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WCDT 7-11 March 2011 (1876-80)
shlominus:
--- Quote from: cannoli on 12 Mar 2011, 10:51 ---no one, NO ONE, ever looks beyond the surface to the inner self, or any of that other crap that Hollywood and idealistic idiots like to sell - people fall in love with pretty people, period.
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you are wrong.
pwhodges:
No, he didn't say that single people are miserable.
What he was meaning, I think, is that many people who think they will not find themselves in a relationship in fact are faced with that possibility at an unexpected time. As a general principle of life, discounting the possibility of change can lead to lost opportunities - but I will say no more than that, because actually it is never possible to say categorically that one or another of alternative courses of action will lead to greater or lesser happiness in the end.
Certainly, taking one aspect of oneself and treating it as an absolute block to possibilities is likely to be shortsighted. In the case of perceived ugliness, what even defines that?
Carl-E:
Thank you, that's exactly my point. Cannoli did not sound like she was making her statements based on a desire to be alone - I know full well that there are such people, and that's fine.
For them.
But when it does happen (and it's more likely to than not, we're an interesting animal that way), I'm concerned that, having decided that it couldn't happen to her because "she's too ugly", she would deprive herself of one of life's greatest adventures.
And that's just not a good idea. Regret over a decision like that can grow to eat you alive.
IanClark:
I know I'm coming late to this particular party, but...
--- Quote from: Odin on 11 Mar 2011, 08:14 ---In this instance, Jeph is dictating that Marigold is actually ugly. Look again at how quickly Dora and Hannelore dropped their arguments (shitty as they were to start with).
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No he's not it's just the internal pessimism talking and I can't think of anything to make this effect come to a succinct end.
Some of those are a bit of a stretch, but those are all examples where someone genuinely reveals that they find Marigold attractive.
Is it cold in here?:
I'd forgotten about Tai. That was sincere attention.
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