When people start talking about "harming their body," I don't take that to mean breast size reduction. That's just me.
You missed my point, entirely. I'm not saying they're *wrong* to be uncomfortable. I'm saying they have a *choice* about being uncomfortable. Big difference.
When people start talking about "harming their body," I don't take that to mean breast size reduction. That's just me.
You missed my point, entirely. I'm not saying they're *wrong* to be uncomfortable. I'm saying they have a *choice* about being uncomfortable. Big difference.
тАЬWhen people start talking about "harming their body," I don't take that to mean breast size reduction.тАЭ
T didnтАЩt talk about harming her body. That was a misinterpretation by somebody else. Read her comments again.
I disagree that she has a choice about whether sheтАЩs uncomfortable. She has a choice about how she *deals* with that discomfort. She could choose to get a reduction or to not. She chose not to. But I think her point is that sheтАЩd rather simply not be uncomfortable.
Sorry jt yer me pal but I'm with Steve on this one. We don't get a lot of choice in what bothers us.
Turning the topic to my favorite (me) I keep telling myself to stop getting pissed off about bad grammar and language changes I don't like. "Reach out" bothers the piss out of me. I can tell myself it's just evolving speech but all I hear is "phony warmth." If you have any questions just *reach out* to Sarah and ... I reach for the plastic-lined back in the back of the seat in front of me.
Do I have a choice about getting BOOS over this? It doesn't feel like it.
I didn't read Steve that way, that we don't have choice in what bothers us. ICBW, of course.
Paraphrase another 2000-year-old piece-a lore: "There are things You can control: Yourself and that's it. There are things You can't control: Everybody else, and everything that comes in Your Way. Don't waste Your time and energy on the latter."
I don't see anything particularly *wrong* with getting pissed at stupidity. Has the benefit that it can keep Ya busy all the live long day. But if it disturbs Your peace of mind, what point? Get pissed. Move on to the next whatever. *Staying* pissed? There's always the *next* thing to get pissed off at. And amongst all that, a small thing comes Your way.
And what do You really care if You get booed? (Not from me, hope Ya see.)
I dunno. Mebbe it's just me. At my age, I just don't have *time* to dwell on things that didn't go my Way. Most don't.
At the end of the day, before the loooong night, it's all gonna come out even-steven, AFAIK. You remember Mad magazine, Chris? I think the motto was "What? Me worry?" Something. If it wasn't, it should-a been. When I hit [Post] I hope You or someone reading this will enjoy it. Count on it? Back to reading, is all.
"It's hard, but people control their own *reactions* to what happens to them. Which is largely a case of controlling one's emotions, right?"
I'd rather live in a world without racism. But I don't, so I manage my reactions when I experience it. Both of these are true at the same time. But despite my ability to manage my emotions, I still wish racism didn't exist.
T wasn't saying that she expected society to magically change. Just a hypothetical, "I wish I don't have to deal with this issue."
Being a paid blogger is actually a completely different thing. All you need to do is develop the skills and empathy required to do it. That's very different from having a body that subjects you to certain treatment.
That was a poor example on my part. I'll give another if needed.
Yeah, I wish sexism didn't exist. I don't practice it myself raised with two sisters during the Second Wave. But I prefer to deal with reality rather than fantasy. You do too. I would suggest T would be better off if she took Your approach, and the approach I suggested.
But that would mean taking responsibility for her reactions. IMO, most people would prefer to do anything *but,* right?
When people start talking about "harming their body," I don't take that to mean breast size reduction. That's just me.
You missed my point, entirely. I'm not saying they're *wrong* to be uncomfortable. I'm saying they have a *choice* about being uncomfortable. Big difference.
тАЬWhen people start talking about "harming their body," I don't take that to mean breast size reduction.тАЭ
T didnтАЩt talk about harming her body. That was a misinterpretation by somebody else. Read her comments again.
I disagree that she has a choice about whether sheтАЩs uncomfortable. She has a choice about how she *deals* with that discomfort. She could choose to get a reduction or to not. She chose not to. But I think her point is that sheтАЩd rather simply not be uncomfortable.
Sorry jt yer me pal but I'm with Steve on this one. We don't get a lot of choice in what bothers us.
Turning the topic to my favorite (me) I keep telling myself to stop getting pissed off about bad grammar and language changes I don't like. "Reach out" bothers the piss out of me. I can tell myself it's just evolving speech but all I hear is "phony warmth." If you have any questions just *reach out* to Sarah and ... I reach for the plastic-lined back in the back of the seat in front of me.
Do I have a choice about getting BOOS over this? It doesn't feel like it.
I didn't read Steve that way, that we don't have choice in what bothers us. ICBW, of course.
Paraphrase another 2000-year-old piece-a lore: "There are things You can control: Yourself and that's it. There are things You can't control: Everybody else, and everything that comes in Your Way. Don't waste Your time and energy on the latter."
I don't see anything particularly *wrong* with getting pissed at stupidity. Has the benefit that it can keep Ya busy all the live long day. But if it disturbs Your peace of mind, what point? Get pissed. Move on to the next whatever. *Staying* pissed? There's always the *next* thing to get pissed off at. And amongst all that, a small thing comes Your way.
And what do You really care if You get booed? (Not from me, hope Ya see.)
I dunno. Mebbe it's just me. At my age, I just don't have *time* to dwell on things that didn't go my Way. Most don't.
At the end of the day, before the loooong night, it's all gonna come out even-steven, AFAIK. You remember Mad magazine, Chris? I think the motto was "What? Me worry?" Something. If it wasn't, it should-a been. When I hit [Post] I hope You or someone reading this will enjoy it. Count on it? Back to reading, is all.
Don't take my word on it. This is 2,000 year-old advice:
тАЬIt's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.тАЭ
That's what I was implying about "harm."
It's hard, but people control their own *reactions* to what happens to them. Which is largely a case of controlling one's emotions, right?
And, yeah. I'd simply rather be a paid blogger. Doesn't work like that.
"It's hard, but people control their own *reactions* to what happens to them. Which is largely a case of controlling one's emotions, right?"
I'd rather live in a world without racism. But I don't, so I manage my reactions when I experience it. Both of these are true at the same time. But despite my ability to manage my emotions, I still wish racism didn't exist.
T wasn't saying that she expected society to magically change. Just a hypothetical, "I wish I don't have to deal with this issue."
Being a paid blogger is actually a completely different thing. All you need to do is develop the skills and empathy required to do it. That's very different from having a body that subjects you to certain treatment.
That was a poor example on my part. I'll give another if needed.
Yeah, I wish sexism didn't exist. I don't practice it myself raised with two sisters during the Second Wave. But I prefer to deal with reality rather than fantasy. You do too. I would suggest T would be better off if she took Your approach, and the approach I suggested.
But that would mean taking responsibility for her reactions. IMO, most people would prefer to do anything *but,* right?