“Er...You okay, hun?” The popularity of this phrase tells us a lot about our contemporary world. It’s not genuine concern about the person. It’s concern that their image or mask has slipped. The questioner is saying, “You’re showing too much. I don’t want to see THAT!”
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In other words, the worst thing that many people can conceive of is that their appearance has been violated, usually by the truth. Maintain image. Maintain image. We must not be caught out, and we are afraid when other people are caught out.
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This phrase is mostly used by women, for obvious reasons.
1:48 AM - 9 Jun 2018
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