The title is part of a phrase of immortal words, spoken by the fictional character Obi Wan Kenobi. In Star Wars: A New Hope, he is speaking of "Mos Eisley Spaceport". I, however, am speaking of fmylife.com.
If you've made it this far into the internet, I'm sure you've visited it before, or at least heard of it. On fmylife.com, people post stories relating to how shitty their day went. Other users can then vote on any particular story by clicking "I agree, your life sucks", or "you totally deserved it." For the most part, the overwhelming majority of stories end up with a huge margin of "I agree, your life sucks" votes.
On the other hand, sometimes, it goes the other way, and with good cause. But yet, there are still other times when I have to scream "WHAT THE FUCK" at the computer screen after seeing how many people have told somebody that they totally deserved whatever it was that happened. Today, I read an entry that did exactly that:
Today, my girlfriend threw my X-box out the window, because I asked her how much she weighs. FML[1]
Right now, as of this posting, the above story has received 14246 "you totally deserved it" votes (and 7188 "I agree, your life sucks" votes).
This kinda thing reeks of old-fashioned sexism. Women are apparently special snowflakes, to be worshipped, never bothered, and never asked a personal question... And if you don't respect that, you deserve any bad actions that come your way.
Well, fuck that.
I know that plenty of women (and men) are not comfortable with being asked about their weight, and I even know that in some reserved parts of society, asking a woman her weight (or age) is a big fucking deal. But pardon me when I say, WHEN THE FUCK HAS IT EVER BEEN A BIG ENOUGH DEAL THAT PEOPLE THINK IT'S OKAY TO DESTROY SOMEBODY ELSE'S EXPENSIVE PROPERTY?
That's totally not okay. It's okay to be angry - I personally think it'd be silly to even be angry - but that's anybody's prerogative. However, it's definitely not okay to throw somebody's $300 video game system out the window because they asked you how much you happened to weigh.
But yet, some people really think it's okay:
There is many things not to ask to your girlfriend. The worst is exactly what you said. You deserved it...
P.S. I once called my girlfriend "bébé boule" (that's in french) or baby ball in english. I slept on the couch for 2 weeks and a half.[2]
Yes, your girlfriend is an angry person who deals with her anger by making you sleep on the couch, and if I were you, I'd break up with the crazy lady. However, your situation is not the situation that everybody else finds themselves in, and I certainly hope it's not anything even relative to normal. I think that people don't go crazy over a cute "pet name" that they find offensive. I also think that most people - even women - wouldn't go fucking nuts, breaking shit in the process, just because somebody asked them their weight.
In the end, even if you're overweight and self-conscious about it, this is definitely not okay. There are much, much, MUCH healthier ways to express your anger - ways that don't involve being a psychotic fuckhead that makes your partner afraid to ever ask you something personal again.
If this is how she reacts to that personal question, I'd hate to see what happens if he ever asks her if she's having her period.
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If you've made it this far into the internet, I'm sure you've visited it before, or at least heard of it. On fmylife.com, people post stories relating to how shitty their day went. Other users can then vote on any particular story by clicking "I agree, your life sucks", or "you totally deserved it." For the most part, the overwhelming majority of stories end up with a huge margin of "I agree, your life sucks" votes.
On the other hand, sometimes, it goes the other way, and with good cause. But yet, there are still other times when I have to scream "WHAT THE FUCK" at the computer screen after seeing how many people have told somebody that they totally deserved whatever it was that happened. Today, I read an entry that did exactly that:
Today, my girlfriend threw my X-box out the window, because I asked her how much she weighs. FML[1]
Right now, as of this posting, the above story has received 14246 "you totally deserved it" votes (and 7188 "I agree, your life sucks" votes).
This kinda thing reeks of old-fashioned sexism. Women are apparently special snowflakes, to be worshipped, never bothered, and never asked a personal question... And if you don't respect that, you deserve any bad actions that come your way.
Well, fuck that.
I know that plenty of women (and men) are not comfortable with being asked about their weight, and I even know that in some reserved parts of society, asking a woman her weight (or age) is a big fucking deal. But pardon me when I say, WHEN THE FUCK HAS IT EVER BEEN A BIG ENOUGH DEAL THAT PEOPLE THINK IT'S OKAY TO DESTROY SOMEBODY ELSE'S EXPENSIVE PROPERTY?
That's totally not okay. It's okay to be angry - I personally think it'd be silly to even be angry - but that's anybody's prerogative. However, it's definitely not okay to throw somebody's $300 video game system out the window because they asked you how much you happened to weigh.
But yet, some people really think it's okay:
There is many things not to ask to your girlfriend. The worst is exactly what you said. You deserved it...
P.S. I once called my girlfriend "bébé boule" (that's in french) or baby ball in english. I slept on the couch for 2 weeks and a half.[2]
Yes, your girlfriend is an angry person who deals with her anger by making you sleep on the couch, and if I were you, I'd break up with the crazy lady. However, your situation is not the situation that everybody else finds themselves in, and I certainly hope it's not anything even relative to normal. I think that people don't go crazy over a cute "pet name" that they find offensive. I also think that most people - even women - wouldn't go fucking nuts, breaking shit in the process, just because somebody asked them their weight.
In the end, even if you're overweight and self-conscious about it, this is definitely not okay. There are much, much, MUCH healthier ways to express your anger - ways that don't involve being a psychotic fuckhead that makes your partner afraid to ever ask you something personal again.
If this is how she reacts to that personal question, I'd hate to see what happens if he ever asks her if she's having her period.
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