat fuck!"
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

no, i'm unique
just like the rest of you.

there is something in it, esp if you look at how kids are at school. my cousin really worries me, she's 13, and every single day she and her 871 mates on facebook, none of whom probably know each other in real life, send each other really violent sweary messages. about a year ago she was sweet, quiet, shy and very girly. since joining her new school, she is a sulky little emo.

now they are all going on about when she is going to shag her bf and whether they could use clingfilm instead of a condom and whether you can get pregnant if he uses a milky way wrapper. she's THIRTEEN. i thought i was embarrassingly old-fashioned waiting until i was 18 and really liked the guy, but it's better than this!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I think when you are a kid it is more so, yes
The transition from kid to adult is where you decide to do stuff your own way, rather than how your mates do it. This could be when you are 12 or 92
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)

what happens to you as a kid can really affect what kind of adult you grow into
i am v open and find meeting new people really easy, and i loved school, was in the popular gang etc etc. but i know lots of people who got badly bullied who say that you never get over it and it marks you and how you relate to people for life.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)

This is true
I kind of didn't fit into any particular group. I was a clever shite but not marked as a swot, etc. I played football with "the lads". I spoke to the girls and I think most of the nastiness in school passed me by, fortunately
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:09, Reply)

You are a lucky bastard
At Primary School I was unpopular because the only currency that mattered was being good at football, and being clever just made me a swot. Then I went to a decent Secondary school and was a sport pariah, a geek and of only average intelligence.

Anyone who says school days are the best days of your life is a cunt and a liar.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

My school days were just a bit meh
I suppose. OK but nothing special
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

I had it half and half really
I was bullied relentlessly for several years, but the people I was friends with then are still those I count amongst my best friends now, nearly 7 years after leaving.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

sorry to fall out with you, i really am
but i bloody LOVED school, esp a-levels... loads of mates, shiny red beetle, the thrill of underage drinking, snogging hundreds of boys.... i'd go back to being 16 like a shot!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

I was never one for underage drinking
But we had a club open by us midway through year 10, where several people could get served. Going there was a way of guaranteeing a snog, great fun!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

You obviously went to a school less heavily populated with absolute shitbags than mine
I'd go back to being 19 and being at Uni like a shot, although I'd be single this time around
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Same here
I liked school but not the other kids.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Yeah, I could've had a great time at school if you'd just removed my peers
and science lessons
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Good to see you're not getting bullied anymore eh you massive ponce.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Good point well made
Internet bullying is in no way comparable though. At school I was not only getting picked on but permanently in fear of having the shit kicked out of me. Not that it's relevant, but I'm absolutely confident I could beat the fuck out of you IRL
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Vroom

(PsychoChomp, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

haha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Played
I meant to put "most of you", cos let's face it, we're geeks, and geeks are weedy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:28, Reply)

i thought you meant most of him
i was wondering which bits you would beat up and which bits you would leave untouched.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Never hit a man with glasses
Or, more accurately, never hit the bit of a man his glasses are on. Expensive things to replace.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:38, Reply)

It does
I got verbally abused (but rarely physically abused) every day for about ten years. It's only quite recently - ten years after I fucking left! - that I've started to get over some of the problems it caused me, and even now I'm quite difficult to get on with. I'd honestly rather live on the streets in a cardboard box full of sick than go back to school with those cunts.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Same here but luckily I got over it.
The desire to go 'back' and inflict pain on them has passed as well. The best revenge really is being happy with yourself.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I can't blame kids for being kids
even if they all were an incredibly pendulous, syphilitic set of scrotes. I blame the teachers, one teacher in particular, for turning a blind eye, and for telling me (essentially) to MTFU when I came to her in tears and covered in bruises when one of their 'circle berk and call her names' games got a little rough. Her I'd quite cheerfully set fire to, the evil harpy.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:44, Reply)

yes, grown-ups I do blame.
Like the mothers who said "Do you think, as an only child, Roota might be a bit too used to getting her own way?" when my mother objected to her child and her croneys putting me in a circle and booting the little legs off me.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:50, Reply)

That's a bit fucked up...
I was 15 when I lost it, and while I wasn't the first in my year, I was a long way off being the last. We were given sex education lessons in year 11 FFS, far too late. They should be teaching them in about year 7-8. Might stop a few urban myths getting talked, I mean.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:06, Reply)

Agreed 100%
My kids are getting the full talk when they are about 8 I think
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Good man
The problem is the Nanny parade, blaming them introducing sex into lessons for the increase in promiscuity. Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't sex education been around for years?

Also, I think the lessons should be taught to lads and girls seperately. I'm not 100% certain why I think that, but it just seems a good idea...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

This is a good idea
Would stop all the waheys, etc.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:11, Reply)

Definitely.
I fucking wished my teacher would stop doing that.

What?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

Shouting and jeering when talking about .....well you know...
thingies and stuff. Like...... cocks
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Sorry, it was a poorly constructed joke.
I know what you mean, and I'll admit I did the same when one of the girls had to put a condom on a cucumber.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

I was 19
I like to blame the fact that I went to an all-boys' school and, contrary to popular rumour, this was a hindrance rather than a help. I also claim I was waiting for the right girl. In all honesty it was down to my hideous physical appearance.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Someone is going to call you gay
you do know this, don't you?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

I used to scan every post for possible gay jokes
and then I realised someone is going to call me a bender whatever I say so I might as well be honest and not bother self-censoring
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I went to an all boys school from the ages 9-11
Meaning that I missed the years in which girls stop being 'icky', and start being nice.

As a result, I was fucked up when I met girls for the first time, and had no idea how to talk to them. It's not good.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:11, Reply)

You think that's bad
Try not having a clue how to talk to girls when you meet them for the first time at age 18
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I don't think I even kissed a boy till I was around 18.
I was too shy and fucked up.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

You shouldn't be shy Blousie, you're fantastic!
And Darth, I sympathise mate, I really do. That sounds fucking shit.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

I was painfully shy then.
I'm only a little bit shy now.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

It's an improvement.
Now, all we need to do is slip you a bottle of Red Wine, and watch the real BGB come out!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

*There there*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

Thanks Jeff.
Not a great period of my life.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Ouch
Saying that, I was still atrocious at chatting up teh ladeez.... Actually I'd probably still be shit now
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

^ This.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

God bless being married
I dont even have to talk to the mrs
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Haha!

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

:o) Mrs Cow worked in our office
so it was easier to talk to her.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:24, Reply)

I was also 19
but I blame being a fat, geeky metaller with long hair
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:16, Reply)

being

What did Monty do to you?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

STOTD

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

I was 16 and I don't regret it at all.
It was fucked up and a disaster and has caused me a lot of grief, but I wouldn't change the person for the world.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:24, Reply)

I was much the same actually
We have a stupid amount in common. Just reminding you.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

I wasn't so much fat, (although in my head I was), but the fact I was tall and large framed.
I felt like an ogre.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Now now Fiona, we all feel that way sometimes in our lives...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Hahaha

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:39, Reply)

I dunno, I guess it depends on how much you want other people to like you
and what kind of people you associate with. Most of my friends are arty or weird, so they don't tend to tone themselves down much.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

This is fine
but I cannot stand lolwaki when people do stuff because it is odd or different or weird.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Same

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)

I'd like to forfeit three-fourths of my body to look like angelina

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:23, Reply)

I've toned myself down a lot in order to become bearable to other people
so yeah, I guess. I do spend an awful lot of my life trying to please others (shut up), so I'd say I was more concerned about what people think of me rather than wanting to be like others.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

I'd say in 99% of cases
I dont give a flying fuck what people think of me. It means I'm going nowhere in my job as I refuse to kiss arse/do the politics but I dont care.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:29, Reply)

If I can survive the shit I got in school for 'being myself'
then I may as well keep at it now.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)

*sings like Ethel Merman*
I gotta be meeeeeeeeeeeee!
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Oh man I fucking love Ethel.
"SYLVESTERRRRRR, IT'S YOUR MOTHERRRR!"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Bloody good for you
I was 15-16 before I stopped trying to be accepted, and I really fucking wish I'd tried that earlier instead of all the grief I got and the grief it caused me trying to fit in. Yet I rather suspect that if I were to go to my school reunion, say, I'd struggle to be 'me'. I'd probably just be very quiet for a while, hit the free bar than flick the whole lot of them the bird and leave.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I've just been invited to mine!
20 years since I left school

/isold
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I missed the five year one
technically this year would be the 10 year one, but I went to a school with a sixth form and was one of only about 7 who left after GCSEs, so it won't be for another couple of years yet.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)

I'm quite looking forward to it
I want to see if I've done any better than most of the reprobates I was there with!

We did have one footballer and one girl is on the TV so I think our year has done OK
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I'll go to mine if I get offered a PhD
and then I will sneer at them all and be like - 'yeah. Thats Doctor berk to you.' We had a lot of priveleged fuckwits in my year, quite a number didn't go to uni and just got fat and had kids instead, so I'll enjoy being snobbish.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:41, Reply)

We also had one murdered
and one murderer (not related)
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I just had this mantra in my head "This won't last forever"
As much as I'm still quite childlike, and enjoyed my childhood in many ways, I knew I'd have to wait until adulthood to be totally free.
I'm nowhere near as scared of muggers and rapists as I was/am of packs of teenagers with an eye for a cowardy custard.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Similar, I knew I'd leave at 16
and go to the local sixth form college. Still doesn't quite erase the memory of spending probably a good 3 months in 3rd year crying though. Even now those packs of screeching chavs outside shops give me the shivers considerably more than a sole dodgy looking bloke who might be following me/might have a knife or whatever.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:39, Reply)

I stayed on at 6th form.
I liked my teachers and 'better the devil you know' was my thought.
I didn't even have to go to that school. my mum wanted me to sit an exam and go to a 'better' school, but even then I knew I was just the type of kid who other kids would want to kill. At that school I'd have been bullied for being the common kid from town. At the one I went to I was the one who was bright and spoke nice (I no longer speak nice.)
Meh.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:43, Reply)

I don't know whether it was just the comparison to school
but sixth form college was probably the best two years of my life, thus far anyway. I honestly think I'd have harmed myself if I'd had to stay on for sixth form at school. And yeah, I was that type of kid as well. Still am, to some extent.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:49, Reply)

And you're pretty fucking awesome, to be honest.
I don't think I've been myself recently, though. Dyeing my hair stupid colours isn't me. I blame not being able to fit into most of my clothes.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:37, Reply)

I can see why other kids weren't fussed on me,
I liked adults better, I liked Patsy Cline, I'd go up to kids and go "Hello, I'm Roota, do you want to play?" and generally get the "Oh fuck off you twee little dickhead" response. Or the "Yes we'll play with you and lock you in a cupboard, that'll get rid of your beans for you!" response.
And I do rabbit on...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:40, Reply)

I had an awful time of Primary school and the first bit of secondary.
Theo straightened me out a bit for a while and then I went nuts over the last years of school in general. But I found that people seemed to like me more the older I get. I dunno whether they just started to appreciate me or I grew up, but I really didn't change that much.

I could never play with other kids, I'm shit at making new friends :/
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:43, Reply)

Secondary school only really had the threat of violence
Whereas in primary school I got battered. I could have taken the verbals a lot better (names really don't hurt me) if I didn't think there might be a pasting at the end of them.
And as for getting older and finding people like you more, well there are loads of reasons. Your confidence, your broadening horizons/social group etc. You simply have more choice and so does everyone else. You suddenly meet more people whose 'cup of tea' you are.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:48, Reply)

In terms of physical appearance, yeah to some extent
I'd probably have facial and hand tattoos if they were accepted in business/courts.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:41, Reply)

At times in our lives I think this is true
I spent quite a few years thinking that I was being myself but as we grow more confident about who we are and what we think it's less so.

Even now I have to remind myself that I don't care what people think...last night getting undressed in the gym changing rooms I had to keep saying, "Who cares if that woman notices you haven't had your legs waxed this month...or if she notices all the pies you've been scoffing recently."
She was probably thinking the very same thing, unless of course she was one of the militant Middle Aged Bush Patrol who walk about naked.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:00, Reply)

BLEURGH
"Middle Aged Bush Patrol" made me boke.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:02, Reply)

It's incredibly aggressive to walk around naked
I hadn't really encountered it until going to our local gym where there are lockers and showers but no changing rooms. Loads of women of all shapes, sizes and ages just strip off and carry on conversations or wander around. It's by no means a sexual type of behaviour - these women don't look vulnerable or sexy - they mostly look bloody scary. Especially the old skinny ones with tiny puppies ears for breasts, washboard stomachs and the biggest hairiest minges this side of the 1970s.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:08, Reply)

That sounds horrific.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Indeed it is.
I could never in a million years become a lesbian.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Not after last time, anyway.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Fuck that's in no way hot
You're terrible at this erotic fiction stuff.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:16, Reply)

I had to get my peirced nips out in the changing rooms.
I wasn't so much worried about the peircings per say but the fact they might scoff at me getting my less than pert bewbs peirced in the first place.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:18, Reply)

Pierced nipples are awesome.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 14:20, Reply)