Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels this way.
so my hair used to be pretty long, it’s shorter now, but it got to the point where my brother at one point referred to me as “a busted jennifer anniston’ which, is funny I’ll give him that. But anyway, my ID still has a picture with my long hair. I smoke. I get ID’d now and again for some reason and whenever I do, no matter what I get a comment like “WHOA Cobain what happened to the locks? El oh El!” or “Diggin the Caveman look brosef! (yeah, been called brosef before)” and every time it happens…. I die on the inside.
So here’s my question, am I the only one who, when I come up with something I think will be funny or interesting, I stop and think “hm, is there a good chance this person get’s told this every fucking day?” if the answers yes, I don’t say it… is that so out of the ordinary?
I can’t stand it when people pull the same comments out of a hat every day… yes, my hair was quite long, I see your eyes work, brett micheals you say? yep that’s right he does have long blonde hair like I used to, that’s clever, never thought of that before, can I have my nicotine now?
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Okay, I’m telling you straight up, “You are not the only one who feels this way.”
No, but there is no point in getting all bent out of shape about it. Each person who says it does not know about the endless parade of others.
If it really bothers you, get a replacement license.
You are not alone.
EDITED TO ADD: ...and I shamefully hit my head and say D’oh! when I catch myself doing the same thing to other people.
I feel that way about things like this.
Like when I had no hair from chemo and people pointed out, “Oh damn…you’re bald!” REALLY? Thank you. Or….“Wow…your head is round, glad it’s not pointy!”
You aren’t alone, just don’t let ‘em see you sweat. It’s not worth the hassle.
If I had a nickle for every “judi, judi, judi” Cary Grant impersonation ive heard…..
I feel your pain. My initals are R. Kelly. When people find out those are my initals, i get an R. Kelly joke every time. “Hey don’t pee on any girls!” Haha yea, that was funny in 2001 you son of a bitch.
I get this stuff about virtually everything though. from my hair, to my eyes, to my habbit of wearing sandals every where…
I think it sometimes! Sometimes it just kinda leaks out without my thinking! I think most people just don’t have the imagination for anything original!
@ABoyNamedBoobs03 if your getting these responses from real friends and family then you might want to consider telling them politely but assertively that you don’t appreciate their responses to how you look or the clothes you wear.
My girlfriend is congenitally blind. She is quite accomplished, and successful; she sails, she skis, she navigates NYC every day on her own, (well, with her Seeing Eye Dog), she is a psychotherapist, she rides horses. Imagine the crap she has to hear over, and over and over, every single day. You are not alone, but I think the only thing you can do is what she does: put a fake grin on your face, and shine it on. You can’t educate ‘em, it ain’t worth the effort. One lady in a restaurant told me, “Your wife is wonderful! She can pour her own water!” I said, “Yeah, you oughta see her tie her shoelaces.”
haha much love @kellsworth
My tolerance level just did and LL Cool Jay for you…
@kyle94481 it’s not my friends or anything, we all stick it to each other about everything imaginable, but it’s just annoying when people bring up the same topics without first thinking how often that exact discussion occurs.
@pdworkin “Your wife is wonderful! She can pour her own water!” I said, “Yeah, you oughta see her tie her shoelaces.”
I would have said “yep, finally weened her off the sippie cup too…”
is there any features about the other people you can make fun of? maybe if you describe them, we can come up with roast-style jokes against them. i learned not to make jokes against the people whose jokes were harsh.
lol oh guys it’s just more or less random strangers that I’m complaining about.
Like I carry my guitar with me sometimes, whether it be to the shop, a show, a friends, what have you, and at some point I always get someone going “oh cool a guitar! you play?”
“nope it’s a rocket launcher…”
Let me say, I’ve always been jealous of people who have some sort of pop culture reference related to them, especially a name. Not until 2008 was there ever a song with my name it, at least not that I am aware of, and I was sooo happy about it. But no one knows the song so I doubt anyone will ever sing it to me. I am notorious for singing people’s names to them.
Edit:: It’s a She Wants Revenge song, and it’s not very good.
which song? I bet I’ll know it :P
oh my god, you are not alone.
my last name seems to be an open invitation for everyone who has ever seen it to make the same exact joke word for word.
the only good thing, is that i think my last name alone makes such a ‘cute’ impression on every teacher that they automatically love me.
My last name used to be a cardinal direction. People thought it was so clever to call me by a different one. “Wow! You’re really funny! Did you think of that all by yourself? Or did you need help from the hundreds of people who said it before you?”
lol a lot of people Call me Spencer despite that not technically being my real name, and every time I introduce my self, or by the next time they see me “Hey! Spencer for Hire!”
yep… gotcha.
My ex-husband had long hair. I love long hair, possibly the reason I married him. But he was treated differently by people just because of his hair. When he finally cut it, against my wishes, I noticed people treated him better. Live your life, disregard the smart asses.
My surname is Marley and most of the pupils in my secondary school classes were aware of this. If I hear “Are you related to Bob Marley!?” or “Bob’s your uncle” one more time executions will take place :|
Hey, I’ve been completely bald since 1996. Do you know how many times I have heard the Uncle Fester, Curly, Baldy, Q-tip, Skinhead, ad nauseum bald jokes in the past 13 years? I just smile and put those people on a secret mental list. That is the list that, when I become supreme ruler of the world, the people on it will be put up against the wall and shot.
Rule#1: Don’t the the clowns get you down.
oh my god I do know what you’re saying
you know that big back piece i have?
‘oh wow, did that hurt?’ – no it didn’t hurt
it was 40 hours of kittens licking my back
When I had hair down to my back as a protesting university know it all, I was defiant that anyone would venture to make a stupid comment. I was, after all, a lot smarter than the asshole judging me. Do not worry what people say..just move on and do exactly what you want with what is after all, your hair.
Oh, boobs. (hugs) It’ll be ok.
I like how you write things. You make me laugh.
Do you know how many hurricane katrina jokes I hear? I still fucking hear them. I was answering phones during that hurricane, I wanted to strangle everyone.
I just say: “That’s the first time I’ve heard that today. Thanks!” (I figure they can’t help it. Jerks)
My last name is McQueen.
I have yet to go at least 2 weeks without being asked if I’m related to Steve.
And for the record, I AM NOT A FUCKING CAR.
lol couple things…
@casheroo I used to know these two sisters, one was Maria, the other Katrina. both hurricanes from 05, dated them both at certain points… perhaps for that reason solely (going to hell, yeah yeah yeah…)
@boots you’re last name is McQueen? that’s amazing, I’m jealous honestly lol.
@evelyns_pet_zebra lol one of my brothers (there’s five) is bald, actually he’s the one that came up with the busted Jennifer Anniston joke, I rib him pretty good about being bald at 27, he probably cries at night.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir haha 40 hours is intense by the way, I’ve never heard you talk about it, what’s the design?
and no, I didn’t forget you @Allie, ;) you’re more awesome than than that time I got two prizes in my Cap’n Crunch
“form of, an Ice Menorah!”
Congrats, you use your brain to think about the repercussions of your words! As you have seen, most people do not, they love to think they are a special unique snowflake and that every sequence of words they think up have never been thought in that order ever before and thus just needs to be expressed.
Yeah, it’s annoying. Sadly, the more intelligent and skilled you get, the more annoying the rest of the world becomes. The way I’m choosing to deal with it so far is to not really isolate myself, but certainly not take effort to surround myself with such idiots.
Wow, and I used to feel unhappy that people didn’t notice me. Mostly I just get the “there’s no way you’re that old” comments.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir The colors are beautiful. The subject matter is so…in your face. You’re hard core. (A term I use to refer to a few, select individuals.)
@tinyfaery well then i’m even more flattered. thank you.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir While trying not to sound like an idiot, the mother looks relaxed( despite the open mouth) as opposed to the normally told suffering.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir Well I’ve been having a rough of it lately, and maybe part of me seeing it that way is getting sick of seeing things negatively. I’d go with orgasm. :P
@Resonantscythe hell me too, two kids later, i’m still waiting for that kind of labor
@Simone_De_Beauvoir I wonder if their is some landmark for what number you have to get to when they start to “walk out”.
@Resonantscythe Im pretty sure the Duggart family is working on that thesis already…
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