I began to think how ridiculous it is that our most useful allure is resistance and that our natural reaction is to push away someone who shows that he CARES.

我开始想这是有多滑稽。我们最管用的魅力是拒绝，我们最本能的反应是推开那些表现出关心我们的人。

youdao

How ridiculous is that?

这有多可笑？

youdao

Indeed, it is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed in any longer.

说来也真奇怪，人们总是本能地保护自己的形象，不让偶像崇拜或是什么别的处理方式使它显得可笑，或者使它变得和原型太不相像以至于人们不相信它。

youdao

How ridiculous is that for a car ride lasting 10 minutes.

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To show how ridiculous that question is, let me alter it just a bit: Can someone fall in love--really, truly, deeply in love--if he was initially attracted to a woman for her legs?

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Sure, video is ridiculous, but how about an iPod that can display 30 photos per second synchronized to sound?

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