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Another thought catalog blog. (This is Myla's fault)

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/i-like-your-flaws/

comments extracted from the page that caught my attention:

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  Juliana Jaeger • 9 months ago

  tl;dr version: "I like that your shame and embarrassment and compromised physical 
  appearance afford me such superiority over you as to label your features
  as flaws. I want to know precisely what hurts you so I can continue to 
  keep you right where I've got you: beneath me." I haven't read something this abysmally condescending in ages.  Author sounds like a garden-variety sociopath.

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  bitchy • 9 months ago • parent

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  haha wow I didn't read it that way at all the first time, but reading it again, through the lens you've provided, I can totally see that scenario. Nice perceptive reading! I'd like to think it can be both ways, but the more I consider what you've said, the more I wonder if reveling in someone's "flaws" can really only lead to your conclusion, a kind of pitying affection.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  **way to ruin a sweet thing. But in all honesty, these comments make sense too.