Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rabbit.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!rabbit!jj From: jj@rabbit.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social Subject: Makeup? Why the fuss? Message-ID: <3096@rabbit.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 11:02:05 EDT Article-I.D.: rabbit.3096 Posted: Tue Aug 28 11:02:05 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Aug-84 00:56:40 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 41 OK, folks, what's the fuss about makeup? Makeup is just like clothing. It can be very benificial, very attractive, very silly, very repugnant, or even thoroughly repulsive, just as modern clothing can be. The LACK of makeup can be seen in the same light, as it depends completely on who is looking, and at whom. Furthermore, as is easily seen in any public place, clothing that one individual finds very repulsive may indeed attract another person. There's no doubt that excess makeup is distictly repulsive to a lot of people, but it's also clear that it is attractive to others. The only tragedy that I can see that involves makeup is the mismatch between the makeup and the person. After all, it's clear that dress and makeup control to a great part the type of people that you will meet. If your style of dress/makeup/behavior are slanted toward something you don't want to be, that's tragic. Personally, I agree that excess in anything (clothing, makeup, voice, mannerisms, exposure, non-exposure, what-have-you) is unattractive, but then again I don't claim to be anywhere near the norm for a 31 year old attached male, so what I think shouldn't necessarily matter to anyone else. Tolerance, folks, try it. It's easy to say, it rolls trippingly off the tongue, and it makes you feel better. It makes your life easier, your stomach stop hurting, and releases your mind for more important considerations. -- TEDDY BEARS ARE SOFT AND CUDDLY. TRY ONE YOURSELF! "I didn't mistake you for somebody else, ..." (allegra,harpo,ulysses)!rabbit!jj