bonobo Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 9 hours ago, Bluespunk said: The opening to that headline is itself unnecessary and somewhat cruel. It actually is appropriate. The term means someone who may not look amazing on the outside but is beautiful on the inside and can blossom into someone talented, beautiful, sweet, or whatever superlatives you can conceive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 7 minutes ago, bonobo said: It actually is appropriate. The term means someone who may not look amazing on the outside but is beautiful on the inside and can blossom into someone talented, beautiful, sweet, or whatever superlatives you can conceive.. No it doesn't. The ugly duckling only becomes popular when it is realised they are in fact a swan. A bird that is considered graceful and beautiful by the other creatures. It is all about external appearance and nothing at all to do with inner beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Lets see what her detractor looks like. she looks OK to me. Maybe she can get him under defamation laws or sect 44. This is a case that deserves to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 She doesn't look ugly but for a young girl she could certainly do with losing a few kilo's. Be better if a gym was to offer her a free personal trainer rather than going to a beauty salon and looking like a buffalo with lipstick on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGreen Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Yes but guys can be fat unattractive and so on...according to these guys woman don't go for physical attraction but only money so no need to get in shape. They know not what they miss out on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGreen Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Gifts of food are rolling in for her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 16 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said: The simple life is a great life. If she's happy then leave her be. I wish my wife had simple needs, she never stops nagging "I want this, I want that". The test of a man is whether you give it to her or not............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckizuchinni Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 11 hours ago, Bluespunk said: No it doesn't. The ugly duckling only becomes popular when it is realised they are in fact a swan. A bird that is considered graceful and beautiful by the other creatures. It is all about external appearance and nothing at all to do with inner beauty. Not really. You might want to read Andersen's story again. The story encompass far more than simple exterior beauty, which is not even a minor point of his fable. The moral of the story is not that the swan becomes popular, but that she follows her own passion despite what the other ducks say. She didn't do what other ducks did even when they criticized her for being different, but as it turns out, she was not a duck at all. We don't know if the gas attendant is following her passion or not, but what does ring true is that it doesn't matter what other people say. And the fact that she seems to be staying true to herself and not jumping at an acting offer would seem to draw more parallels to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) 50 minutes ago, luckizuchinni said: Not really. You might want to read Andersen's story again. The story encompass far more than simple exterior beauty, which is not even a minor point of his fable. The moral of the story is not that the swan becomes popular, but that she follows her own passion despite what the other ducks say. She didn't do what other ducks did even when they criticized her for being different, but as it turns out, she was not a duck at all. We don't know if the gas attendant is following her passion or not, but what does ring true is that it doesn't matter what other people say. And the fact that she seems to be staying true to herself and not jumping at an acting offer would seem to draw more parallels to the story. I am aware of the story. Yes the 'duckling overcomes hardship and yes the readers sympathise with him throughout. However, the 'duckling' only becomes popular and admired by others when she is revealed to be a swan. The term of ugly duckling used by other characters in the story is one of contempt. And to use it to describe an individual in a headline is cruel. Edited August 6, 2016 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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