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Stay In Your Lane Please
“Son don’t hang your hat where you can’t reach it…”
We all have flaws and it can be easy to find faults in someone if you analyzed someone closely enough. Even models look a hot mess in the morning. However, as I said in yesterday’s caffeine driven midday rant, there seem to be a lot of people that have a very high opinion of themselves that is sometime unwarranted. You got a lot of people walking around as 6′s expecting 9 results. No matter how much you delude yourself, it’s going to really hard to pass that 6 off for a 9 in the real world. There’s an annoying population of the world that have an inflated estimate of their self worth that doesn’t quite add up. By self worth, I’m taking into account not only the way people think they look, but all the things they place value on that they may think they are just as good as or better at than other people.
There is a huge difference between have high self esteem and overestimating one’s self worth. A lot of time it seems that people refuse to be honest with themselves and come to terms with the fact that they may not be live up to a certain standard. If you want to play a game with people based on looks and possessions, you’re playing with a short deck and you’re gonna come up short every time. Tire gloss is not going to turn your Toyota into the Beamer that’s going to turn the heads of the bobble heads you’re trying to impress as they stumble out the club, and wearing leggings isn’t going to turn your long back into a donk. Not gonna happen.
Quick tidbit about “lane jumpers”. They jumpers don’t just exist in social circles. There is usually huge infestations of lane jumpers lurking at the workplace, diminishing the ability for everything to run smoothly in their efforts to attempt doing another person’s job and failing miserably. What could have taken one person 20 minutes to do is now going to take 3 people 2 hours to do, all because someone wanted to do much, or sometimes not enough. Their focus on stealing the shine from someone else stopping them from actually shining. Nobody likes a shiner anyway. If you’re really as good as you say you are, the proof will be in the pudding. Just make sure you got good pudding.
This is all not to say that even if you may not be that attractive that you should expect to live your life in solitude forever. Your life isn’t over if you aren’t drop dead gorgeous. It just means you should stop trying to be something you’re not, and just be comfortable with who you are. The more time you spend wondering why someone else garners so much attention is the else time you have to worry about yourself. Overestimating your self worth to compensate for shortcomings instead of actually addressing them head on will lead to no where. So if you know you got a funny shaped head, don’t get a mohawk because it’s what’s poppin’ in the streets. If you had a normal haircut, she’d take you seriously.
I’m far from perfect, so don’t think I’m attempting to look down on the “less fortunate” and lecture them. I know what my strong points are and work everyday to improve upon my weakness. What I won’t do is pretend that I’m something that I’m not that. The things I can change I will change, and the things I can’t will just have to stay the way they are. If that’s not good enough for someone, they can kick rocks. After all, inflating values is what got us stuck in this recession. That probably had nothing to do with what I’m saying but I felt like saying it…so there.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? There’s an app for that. #swaggerjackin
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I couldn’t have said it better! *applause*
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Tire gloss is not going to turn your Toyota into the Beamer that’s going to turn the heads of the bobble heads you’re trying to impress as they stumble out the club, and wearing leggings isn’t going to turn your long back into a donk. Not gonna happen.
^^^#slain
I totally agree…i have a friend who has that inflated ego & it gets hella annoying…i’ve also dated a dude with a huge ego & while he was attractive, you had to dig real deep cause his surface had quite a few layers to get through…no one has time to do all of that!
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MWahahahahahaahahaha.
Eff that, I’m the man!! j/k (kinda)
Why cant the ugly joints/dudes just be good at other stuff?
It makes perfect sense logically, you suck at one thing so you either get better at it or you get better at something else to compensate
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Seattle Washington Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 9:58 am
You’re right. Case in point – your man Biggie.
He “Black and ugly as ever,” but the man was pimping from the Garden State to the Golden Gate. Why? He improved his game to make up for his lack of looks.
It only makes sense.
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man i’m seeing a lot of #shots with this here post. 9:13 (CST) and only 4 comments? what’s up with that?
anyway i see this a lot. 6′s with a nine attitude only makes you a 4 in my book because of your inflated ego.
i agree with peyso. i might not be the best looking dude in the world (just being modest) but i’ll de damned if i’m not good at a whole of other things. lol
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I approve this message. It may be a tough pill to swallow for some folks, but it is what it is.
Unattractive men usually know early in age they are unattractive. So, they know if they want to pull 7 and above, they have to be interesting, funny, have a 6-pack, and/or have money. And they’ve been working towards perfecting all of that since the 8th grade, which is probably the time some little gril called him ugly.
It’s different with women. No one tells a 12 yr.old girl she’s ugly, and if they do, someone will come to her defense and gas her up about being attractive. Knowing damn well she isn’t. Women grow up believing that outside beauty is all that matters, which is why you have girls wanting plastic surgery at 16. Girls are gassed up about their beauty starting at an early age, whether she’s really pretty or a Sheryl Underwood doppelganger. And if there isn’t an intervention, she won’t develope other aspects of her character. If she’s pretty, you have what Seattle complained of yesterday. And if she is a little less attractive, but doesn’t know it, you have what RCLS is talking about today.
Anyway, I say stay in your lane. And if you want to be able to switch lanes, than take the necessary steps to do so. No plastic surgery!! But work on the things you know you can work on, and don’t get mad at the ladies (or fellas, though I don’t know if men get upset about this) who are naturally pretty or have put in the work to make sure they stay in the 7.5-10 range.
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A.Smith Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 11:15 am
Uh huh.
What she said.
Uh huh.
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Reecie Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 2:33 pm
preach, sista.
we discussed this a bit yesterday.
errybody aint able. Ugly men have it so much easier though–like you broke it down, they hone their other attributes earlier. But truthfully, its very rare I see gawd awful ugly people–male or female. Most are just plain/average/regular/bland looking. Some style can upgrade a 4 to a 6 exponentially, IMO.
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Dear RCLS,
this post crossed the line. You hurt my feelings. Just bc certain features aren’t attractive to you just make me ugly. Maybe you need to open your eyes past the European standard of beauty and appreciate a women for who they are. Effing shallow pig”
Yours Truly,
Gabourey Sidibe
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N.I.A. naturally Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 10:50 am
You so stupid… LOL!
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A.Smith Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 11:16 am
BWAHAHAHA!! Excuse me while I go pass all the way out.
All the way, I said.
You know you aint, right, Cheekz. You hilarious, but you ain’t right.
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Hugh Jazz Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 11:35 am
Thanks CHeeKZ, you almost made me choke on this chicken I’m eating!
Cosign the entire post.
This ain’t your speed young man, run in your lane,
So I can come through doing 100 and change!
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Capricorn Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 11:46 am
This right here kilt me dead.
#aintgotnothinelse
BWAHAHAHAAA!!!!
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Little Miss Sunshine Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
you’re getting tons of e-hugs from me this week!
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MadScientist7 Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 12:40 pm
effing *dead*
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Slim Jackson Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 4:55 pm
I just saw this. iDied like I haven’t died before.
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streetztalk Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Cheekz this will eb a top candidate for the 3 ways awards! lol
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streetztalk Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 5:04 pm
*be
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Cosign!!!!!
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I should be smited have unattractive kids I’m going to be honest with them and let them know that they need to work on other things to fill in the blank.
I will say tho that you’re correct- there’s a huge difference between self-confidence and stupidity. A thin line but a huge difference.
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Little Miss Sunshine Reply:
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I meant that to read “Should I be smited and have”
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“gloss on the tires…”
#dead
Great post and so full of truths!
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“If that’s not good enough for someone, they can kick rocks.”
Enough said. I approve this message. LOL
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