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Old 09-04-2019, 11:10 AM #18
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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier View Post
Have you literally not heard the story 2S .

The Ugly Duckling is about a swan cygnet that somehow gets mixed in with some baby ducks and thus is thought of as ugly by the other ducks (because it's not small yellow and cute like a real duckling); but then it grows up into a swan and everyone is like "omg look beautiful".

It's a metaphor I guess for kids who were teased by other kids for being unattractive / overweight etc. growing up to look totally different as adults.
It was ages ago.
Cygnets are also pretty so those ducks were racist
Lookism of the worst kind!
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