Why are people so fucking polite?

so i practice brazilian jiu jitsu. it's fun, i like getting my ass kicked and i enjoy the sense of camaraderie - a bunch of fools all suffering through the same punishment in order to... i dunno, get in better shape?

occasionally, i will get injured. i usually chock this up to being old and out of shape, but fair is fair, i'm not that old and i'm not that fat. sometimes, i just get beat up.

after last thursday's session, i came home with a pretty nasty bruise/gi burn (the gi is the uniform we wear) and a decent cut under my left eye. I find this hilarious every time i look in the mirror.

here's a shot of it 5 days later. it's not terrible, certainly i don't look like i just went through 3 rounds with GSP, but nonetheless, i look like i've been in a fight. yet, NOT ONE PERSON has asked me about it. sure, family asked, but they don't count - they're actually concerned about my wellbeing and would inquire about my health if i managed to cut myself shaving.

normally, i don't even see that many people (what with being currently unemployed and all) but i've been doing some part time work for a friend and her NFP had their gala fundraiser this past weekend.

so, i hung out with this friend, saw three other people i knew while i was helping her friday, then on saturday spent all day working on the event meeting all sorts of people... actors, production folk, tech guys (who usually love to talk about scars bruises and cuts) then went to dinner and a show where we were meeting two other friends and knew one of the guys in the show (a professor from college). not one person since last thursday asked me about my face.

not:

were you in a fight?

did you win?

you get your ass kicked?

how's the other guy look?

is that a birthmark?

nada

now, i have a noticeable tattoo on my arm that is a latin phrase - i got asked all kinds of questions about that.

this makes me wonder... are people afraid to ask or are they just too polite? now, if i was still living in chicago, i'm positive my friends and coworkers there would have asked about it, because they're either assholes (whom i love) or they'd want to make fun of me (again, assholes whom i love). either way, they wouldn't have asked out of concern. heavens no!

i'm leaning towards people are too polite. i mean, i'm not exactly intimidating... but maybe with a fucked up face i am? it was about 50/50 in terms of meeting people for the first time or folks i've known for at least some time so it's not like there was a "i don't know you, i'm not going to ask about your fucked up face" bias there. and frankly, i was disappointed. i'd worked up several good explanations.

me, i would have asked.

but then, i'm kind of an asshole.

Stupid rant about fat people

i'm gaining weight and i'm not happy about it. i'm not too lazy that i dont work out, i just eat and drink more than i should.

i'm working on eating smaller portions and i'm not drinking when i'm home. alone. like i used to do.

somehow, i expect that this will make me loose weight by sheer fact of not doing what i used to do which was eat crazy amounts of food and drink shit tons of beer followed by days of nerding where i sit and play video games with other chunky guys (not a one of you bastards are skinny so dont get up in arms if you read this!) and drink beer and eat fucking pizza rolls and corn dogs all fucking day.

yeah, not the healthiest of lifestyles for sure.

here's the ignorant thing i'm going to say: if i'm going to get fat, the least my body can do in return is give me a bigger cock to go along with. whether you're happy with you dick size or not, i dont know one solitude guy who would say, "no, i'm good." we're men, we're raised in an era and attitude of bigger is better! buy the big fucking TV, buy the huge boat, get the fucktarded hummvee, get your chick bigger boobs.... which is really the impetus for this. be prepared - there's another fucking ignorant asshole comment coming: when ladies gain weight (in general) their boobs get bigger. this happens when they're going to have a baby, when they gain regular old weight, when they get their fucking periods... i don't know shit about women, but i figure this is true. now, i understand that technically, when i gain weight, my moobs get bigger too. this does not cut it.

in a society of bigger is better, i wont be satisfied till my cock has attacked Japan and they're referring to me as cockzilla. if i have to gain 200lbs to achieve my goals, i guess i'll just have to get eating.

you know... the king size bag of pizza rolls is sounding pretty good right now.