# A Mild Rant: Please quit commenting on my appearance. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856 "2002-04-16T01:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/101 "2002-04-22T05:23:27Z")
Lessee, forecast for Calgary calls for _snow_ by the middle of the week… It’s ~ 2700 miles (4355 km) from here to Calgary. It’s going to be _snowing_ there… I don’t suppose you could swoon your way down here? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/102 "2002-04-22T05:55:19Z")
Snow? It’s not supposed to snow… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/103 "2002-04-22T06:05:03Z")
Wednesday and Thursday, according to [Yahoo weather](http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/CAXX0054_c.html). OK, so it won’t stick - still, that’s just _wrong_! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/104 "2002-04-22T06:07:34Z")
Well, according to Environment Canada there may be light showers. Personally, I prefer that - I want to wear sandles. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/105 "2002-04-22T06:13:19Z")
It just occurred to me I’ve hijacked another thread…I’m surprised the FBI isn’t after me… Ooops. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/106 "2002-04-22T06:15:12Z")
No worries - at least you wern’t commenting on my appearance… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SkyKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyKing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/107 "2002-04-22T16:15:38Z")
“…and that is why you, the jury, must find my client Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity!” “The Defense Rests, Your Honor!!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/108 "2002-04-22T20:43:37Z")
See, now, when you ask someone not to do something because it annoys you, and you mention it more than once and they continue to do it, losing your temper a tad would actually be considered a normal psychological reaction. However, if you were the person continuing to do whatever it was you were asked not to do, that might be considered a pathology. So, **SkyKing** tell me about your childhood… ---
**Author:** ![SkyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SkyKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyKing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/109 "2002-04-22T21:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > So, SkyKing tell me about your childhood… Well…I guess I can go back to the time I was born and the doctor spanked my mom and dad instead of me! Then he subsequently committed suicide! Then, it wasn’t until I was like…6 years old that I found out there was NO such thing as Alpo Baby Food, and that the “potato chips” I had been snacking on were actually paint chips! Shall I go on…?? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/110 "2002-04-22T21:32:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyKing \* > \*\*Shall I go on…?? \*\* Please, this is fascinating. A nice addition to my undergrad thesis, I’m sure… ---
**Author:** ![SkyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SkyKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyKing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/111 "2002-04-22T22:37:51Z")
My dear Alice, me thinks you are more interested in my “Tail”, than in my “Tale”! BTW…I’ve noticed that your name doesn’t fit your shape!! Me thinks you are more like a Queen!! Yes…the Queen of Hearts shall be your new name!! But, before you do change it, you must first recite these words to yourself over and over: “You are old, Father William”. Now…where is my Hookah?? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/112 "2002-04-22T23:35:23Z")
I think yer better keep yer “tail” to yerself, there big boy… ---
**Author:** ![SkyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SkyKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyKing)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/113 "2002-04-23T00:03:08Z")
Alice, you say: > [@](#): > > losing your temper a tad would actually be considered a normal psychological reaction. You are indeed MAD!! And I know I am MAD, but so is the Hatter and the March Hare!! Is it NOT so? By-the-by, YOU are invited to our MAD TEA PARTY!! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/114 "2002-04-23T00:07:19Z")
Folks, I think that **SkyKing** is losing it here… ---
**Author:** ![SkyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SkyKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyKing)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/115 "2002-04-23T00:30:22Z")
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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/116 "2002-04-23T00:36:51Z")
I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/117 "2002-04-23T00:38:03Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aristides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Aristides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aristides)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/118 "2002-04-23T16:41:56Z")
Whoa! ---
**Author:** ![SkyKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SkyKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyKing)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/119 "2002-04-23T17:52:54Z")
Welcome, Aristides, to this thread!! Are you from the WHOA (Working to Halt Online Abuse) Organization?? If so, then you’ve come to the right place! I want to report a certain person here who goes by the name of “Alice”!! Me thinks she needs to be told to stop eating from the funny mushrooms, and to wake up from her dream world! She apparently thinks that her looking-glass is here on this MB and it’s reflecting back opinions about her appearance! Is there anything we can do for her?? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856/120 "2002-04-23T21:01:23Z")
So, when your mild rant: > [@](#): > > So, now, because I obviously wasn’t clear before - SHUT THE FUCK UP! I DON’T GIVE A RATS ASS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MY APPEARANCE. I DON’T GIVE A SHIT IF YOU THINK I’M BEING BITCHY - GUESS WHAT, KRU-BABY I AM BEING BITCHY. THAT’S BECAUSE I’M SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF ASS-HATS, SUCH AS YOURSELF, DECIDING THAT I NEED TO KNOW YOUR FUCKING OPINION ABOUT MY APPEARNACE, OK? I DON’T GIVE A SHIT IF YOU THINK I SHOULD SMILE, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! SKYKING I DON’T GIVE A RATS ASS WHAT YOUR MOTIVATIONS FOR EXERCISING ARE – THEY ARE DIFFERNET THAN MINE, OK SO SHUT YOUR FUCKING YAP AND KEEP YOUR “ADVICE” TO YOURSELF – I DIDN’T ASK FOR IT, AND I DON’T NEED IT, UMMMM FUCKING K?!?!? about not commenting on your appearance ends with this thread dying (wtg **Cartooniverse** ) you decide, after 2.5 hours, that you need to post a link to photos of yourself for us to further **not** comment on?? :rolleyes: 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-rant-please-quit-commenting-on-my-appearance/103856.md?page=7)