Industrial technology? Brother, I just like getting my hands dirty and I'm a good welder. And as always, I'm slightly unnerved by people complimenting my looks (Hey, I got lucky with genetics. I had to LEARN how to do other stuff), but I do appreciate it, thank you.
And as always, I'm slightly unnerved by people complimenting my looks
How come? What's wrong with compliments? Heh, growing up I got use to being called ugly. Even now it happens when I'm not "on". So it catches me off guard to get a complement like that.
How come? What's wrong with compliments? Heh, growing up I got use to being called ugly. Even now it happens when I'm not "on". So it catches me off guard to get a complement like that.
Well, it's not something I have control over, really, other than just eating decently and getting a little exercise - which I'd do anyway because I like the idea of living and being able to do stuff that involves physical activity more strenuous than tipping a fast food delivery guy - unless I wanted to get plastic Surgery, but fuck that, I don't like people cutting me up to correct something I'm not concerned about. Other stuff, I have to work for, put effort into, but it's just something that kinda happened when it comes to physical attractiveness. And on top of that, one person's hot is another person's ugly - so it's more like "Hey dude, good work on the accidentally being appealing to my general tastes."
It's not bad of them, or anything like that - I recognize that it's entirely with me, not other people - but it just kinda triggers off this "Ah, okay, thank you, um, anything I can do for you in return for being nice to me, there, I think? What do I do at this junction?" reaction. I mean, I can suppress and simply lie out a "Thankyou, charming/disarming response, boyish grin and counter-compliment" kinda deal, but that's the dishonest kinda way to do it, and I don't fancy to be dishonest like that with y'all.
I do know about growing up being called ugly or funny looking, though - I used to be a short, kinda chubby, bowl haircut, swotty little git, with enormous wire-frame glasses. At best, I'd get "You're clever and an adorable little boy!" from adults. People my own age generally ignored me unless they wanted something, unless that something they wanted was to enact some sort of trouble for their own amusement and/or schadenfreude.
I often joke. But I agree that some skills someone can work that are very, very fucking sexy. Underwater welding's not one of them though. Can't get it up for that. Hrm, maybe I can get wood for sheep shearers.
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It's not bad of them, or anything like that - I recognize that it's entirely with me, not other people - but it just kinda triggers off this "Ah, okay, thank you, um, anything I can do for you in return for being nice to me, there, I think? What do I do at this junction?" reaction. I mean, I can suppress and simply lie out a "Thankyou, charming/disarming response, boyish grin and counter-compliment" kinda deal, but that's the dishonest kinda way to do it, and I don't fancy to be dishonest like that with y'all.
I do know about growing up being called ugly or funny looking, though - I used to be a short, kinda chubby, bowl haircut, swotty little git, with enormous wire-frame glasses. At best, I'd get "You're clever and an adorable little boy!" from adults. People my own age generally ignored me unless they wanted something, unless that something they wanted was to enact some sort of trouble for their own amusement and/or schadenfreude.
I've started wearing fedoras. Like all the time.
I think the smile thing might come from having a round face and broad mouth from my mother's side.
Hagrid has a dog, named Fang, among many other various weird and dangerous mythical creatures.
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I'm freaking hairy :-p
The hat rarely comes off these days.