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Crusty: Some Words In The English Language

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Some words in the English language are just ugly. Moist. Crusty. But the word that tops all words when it comes to ugliness is POTENTIAL. It is disgusting. /po ten tial/ having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future. Why are we so concerned with the future? Why can’t we just be good or bad at something in the now, in the moment? My hatred for the word potential comes from my days as a young figure skater, when I continuously went to Regionals and continuously failed. Everyone kept telling me, “It’s okay, you’re a great skater, you’ve got so much potential.” And every time someone said this to me, I would feel so offended. Because it was as if they were saying, “Right now, you really suck. But that’s okay!
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