By way of illustration, a female acquaintance whom I have known since university was a big one for this. She's straight and probably of average attractiveness. While at university she'd frequently remark on the absence of men she found attractiv

[Nearenough]

To think cross gender collective punishment is a thing.

That would be an ecumenical matter.

It's a yes and a no from me

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Were you trying to ask Alexa something?

I’ve made some tea, but there wasn’t enough hot water in the kettle. I’m really lazy sometimes, and now my tea is too strong. But I ate the digestives anyway. What a situation!

I’m going to say maybe.

It’s been a long time, but is that you, Sharon?

It's a Yes, a No and a Not Sure from me.

Which university was it? Did she get a first?

Was It Sharon that didn’t get the M and S job?

Did you get your title and your OP the wrong way round, and then in your fluster, your little finger hit the post button, and well, here we are?

I find some men attractiv too, not attractive though.

No, Sharon had an issue with a wasp and if I remember correctly her boyfriend was t-rexing in the supermarket.
That takes me back.

All the time

The subject line and text seem to have got mixed up. In addition to what is above, my feeling is that sometimes those who havee felt negarively judged on their own attractiveness like to make vocal judgments about others. It is as if being in the judge's chair means you cannot be the one being judged.

A (possibly); related phenomenon is the summer slew of opinion pieces by female journalists bemoaning the appearance in public of very white British and Irish male limbs. Is this an attempt, conscious or otherwise, to rebalance the scales of attractiveness judging? What seems to be clear is that the people who are appearance-shamed are often not the exact same group of people doing the original negative appearance judging, which is what causes the appearance of collective punishment.

I hear you're a racist now, OP?

Should we all be racist now?

What's the official line the church is taking?

@Jellylasagnafortwothe M&S poster was very coherent in comparison with Sharon. Just a little monomaniacal.

What do you think about the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?

She wrote incomprehensible threads in times of yore. I can’t find any to link to as MN is doing weird security verification on me every time I go to a new page.

Is that what it is? I thought it was just being hyper focused on your own dating pool. I was put off dating a lad by the dead fish colour of his feet when we went paddling.

Well that’s clear as mud.

OMG! I thought I was deep but you've just burrowed through the Earth's core.

Mind blown.

I’ve just eaten a whole packet of Haribo gold bears.

If the weather forecast had been more accurate before I hung the washing out, I would have known it was going to piss with rain this afternoon and I would have put the towels and bed linen in the tumble dryer.

Now, I will have to load the washing machine tonight and hang the washing out again tomorrow morning before I go to work.

Hopefully, tomorrow we'll get the sunny spells and light breeze the Met Office promised for today...

Well I was right about you getting your title and OP mixed up, but as for the rest of it... no, no I don't think it's that.