@TriptychTwins-partdeux@Rogue_Koala Megan Moroney (one of the next big things in Country, I like some of her music, but could do without the barbie aesthetic..) happily tells the story of becoming an instagram influencer to pay the bills in college. Being blond and pretty, and studying digital marketing at the time, she did very well. The way she put it was "I held up products I'd never use and pretended to care if people bought them, like shampoo and CBD oil" How would the fans she still has from that time (not long ago, she's 24) feel about her laughing and saying she was faking the recommends, and do the advertisers want their money back!?
because policing parking has a cost. duh. making markings on the road, the signs, fining those without one in the wrong place, does have a cost. Now I'm not saying £20 a year is the right answer, but there is some evidence that if it was free, too many people would try to get one, and there is a cost to processing the applications.
I personally don't thing £5 for a GRC and what is it £140 for a passport makes much sense.
but a blue badge is not proof you are disabled. it's a tool for people who use cars to park more easily.
@jmakesart I thought that was a good article. Victoria Smith is usually very good!
Personally I have a lot of criticisms to make of excessive feminity in adult human females. I do try to fully embrace the rights of all women to make their own choices. I do. But I'm sitting here not likin it.
@stephagain I was taking a dig at myself, because those brands are for comfort and in case of Damart mostly old people shop there.
what are brands online in France that sell basic cotton things? Most of my stuff comes from Cotton Traders now, it's comfortable and I can buy the same thing in lots of colours so it can all go to the laundry. Having fewer things and washing more often isn't an option for us. so it takes up a lot of space!
@stephagain in France? not a clue. I've seen a few shirt dresses companies that deliver here. Landsend, CottonTraders, possibly Damart (we are high fashion in this house)
@stephagain@HebrideanHecate clothes that fit make everyone look better. that pattern by Simplicity that I linked above. They featured the plus size model for the cover - the pattern starts at a size 10 - and there are no gapes, no stretches, no weird wrinkles, it doesn't look like it'll burst if she breathes normally. I love to see that. Fitted means that, it fits the body inside it. Those who can buy mass market clothes and get that good a fit are lucky, but so often things really don't fit and nobody knows any better, they think because everyone else has weird wrinkles indicating strain, it's normal.
@william the wording of that is itching at me a bit. yes, it's a mental illness.... "rewarded" though. like you don't get mentally ill on purpose - you can clearly lean into it and manipulate others, narcissism. but possibly not all narcissism is a personality disorder, it's just extreme selfishness.
I dunno. I'm just worried there will be a backlash against people with mental illness, who are already stigmatised and denied proper treatment.
I'd rather these men were regarded with pity - and refusal to comply with demands, but with pity rather than admiration. and offered treatment. and a nice quiet "over there" to go to while they recover or if they refuse treatment.
@Rogue_Koala He wrote a show bible for TNG dictating how it would look and listing storylines and elements he didn't want in it. quite a few key things got changed off that list even before he died.
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