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Lissar said:
I know similar things happen with hair too. My hair was pretty much white up until I was five years old.
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pretty sure that ain't normal. :P

Everyone comments on my over-abundance of grey hairs [for my age anyway]. I just repeat the same thing. I'm not really stressed, but I work nightshift, and that takes its tolls.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
By the same token, it's hard for people to shake the feeling that they'll never feel like a 10/10 on the happiness scale because they're not as attractive as most other people, or as tall, or whatever.

I mean, I've had days like that (sometimes 365 of them in a row). I imagine most people have, as well.
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Yeah, I can see that as well. Sometimes I feel like people like this need to run into those people who give hugs for free in the street; inspiring uplifting stuff.

Lissar said:
I know similar things happen with hair too. My hair was pretty much white up until I was five years old.
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Yeah, not as drastic as that but for me my hair was a blond when I was younger and slowly got to lighter brown, and now it's like a dark brown...

My two year old nephew has a bunch of white hairs though amid pitch black hair, and it's kinda freaking everyone out, lol.
 
M.J. Doja said:
I wondered what was going on lately as I waded through threads of women getting stabbed and babies being tortured (hahah, ugh) and began to notice a lot of real humans in posters' avatars. If Evilore and Count Dookkake are doing it then why not participate??
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Hey, I'm just some dude.

But welcome!
 
I can't say I don't love it when new people show up in this thread, that folder's item count just keeps on rising. MmmMMmm good.
 
Davedough said:
I was a white head up until about 7 years old. Then it turned brown. Then it fell out.
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Haha, at least I still have hair!

And lots of it too. See how much hair I have in this picture? Yeah, that's with it THINNED. I have so much hair I could probably afford to make you a long haired wig and still have enough for myself.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
H.Protagonist, watch this video

It will raise your happiness points by at least one
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Thanks, SA. I'll have to check that out at lunch. ^_-

Sentry said:
I don't know, I try to picture being a good looking women sometimes, and it's like 'how bad can that get'.

Obviously, that sounds pretty ignorant, but with men, even if hot, you're never really in that same type of position accessible to good looking women.

Probably not a good reply to what I just quoted, but what the hell it's out now.

I refuse to believe anyone in here is really a 5/10. I mean, if you're life is a 5/10, then what is the life of someone starving in africa, or a young girl being forced to marry an older man somewhere, or whatever.

Realistically, I think, we all have it pretty damn well when we step back a few steps. I'm saying this as someone who went from a life of freedom and unlimited consumption (U.S.) to here; completely opposite.

[edit] Just realized this post might be kind of harsh, wasn't really directing it at H.P but more at everyone in general. :p
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Hmmm... From previous experience I can admit that difference in my mood/general happiness since losing weight was a huge boon to me, and I would most likely be more unhappy were I not content with my personal appearance, but I wouldn't say that having decent looks makes you exempt from general unhappiness.

I agree with you that things are much, much worse elsewhere, and I'm certainly not trying to compare my pathetic 1st world problems with people who are suffering much more. I'm also not wallowing in my mood or dramatically crying that things will always be like this.

As a mood gauge after having a very stressful, often disappointing, very isolated and heartbreaking previous year, I felt a 4/10 was warranted. If you asked me to participate in a world comparison questionnaire I'm sure my personal hardships if categorized/leveled would not rate very high on the scale. But, unhappiness is naturally subjective when trying to quantify personal 'pain'.

And, I didn't take your post harshly. It has a valid point.
 
Lissar said:
Haha, at least I still have hair!

And lots of it too. See how much hair I have in this picture? Yeah, that's with it THINNED. I have so much hair I could probably afford to make you a long haired wig and still have enough for myself.
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it looks red, is it? And if so, is that natural?
 
Davedough said:
it looks red, is it? And if so, is that natural?
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Oh dear, here is where I admit I dye my hair (I knew it would come to it eventually.)

I'm actually naturally...

really...

extremely...

blonde.

I don't mean just dirty blonde, I mean BLONDE blonde. So blonde it is about the same shade of my pasty white skin blonde.

But I don't feel like a blonde. Everyone says being blonde doesn't suit me. I dye my hair and I feel so much happier with myself.
 
Wow you mean I made it home and didn't miss much. I'm getting the hang of this. Also, I have my up and down days for what it's worth but I always keep a good sense of humor - it gets me by.
 
Lissar said:
Oh dear, here is where I admit I dye my hair (I knew it would come to it eventually.)

I'm actually naturally...

really...

extremely...

blonde.

I don't mean just dirty blonde, I mean BLONDE blonde. So blonde it is about the same shade of my pasty white skin blonde.

But I don't feel like a blonde. Everyone says being blonde doesn't suit me. I dye my hair and I feel so much happier with myself.
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Huh

That's legitimately surprising. Just based on your avatars, you're right, I can't imagine you blonde.
 
I'm trying to circumvent the security here at work so I can get to facebook, which is blocked, so I can show some pictures of me at 3 and 4 years old when I had blonde hair... or, any hair for that matter.
 
Soru said:
Okay so i'm going to try divert the conversation a little, this stems from something that has bothering me.

Do any of you partition the people in your life? For example, family stay with family. Friends from stay with friends from work. School friends with school friends. etc etc and disallow anyone from any group to mix with others? On top of that, if you do this, are there any exceptions and why is that person an exception?

I feel like I do this, but not on purpose. Actually just recently I have noticed that if I don't have any emotional connection to a friend, contact will last a maximum of 3 months. Similarly with girlfriends. When I say emotional connection, take the example of a friend taking the time to open up to you or take the time to let you open up to them.

I was looking at my facebook. I have 259 friends. I'm willing to bet 20-30 people are from the itnernet, everyone else is someone I've had a pint with; had a laugh with; traveled with; studied with; dated or just simply spoke to on more than one occasion to warrant adding them on facebook to keep contact.

Out of those 259, I keep in regular contact with 4.

Yeah, 4.

Three of them are guys who I've spent some quality time with, one dude I see pretty much everyday. One dude, I work with. We've worked two jobs together, and we hang out everyday, he's the exception to my partition. The other two dudes are school dudes (HS and uni) they're pretty sound. The last is the girl i've passively been chasing for awhile now, who last week, told me she likes some other dude. No doubt that contact will end pretty shortly.

Why I do this, I don't know. When I think about myself and how I act in regards to friends etc. I also wonder, do other people do this? Is it common, because I'm not involved with most other people to know really. And this is why I ask.

RPGaf, is this you?

Edit: I don't have such a big enough liking for music that i'd be able to find a song that describes my life.
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Well heres a shocker, at the end of February he'll be gone for pretty much good. I'm happy for him because now his lifes on track. At the same time that means I won't see him for a good few years. So that means theres nobody around me I really would go out my way to spend time with.. I'm too not introverted to spend everyday alone though, but I also don't have time to go and do shit.

I'd rate today 5.5/10.
 
H.Protagonist said:
Hmmm... From previous experience I can admit that difference in my mood/general happiness since losing weight was a huge boon to me, and I would most likely be more unhappy were I not content with my personal appearance, but I wouldn't say that having decent looks makes you exempt from general unhappiness.

I agree with you that things are much, much worse elsewhere, and I'm certainly not trying to compare my pathetic 1st world problems with people who are suffering much more. I'm also not wallowing in my mood or dramatically crying that things will always be like this.

As a mood gauge after having a very stressful, often disappointing, very isolated and heartbreaking previous year, I felt a 4/10 was warranted. If you asked me to participate in a world comparison questionnaire I'm sure my personal hardships if categorized/leveled would not rate very high on the scale. But, unhappiness is naturally subjective when trying to quantify personal 'pain'.

And, I didn't take your post harshly. It has a valid point.
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Yeah, you're right about the first part especially. That's pretty shallow train of thought I my end but I guess it kinda just seemed that way to me, lol.

And of course, we all of problems, which in context are no different from anyone else's, and though perspective has its place it's not like I can't get annoyed at disgusting left overs since someone is starving elsewhere.

It just happens, it's the context of life and it's unrealistic to think we will never have problems regardless of the environment we currently are in (1st world or not), but it was just a note I thought I could bring up.

Glad you didn't take it harshly. :p
i knew you wouldn't bro cool person
 
ShockingAlberto said:
Huh

That's legitimately surprising. Just based on your avatars, you're right, I can't imagine you blonde.
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People can't even recognize me if I show pictures of myself as a blonde. I thing the last picture I have of myself as a blonde is when I was 18?

ShockingAlberto said:
I didn't know if you had any thoughts about the ones I sent yesterday. I think the concept is workable.
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I actually really like it a lot. I'm just trying to generate some ideas from that on how to take it further. But I think it's a good concept.
 
Lissar said:
People can't even recognize me if I show pictures of myself as a blonde. I thing the last picture I have of myself as a blonde is when I was 18?
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Do you think your reluctance to be a blonde has anything to do with social acceptance of blonde jokes?

They are the lamest and reveal more about the teller than the target.
 
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me as a little guy


edit: do we still want to do a 'us as kids' avatar day?
 
When I was born I had a slight red tint to my hair that quickly went away, then it was super blonde for 5 or so years, then dirty blonde > light brown > and now, brown.

My beard has every shade possible though; red, blonde, light brown, brown, dark brown, black, white, and clear -- yes, clear.
 
.la1n said:
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me as a little guy

edit: do we still want to do a 'us as kids' avatar day?
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lol, which one are you? Also, I actually started off as a youngster version of me, if anyone remembers;



I became quite the mischievous bastard;



ShockingAlberto said:
Me in preschool:

http://i.imgur.com/VnGtO.jpg[IMG]

I guess I was going through a "fuck combs" phase[/QUOTE]
Hahaha you're face there is priceless, the hair just tops it, lol.
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Count Dookkake said:
Do you think your reluctance to be a blonde has anything to do with social acceptance of blonde jokes?

They are the lamest and reveal more about the teller than the target.
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That is probably one part of it. Honestly I don't know the whole reason why. Ever since I was a child I didn't like being blonde and began dying at 14 when my parents felt I was old enough. Occasionally I've switched back to see how it feels, but it just felt wrong.
 
Lissar said:
Oh dear, here is where I admit I dye my hair (I knew it would come to it eventually.)

I'm actually naturally...

really...

extremely...

blonde.

I don't mean just dirty blonde, I mean BLONDE blonde. So blonde it is about the same shade of my pasty white skin blonde.

But I don't feel like a blonde. Everyone says being blonde doesn't suit me. I dye my hair and I feel so much happier with myself.
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Going by your avatars I'd say your current colour suits you. I think you'd look totally different blonde.
 
Lissar said:
That is probably one part of it. Honestly I don't know the whole reason why. Ever since I was a child I didn't like being blonde and began dying at 14 when my parents felt I was old enough. Occasionally I've switched back to see how it feels, but it just felt wrong.
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Well I think your current color suits you very well so good call. O:
 
Lissar said:
That is probably one part of it. Honestly I don't know the whole reason why. Ever since I was a child I didn't like being blonde and began dying at 14 when my parents felt I was old enough. Occasionally I've switched back to see how it feels, but it just felt wrong.
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Well, it's your business, but I'm sure you would be beautiful with your natural hair color, too.
 
I started out as a near white-blonde, then just a blonde, then red-blonde, then brown, now dark dark brown.

I have been asked if I put highlights in my hair, because apparently I still have random patches/strands of blonde and red hair.

???
 
SouthernDragon said:
I started out as a near white-blonde, then just a blonde, then red-blonde, then brown, now dark dark brown.

I have been asked if I put highlights in my hair, because apparently I still have random patches/strands of blonde and red hair.

???
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My genepool is the opposite, for example my uncle went white at 22. I have near-black hair, I don't want to be grey too early!
 
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