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queencallipygos ([info]queencallipygos) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2006-05-11 10:11:00
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And today in Metaquotes...
The OP concerns a young woman's genius comeback to a couple guys in an elevator wondering aloud why she isn't smiling.

"Fitnesseccentric" takes exception to the comeback.

Except he might just be messing around.

Other people take offense.

It is smallish, but...

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[info]smo
2006-05-11 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Ooh, isn't he edgy!

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2006-05-11 02:42 pm UTC (link)
I'm sad to see a community dedicated to funny and/or witty things said on LiveJournal take itself so damned seriously.

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[info]mpoetess
2006-05-11 05:38 pm UTC (link)
Point, but OTOH Herr Troll? Was not funny. Just because one is not being serious, doesn't mean one is actually amusing.

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(no subject) - [info]ladybirdsleeps, 2006-05-11 06:07 pm UTC

[info]azawakh
2006-05-11 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Joking or not, he's a real genius, too.

iHitler O SNAP LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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[info]rachelmap
2006-05-11 02:57 pm UTC (link)
You know, men sure seem a whole lot smarter when they remember not to talk.

Meanwhile, the guys in the elevator are thinking, "It's not just the men."

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[info]sorchar
2006-05-11 10:38 pm UTC (link)
They're probably too busy thinking about how she must obviously be a man-hating lesbian because she didn't respond to their passive-aggressive bullshit in the way they hoped.

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(no subject) - pink_lightning, 2006-05-11 11:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2006-05-12 01:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]symbeline, 2006-05-12 02:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rachelmap, 2006-05-12 02:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2006-05-12 03:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rachelmap, 2006-05-12 08:22 am UTC

[info]hickorydickory
2006-05-11 03:12 pm UTC (link)
The next time some woman whines to a man who's in power (basically the story of women's rights)... we should just not bother talking about it, thus giving the background noise all the attention it deserves.


Yeah, women got their rights by whining until the benevolent men decided to grant them. I mean, who wants to vote, right? Quit whining you crazy dames!

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[info]bitca
2006-05-11 06:33 pm UTC (link)
Your icon cracks me up each time I see it.

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(no subject) - [info]chibikaijuu, 2006-05-11 07:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hickorydickory, 2006-05-11 09:37 pm UTC

[info]plazmah
2006-05-11 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Your icon made me LOL :)

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[info]hyaenid
2006-05-11 11:12 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Joining this crazy icon love train.

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pink_lightning
2006-05-11 04:13 pm UTC (link)
sirena_lupin's reply pwned.

I'd forgotten how much shit still goes on until everyone shares their work stories.

There's an infamous Bill Hicks routine about this:

'So, I'm walking down the street, minding my own business, and someone pops out of nowhere and says "smile! You know it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile?" I said, "yeah, you know it takes more energy to point that out than it does to leave me the fuck alone?"'

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[info]wankismyfandom
2006-05-11 11:42 pm UTC (link)
My response to the "more muscles to frown than to smile" thing has always been, "So I'm exercising."

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(no subject) - ealusaid, 2006-05-12 04:06 am UTC

[info]tangentialone
2006-05-12 08:04 am UTC (link)
I always liked the Dilbert cartoon about that.

Dogbert: *walking along street with new tazer*
Guy: "Hey, little dog, smile! It only takes three muscles!"
Dogbert: *zaps him* "That took a few more muscles, but I think it was worth it."

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(no subject) - [info]bubosquared, 2006-05-12 09:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]caoilte, 2006-05-12 11:31 pm UTC

[info]waltraute
2006-05-11 04:41 pm UTC (link)
I just have to say that I found this via the troll, and no amount of O_O can express what I feel. :(

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[info]nebbieq
2006-05-11 04:51 pm UTC (link)
nazi_regime is dedicated to the uncensored History of the Nazi Party.

"Presenting, Hitler Youth Gone Wild!"

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2006-05-11 10:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2006-05-12 08:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lindentreeisle, 2006-05-12 10:55 pm UTC

[info]queencallipygos
2006-05-11 04:53 pm UTC (link)
Hmm.

In theory, it seems to have aspirations to being purely an information resource, and I never am opposed to that. Having sites around that have accurate depictions of the Nazi party, what they did, and how they did it, goes a long way towards denouncing the nut-bats that say that the Holocaust never happened in the first place.

On the other hand, in practice, it seems like it could very easily attract a number of people that aren't about "we are carefully studying what happened so we may learn from are mistakes" and are instead about "Goebbels turns me on!" I'd probably want to lurk a while and see which way they swung and how the mod handles that kind of situation before I judged one way or the other.

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(no subject) - [info]waltraute, 2006-05-11 05:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2006-05-11 05:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]waltraute, 2006-05-11 05:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brown_betty, 2006-05-11 05:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]polemic, 2006-05-11 05:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2006-05-11 05:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dark_puck, 2006-05-11 05:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]waltraute, 2006-05-11 05:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]polemic, 2006-05-11 05:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]waltraute, 2006-05-11 06:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]luckdragonfujur, 2006-05-11 05:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nebbieq, 2006-05-11 08:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gal_montag, 2006-05-11 06:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2006-05-12 06:23 am UTC

dracothelizard
2006-05-11 05:13 pm UTC (link)
Oh, sure, be annoyed that a girl isn't pleased that some guy tells her to smile. What makes men think this is a compliment or a conversation starter? Seriously, if I got a cent for each time I went out and a guy told me to smile I'd be rich.

How about the damn men smile as well, huh? In fact, I'll be sure to tell some guy to smile next time I'm going out.

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[info]brown_betty
2006-05-11 05:40 pm UTC (link)
Happily, my not-smiling face looks a hell of a lot like a "I'm gonna rip your goddamned head off and piss down your throat" face. People rarely tell me to smile.

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(no subject) - [info]mathilde, 2006-05-11 10:23 pm UTC

[info]avari
2006-05-11 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Amen. A guy told me to smile today today, and I wish I had answered like she did. Seriously, do I make comments about other people's facial expressions? No. Just as I don't whistle at them, nor try to touch them. Grrr.

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[info]ahiru
2006-05-11 08:09 pm UTC (link)
Word. When people tell me to smile I try to give them the best psychotic serial killer 'your organs would look lovely as a scarf' smile I can manage. Usually shuts 'em right up.

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(no subject) - rachelthedemon, 2006-05-11 08:21 pm UTC

rachelthedemon
2006-05-11 08:22 pm UTC (link)
Exactly. If someone wants me to smile for them, they'd better be willing to give me a damn good reason.

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(no subject) - [info]april_hurst, 2006-05-11 11:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bubosquared, 2006-05-12 09:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady7jane, 2006-05-12 01:53 pm UTC

[info]darthfi
2006-05-11 09:35 pm UTC (link)
I had a near-version of it years ago when my then-boss's boss flew in from NY, stopped at my desk and commented that I wasn't smiling.

"Yes," I replied. "I buried my aunt yesterday."

Poor guy was mortified. The whole situation actually made me start smiling later on because my aunt would have laughed herself silly over it.

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pink_lightning
2006-05-11 11:31 pm UTC (link)
Same applies for honking. It's not going to flatter us, it's just going to piss us off. Is there a reason horny losers can't ogle without honking? I probably wouldn't have a problem with getting leered at if I didn't know if it was going on (cos I'm obviously unaware), but the next time someone fucking honks at me, there will be tires getting slashed. RARGH! XP

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(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2006-05-12 01:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2006-05-12 03:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sarracenia, 2006-05-12 06:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2006-05-12 03:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]queencallipygos, 2006-05-12 04:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lindentreeisle, 2006-05-12 11:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bubosquared, 2006-05-12 09:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]funwithrage, 2006-05-13 04:50 am UTC

[info]freezer
2006-05-11 08:30 pm UTC (link)
My natural, neutral, expression (the one on display here) tends to lead to many "Why are you so frowned up" inquires.

None of which come from anyone who's spent more than five minutes around me and knows that's how I always look.

My usual response is to fire off the biggest, fakest, cheese-eating grin I can and say "Better, now?"

To their credit, most people take the hint from there.

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(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2006-05-11 10:41 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]freezer, 2006-05-11 11:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - pink_lightning, 2006-05-11 11:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]qatharsis, 2006-05-12 01:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]freezer, 2006-05-12 02:43 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]chibicurmudgeon, 2006-05-14 08:49 pm UTC

[info]heddychaa
2006-05-13 05:47 pm UTC (link)
Man, I must be a bad feminist, because I've never been offended by old men telling me to smile in such terms.

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