Nobody thinks they give a bad hug
All guys think they have muscular legs (hint: your body doesn’t store much fat there)
All guys think they’re magically attractive to homosexuals (hint: they’re just more direct)
Now, your turn.
All fat girls think they’re hot because they’ve got big boobs.
Anyone who drives always thinks it’s the other drivers on the road who are a menace.
Can we count, “People think all fat girls have big boobs,” even though it isn’t an ego-booster?
In the immortal words of George Carlin, “Have you ever noticed how anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?”
A corollary to this one is that everyone thinks he or she is perfectly capable of talking on the cell phone while driving.
Everyone thinks that anyone prettier than they are must be dumb.
…or younger…
That one is important enough to their employer to survive not being profitable.
Everyone believes they have average or above average intelligence.
Every parent believes their child is a adorable prodigy.
Everyone thinks they are a good kisser.
In Lake Wobegon, this is actually true.
Naw, I know I can’t do that.
Well, I’ve been complimented on my hugs by many people, and I have about 4% body fat, so I think those two things are actually accurate in my case.
Ok I’m sorry but what exactly is a “good hug”? And in what context? Can I give a friend a “good hug”? What about an acquaintance? This is honestly only the second time in my life that the concept of good / bad hug has even been brought up.
The last time this was brought up was six years ago in college. This girl said one of her guy friends gave “the best hugs”. How many different ways are there to hug your friends? The only way I could interpret the meaning is that he gave very long, intimate hugs (which I would hope would be inappropriate for “friends”).
Everyone thinks they have unusually complex/interesting eyes.
Every teenager believes he or she is emotionally mature for that age.
Even if the pretty girl at work has the worst job in the place, people believe she got the job by blowing the boss.
Every poster on a message board believes they have something to add.
There is a broad, broad spectrum of hugs, from terrible half-hugs to very firm full hugs (and I don’t mean one armed or two armed, it’s entirely possible to give a nice full one-armed hug, though few people can pull it off). I actually think the way people hug is much more telling than a handshake, do they keep an unnatural distance? Get too close? Do they squeeze too hard or are they just halfheartedly doing a “loose” hug? It’s hard to explain, but there are plenty of ways to hug a friend some of which are wonderful greetings/goodbyes and some which fall under the “why bother” category.
We can’t ALL be the smartest person on the boards. I’m afraid it’s just me. Yes, that’s right. Me. Sorry, the rest of you.
On hugs, lots of (young) women give vapid hugs. The sort of thing they give to everybody, no matter if they like them or not.
I’ve got a pretty good friend that gives really shitty hugs too. You have to want a hug, it’s not a substitute for saying goodbye.
So “meta” of you.
I personally know I usually have little to add, which is why I lurk for months or years at a time. I just like the intelligence and knowledge of this board.
I must not be the average person- most of these things don’t apply to me.
-I’ve never thought about the quality of my hugs, or kisses.
-My legs are pretty skinny compared to the rest of my body.
-I was emotionally immature until I was about 30, and knew it.
-I’ve always thought my eyes were pretty boring.
-Although one of my kids has demonstrated signs of advanced intelligence, the other is firmly middle of the pack.