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Report, edit, etc...Posted by Screwed on 2004-11-10 at 02:46:19
Okay, here's a scenario.

You've finished the dishes and are taking a well-deserved break. You switch on the tele and settle on the sofa. You grab a rich delcious chocolate biscuit and about to sink you teeth into it.
Then there she is, rite in the tele... you media nemesis.
She's tall with big breasts, long hair, sleek teeth, everything about her is emaciated. She's selling a beauty product.
Already feeling guilty enough sitting down in the first place eating a big blob of fat... then comes the 'perfect body' to put u off even more.
How many kilos can you lose indulging in your sofa?

Everyone in real life now is being pressurised to conform with the society, usually because of stereotype, media, peers, latest fashion etc. otherwise you will not be accepted in our community.

We are brought up to think what we look like determines who we are, and as easy as you mite say "no matter what we look like, we are still beautiful"... while this may sound good... 10 minutes later you look in the mirror and see a pimple under ur chin and you started using all the pimple cream ever known to man-kind to try and eradicate it.

Why do we always wear our best dress, make sure our teeth is smiling at the rite angle, and make sure our hairs are brushed to the side before an interview? Human instincts I guess... because if you look huge and different, it automatically puts someone looking at u in a defensive position

We wear make-up to cover our inpurities... but how may it make us different?

Remember people, life is not a beauty contest.


Post your thoughts. biggrin.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by @:@ on 2004-11-10 at 09:29:32
I look nice for an interview so I can get the job. (clean and organized)

Other then that, I don't care what I wear to school or how I look.
I get up at 7:00 and leave at 7:10 every morning. It's all good.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NeoNightmareX on 2004-11-10 at 15:38:53
i honestly kind of care what i look like, because im class president and as the techers say a "role-model", ok w/e like anyone would wanna model me, i need 3 alarms to get me up, they ring at 6:30, 6:35, and 6:40, by the time the 3rd one rings im so pissed off im up, and it takes me like 20 mins to get dressed and crap cause im so tired in the morning, and to have breakfast is like 15 and im off to school at 7:20-ish to 7:30-ish in the morning for school, i dont really care what i wear to school that much or when im hanging out with my friends but i think that its terrible that many products in america label you as ugly if you are over like 100 punds or w/e that causes eating disorders, the models......thats what is wrong with america because women kno they will never be that "beautiful" so they take comfort in food and because overwieght even more and obese, this whole world is about image now, its taken a turn for the worse...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by SaLaCiouS(U) on 2004-11-10 at 17:58:18
Caring what you look like goes against the American way. The American way is to do everything as fast as possible. Wasting time making yourself look good just takes away from time to be productive. Women for example can grow up to be lifeless censored.gif es who look back and wonder why they wasted all their time worrying about censored.gif ty fashion trends that no one who matters cares about. You don't have to look great, you should look half-way decent. But you shouldn't be a fat censored.gif either. Get some excercize you fatsos.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2004-11-10 at 18:04:44
QUOTE(SaLaCiouS(U) @ Nov 10 2004, 06:58 PM)
Caring what you look like goes against the American way. The American way is to do everything as fast as possible. Wasting time making yourself look good just takes away from time to be productive. Women for example can grow up to be lifeless  censored.gif es who look back and wonder why they wasted all their time worrying about  censored.gif ty fashion trends that no one who matters cares about. You don't have to look great, you should look half-way decent. But you shouldn't be a fat  censored.gif  either. Get some excercize you fatsos.
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Nicely said Sala!

Screwed: Big Breasts don't do nothing to me. Remember I'm latin. I go for the lower part of the back biggrin.gif

I really don't care much how I look because I knbow I can llok good in almost anything. I don't do my hair since I have 2 styles it's either quite short which i can't do anything or quite long which look good the natural way.
In clothing I look good because I'm quite tall but I don't look like a stick, I'm a bit muscular in the upper body and very muscular in the legs so mostly I use short jeans and stuff and a Jamaican Puma Shirt.
I only care what the women said which is almost always good.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kow on 2004-11-10 at 20:40:26
QUOTE(NeoNightmareX @ Nov 10 2004, 03:38 PM)

6:30, 6:35, and 6:40


GOD! I wish i could wake up that late! I get up at 5... well thats so i can get on the computer... but i leave for school at 6:20... it SUCKS!

I've gotten better with peer pressure... i used to conform to their every whim... breaking up with girls because they aren't perfect and such...but now i don't care... i do what i want, contrary to peer pressure. I live a much better life... ( if you want to say that...)

I don't care what people say about what i weigh... i weigh around 135 140 and I'm like 5'5" or so... but I'm not skinny... i have a "gut" and i hardly exercise... i don't eat very often but when i do... i eat a lot...
I also eat when I'm bored...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DrunkenWrestler on 2004-11-10 at 20:50:46
Queer pressure, I mean... uh, peer pressure? My signature says it all! Know why I hate communism? Because everyone else does!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NeoNightmareX on 2004-11-10 at 21:01:36
QUOTE(Kow @ Nov 10 2004, 08:40 PM)
GOD! I wish i could wake up that late! I get up at 5... well thats so i can get on the computer... but i leave for school at 6:20... it SUCKS!

I've gotten better with peer pressure... i used to conform to their every whim... breaking up with girls because they aren't perfect and such...but now i don't care... i do what i want, contrary to peer pressure. I live a much better life... ( if you want to say that...)

I don't care what people say about what i weigh... i weigh around 135 140 and I'm like 5'5" or so... but I'm not skinny... i have a "gut" and i hardly exercise... i don't eat very often but when i do... i eat a lot...
I also eat when I'm bored...
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i only wake up that late because im an extremely heavy sleeper, and to prove it, 3, 3!!! ALARM CLOCKS!!!1!!11!!! and i dont go on the computer in the morning, and im like 5'7" and i have a lil gut, but thats hereditary, my dad has a buddah belly
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KaboomHahahein on 2004-11-10 at 21:30:44
Wow...sadly...I don't care much about what I look like. If I have messed up hair I don't really care I just leave it. Cloths, I wear whatever unless they too small too big etc. Basicly I don't follow the trend. I don't really care how I look. It is usually my familly members that make me fix hair, change cloths. Well that is for school. If I go out to a sepcia place I would care. Don't know maybe I am purposly trying not to follow what everyone is doing in school.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by EzDay281 on 2004-11-11 at 22:04:04
"6:30, 6:35, and 6:40"
Wow...
I have:
6:00, 6:15, 6:45, 7:00... crazy.gif

My hair style, what I do with in in the morning, what gels or sprays and stuff I use:
None.
I only brush it when my mom tells me to or it's uncomfortable, and I don't put stuff in it.
I don't really care what my hair looks like.

What I dress with:
I wear shorts so I don't have to change in gym(teacher never notices that I seem to come in with my shorts on everyday instead of going to locker room)
I wear whatever the hell shirt I find, unless it's long sleeve or the wrong size
I wear whatever the hell socks I happen to grab as long as they're relatively similar in shape(because of comfort)... most of my socks used to be colored until my mom bought a bunch of white socks, too...


I think you can guess what I care about appearance.


"I don't care what people say about what i weigh... i weigh around 135 140 and I'm like 5'5" or so... but I'm not skinny... i have a "gut" and i hardly exercise... i don't eat very often but when i do... i eat a lot...
I also eat when I'm bored..."

Reminds me of myself a lot...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Ultimo on 2004-11-11 at 22:20:58
Why do you think we invented more then one type of clothing?
Since we wanted to be warm? No. We wanted to be different, be noticed.
For all I care, we could all wear the same type of clothing. That wouldn't be much fun, but it's possible.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chill on 2004-11-11 at 23:44:41
Im 5'9''ish
I weigh about 120... i think... 130?
I have long hair that shags in my eyes
I usually ware jeans or cargo pants, tee-shirt, this awesomely soft dark gray jacket thing, and my black and gray vans.
Im in pretty good shape

I dont care what i look like, but my gay friends tell me im super hot... and girls too... but mostly gay guys... thats good, right?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kow on 2004-11-12 at 18:01:09
I have discovered that I dont have a true "Beer Belly' but it is hereditary that i am not skinny... seeings how both my parents have those genes... ah well... i have 1 pair of pants and they are cami's so i cant even wear them all the tiem so i switch between my 2 pairs of shorts... and only 1 hoodie... i want a yellow one tho sad.gif... only black and orange.. but someone else has the orange one *a girl* so i dont wear it .. anyway its uncomfortable... and i need more socks...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NeoNightmareX on 2004-11-12 at 18:06:55
ummm...thats a sad story, i'll be sure to mail you some socks Kow, you need 4 right? or 8? are your utters cold? i've always had friends who don't care about what they look like, that is what really helped me not care as much either
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kow on 2004-11-12 at 18:25:41
Yes, my udders are cold... and while you're at it... can you send me some utter cream?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Reever on 2004-11-12 at 19:59:27
I could wiegh 300hundred pounds and half pimples up the ying yang but there is the thing I can look forward to Hookers and Video games.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by EzDay281 on 2004-11-12 at 23:15:33
"i've always had friends who don't care about what they look like, that is what really helped me not care as much either"

Hm...
I've merely seen how stupid my peers are:
Why should I care about the opinion of complete idiots?
That, and I try to seperate myself from them both in physical distance, and in how I act and think.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Reever on 2004-11-12 at 23:21:50
As long as there is videogames ill live I just dont want boobs.
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