tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post9167476910937470798..comments2024-01-17T03:46:08.988-05:00Comments on Reader: This doesn't matterNinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08506536350115105742noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-14936391634997048032008-06-14T18:38:00.000-04:002008-06-14T18:38:00.000-04:00I'm with kate P. "I am just being realistic" and "...I'm with kate P. "I am just being realistic" and "I am just being honest" makes me want to scream-really they are just being negative and raining on my parade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-48375890790455907732008-06-14T17:47:00.000-04:002008-06-14T17:47:00.000-04:00"...at least I'm being honest.""...at least I'm being honest."Effortlessly Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17489062294151051942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-43204193871529638702008-06-14T15:40:00.000-04:002008-06-14T15:40:00.000-04:00LizB - I hate that one too!LizB - I hate that one too!Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777565909515119985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-30191444918242734202008-06-14T11:22:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:22:00.000-04:00I also hate: No offense, but.... People say that a...I also hate: <I>No offense, but...</I>. People say that as if it will remove the barb from whatever they are about to say. Bleh.LizLSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353222996536740662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-75969576154097660262008-06-14T03:56:00.000-04:002008-06-14T03:56:00.000-04:00Utenzi took mine, but I will add to that. I hate w...Utenzi took mine, but I will add to that. I hate when people say, "I don't see color," as part of their "I'm not prejudiced" speech. Stupid bullshit.LizLSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353222996536740662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-72574642137495368502008-06-13T23:59:00.000-04:002008-06-13T23:59:00.000-04:00Mine is, "Be honest with me, am I..."First, most p...Mine is, "Be honest with me, am I..."<BR/><BR/>First, most people are not honest. They like to present themselves as honest, but true honesty often means telling people things they either don't want to hear, or are too sensitive to handle..<BR/><BR/>Secondly, no one every really wants others to be honest when it comes to things about themselves... Questions like, "do I look fat in this?" and "Is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-53077124717290525002008-06-13T22:37:00.001-04:002008-06-13T22:37:00.001-04:00I mentioned an Ani concert I'd been to and he says...I mentioned an Ani concert I'd been to and he says all shocked and scared, <BR/><BR/>"You're not a feminist ARE YOU?"<BR/><BR/>Date Over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-65147625338041057382008-06-13T22:37:00.000-04:002008-06-13T22:37:00.000-04:00"I'm a sexual person" usually means "I'll fornicat..."I'm a sexual person" usually means "I'll fornicate with anything that holds still or even moves slowly."<BR/><BR/>What I hate is "I'm a very private person." It always reminds me of <A HREF="http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/drhookthemedicineshow1285/heyladygodiva57581.html" REL="nofollow">this Shel Silverstein song</A>.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238001380092215123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-7296043062237238752008-06-13T20:42:00.000-04:002008-06-13T20:42:00.000-04:00Funny that you bring this up, Nina, because I desc...Funny that you bring this up, Nina, because I described one of the characters in my latest little story as a "very sexual person" and while I was writing it I thought to myself, what does that even mean? Course, I left it there anyway because I'm not a great writer and I couldn't think up a better way to say she had a really high sex drive, she was physically attractive, she was almost always upEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777565909515119985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-57522350781870473862008-06-13T18:06:00.000-04:002008-06-13T18:06:00.000-04:00Preach it, sister!Mine is, "I'm just being realist...Preach it, sister!<BR/><BR/>Mine is, "I'm just being realistic." Usually said after making an extremely negative pronouncement, as in "You're not gonna get _________" or "It'll never work out."<BR/><BR/>Second runner-up: "You don't know me." Staple of B-grade talk shows, right? A very annoying co-worker claimed we weren't associating with him because we had the wrong impression of him. In Kate Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555660993363611776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-55538827549682795662008-06-13T17:35:00.000-04:002008-06-13T17:35:00.000-04:00Lots of good ones here. "I'm proud of my accompli...Lots of good ones here. "I'm proud of my accomplishments!" <I>Well, I feel like crap about mine! Hell, all that paying my rent and feeding my family? Horse-pocky!</I> No, really, genius - they're accomplishments, you're supposed to feel good when you accomplish things!<BR/><BR/>Which brings me to my big bugaboo, the person who feels entitled to the same sense of accomplishment while being nightflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666773766092187348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-21516430261336122122008-06-13T17:22:00.000-04:002008-06-13T17:22:00.000-04:00Lately, it has been:"You deserve a promotion." I ...Lately, it has been:<BR/><BR/>"You deserve a promotion." <BR/><BR/>I just want to shout: "Well, duh. Thank you, Captain Obvious!"<BR/><BR/>BTW, I am off until August. Woo-hoo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-34959780630054730362008-06-13T15:58:00.000-04:002008-06-13T15:58:00.000-04:00"I don't judge people."Give me a break! Everyone j..."I don't judge people."<BR/><BR/>Give me a break! Everyone judges in some way. You are not superior so get off your moral high horse.<BR/><BR/>I also don't like the "learn to speak English" and the "I'm not prejudiced" which are both crap to me.Sizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182860438430294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-84630130883681669752008-06-13T14:46:00.000-04:002008-06-13T14:46:00.000-04:00Thanks, Nina, you just reminded me to order my mon...Thanks, Nina, you just reminded me to order my monthly dose of sperm.<BR/><BR/>(you know, because I'm apparently not all that sexual a person, more of a clinical type, apparently.)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04659316402556587812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-74718514742925728282008-06-13T13:54:00.000-04:002008-06-13T13:54:00.000-04:00You HAVE to come see my community theater producti...<I>You HAVE to come see my community theater production of ...</I>.<BR/><BR/>No, I don't. And furthermore, I won't.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad your pops is OK, kitten.123Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839690906902959275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-71848849065661693112008-06-13T13:35:00.000-04:002008-06-13T13:35:00.000-04:00If you come to this country, learn to speak Englis...<I>If you come to this country, learn to speak English.</I><BR/><BR/>Which is not to say that I don't think immigrants should learn our language. It's simply that that this statement is generally uttered by individuals who, although they've been speaking English since they <I>could</I> speak, still can't get it right.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049341972075281915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-14937713106404489782008-06-13T13:23:00.000-04:002008-06-13T13:23:00.000-04:00I have a friend who, very early on in our friends...I have a friend who, very early on in our friendship openly said, "I'm not very good at sex. I think that I'm just not present enough. Every now and then I have sex, and I remember that it can be nice. But for the most part, I don't really care."<BR/><BR/>I shocked the bejezus out of me but let me know what an honest person she is. <BR/><BR/>What irritates me: stuff like, "I'm proud of my Grumpy but sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136362790985493988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-2644365705978235882008-06-13T13:14:00.000-04:002008-06-13T13:14:00.000-04:00I am a very penis person.I am a very penis person.Avitablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541188721193079705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-37352488061545727942008-06-13T13:11:00.000-04:002008-06-13T13:11:00.000-04:00I'm not prejudicedThat one annoys me 'cause we're ...<I>I'm not prejudiced</I><BR/><BR/>That one annoys me 'cause we're all prejudiced. It's part of the human condition. What's important is how hard you fight those tendencies.utenzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988445461413550750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307850158631350812.post-41769104927966043562008-06-13T12:20:00.000-04:002008-06-13T12:20:00.000-04:00Thank God you wrote about this. I hate that shit w...Thank God you wrote about this. I hate that shit with a passion. I usually hear it from women - women who want to appear fierce and sexually available but are actually complete jackasses.Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702448906893352416noreply@blogger.com