The39thStep
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You saying some of these posters are sedated?
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You saying some of these posters are sedated?
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SpineyNorman
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Just thinking about this privilege stuff - one thing that I've never seen it address is ugliness. I've been an ugly bastard all my life and we're constantly kept down by our more aesthetically pleasing oppressors. Ugly people are criminally under-represented in the modelling, porn and sex industries in particular. Fair enough we're over-represented in darts, rugby and shot put but those are not particularly prestigeous so we're 'allowed' that as a kind of tokenistic gesture.
I want to see ugly quotas in all sectors of the economy.
I would also like to see similar initiatives for the flatulent, another cause very close to my heart. And my arse.
I want to see ugly quotas in all sectors of the economy.
I would also like to see similar initiatives for the flatulent, another cause very close to my heart. And my arse.
I dunno that ugly ginner cunt who charges 5k a time to talk about his hols seems fairly priviliged...
SpineyNorman
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Token gestures to make the system seem fair - you're like those people who claim there's no sexism in Britain cos Thatcher was prime minister 
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Actually I do think you're right spiney, in general people who are better looking are able to be more confident and get better jobs, especially if they're men and have had other advantages in life. However there are plenty of ugly people in politics, which was known as "showbiz for ugly people" for a long time. Politics is pretty much the only way for an ugly person to become famous.
bluestreak
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that's me done.
that's me done.
Athos
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The ugly face of anti-racism.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Anyway a far more pressing problem, one of my cats needs to check her privilege because my other cat does not have a meow. How does she think he feels when she starts meowing, rubbing it in his face that he can't meow. Although she is female so that is probably all right and she can probably carry on.
In any case all cats need to check their privilege because they have tails and we don't, how do they think we feel NOT HAVING A TAIL
In any case all cats need to check their privilege because they have tails and we don't, how do they think we feel NOT HAVING A TAIL
SpineyNorman
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Yeah exactly - obviously I was joking but it's funny cos it's true.
Although I've noticed recently, at least in the UK, that the ugly politician thing is starting to change, at least right at the very top. Cameron, Clegg, Blair, etc although not exactly supermodels do have a lot of time spent on their appearances. And if you look at the criticism Brown got, despite certainly being no worse than any of those three, a lot of it focused on his appearance and so on. Miliband gets those kinds of comments too. It's part of the whole style over substance thing really I guess.
SpineyNorman
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*avoids cracking the obvious nob gag*
Some cats are too up their own arse to meow IME.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
It's also worth pointing out that the difference between an "ugly" person and a "good looking" person can be more down to the time and money spent on excercise and grooming products rather than anything biological and that is related to time and income quite often.
As a not bad looking bloke it's not something I've ever worried about too much though...
firky you need to check your privilige btw
in fact I bet you check it at least three times a day
in fact I bet you check it at least three times a day
If I was some kind of self publishing egotistical arsehole I'd post it to a thread with other arseholes.
Buckaroo
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The39thStep
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Exactly why I have concentrated on my career rather than politics
Athos
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check your privilege
Ahhh, that's where you're wrong. As someone with a face like a blind cobbler's thumb, I am allowed to use the word ugly. In fact, I'm reclaiming it. I'm like NWA for mingers.
everyone has seen it already
Frank Zappa:
“I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin' — there's more of us UGLY MOTHERFUCKERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out.”
SpineyNorman
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Like the working class. But the pretty ones engage in divide and rule. Darts players looking down on shotputters. Gingers looking down on spotty people. Mr. Muscle lookalikes looking down on fat blokes and so on.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
I used to have nightmare about Bryan Ferry when I was a kid.
Don't ever watch Breakfast on Pluto then
equationgirl
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Noted.
SpineyNorman
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Which has infected politics across the spectrum. Exhibit a: the subject of this thread.
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