* Her: "I went out with this one bloke who was, well, *ugly*, but I liked him as a person"
Me: "What, uglier than me"
Her (with "WTF are you talking about" expression) "You're not ugly!" -- Forest Pines (il...), October 12th, 2005. (later)
maybe you should have skipped the "what, uglier than me" bit.
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), October 12th, 2005. (later)
I understand the reflex. I've done it too many times myself. I'm currently trying to teach myself not to keep doing it, 'cos after a while other people start believing your self-deprecation.
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), October 12th, 2005. (later)
Or rather it's the self-deprecation itself that they find the ugliest, regardless of their opinion of your physical appearance.
-- Sociah T Azzahole (stevem7...), October 12th, 2005. (later)
from the "Woman who's out of my league" thread.
Obviously nobody likes anybody who doesn't like themselves, but self-deprication is, I always thought, regarded as a good thing - the ability to laugh at yourself, to put yourself down on occasion, to not take yourself too seriously. Or does it just send the message to people that you don't like yourself, hang on, you may be right?
― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 10:15 (twenty years ago)
if people can't laugh at themselves, well, they deserve a bunch of other cunts laughing at them.
― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 10:18 (twenty years ago)
This topic has been covered exhaustively but reviving previous threads would probably be a bad idea.
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― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)