We don't like being average
showerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyNorthWestWind "cool" and "hot" are both complimentsWe don't like being averageView original on lemmy.world167Comments19Reply
mmy_hat_stinks programming.dev5Hide 5 repliesBut 'cold' and 'heated' are bad. People are weird about temperature.54Reply
11rre replydiscuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replySee also "they have a hot head" vs "they have a hot body/face"13Reply
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆 replyyiffit.netWould "hot blooded" be good or bad? 🤔 I guess if your temperature is 103 then it's bad, unless you're a Foreigner.3Reply
anuwubis discuss.tchncs.deYet, some of my favorite communities are Mildly Interesting and Mildly Infuriating. 21Reply
craftyindividual replylemm.eeAnd when I blow hot one minute and cold the next, suddenly everyone has a problem with it :(3Reply
UUpperBroccoli lemmy.blahaj.zoneThere is a quote I like by famous character actor and certified psychopath Klaus Kinski who once said to his audience (translation mine): If only you were hot! Or if only you were cold! But you are lukewarm, and I spit on you! 9Reply
pflanzenregal lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyMade me think of this YouTube video :) Also check out the comments for more examples.2Reply
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But 'cold' and 'heated' are bad. People are weird about temperature.
Ice cold insult. Sick burn.
"You warm up the ice! It's the best of both worlds!"
See also "they have a hot head" vs "they have a hot body/face"
Would "hot blooded" be good or bad? 🤔
I guess if your temperature is 103 then it's bad, unless you're a Foreigner.
And sizzling is good.
Yet, some of my favorite communities are Mildly Interesting and Mildly Infuriating.
You can be both down for something, and up for it at the same time
But lukewarm and mid isn't.
And when I blow hot one minute and cold the next, suddenly everyone has a problem with it :(
There is a quote I like by famous character actor and certified psychopath Klaus Kinski who once said to his audience (translation mine):
What's the word for something in the middle? Tepid?
These days, it's "mid".
Lukewarm, chilly…
But then we also don't like people too far from average.
Made me think of this YouTube video :) Also check out the comments for more examples.
Expected Katy Perry
People are cool and hot but bodies are cold or warm