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[Okay. Yamato is actually amused]

Congratulations on your achievement, Shijima.

It's not an achievement! ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ

Aren't people usually happy to learn that others deem them, ah, 'sexy'?

I don't know, it just seems kind of creepy to. My description wasn't very flattering...

Let's see: Boyish looks, 'nerdy' charm, and nice. Hm, they all seem complimentary to me.

[obvious that yamato grew up in a cave]

On what planet are "nerd" and "immature" compliments?

Immature wasn't used. And I don't know what nerd means, but as it was used with 'charm', it could not have been that insulting.

That's kind of what it's implying if they're trying to talk about sexiness though.
And uh, nerd is usually an insult for people with no social lives that spend all their time studying for school.

??? How is sacrificing social lives for knowledge thought to be as an insult?

sighs deeply and facepalms

Because normal people usually have friends outside of work that they can talk to.
It's a societal norm thing I guess.

I see. But from what I have gathered about you, you are not particularly studious. It is like pulling teeth trying to have you learn sometimes.

Hey! I studied plenty when I was at school. How else do you think I managed to get my report card?

Not that that's really helping my case in this situation, but....

But from your definition, a 'nerd' is someone who studies at the cost of their social life. You do not study to that extent. Therefore you don't have 'nerd' charm, just charm.

[LOGIC!!!]

I don't think you can still say I have "charm" if you take out the nerd part.
But you've got a point in a weird way??

Yes. I do. It seems they didn't do their research very well for this.

I think I'm gladder that they got it wrong than the thought of them doing thorough research on that kind of thing.

Can one research such a thing? I always thought that attractiveness was a subjective thing, as people have different tastes or viewpoints on what is pleasing to them in both appearance and personality.

I don't know if you can research someone's attractiveness, but you can easily research what other people think of them and then state something from a general consensus. Like if people think the same thing about that one person, it says at least SOMETHING about them.

That makes some sense. ...what doesn't is why people would waste time and energy on something so frivolous. Does it matter if someone is popularly regarded as 'attractive'? Society encourages monogamous relationships, so it isn't as if that person could accept that many people anyway.

Idk, people like to talk about this kind of stuff normally. If it's a celebrity, they're people everyone knows and are always in the public spotlight, so it's hard not to at least make some kind of observation and share it with someone else.

It is still frivolous. I don't see how physical appearance is all that important in the grand scheme of things...

[Well Yamato's hair does look like it's never met a professional hairdresser - or a brush for that matter - in several years. It's obvious the guy doesn't think highly of prettying one's appearance]

[Say what you wanted about Daichi, but at least he knew how to dress himself and brush his hair.]

Well, first impressions count, right? Like how people will dress nice for a job interview. It's not the most important thing, but that doesn't mean people don't consider it.

Edited 2013-01-15 10:32 (UTC)

[excuse you but his horrible uniform cuts a memorable figure according to Ideo]

I see. I would think skill would make up for lack of presentation though.

[maybe if he didn't have a pencil tie]

Maybe, but if you don't impress people initially, you'll never get the chance to show your skill. They'll just think you're a weirdo.

[~~speaking from experience are we~~]

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