# Vanity Rant **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 14, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641 "2002-12-14T00:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/61 "2002-12-15T22:18:24Z")
Vix, why in the name of all that is good and true in this world, do you care in the smallest measure? If my friends couldn’t tell the difference between green eyes and brown, blonde hair and brown, size 3 or size 6, \* \*\* I’d laugh. \*\* \* Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/62 "2002-12-15T22:30:47Z")
I’m going to have to side with **Vixen** here, **Stoid**. If you don’t give a fuck, why did you waste time commenting. Three times no less? ---
**Author:** ![Gaijin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Gaijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaijin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/63 "2002-12-15T22:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vixenation \* > \*\* It’s comparable (to me) to my wearing a blue shirt, and my friends saying it’s green. \*\* I once had a car. It was green. Half of the people I knew agreed that it was green, while the other half insisted that it was blue. It was the topic of much debate, usually coming to a thrilling conclusion with “Blue!” “Green!” “BLUE!” “GREEN!”, or something similar. To me, it _was_ green. I saw it with my own eyes! But, to those others, it _was_ blue. They saw it with their own eyes! So, perhaps _you_ see medium golden blonde hair, green eyes, and a slender body, while _others_ see brown hair, brown eyes, and a not so accommodating distribution of fat across your body. Perception is reality, my friend. Oh, wait, this is the pit. Umm… perception is reality, bitch. No, make that bi-atch! ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/64 "2002-12-16T08:11:35Z")
I don’t know, I wouldn’t jump on her but it does seem like a rather self-serving thread. …kinda like when people point out their semi-faults just to hear people tell them how wrong they are. But then again, if she’s a freshman in college, and her “friends” are dumping on her, where’s a gorgeous girl to go? Wait… let me guess… the INTERNET! My advice? Buy a webcam, **Vixen** whatever… you’ll get plenty of attention from weirdos like yourself if you show a little skin :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/65 "2002-12-16T12:33:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*I’m feeling very “who gives a fuck?”… anyone care to join me? \*\* Well, I said ‘Monkeys Pistle’ which is the equivalent. I can’t see what the fuss is about…apart from vanity. I’m in the ‘who gives a fuck’ camp with you **Stoid**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Vixenation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@Vixenation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vixenation)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/66 "2002-12-16T13:19:43Z")
> [@](#): > > My advice? Buy a webcam, Vixenwhatever… you’ll get plenty of attention from weirdos like yourself if you show a little skin Oh, for fuck’s sake. I have a webcam and never use it _because_ I don’t want people to ask me to strip or anything on cam. I don’t enjoy showing skin, I dress conservatively. I don’t understand how getting annoyed that my friends call me something I am not is “weird” or makes me a slut, superficial, bar star, or any of the plethora of things I’ve been called in this thread. I’d be reacting the same way if my friends said untruths about my personality, family, race, or line of work. It’s something that annoys ME. Nobody else even had to comment to this thread for me to be happy; it just felt good to let it out. But now I really do regret even posting it. If you don’t care, then fucking good for you. But I know it’s an issue not many would care about, so you don’t need to make a point of posting just to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/67 "2002-12-16T14:32:53Z")
What a trainwreck THIS has turned into. Vixwhatever, do yourself a favor and let it go. ---
**Author:** ![Vixenation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@Vixenation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vixenation)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/68 "2002-12-16T14:57:47Z")
I didn’t know the last seven letters in my username were that much of an effort to type. :rolleyes: Well, needless to say, I don’t think I’ll be posting in the pit much again. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/69 "2002-12-16T15:26:54Z")
Oh my heck you guys, you know what really makes me mad? When my friends describe my beautiful 36D firm white breasts as only being 36C or how they describe my gorgeous, flawless skin as being china-like instead of porcelain or my tight rounded ass as being perky or the thing that totally makes me all like “You guuuuuuuuuuuuuuys!” is then they describe my thick shiny golden locks as being a toehead, I mean fer real, toehead means RED. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/70 "2002-12-16T15:36:30Z")
DIANE! I think you’re realllllly pretty though! Don’t be sad. You’re pretty! Can we be friends? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/71 "2002-12-16T15:51:02Z")
No way Jarbaby, you’re like so totally prettier! We can still hang out and stuff though. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/72 "2002-12-16T15:52:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kambuckta \* > \*\* > > Have you considered the notion that they might be revving you up because you get so incensed by their errors? Maybe if you were a little less self-absorbed, they might desist with poking fun at ya’!! \*\* I suspect **kambutka** is correct. Certainly, if you (over)react to them like you do here, they might find it fun to get you all riled up. Relax\*. \*I’d try to do the same but my very large D cup breasts are in the way. Can anyone push aside my long chocolate brown hair and rub my strong but soft-skinned back? That would be lovely. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/73 "2002-12-16T15:53:24Z")
My ass is velvety smooth. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/74 "2002-12-16T15:59:12Z")
Wow, what a thread. Vix, just chalk it up as a lesson learned and let it drop. Certainly can see how what you posted here could be taken to be self adoration. You say it isn’t, and I’ll take your word for it, but you may want to avoid that perception in the future. Since precious few people actually took this seriously, I’ll offer a quick analysis. Unless you have a colorimeter or pantone color wheel in your hip pocket, it isn’t possible to make a firm distinction between brown and blonde. Things may be easy at the extremes, but in the middle, it comes down to individual perception. You _want_ to be blonde, so of course that is what you see. Others may remember you as brunette or simply see it that way. Same goes for the eyes. True emerald green is rare unless you have colored contacts. Mossy, olive, hazel, take your pick… but each could be described as any number of colors by different people. There are probably a number of reasons you would be described as other than a green eyed blonde outside of malice… but insisting too vigorously on the most striking [subjectively speaking, of course] interpretation is likely to get you the same type of reaction you are getting here. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/75 "2002-12-16T16:00:14Z")
You long-time SDMB women certainly love a pile-on and when the girl is more attractive than you, you can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/76 "2002-12-16T16:10:06Z")
**lno** What’s she got that I haven’t got? **A trim little figure?** _Yeah, I weighed 105 lbs_, too!!! And I’m tall. Really tall. Like, like lots and lots of inches taller than her!!! \* **A perma-tan?** _Well I’ve got a monitor-enhancer that bronzes me while I dope. NEENER._ **Not brown hair?** _Well, hrmph, I have NUT brown hair. So, there!_ **Green eyes?** _Ok, so she got me on that one. I have poo-coloured eyes._\* But still, I have something she DOESN’T HAVE! I do you know. Don’t make me pull out this little tidbit of information! 'Cause you know I’ll do it. I will. Ohhhh, yes. [sub]stretchmarks and a labour/delivery story to beat the band and I _used_ my breasts for their designed purpose!![/sub] I feel better already. \*(in 6th grade) ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/77 "2002-12-16T16:11:34Z")
She can also apparently remember to code the front and back the same code. I could do that, too, when I was 18! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/78 "2002-12-16T16:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > You long-time SDMB women certainly love a pile-on and when the girl is more attractive than you, you can’t stand it. Thank you Bill Nye the Science Guy. I haven’t seen a photo of Miss Please Stop Saying I’m Ugly :::nudge nudge wink wink::: but I have seen a photo of Ana and Jar and must say, they are fucking hot. I think I. I haven’t seen a photo of Vixenation so I don’t know if she is attractive or not. In other words, you just pulled your comment out of your ass. Ya know, we couldn’t be making fun of her because – get this – because she is an obvious self absorbed twit fishing for “Oh you’re so purdy” compliments and we saw an opportunity to have fun at her expense. > [@](#): > > Ok, so she got me on that one. I have poo-coloured eyes. I have green eyes, so nanny nanny boo boo. I always wanted poo-colored though. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/79 "2002-12-16T16:35:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I think I . . . . . . am kinda purdy too, at least that’s what my mama says. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641/80 "2002-12-16T16:51:15Z")
Firstly, Diana is very pretty. Secondly, lno was joking around, b/c in chat, I said, "I can’t wait until someone comes along and accuses the ‘Bitches at SDMB’ of piling-on to this nice beautiful girl because we’re all jealous. _That_ of course can be the only reason we all agree on anything. He posted that as a joke, b/c we knew it was bound to happen eventually. I apologize for egging him on. ☹ Plus, you just _know_ it’s going to happen enventually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-rant/142641.md?page=5)