I've lost count of the number of times I've heard that line from people and not for once have I been able to decode what the hell they mean by it. It doesn't make sense ! Imagine you're walking down the street and all of a sudden one of your friends pops out of nowhere (which some people have a talent of doing) and tells you : 'You look different!'. How would you react?
The statement seems so incomplete and you cant even make out the emotion that is attached to it! Most of the time I end up asking myself questions. Lets say someone comes up to me and tells me: 'Hey, You look different!' , my first reaction would be to ask myself what the hell is wrong with me this time! Its like you are on a game show and you have to sort of guess what they mean by the phrase - like have I put on weight?, Do I look stupid?, Do I look High?, Have I finally got that tanned look that I always wanted? Or has my butt finally grown to its adult proportion?! Ok! I'd like to use one of my life lines now!
Well, after being on the receiving end of this horrible comment on numerous occasions, I have realized that its very hard to say what people mean by it! Some people actually know why they think you look different and they say it to you (in most cases its not gonna be something you'd be looking forward to hear) but usually the people who say it have no clue why they said it and so they make up something to complaint about (we're all good at complaining aren't we! ?).
If someone comes up and tells me that this is a method to promote constructive criticism, well then thats the day I am gonna get my hockey stick ready! So if you ever plan on using this useless phrase again make sure that you know what it is that you want to say!
And if you really don't know what to say, then its best that you say nothing at all!
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Lol.
different: not alike in character or quality; differing; dissimilar.
red is different from blue. it doesnt mean red is better than blue, or blue is better than red.
you can look at something at many angles, and it may not always look the same. while sometimes, we may have an opinion that it looks better from angle B than it does from angle A, it not always necessary, is it?
maybe if you just acknowledge the comment without analyzing it too much, it may not bother you... :)
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