Things you wish you could say

[LaurenRitz]

As @MaryJanet put it, make up is a oppressive industry, trying to make women who don't use it bad. At least that's what I think she said, I may be mixing this up though.

Of course. Any industry where there is money to be made by preying on people's humanity will eventually devolve into a cult--my way or the highway. Makeup, pharmaceuticals, fast food--the list is endless.

 

[LaurenRitz]

This is how I describe make up:

You know when you're out on a sunny, warm fall day raking leaves, and the wind is blowing, and you're sweating, and dust is blowing around, and it's pastered all over your face and your arms, and you can't wait until you can get in a shower and wash all that stuff off?

That's what make up has felt like the few times I've worn it.

And then people ask me why I look so young!

 

[notabitail]

Of course. Any industry where there is money to be made by preying on people's humanity will eventually devolve into a cult--my way or the highway. Makeup, pharmaceuticals, fast food--the list is endless.

MLMs as well.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

Sounds like something I'd say.

It's an industry and its side effect is keeping people vain. Every time I see a woman wearing no makeup, I see courage and contentment.

My sisters make me laugh. They work really demanding jobs that get them sweaty and dirty, but they still spend 30+ minutes every morning putting on makeup. I asked them before if they wore makeup to attract a guy at work, they both said no, and I not so lovingly pointed out that it was stupid to smear the gross goop all over their faces before going to work, whether or not there were attractive guys there. Like, why!? Why do you need to "look and feel pretty" to go to a job that you hate, with people that you hate, only to come home and have your eye goop making it look like you spent the day getting punched in the face? And that crap is not cheap! They spend hundreds of dollars every few months to slather it on like clowns. A lot of people tell me that I should wear makeup, and I always tell them that if I want to paint myself up like Bozo, then I will join the circus.

I am happy though that people have stopped commenting on the fact that I wear mens clothes pretty much everywhere. I put my hair up like a woman, but I dress in 'gangsta' pants and dark humored pullovers. To me, that contradicting look is so much more appealing than the alternatives. I do not care what other people wear (even makeup. I do not care. But with my sisters I do say things, because they are number one in bothering me about wearing it.), but to me, I dress in the way that I think looks and feels the best suited to my personality (I guess my sisters do, too, but still. I talk crap because they started it. ). To each their own, and all of that junk, though.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

This is how I describe make up:

You know when you're out on a sunny, warm fall day raking leaves, and the wind is blowing, and you're sweating, and dust is blowing around, and it's pastered all over your face and your arms, and you can't wait until you can get in a shower and wash all that stuff off?

That's what make up has felt like the few times I've worn it.

 

[notabitail]

My sisters make me laugh. They work really demanding jobs that get them sweaty and dirty, but they still spend 30+ minutes every morning putting on makeup. I asked them before if they wore makeup to attract a guy at work, they both said no, and I not so lovingly pointed out that it was stupid to smear the gross goop all over their faces before going to work, whether or not there were attractive guys there. Like, why!? Why do you need to "look and feel pretty" to go to a job that you hate, with people that you hate, only to come home and have your eye goop making it look like you spent the day getting punched in the face? And that crap is not cheap! They spend hundreds of dollars every few months to slather it on like clowns. A lot of people tell me that I should wear makeup, and I always tell them that if I want to paint myself up like Bozo, then I will join the circus.

It's exactly what makeup companies love. Your money.

 

[tlcmurphy]

It's exactly what makeup companies love. Your money.

I just glue a $5 bill to my forehead. It’s cheaper, I get noticed, and I can grab a coffee on the way home from work.

 

[notabitail]

I just glue a $5 bill to my forehead. It’s cheaper, I get noticed, and I can grab a coffee on the way home from work.

That sounds very attractive.

 

[tlcmurphy]

That sounds very attractive.

Thanks, I came up with it myself.
For some reason my young adult daughters refuse to be seen with me though

 

[The Moonshiner]

I just glue a $5 bill to my forehead. It’s cheaper, I get noticed, and I can grab a coffee on the way home from work.

You don't spend like the whole $5 on a coffee though right?