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PaperclipPerfector  1yr ago (text post)   3660 thread views

Wellness Wednesday for May 10, 2023

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I think that being on the spectrum puts me in the bottom five percent for attractiveness.

I think you are mistaken. It's probably not your fault you've been hoodwinked by a bunch of people who want to medicalize everything. Nobody cares if you are "on the spectrum".

I also think that Bukowski’s not all that ugly

Come on now: https://tommygirard.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/bukowski-and-his-wife-linda.jpg

The dude is fucking ugly. The wife is perhaps not a prize, but she doesn't weigh 400 pounds and is considerably younger than him. And if you think your personality is a barrier, have a look into some of his antics. Your social awkwardness will not stand up, I guarantee.

Muggsy Bogues played in the NBA at 5’3”. I’m taller than him. Does that mean that I, too, can play professional basketball?

Maybe if you travel back to 1980 and try really hard? IDK, are you good at basketball? Anyways you are not trying to play in the NBA, you are trying to play 21 on the corner lot -- NBA would be marrying Christie Brinkley or something, you should not try to do that.

Not sure I would recommend reading Bukowski personally, but he is full of tips for various life situations:


friendly advice to a lot of young men, and a lot of old men, too


Marry a woman with one leg and shave with a straight razor

And carve your name in her anus

He looks old, not ugly.

There's not as many pictures of him when he's younger, but he's pretty ugly then too -- he had bad acne for one thing, the scars of which you can still see when he's older.

Anyways the point is that he was pulling much younger chicks when he was old and ugly -- his first wife (when he was pretty young) was the ugliest one.

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