The word, Average
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Isn't average such a terrible word? I reckon that the only time people use the word average, is when they're so completely boring that they have no other words stashed in their heads that could be better (and there's a LOT of them.).
Not only is it a boring word. Average is the most offensive thing that anyone's ever said to me. For example, some time ago, when asked by one of my friends, what he thought of me, my (now ex) boyfriend replied:
'Oh yeh. She's pretty average. Y'know, as far as girlfriends go.'
And Oh Yes. That statement has been tried, tested and proven again and again as the ideal observation to make in a relationship, if you want to get dropped like a sack of frenzied European wasps.
The funny thing is, I wouldn't have minded as much if he'd said that I was completely butt ugly and I had no personality worth speaking of. But average? Ha. He should've known me better. For someone, (for example, most of the world), that is clutching at every thread of individuality, no matter how stupid it is, being told that you're average, is potentially life shattering.
This, one, tiny little, seemingly insignificant word, has been proven to cause mental anguish, severe depression and a profound longing to find a very sharp knife and attack your wrists with it.
Not only is it a boring word. Average is the most offensive thing that anyone's ever said to me. For example, some time ago, when asked by one of my friends, what he thought of me, my (now ex) boyfriend replied:
'Oh yeh. She's pretty average. Y'know, as far as girlfriends go.'
And Oh Yes. That statement has been tried, tested and proven again and again as the ideal observation to make in a relationship, if you want to get dropped like a sack of frenzied European wasps.
The funny thing is, I wouldn't have minded as much if he'd said that I was completely butt ugly and I had no personality worth speaking of. But average? Ha. He should've known me better. For someone, (for example, most of the world), that is clutching at every thread of individuality, no matter how stupid it is, being told that you're average, is potentially life shattering.
This, one, tiny little, seemingly insignificant word, has been proven to cause mental anguish, severe depression and a profound longing to find a very sharp knife and attack your wrists with it.
