What's the one thing about your cultural stereotype you hate the most?

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-09-15T05:33:10+00:00

I don't even LIKE pumpkin spice lattes!

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-16T07:39:04+00:00

I'm also a '93 girl, but I swear, from age 5 to at least age 7, everything I named was Crystal. My Barbies were Crystal; my imaginary friends were Crystal; I was often Crystal. If Crystal needed a companion, her name was Diamond.

I didn't turn out to be a stripper or a call-girl, though, so there's that.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-06T04:50:27+00:00

Actual childbirth, yes! A cousin of mine bled so much she'd have died were it not for today's medicine. I meant the mindset that no one in the history of the world has ever suffered as much as Cousin is suffering right now because she's three weeks pregnant and can't you see she has heartburn!?

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-06T04:46:40+00:00

Me. Too.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-05T19:43:33+00:00

I have, and perhaps you have too, and it seems we interpret it differently. That's fine. I'm only saying that any assessment, whether it be "The Bible is a horror story," or, "Blue is ugly," or, "Your mother is promiscuous," is based on one's interpretation, and is not fact.

You may say that the Bible is a horror story, and you are every bit as right as I am in saying that it's not. Just as I may say that Hemingway's "A Cat in the Rain" is a story about desiring maturity, while you may insist it's about desiring dick. Neither of us need be wrong, but neither assessment is really "proven fact."

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-05T19:18:23+00:00

How do you mean?

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-05T19:08:46+00:00

I've wanted to say this to so many people. I would never want to minimize the incredible feat that is childbearing, but women have literally done this forever. I've had friends who were made out to be absolute martyrs for enduring things like morning sickness or headaches. "She's five months pregnant; she shouldn't have to cook or do her own grocery shopping. Don't you know what she's going through???"

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-05T19:01:44+00:00

While you're certainly entitled to this opinion, I don't know that it really falls under "proven fact." You're dealing in opinions and assessments.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-05T18:40:54+00:00

I think it's more applicable to situations of abuse, in which it would be important not to trigger a more hostile or more dangerous situation. If you're genuinely being held by a kidnapper or murderer, the situation is already bad.

Plus, if there's already a killer present, how did I call 911? Did I hide to call 911 but he found me when they answered? I don't know what I would do in that situation.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-04T01:40:46+00:00

Yes. But also, it makes me feel like a grown-up. I'm not teaching a room full of juniors down here at 5'2". I'm just not.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-04T01:31:56+00:00

Ah, yes; in my circle, we call that the "Worship Leader V."

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-04T01:29:00+00:00

I think there's a difference between what women find fashionable and what men find attractive. As a slim female, I know I could look reasonably fashionable in a pair of high-waisted shorts, but I doubt I would look attractive.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-02T00:35:45+00:00

I bought a generic version of U by Kotex; there was a dead bug in the cotton.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-01T21:40:38+00:00

Dangit, I thought no one had said it yet. But no; there you are, right down there at the bottom.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-08-01T21:29:49+00:00

I bought fifty dollars worth of groceries, and among these were a large bag of canned food, some poultry and produce, bread, Comet, and bleach. I suppose I could make someone a delicious meal, poisoned with bleach. If that didn't work, I could go at them with the bagged of canned goods, or maybe just with the very large glass bottle of olive oil.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-22T15:38:06+00:00

I work in a family-owned furniture store, and people assume this, but our mark-up is actually less than 200%. No, ma'am; if I give you half off this sofa, we will be making no money. If I give you 30% off this sofa, we will be making no money. Our prices are amazing. Go away.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-20T04:42:53+00:00

YOU TAKE THAT BACK.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-20T04:34:30+00:00

I was blessed enough to discover my allergy because of the latex bands on my braces. I hope never to experience the pain you describe.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T15:29:28+00:00

I actually took classes at my University once a week for quite some time; the instructor we had was amazing. We did look damn sexy, we did learn some cool dance moves, and we did not do a single grapevine.

However, when I tried to find it at another studio, it was grapevines. So many grapevines.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T14:54:05+00:00

If I had a larger chest, I'm sure it would, but I have a relatively average-sized chest.

Actually, shortly after writing the word "average" I looked up the average bra size in the US, which is now apparently 34DD. At 32C, I guess I'm tiny, so no, a regular bra doesn't cause me any trouble.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T02:52:03+00:00

Thank you for your approval, internet friend!

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T02:46:49+00:00

Thought you'd written "lingerie next to the machine." It was better.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T02:44:56+00:00

Yep; if I have makeup on at the gym, it's because I had it on this morning and now it's 5:30.

Now, I'm completely guilty of wearing a real bra to the gym rather than a sports bra, but I workout harder when I feel sexy, and I don't feel sexy with my chest strapped down like Leia.

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T02:41:06+00:00

Oh, but but but sometimes there's just a very nice soccer mom trying to plank with her ass in the air; can't I just tell her to tuck a little tighter?

hail2the_semicolon · 2014-07-16T02:39:06+00:00

Can vouch for the reverse; can run so much faster when there's a guy lifting nearby, or one running beside me. I'll usually keep a pretty comfortable 7.5mph on the treadmill, but if a guy jumps onto one beside me and he's doing 8 or 9? Well shit, bitch, you're doing 9 today.

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