# Never knew I was beautiful...until I moved to L.A. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548 "2014-03-12T16:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/41 "2014-03-13T02:17:40Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > What’s your scenario for the OP not coming back? I’m not BigT (well, helllooooo) but it’s pretty clear the OP isn’t coming back. Given the self-aggrandizing first and (I’m betting) only post the OP would have responded earlier had it had some sort of witty repartee, photos, or rebuttals. But it probably doesn’t know how to respond to the replies thus far, so it’s faded back into obscurity. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/42 "2014-03-13T05:10:12Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Never trust a big butt and a smile. 😃 It’s hard to resist a vertical smile, though, whatever size of butt. \ ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/43 "2014-03-13T07:02:39Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > What’s your scenario for the OP not coming back? Chances of the OP coming back are about as low as those that the OP has ever set foot in L.A. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/44 "2014-03-13T07:58:47Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I do believe this is incorrect. Rejected Google corporate motto: “don’t be wrong.” ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/45 "2014-03-13T08:23:00Z")
La fille you are beautiful come back. Moron. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/46 "2014-03-13T09:12:13Z")
I’m betting that the OP is not necessarily female . . . or attracted to females. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/47 "2014-03-13T09:57:53Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > "Excuse me, miss, I’m so sorry to interrupt, but I understand there is a very small (but nonzero) percentage of women who will drop everything and mash genitals with me if I tell them they’re pretty. Are you one of them? " Some of you may have rather unflattering opinions on the validity of the OP but some good has come out of this, The above statement (with slight alteration) will now form part of my seduction procedure for my good lady wife this weekend. I will report back on the level of success as and when the situation allows. Though I suspect I may either be in the throes of passion or an ICU. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/48 "2014-03-13T15:43:43Z")
> [@le fille intellectuelle](#): > > Mostly black guys,it seems like,feel the need to come to me & speak there deepest thoughts on my level of beauty. It’s called “fresh meat”. New in town, hasn’t learned how to handle herself, listens to a line … or ten… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/49 "2014-03-13T18:17:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > the stereotypical way that black people way. What is “the stereotypical way that black people way”? > [@panache45](#): > > I’m betting that the OP is not necessarily female . . . or attracted to females. So the OP is a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/50 "2014-03-13T18:26:26Z")
Guess it was _adieu_ and not _au revoir_. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/51 "2014-03-13T18:32:53Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > La fille you are beautiful come back. > > Moron. Don’t call other posters morons outside of the Pit. No warning issued. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/52 "2014-03-13T19:40:13Z")
Yeah … if it’s California … and it’s just men … then she ain’t that pretty. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/53 "2014-03-13T20:03:27Z")
Fille, what is up with your formatting? It looks like you type a sentence, take a big breath and type another but at the end you’re trying to squeeze it all out on one last breath. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/54 "2014-03-13T20:09:06Z")
Beaten to the moderating punch – never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/55 "2014-03-13T22:38:15Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Some of you may have rather unflattering opinions on the validity of the OP but some good has come out of this, > > The above statement (with slight alteration) will now form part of my seduction procedure for my good lady wife this weekend. I will report back on the level of success as and when the situation allows. Though I suspect I may either be in the throes of passion or an ICU. Please do. 🙂 > [@nikonikosuru](#): > > Fille, what is up with your formatting? It looks like you type a sentence, > > take a big breath > > and type another > but at the end you’re trying to > squeeze it all out on one last breath. > Strange. Maybe it’s meant to be read in the voice of the black kid in the wheelchair from “Malcolm in the Middle.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/56 "2014-03-13T23:16:56Z")
Maybe she’s just a drive-by poster who speaks French rather poorly. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/57 "2014-03-13T23:31:52Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Maybe she’s just a drive-by poster who speaks French rather poorly. But, I didn’t get a chance to use my Potentially-Confusing Convenice-Store French on her! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/58 "2014-03-14T08:39:03Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Google translate says “le fille” means “the girl” and “la fille” means “daughter”. Is this incorrect? Google translate is wrong. “Fille” does mean both girl and daughter, but it’s always a feminine noun for rather intuitive reasons - so, “la”. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/59 "2014-03-14T13:11:58Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Guess it was _adieu_ and not _au revoir_. …do you think the Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow got her? …another senseless victim of LAs most infamous serial killer… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548/60 "2014-03-14T13:23:37Z")
Actually, I just realized that while the article is wrong, the OP got the agreement between “fille” and “intellectuel(le)” right. So either a) the username is an ironic joke (hey, this \*is \*the Dope) ; b) the username is deliberately wrong for sub-bridge lifeform behavioural purposes, which considering the post content… yes ; or c) the OP uses the same scattershot approach to French genders as I did with German cases back in high school : use one for the article, another for the adjective and a third for the noun - one of 'em’s statistically bound to be correct and get me points, right ? Right ?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-knew-i-was-beautiful-until-i-moved-to-l-a/683548.md?page=4)