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The permission to be perfectly boring is a great gift. But the adjectives used for men will be more in the vein of gay or macho.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 09:28:12 AM EST
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or a slob.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 09:29:31 AM EST
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Or shabby or hippie. However, as a tie-and-suit abstainer, while I do feel the societal pressure on me, I wouldn't say it compares in strength to that on (at least young) women. I would (ignorantly) venture to claim however, that another cloth-related pressure I had experience with, that on immigrants, does compare in strength.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 11:58:14 AM EST
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permission to be boring, anonymous, invisible, blended in is fine, though unnecessary. pressure to be same, is not ok.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 12:40:42 PM EST
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The permission to be perfectly boring is a great gift.

What a wonderful sentence!  I feel I should embroider it on a pillow or something!

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 12:57:00 PM EST
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Or emblazoned on your own line of designer underwear? ;-)

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 03:47:32 PM EST
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Hello Izzy!™ underwear?

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 31st, 2010 at 03:53:08 PM EST
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I'll try to have them available for you guys before the next meetup.  So, boxers or briefs?

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 07:10:54 PM EST
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CafePress, here we come!

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:01:03 AM EST
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