Re: Things that say \"I\'m a piece of trash\"
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Enormously fat women - i.e. 280 pounds plus - who wear sleeveless tops DESPITE NOT REALISING THEIR FAT ARMS ARE DISGUSTING.
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how do people not know what despite means?
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de·spite (d-spt)
prep.
In spite of; notwithstanding
Your point being?
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The observation should be that they wear such shirts BECAUSE they don't realize their arms are fat, not IN SPITE OF not realizing their arms are fat. Throwing in a "despite" here is the old "because doesn't sound smart so I'll use a different word" trap.
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I don't accept your alternative phrasing. "Despite" is the correct word for what I meant. These fatties wear short-sleeved tops for whatever reason - maybe they liked the colour in the store. They did not choose the garment just because they didn't know how grotesque their fat arms would look.
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Jimm,
You are wrong and sound like a moron debating it, despite what you think.
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