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[katon]

I've seriously got some sort of ridiculous complex where I can't look at really attractive people without feeling like I suddenly weigh 400 lbs

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[simonbob]

I'm really sorry, dude. I can't help how handsome I am, it's in my blood. But it's not something I'd wish on anyone -- everybody takes one look at me and instantly assumes I'm only interested in superficial matters. It's tough to be taken seriously when you're this attractive. :(

[ctoner]

"And the videophonic stress was even worse if you were at all vain. I.e. if you worried at all about how you looked. As in to other people. Which all kidding aside who doesn't. Good old aural telephone calls could be fielded without makeup, toupee, surgical prostheses, etc. Even without clothes, if that sort of thing rattled your saber. But for the image-conscious, there was of course no answer-as-you-are informality about visual-video telephone calls, which consumers began to see were less like having the good old phone ring than having the doorbell ring and having to throw on clothes and attach prostheses and do hair-checks in the foyer mirror before answering the door." - David Foster Wallace

[katon]

What a perfect quote.