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Originally Posted by southernbelle14
Yes, college in general happens to be a bunch of high schoolers who attend college. Graduating and moving into a dorm does not make you suddenly way more mature.
It seems that most of you on this site are older. You are probably lying to yourself about how you were in college. I guarantee you were at least somewhat judgmental and immature. It's part of life. We all go through it and most grow out of it. However, you all sit behind a computer screen and often pass judgement on the people on this site, whether you actually know the whole story or not. So I'd say that's not much better.
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Whoa whoa WHOA. Hold up a second. College freshman writing here, and I have to take offense at this. I'm not lying to myself when I say that I'm neither judgmental nor immature. And honestly, that's a really sucky excuse for bad behavior. "I'm a college student, so it's ok for me to be judgmental and immature." No. Absolutely not. Be part of the solution; don't contribute to the problem. If you acknowledge that many college students have these bad traits, work to eliminate them from yourself. Don't turn a low-set bar into a reason to just go with the flow. Be the person who raises the bar.
I also have to say that it's not judgmental to call your view on sizes closed-minded. I am 5'4 and a size 0/2/4 (depending on whether we're talking formalwear or everyday wear). The idea that one has to be a 2 or a 4 to be "normal" is actually more of an unhealthy view than the idea that one is chubby at a 6 or 8. And to generalize with sizes is slightly absurd, considering one person can have three or four different sizes.
Finally, it's unfortunate that moving into a dorm doesn't make a person more mature. It's a shame that the experience of taking care of oneself and his or her own day-to-day life isn't enough to help people see diversity in all forms.
That's all I have to say.
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