When someone has been insulted or put down in some way, they often say “that [expletive] made me feel this big“, and they put their fingers very close together to demonstrate that they feel about half a centimeter big. I have never understood this. Do people literally get the sensation that they have shrunken in size after being insulted? Or is it just a metaphor for feeling bad, with being small assumed to be a bad thing?
But that ain’t right, because I have known plenty of small things that are very good, such as small dogs, small pieces of chocolate, hamsters, certain neurotransmitters, and Tom Cruise.
Maybe I just haven’t been insulted enough to get the full brunt of this sensation. Next time you see me, please, let off a real zinger so I can go all Honey I Shrunk the Kids.1
1 Then kick your ass.
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8 responses to “Belittlification”
I also hate it when people to the quotation mark things with their hands. eek.
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I also hate it when people to the quotation mark things with their hands. eek.
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I hate that it is now acceptable to use “disrespected” as a verb. RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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I hate that it is now acceptable to use “disrespected” as a verb. RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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E Flo: I “love” < HREF="http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">misused quotation marks<>. Air quotes allow them in conversation as well as writing, which is “great.”Butchie: Yeah, when people disrespect me by using disrespected as a verb, I feel <>this big<>.
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E Flo: I “love” misused quotation marks. Air quotes allow them in conversation as well as writing, which is “great.”Butchie: Yeah, when people disrespect me by using disrespected as a verb, I feel this big.
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I feel larger when I get chewed out. Like a bigger target.
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I feel larger when I get chewed out. Like a bigger target.
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