Confessions

Does this help a bit?


Hope you feel better soon.

 

You need lap-dancing nursie!

 

I bought a deodorant that I don't like the scent of because it was the cheapest one when in the shop.

 

For the first year or so I was in Japan, I bought the only shampoo that was labeled "shampoo" in the Latin alphabet. Now that I'm married, I end up using shampoo that claims to be specially formulated for Asian hair because Mrs. A is in charge of choosing those things.

 

I broke the law with a job application cus I don't have a gender certificate yet but I still ticked the male box so I'm gonna have to ignore the acceptance email even if I do get one :C

 

Though the UK doesn't have legislation for workplaces being too hot (they do for cold) I reported to the council that the hardware store I used to work at has no airflow in the back, and with the tin roof it's a greenhouse.

This can make me very popular, or very unpopular depending on how it goes.

 

heyho, it don't matter though, I got the rejection email because my 'personality profile' doesn't match what they want

 

"But you're not turning Japanese. No, you're not turning Japanese, I don't really think so..."

 

Is it bad that what I found looking for a link on Tess Halliday made me really want to write an anonymous essay about the knife edge between accepting what you're dealt and not striving for better and being positive about yourself?

 

I don't know who Tess Halliday is, so I don't know whether it's bad or not. But this is a dilemma I face very often. I work with autistic people, and I feel like I am constantly walking that "knife edge". How much should I be encouraging this person to accept themselves how they are, and how much should I be encouraging them to learn and develop? If I encourage them to be too accepting, then they might not reach their full potential. But if I don't encourage them to accept themselves enough, then they've got a lifetime of low self-esteem to look forward to.

I don't know the answer.

 

Check my long post on the feminism thread for details, however:

TL;DR She's a woman who is obese (US size 20) and works as a model. She is on the cover of Cosmopolitan in the UK at the moment and she argues that she is working to promote loving yourself regardless of weight, but given the fact that obesity affects everyone around you until the day they bury/cremate you, it's also incredibly selfish, barring medical conditions, to do nothing about obesity in particular.

 

There are many such knife edges. The people in this very forum scream "FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS THE FIRST AND ONLY LAW!!"... until they find something that skeeves them and then they want me to shut people up.

My confession: It is my belief that the ever present dichotomy of the human paradigm has forever been and will forever be our undoing.

 

Likewise -

I too believe that something I cannot perceive shall relate to events I will never visualise in our lifetimes, before or beyond, by doggerel

 

The problem is that I worry that being 'body positive' in regards to obesity is that if you're overweight entirely through your choices, then it's not fair on the people who love you, because you're likely to die young and then there's the extra weight (literally and financially) on those contending with your body when you die.

 

I'm surprised that self-inflicted obesity isn't yet classed as self harm, with it's very own psychiatric disorder.

 

Minor confession:

I prefer Branston's baked beans over Heinz.

 

We must string up the non-conformer!

 

And allowing a child in your care to become obese should be classified as abuse in my opinion. Consider that a confession if you like, to keep this on topic

Quite a confession indeed. Branston beans are filth

 

As long as you don't prefer Daddy's Ketchup, I think we can let this one slide.

ETA:

 

For a minute there, I wasn't sure if Daddy's Ketchup was actually a ketchup brand, or something....else.

 

Don't get me started on things parents do that I consider abuse to children!

Spoiler: Warning: Ranting ramp ahead!

Smoking. I don't give a damn if you're addicted or not, you are knowingly harming your child, not to mention yourself (especially when pregnant ). I also don't give a damn if you only do it outside either!

 

I confess... I look forward to wrapping up Kristol of Ancea... and sending it off to some Betas. Already have one or two pre-beta'n it for me. while I work on the last Part.

 

There is a mental disorder associated with this called Binge Eating Disorder in the DSM 5.

 

That's Daddy's Mayo.

I completely agree. Smoking (or taking any other drug) when pregnant should be illegal. You are literally giving your child drugs. It's illegal if you do it when they're outside your body, so it should be illegal when they're inside it. I don't give a fuck if it's "your body and your choice". Your unborn child has a body too, and you're infringing on its right to choose not to be poisoned.