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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re:  Judy McMullan's forthrightness
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Date: Mon, 7-Nov-83 10:57:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  7 10:57:16 1983
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Remember Sturgeon's Law:

	90% of everything is crap.

This applies to people as well. 90% of them you probably are better off
*NOT* going out with!

Here is my theory which is my own. Getting turned down on a date is not
a terrible thing. At least, it has happened to me a fair bit, and I
can't remember being crushed, hurt, or whatever. The number of people
who will not like me is large, and if somebody is wise enough to
recognise that he is in that category, then I am grateful that he
has that wisdom. I obviously lacked it, right?

However, the great world of advertising has got a hold of this, and
wants to convince you to buy everything from pimple lotion to
new cars. All day long they sing at you that the most important thing
in the world is to be loved by everyone and that you can't unless
you buy *buy* BUY!

This is nonsense. If you do anything good or distinctive out there,
you will get somebody angry with you. But if it is a good thing, then
you should keep doing it no matter how many people disapprove, right?

So there is no script. The world does not work in such a way. But
I think many people wish that it did, and advertisers are capilatising
on it. Welcome to the real world, where people will even hate you
for being terrific. 

Laura Creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura