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Old 09-01-2007, 06:05 PM
SixT4 SixT4 is offline
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Default 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新pite (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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you're wrong, just stop. not knowing that their arms are disgusting should make it more likely for them to show them off, not less. it should be "despite [fact that should make them less likely to do so]."

it's like saying "michael jordan is an awesome dunker, despite the fact that he jumps really high."

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