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Why am I going to bang my head against this particular wall? I don't know, but here goes. Even though so many others have done so before me.

Listen. No one cares what size you wear or what you look like. No one made it an issue. Except you. And no one is continuing to make it an issue. Except you. (And TM now too, since you pissed him off, and he's exacting revenge.)

I don't care what size you wear. I don't care if you are pretty or ugly. Whether you are pretty or ugly or slim or fat has nothing to do with whether I am pretty or ugly or slim or fat. They are unrelated.

I did not put myself out there for TM to evaluate for the board. You did. You didn't like what he had to say. Fine. We get it. You disagree with him.

But as we've all told you time and again, beauty is a subjective thing. TM did not find you attractive. Fine. Rather than trying to disprove his subjective findings, why don't you just accept them? Okay, so TM didn't find you attractive...big whoop.

What's happened here, however, is that you've become so focused on proving him wrong (by calling him too harsh, calling him a meanie, suggesting he's a liar, calling him unattractive, etc) that you've become a laughingstock. Not because you are unattractive or heavy, but because you are so self-absorbed and insecure that you actually care whether we think you are attractive and thin.

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I was listening to the remix of Ghostface's "Back Like That" the other day....

In the intro Neyo voices over:

"Ghostface
your getting fat now."

And Tony Starks replies:

"(Its the remix, got the fat stomach, I’m laid up
eating good now,
I got good girl now
other girl all stressed out,
my shorty got that fat ass
shorty mad pulling her hair out!..."

That's the type of shit I am scared you'll be posting. Again.

Hi Everybody!
 

He's kind of furry, right? And stocky?

Maybe we can call pp* stocky?

*(nyc)

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In an effort to make PPNYC a useful contributor to the board, I am going to use this post as a jumping off point for a discussion that may prove to be interesting.

Ignoring the stupidity and bad grammar rampant in this post, does anyone think that "being a member of the bar" is something that requires us to somehow show kind of special compassion and dignity in our ordinary life? I can see that if you're in court you should act like a grownup, but outside of when I'm actually at work and working on work stuff, the fact that I'm a member of the bar doesn't impact my behavior. In fact, if I stopped practicing law (hi ltl/fb!!) I don't think that I would be able to display any less dignity in my personal life than I do now.

Hi Everybody!
 

My best advice - take another month off.

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Yes, but you are a monkey (or possibly a chimp). I am dignifieder now because I have to set a good example.

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

I don't think he made the first conclusion you cite. I think he was trying to just compare having a wife to getting hookers for sex, but didn't have the guts to write it like the blunt locker room conversation in which it usually comes up. He chickenshitted into a stupid discussion of market forces.

This seems to be a trend. A lot of writers these days posture their observations as ruminations on the effect of market forces. This allows the reader to avoid the consideration of the real issue, which is that people do rotten shit for selish reasons all the time. I'm a fan of the market, but I hate this "the market made me do it" crap.

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He'll admit to that. He (and most of us) will check out the ass of anyone under a size 20 and under 50. It doesn't mean we'll look twice.

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Hypo:

Outside of work, you go out drinking with non-work friends. Driving home you are arrested for DUI. Does your state bar require you to report this completely non-work related offense?

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New thread title....

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

And the simplistic versions that so often are out there are really just stains on the whole law & economics type stuff. I mean, really. I took a class on the economics of family, and Becker's book (I think it was Becker) was much more subtle than this assjack's article. Economics does not mean cash. Markets do not mean just money. Stupidasses. Poopieheads.

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

You spend an awful lot of time in locker rooms to still be so doughy. There to meet new people?

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Anything legal involving a lawyer is by definition work-related. But that's not about dignity.

Have you become less tolerable lately, or am I short on tolerance and patience?

Hi Everybody!
 

This is the best advice ever.

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Answer: I don't know. Furthermore, criminality and dignity are different.

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Q: if Junior Gotti came up to you in public or private...really anywhere except for a workplace locale.....let's say the men's steam room at your YMCA for sake of argument, and sang happy birthday to you, how would you react?

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In my observation, this is totally correct. Men generally check out ANYTHING THAT MOVES*. It means absolutely nothing.

*sniff

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You seemed awfully tolerant lately. I was growing concerned.

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if you had actually been a lawyer you would realize the way one best attacks an argument is brick by brick, not trying to take the wall down all at once.

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Babydoll, we are silent because we haven't seen you and so have no basis to contradict his purely subjective opinion. And as I said yesterday, 12 (though I thought it was 14) is pretty chubby for someone under 5'5", particularly by the standards of people who think runway stickpeople-I-mean-models are attractive, but it's not obese. Either way, some men/women like curves and Rubenesqueness.

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Hell, I don't ever go to court, and I don't join any bar associations that aren't absolutely required for keeping my license(s). I take it as a point of pride when people say "but you don't look like a lawyer."

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I'm certain she'll crumble under the weight of a sound harrumphing from the venerated elder statesman.

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Before I fired my last assistant, I checked out her cleavage more than once.....hi Slave!

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As I said the other day: Has a vagina + doesn't drool = worth a look.

If I'm drunk, a smallish amount of drool is okay.

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NO offence, but Jack Manfred has been here longer than Slave....he was one step removed from OBE, even if he didn't realise it.

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It's this ethic that led me down the path to waking up next to Hank's mom.

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

Slavery as in the parent(s) is/are the slave(s) or the kid is? And "traditional" you meaning SAHMs?

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

Mmmmm, Viggen...

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worth "a look." Not "bedding." Hell, not even "a second look".

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

Yes, I think traditional sah-motherhood is slavery, as in being in a state of subjugation or captivity involving burdensome and degrading labor. This is why I did not have children with my former husband.

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Like I said, you're a catch.

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They already have a game show called "The Biggest Loser" - if longest GA tenure is what you're aiming for.

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I already won "dumbest." I'll let someone else have "The Biggest Loser."

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What are saying, I'm easy or indiscriminate or both?

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

My slave has a great time and doesn't have to talk to assholes about fully-baked documents.

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Less, Fugee and Skeks 1-3 still have me beat.

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C'mon, Less already feels bad enough with his European festapallooza coming to an end. You want to make him feel even worse?

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

That's awesome.

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

I petition for that type of servitude every day, but apparently a prereq is unlocking these fucking gold-plated handcuffs I am wearing.

Doomed to spinsterhood
 

My slave never seems to feel so deathly bored with her work that she is willing to watch Round 43 of the ppnyc/TM battle for hours on end.