[ SECRET POST #189 ]

[degrees.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #189 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 page, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #027.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, 0 personal attacks.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Saturday, July 14th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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[tsunderes.livejournal.com]

Uh, I know I'm going to piss a lot of people of probably, but I do the same thing. So you're not alone, really. I don't dress "trendy", because...American trendy fashion only wants your boobs falling out and your shorts as high as they can go, but I do make a point to look nice whenever I'm in public.

My reason?

People look down on me for liking anime and manga. The stereotype of people that like anime and manga is decidedly negative in all aspects, so I don't want people to think of me as such. I dress more nicely on the days I have anime club (which I started, just fyi), mostly because I want to make a good impression not only on my club members, but as a cover-up too. It's self-centered and rude, yeah, but it's obviously worked. Ever since I realized that stereotype, I've dressed a lot "better" and it took time to shake off that stereotype. :/ Two years later, people are shocked to find out that not only am I in the anime club, but I started it too.

For the tl;dr, the world is unfair, and stereotypes are real. I don't look down on people, but yeah I dress better than my anime club members to distance myself from that stereotype. There is nothing good about it.

Re: 5

[morinzilion.livejournal.com]

...I do the same thing.

I agree with you on all your points.

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[(Anonymous)]

Wow, thanks for not being all "omg controversy" like everyone else. <3 Your and my views are similar, and what you've stated was really the point of my secret. (Using the word "trendy" seemed to set off the self-righteous sensors in most of the other comments, but trendy doesn't always mean trashy. *shrug* I personally hate showing off a lot of skin.) I just like looking nice, and sometimes I get that little tinge of pride when I realize that I'm more confident than the others that would wear t-shirts and jeans, because I used to do that every day too. I just didn't want to be the gross stereotype anymore. Yeah, so I'm using other people as a standard to make myself feel better about who I am, but I personally don't know anyone who hasn't done that or used that technique to make someone else feel better. And hey, yeah, my secret's a vain, egotistical, self-centered one, but that's why I can't admit it to other people, hence it being a secret. But apparently, there's so many soapbox-listen-to-me secrets on here, that the honest, embarrassed ones get mixed up and everybody sees them as one. *shrug* Thanks for being honest, and not mixing them up. <3

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[willag.livejournal.com]

But you must realize that it was going to be a controversy the way you phrased it. People were immediately going to be on the offensive or act all self-righteous b/c it's happened many times before.

Me? I still stand by what I say: You go girl. I had this whole rant going on how I admired the secret-maker for just being so honest even if it did make her look selfish (but I took it out around the end 'cause I was just ranting on and making it too long). Personally, I like people with a little spice. And I like how you just stand proud with your secret. You acknowledge your faults but you still stay true to yourself. I'm not offended and it doesn't bother me at all. The point of the secret for me wasn't what you wore, but how you expressed yourself and your opinions with it.

And I think people who get easily offended by stuff like this really need to take a chill-pill. Loosen up, get a sense of humor, step back and look at things a different way. B/c the second they start making accusations, they're starting to climb up on their high-horse also.

And I do understand that whole confidence thing... about feeling just a slight bit better than others (I'm feeling it a little right now... I'm a horrible person). It's a nice high. And yes, it does make me vain and self-centered, but I realize it's there and I'm not letting it go out of hand (there's of course a certain point you don't want to past, where anything that comes from it is just destructive). What's wrong with getting a little boost in ego?

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[(Anonymous)]

sometimes I get that little tinge of pride when I realize that I'm more confident than the others that would wear t-shirts and jeans

want a shovel to dig that hole a little deeper?

newsflash sweetheart, not everyone who wears jeans and t-shirts lacks confidence. they are actually more comfortable for some. stop painting your insecurities on others, plzkthnx.