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[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 86 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Would it have been okay if she was actually pregante? Can I just walk around and kiss pregnart belly?

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago
[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Pamagranate!

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 4 weeks ago

Only if you're famous sex tape actress Paris Hilton.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Are you a famous person our super rich. Then answer is Yes. If not answer is No. Simple.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 76 points 1 month ago

No, I don’t remember it at all, but thank you for sharing this hilarious moment with me. I feel no second hand embarrassment whatsoever.

[-] TIN@feddit.uk 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was on a packed commuter train once and in the silence this conversation happened

Seated guy (loudly): Are you pregnant?

Standing woman: Sorry?

Sg: I said are you pregnant?

Sw: No

Sg: Oh okay

The second hand cringey embarrassment of that interaction has stayed with me for about 25 years

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 32 points 1 month ago

Maybe someone on the spectrum wondering if they should give up their seat?

[-] TIN@feddit.uk 33 points 1 month ago

I think it was done with the very best of intentions, what it taught me is that you should either just go ahead and give up your seat or hang on to it, it's the asking that makes things worse.

London transport introduced the little "baby on board" badges shortly after this, which simplified matters hugely.

[-] voracitude@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Alternatively, simply asking if someone would like your seat or if they'd like to sit down works wonders. If they need it, they'll accept. The question of whether they're pregnant doesn't actually matter, it's whether they'd like to sit down that's important. Bonus, this works for the old or infirm as well!

[-] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I wish that were the case. I'm chronically ill and there are times that I really can't stand for long periods as I get frail. I don't look typically ill as I'm relatively young (27) and at look I look healthy but my illness is internal and bowel related so I'm not going to look disabled or infirm unless things have been really bad and I've lost a dramatic amount of weight. Basically what I'm trying to say is that there are those of us who are ill who don't match most people's idea of illness and so won't be asked despite some of us really needing a seat some days.

[-] voracitude@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Sorry, are you suggesting that able-bodied people never take a seat, or that we always ask if someone would like to sit even if they don't look ill? I hope you realise why neither of those are practical. It is reasonable that an able-bodied person with a seat should ask if someone who looks like they need it if they want to sit instead; but if your illness is invisible, it's also reasonable to expect that if you need a seat you'll ask. It's not reasonable to expect me to know you have an illness and to offer my seat if you're not outwardly ill, though.

I suspect you may be thinking of people refusing to give up their seat when you ask, because you don't look ill. Those people are jerks and that reaction is bad, but they are not what I'm talking about here. We're discussing the best way to ask if someone needs a seat, without offending by assuming the reason they might need one.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

As an Uber driver I often drive elderly people with walkers and whatnot.

I just ask them “Would you like a hand?”

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I now know what radiation poisoning feels like

[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 41 points 1 month ago

"I'm not pregnant"

"Oh, I know 😘"

Happy pride everyone 🏳️‍🌈

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Didn't know this before. Still don't need to know it.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I try not to learn about Paris Hilton.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Paris Hilton is legitimately smart as fuck and cashed in on her looks two literal decades before other women started doing it.

She's made literal billions with the help of also having literal billions sure but she basically birthed influencers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/style/paris-hilton-documentary.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Hilton

[-] pop@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Dude… are you like 17? Do you not know any other women who cashed in on their looks before her? That's not "smart as fuck". There are literal people who got rich off of sex tapes based on their looks. holy fuck.

She might have gotten rich (like other rich people do) but she didn't birth shit, except awful music. Documentary, by omfg, you're going to tell me she is not going to market herself positively, in her own fucking documentary.

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

While he didn't word it great, it is funny how easily people are fooled by her facade. Like it or not she is indeed a bit of a marketing genius, and not remotely stupid. She's essentially like Will Ferrell and always in character if cameras are nearby.

[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

Breaking News: Heiress to billion dollar fortune has easier pathway to make lots more money.

More at 11.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Impromptu Liposuction.

[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Copythis@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

What a save!

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 4 weeks ago

I've seen pinecones smarter than her.

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