If a friend of yours failed badly...

...would you chastise and repeatedly tell them how badly they'd done? Hopefully your answer's no...so...why do we think it's okay to talk to ourselves in this way? We need to be more forgiving to ourselves.
Remember, bad choices don't make us into bad people...it's more about how we handle the consequences.

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Do guys really give each other kudos...

...for breaking girls' hearts?
Apparently, one reason behind the 'player' role which is so popular amongst men these days is that his guy friends all give him a pat on the back for his latest conquest. I have quite a few guys friends and frankly, I think them all too nice for this. They're such sweet people, such good friends, why would that change when the prefix 'boy' gets added to the role of 'friend'?
Has the media betrayed mankind?
Or do guys honestly think that treating women like crap is cool?
For the record, based on the guys I know, I'm going for the former.

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Why advertise bad health...

as though it's attractive?
It really bothers me to see emaciated, 6ft. concave-stomached mannequins in shop windows. NOBODY has that body shape. Anyone that tall and quite clearly that underweight would be facing serious problems. A concave-stomach is one thing to look out for if you're worried that someone you know might be suffering from anorexia nervosa; an illness which is affecting the youth of today now more than ever. It is an horrific thing to suffer as even when the body is returned to a healthy state, patients still have to cope with body-dismorphier, a warped self image.
Knowing the severity of this, why are reputable shops like Marks and Spencer stocking ill-looking mannequins? There is something very wrong with this.

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Being more than 10 minutes late is not fashionable...

...it's rude. If there is good reason then fine but purposefully turning up late in order to look 'cool'? that's annoying.

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I know I should be livid...

...when some guy cat calls or wolf whistles at me. I know I should find such a manner of objectifying women outrageous...but in all honesty, I just find it very flattering! I mean, it's not flowers or chocolate or love poetry and it really is just a mere rating of one's outward self but I can't help but feel a little lifted by it. I'm not condoning such shouts but if modern man no longer gives a pretty gal roses as a sign of affection then I've got to be able to appreciate whatever comes my way, right? xD

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If I am to ever develop a terminal illness...

...I will having a living funeral to say goodbye to everyone and reminisce all the good times and i won't tell anyone that i'm ill. It'll just be a massive party for love and laughter and life.
yet again, i don't know why but

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If I am to die an untimely death...

...it better be something interesting. I don't want to fade into the abyss in mediocrity. Heck no. I want to die with style in a way that certainly can't be overlooked.
I don't know why but,

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Animal testing...

...can save lives. Without it, we simply wouldn't have the medicine that so many people rely on. Yes, I think it's terrible to hurt animals but when it's a member of your family who needs that medication....what would you choose?
However, putting make-up on animals just so that money guzzling cosmetics companies can continue to sustain people's stupid vanity?
Hell no.

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What's the point of a student council...

when all the governors want is to silence the student voice? Don't ask for my opinion if your only desire is to talk over me and explain how wrong we all are.
Why ask when you have no intention to listen?

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Don't mock somebody for something they don't choose...

I have nothing more to say on that.

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Under 18's must ask the bill-payer's permission...

...for phone in voting or competitions or whatever. WELL...what if this hypothetical person is sixteen, married with child and most definitely the bill payer anyway??
I've said it before and I will say this many more times, we need to prioritise our country's legalities and such.

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Britain's currently in peacetime...

Apparently. Mmm hmmm, the Iraq war? Doesn't count because it's not as devastating as the two world wars that our country has gone through already. Yeah, I was shocked to hear upon the BBC news that Britain's in peacetime...I thought that since soldiers, some of whom are barely older than I am, are dying; the war is pretty damn serious. Britain is most definitely not in peacetime.

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Don't tell me to grow up...

When you're just going to talk to me as though I'm an incompetent little kid anyway. Don't expect me to respond to your ranting when you're saying "No" outright. You won't discuss this with me like an adult; you won't even listen when I try to make a point; I'm well within my rights to not answer you.

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At the age of sixteen...

I'm deemed old enough and wise enough to be responsible as both a wife and a mother, however, the government don't think I'm yet old enough to decide for myself who I think should be running the country, mmm hmm, I won't be able to vote for a further two years. I reckon that a rethink on priorities is more than a tad over due.

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When you ask a girl what's wrong...

And she says, "nothing." she really means "something big"...but...to have chosen to say "nothing" means that she doesn't want to talk about it. That should be respected.

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Stop glorifying obsessive weightloss...

Okay, msn today; in what way is Kristin Davis working out every single day for two hours at all healthy?! Why advertise such negativety to teenagers who are already image-crazed as it is?
btw, exercising religiously will not make you look good; it will just wear your body out *ever head of repetitive strain injurey?* just like it did to Jane Fonda. Her catchphrase was "feel the burn" well, she over did it and now she's in a wheelchair.
If you want to lose weight, eat a bit less; move a bit more but remember, everything in moderation. MODERATION.
Hear that msn today? Stop promoting ridiculously unhealthy amounts of exercise to the adolescents and young people that use msn and who are easily influenced into accepting bad habits.

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If I hadn't taken a risk...

My life would be as uneventful as ever; the pages of my diary empty and stale.
But...I wouldn't be throwing up either.
So, was the risk worth it...are any risks really worth it?

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If magazines and internet articles weren't constantly telling us how to get boyfriends...

more people might feel better about being single.
I've had boyfriends...the last one I had was amazing...and yeah, relationships can be fun but honestly; I'm really very happy to just have a laugh with my friends. Having a boyfriend doesn't make you really grown up, it doesn't make you feel less insecure and if you only want one because the media's telling you "10 reasons why you're still single" then your relationship has no kind of solid ground.
So, magazines, msn today; stop telling me that being single is pitiful and let me enjoy the life that i'm choosing to live!

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Why do you say that you're going to do something...

when you have no real intention of actually doing it?
You just make me hurt more in the long run. Be honest. A lie can ONLY lead to bad things, remember that.

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If I never opened my mouth...

Then none of my stupidity could tumble out.

But...none of that eccentricity could ever become anything excellent. If I make a mistake then I can grow and become more as a person from it. If I'm too afraid to speak my mind then I'll go to my grave with nothing but my own craziness.

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