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reverse image bibas, check this out
Asymmetries: In the beginning, most people have an exaggerated perception of the asymmetries. It is largely an illusion due to head tilting and the picture you have in your mind versus the picture others have of you. For example, if your nose turns - we'll say 1 degree to the left - in a traditional mirror you have always seen it turning 1 degree to the right. The first view in the True Mirror, your nose is ending up in a spot that is 2 degrees different than where you are used to seeing it. This goes the same for the head tilt, the one-higher-shoulder, the one-higher-or-bigger-eye and the sides of the mouth's different shapes, turning up or down. Our asymmetries are usually tiny, measured in millimeters, but because most people in western societies have a heightened awareness of their traditional mirror image (due to the easy availability of mirrors in this period of human history), these millimeters seem very apparent during the first few viewings in the True Mirror. Over a short time, with exposure to your non-reversed image, the non-reversed image will become more and more normal, and less and less startlingly asymmetrical. Most people who allow themselves the time to get used to it actually end up preferring it. Your image is friendlier, more normal, and more predictable (it is, after all, just "you" that you are seeing).
Is it true? If you have someone who knows you well stand closely next to you and look at your True Mirror reflection, they will confirm that yes, this is the way you appear. They will not see the exaggerated asymmetries you see, and in fact will not even see your actual asymmetries. What they will see, and which you can finally see also, is the real person that you are - with your expressions, personality, and real emotions all intact. This can be very valuable to you in understanding your interpersonal relations - just how do you come across to others?
Asymmetries: In the beginning, most people have an exaggerated perception of the asymmetries. It is largely an illusion due to head tilting and the picture you have in your mind versus the picture others have of you. For example, if your nose turns - we'll say 1 degree to the left - in a traditional mirror you have always seen it turning 1 degree to the right. The first view in the True Mirror, your nose is ending up in a spot that is 2 degrees different than where you are used to seeing it. This goes the same for the head tilt, the one-higher-shoulder, the one-higher-or-bigger-eye and the sides of the mouth's different shapes, turning up or down. Our asymmetries are usually tiny, measured in millimeters, but because most people in western societies have a heightened awareness of their traditional mirror image (due to the easy availability of mirrors in this period of human history), these millimeters seem very apparent during the first few viewings in the True Mirror. Over a short time, with exposure to your non-reversed image, the non-reversed image will become more and more normal, and less and less startlingly asymmetrical. Most people who allow themselves the time to get used to it actually end up preferring it. Your image is friendlier, more normal, and more predictable (it is, after all, just "you" that you are seeing).
Is it true? If you have someone who knows you well stand closely next to you and look at your True Mirror reflection, they will confirm that yes, this is the way you appear. They will not see the exaggerated asymmetries you see, and in fact will not even see your actual asymmetries. What they will see, and which you can finally see also, is the real person that you are - with your expressions, personality, and real emotions all intact. This can be very valuable to you in understanding your interpersonal relations - just how do you come across to others?
just for fun, checked fake_lj_deaths--and discovered that braumsie was trolling them back in march with a sock:
http://fake-lj-deaths.livejournal.com/295619.html
http://fake-lj-deaths.livejournal.com/295619.html
i am not sad about leaving Florida and moving back home to NC
except today i realized that means i won't be able to buy plantain chips at my regular grocery store anymore
and my heart broke a little bit
except today i realized that means i won't be able to buy plantain chips at my regular grocery store anymore
and my heart broke a little bit
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girlsheena anon fails while white knighting herself...
then reposts the comment as if nobody saw
then reposts the comment as if nobody saw
who
need to spend the afternoon cleaning my office
it's such a mess rn
it's such a mess rn
so i think i want to get into homestuck
where do i start?
where do i start?
at the beginning
but you can really skim act 1
but you can really skim act 1
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fucku?
kind of reminds me of that jacked up looking picture of iroh
kind of reminds me of that jacked up looking picture of iroh
ngl some days i feel really shitty about myself and then i remember pooliet and all the other pathetic obsessed.mp3 trolls that go here and feel better by comparison
why can't every reese's be an easter egg reese's
:c i dunno
reeses are good in general but the easter egg ones taste soooo much better
reeses are good in general but the easter egg ones taste soooo much better
lol so brucey defected to tcq? not surprised tbqh
what's the most interesting dream you have ever had
i was putting on a concert in some kind of groce toxic wasteland and i had a pair of vinyl bat wings. there was no audience and the whole concert venue had a 90ft chainlink fence around it. i smashed my guitar, climbed the fence and flew away
is it normal for women to have a low sex drive
i don't get turned on unless i get it on with someone
i fear i may be demisexy
i fear i may be demisexy
just got a message on okc: "If beauty were time, you'd be eternity."
g2b weirdo
g2b weirdo
lmfao
u know he sends that to every woman
u know he sends that to every woman
the best shoes I own are ecco
need more of those
need more of those
omg greta christina is such an idiot
http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2012/04/09/prostitution-is-not-sex-slavery/
http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2012/04/09/prostitution-is-not-sex-slavery/
Agree with you 100%. My own story in brief: I live in the UK where prostitution is legal (tho most things associated with it are illegal, such as kerb crawling or setting up a brothel). My wife died when I was in my late 50s and after a brief relationship where I was very subtly but persistently manipulated and abused I wondered if it might be more honest, cleaner and straightforward to exchange intimacy for cash rather than pay the price of having to surrender my identity to another. After some research I met up with a prostitute who had a good reputation with other punters (UK English for Johns). I was prepared for this to be a ‘one off’ but wanted to see where the experience might stand on the continuum between seedy/degrading and joyful/liberating. It turned out to be very much at the joyful/liberating end of the spectrum.
Some ten years later I no longer pay for sex. It was an interesting and fulfilling period I went through and have now moved on to another stage in my life. I still keep in occasional touch with that first prostitute, who has been in a steady relationship all that time and seems consistently happy in her work. As well she might. She enjoys sex and is good at it. In all I had sex with about twenty different women, and one of the many positives was seeing how in charge of their own lives they seemed, and how assertive in the face of the attempts of some to put them down.
No I’m sure it’s not all a ‘bed of roses’ and I’m sure most of them had off days, though probably less than if they’d had one of the many soul-sapping jobs that many of us have to endure to bring home a tenth of their income. And yes, I’m sure there are horror stories. I never ventured anywhere near street prostitution but have no reason to believe that the stories of underage abuse, beating, pimps and drugs are anything but true. But they are not the whole story. Nobody has accurate stats, but speaking with an academic who has done research with both prostitutes and punters in the UK I get the impression that the safer and less known ‘hidden’ element of prostitution (massage parlours and escorts visiting hotels or with their own flats) is larger than the visible street end of the market.
You ask: “Are you saying that these people don’t exist? Or are you saying that they don’t matter? Are you saying that they’re deluded — that they thought they were free to choose but really weren’t, or that they thought they felt good about the work but really didn’t? Are you going to deny agency to thousands of current and former prostitutes, because their experience contradicts your thesis?” Sadly I have seen all these responses. It’s certainly a common experience of the prostitute women I knew that their experiences are persistently discounted by such responses, too often by radical feminists with an axe to grind who are determined to portray all prostitution as if it were chaotic street prostitution.
Some ten years later I no longer pay for sex. It was an interesting and fulfilling period I went through and have now moved on to another stage in my life. I still keep in occasional touch with that first prostitute, who has been in a steady relationship all that time and seems consistently happy in her work. As well she might. She enjoys sex and is good at it. In all I had sex with about twenty different women, and one of the many positives was seeing how in charge of their own lives they seemed, and how assertive in the face of the attempts of some to put them down.
No I’m sure it’s not all a ‘bed of roses’ and I’m sure most of them had off days, though probably less than if they’d had one of the many soul-sapping jobs that many of us have to endure to bring home a tenth of their income. And yes, I’m sure there are horror stories. I never ventured anywhere near street prostitution but have no reason to believe that the stories of underage abuse, beating, pimps and drugs are anything but true. But they are not the whole story. Nobody has accurate stats, but speaking with an academic who has done research with both prostitutes and punters in the UK I get the impression that the safer and less known ‘hidden’ element of prostitution (massage parlours and escorts visiting hotels or with their own flats) is larger than the visible street end of the market.
You ask: “Are you saying that these people don’t exist? Or are you saying that they don’t matter? Are you saying that they’re deluded — that they thought they were free to choose but really weren’t, or that they thought they felt good about the work but really didn’t? Are you going to deny agency to thousands of current and former prostitutes, because their experience contradicts your thesis?” Sadly I have seen all these responses. It’s certainly a common experience of the prostitute women I knew that their experiences are persistently discounted by such responses, too often by radical feminists with an axe to grind who are determined to portray all prostitution as if it were chaotic street prostitution.
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