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avignon
07-21-2005, 12:26 PM
At first, I was all defensive when people and Qdrop were bitching and moaning about it, but now I'm seeing their point.

You know what they say about one bad apple ruining the bunch and shit. It's kind of like that for me because I love to look at the pictures. But not pictures of the same person on every page-over and over again because people quote it. SHEESH.

I think it should be unstickied and a fresh one stickied or something. I mean, most of the early pictures have been red-x'ed anyway by now.

So that's my gripe. Proposals? Suggestions? Complaints? Anyone? Beuler?

TurdBerglar
07-21-2005, 12:27 PM
who cares

adam_f
07-21-2005, 12:27 PM
Will you go to the malt shop with me?

avignon
07-21-2005, 12:28 PM
who cares
Not me. Not anymore. See ya.

beastieangel01
07-21-2005, 12:28 PM
I still do not know why people are complaining. In a way I do feel like some PHP page should be made where no comments or what not can be added (nor quoted). Something that looks like photobucket.

And if someone adds a new pic of themselves, it uploads over the old one.

Or something.

adam_f
07-21-2005, 12:30 PM
Originally posted by beastieangel01
Or something.

That's probably the right one.

beastieangel01
07-21-2005, 12:31 PM
That's probably the right one.

F U

adam_f
07-21-2005, 12:35 PM
Originally posted by beastieangel01
F U

*grabs crotch like a straight up GANGSTA!*

jabumbo
07-21-2005, 12:40 PM
i open that thread up anytime i go to the lab and come on here, and i usually just scan through and look for the pictures. ill hit the 2 or 3 pages that have been added since my last check, and see like 2 pictures.

whats up with that?

mickill
07-21-2005, 12:44 PM
At first, I was all defensive when people and Qdrop were bitching and moaning about it, but now I'm seeing their point.

I'm glad that you see the clear distinction between the two, as well.

paul jones
07-21-2005, 01:26 PM
Cameras are great fun (y)

HEIRESS
07-21-2005, 02:50 PM
when I was a mod in sureshots I used to delete out any posts that were non-portraitesque and leave in comments that were on topic

but Im not a mod no more, but still that thread is my legacy so if it gets unstickied I might do something crazy

Qdrop
07-22-2005, 08:00 AM
At first, I was all defensive when people and Qdrop were bitching and moaning about it, but now I'm seeing their point.



see, if you just give it time....you will ALL agree with what i say.


MWAHAHAAHAHAHHAHH!!

Qdrop
07-22-2005, 08:01 AM
I'm glad that you see the clear distinction between the two, as well.
yeah, that's cool....
take a swipe at me when i'm not around....

very mature, man.....

avignon
07-22-2005, 08:06 AM
You know what though? I put one person on ignore and now I can tolerate the entire thread. I mean, even with people qouting this person, it's still not nearly as bad. It's stuff like, "Oops, I almost forgot to comment on this one picture!" that was eating away at my nerves.



PS How many times do you search you own name per day, Q?

Qdrop
07-22-2005, 08:09 AM
PS How many times do you search you own name per day, Q?
i do it if i've been gone for a few days....

gotta see if anyone's talkin shit, ya know...

avignon
07-22-2005, 08:17 AM
paranoid. :rolleyes:

It's not much fun to talk shit about you unless you are here.

avignon
07-22-2005, 09:36 AM
his name rhymes with shme-mile

;)

enree erzweglle
07-22-2005, 09:44 AM
I rarely go into the family album or Sure Shots really.

I find it hard to find things in there.

Sometimes when I'm there, I see people that I talk to that I've never seen before and when I see the actual them, I get all stupid faced because they're attractive and I didn't realize it before. Before it was just that they were interesting or bright or funny or articulate, or all of the above; looks on top of that...that just messes with my mind. I'd mostly rather not know.

avignon
07-22-2005, 09:45 AM
You're talking about me, aren't you? :o

enree erzweglle
07-22-2005, 10:05 AM
You're talking about me, aren't you? :o
:)

I honestly only know what...I'm counting...8 of you look like.

paul jones
07-22-2005, 11:17 AM
I'm long overdue meeting some celebrities lately

GreenEarthAl
07-22-2005, 02:09 PM
Yeah, it sucks. I don't post pictures there, and I hardly post in it. Was there not a webpage someone did with users pictures? What has happened to it, and it should be updated.

I believe there was. (http://www.doingsomething.com/sureshots/)

cosmo105
07-22-2005, 02:11 PM
you updated it! :D!

i would think Lenore would count as MIA by now, though. ;)

skinnybutphat
07-22-2005, 02:12 PM
Proposals? Suggestions? Complaints? Anyone? Beuler?

I think you should be unstickied.

ToucanSpam
07-22-2005, 02:12 PM
post pictures.

then comment.


the end.

Beth
07-22-2005, 02:28 PM
I think you should be unstickied.
i'm a little sticky myself right now.



i hate it when people bitch about ridiculous things that they could easily avoid. if you don't like it, don't click on it. simple.

ToucanSpam
07-22-2005, 02:30 PM
i'm a little sticky myself right now.



i hate it when people bitch about ridiculous things that they could easily avoid. if you don't like it, don't click on it. simple.
you know its not that easy. As long as people are different, there will be people who complain about it.

marsdaddy
07-22-2005, 03:21 PM
Sometimes when I'm there, I see people that I talk to that I've never seen before and when I see the actual them, I get all stupid faced because they're attractive and I didn't realize it before. Before it was just that they were interesting or bright or funny or articulate, or all of the above; looks on top of that...that just messes with my mind. I'd mostly rather not know.So what, you assumed we were hideous before? Nice.

And Beth, that was ironic, right?

g-mile7
07-22-2005, 03:23 PM
the family lp is Og, it will be there no matter what.

avignon
07-23-2005, 12:29 PM
i'm a little sticky myself right now.



i hate it when people bitch about ridiculous things that they could easily avoid. if you don't like it, don't click on it. simple.
because I love to look at the pictures.

I only said I wish someone would clean it up a little. I mean there have been arguements in there that last three pages.

But nevermind. Some people fear change. I am going to go click on a thread and bitch about people bitching about things now.

Documad
07-23-2005, 12:35 PM
I don't go into Sure Shots often, but when I do, I'm often amazed that some of the worst arguments happen in there. :p

When I was a newbie, I was confused by all the red Xs in the family album. It's too bad they can't just cull those pointless posts. But since I'm not posting in there it's none of my business.

avignon
07-24-2005, 02:42 PM
I think you should be unstickied.
OMG!!! There's the solution. Unsticky me ! It's so simple and yet...so brilliant. Thanks skinnybutphat! You saved the day. (y)

HEIRESS
07-25-2005, 02:39 AM
I believe there was. (http://www.doingsomething.com/sureshots/)


nice updating actionne G!

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 07:30 PM
yeah, you know what? Im really starting to hate it too...i dont go in there much anymore and i remember why.

Seriously, all the ladies in there make me feel disgusting and I start to hate myself.

Im not fishing. Nothing like that. Im not looking for pity or forced compliments. This is genuinely how I feel. I see pictures of all you beautiful girls and i get really depressed and want to go throw up or something. Take diet pills, starve myself, dye my hair, get it cut, get plastic surgery, put on make-up and try to improve on what little Ive got. THing is, people compliment me the few times I do post pics, and that is all very sweet, but the good feeling always seems to be overshadowed by the bad. Such is the illness I guess :\

And I should rephrase. It isnt you ladies that do it. It's me. I dont blame any of you beautiful girls. In fact i quite adore many of you. And it isnt just in sure shots. It;s in life too.

I bring it on myself, but Im thinking i should stop going into sure shots for a while. Im just too insecure for it. It could be this week and maybe Im too hormonal, so the depression is setting in. But for now I think I need to just stay away.

The irony is I know that some of you gorgeous women feel the same as i do sometimes and get all insecure.


This is really shitty.

Inner beauty conquers aesthetic beauty. You shouldn't be insecure about how you look, I don't care if 'you are a woman', a good person who is happy with who they are is 10000 times better than some bitch who thinks she's hot shit, and is, but has a shit attitude.

That's really awful it makes you uncomfortable like that. :(

zorra_chiflada
07-25-2005, 07:47 PM
yeah, you know what? Im really starting to hate it too...i dont go in there much anymore and i remember why.

Seriously, all the ladies in there make me feel disgusting and I start to hate myself.

Im not fishing. Nothing like that. Im not looking for pity or forced compliments. This is genuinely how I feel. I see pictures of all you beautiful girls and i get really depressed and want to go throw up or something. Take diet pills, starve myself, dye my hair, get it cut, get plastic surgery, put on make-up and try to improve on what little Ive got. THing is, people compliment me the few times I do post pics, and that is all very sweet, but the good feeling always seems to be overshadowed by the bad. Such is the illness I guess :\

And I should rephrase. It isnt you ladies that do it. It's me. I dont blame any of you beautiful girls. In fact i quite adore many of you. And it isnt just in sure shots. It;s in life too.

I bring it on myself, but Im thinking i should stop going into sure shots for a while. Im just too insecure for it. It could be this week and maybe Im too hormonal, so the depression is setting in. But for now I think I need to just stay away.

The irony is I know that some of you gorgeous women feel the same as i do sometimes and get all insecure.

i feel this way too actually. i keep wondering why there are so many pretty girls on the internet. :confused: it's not fair

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 07:49 PM
i feel this way too actually. i keep wondering why there are so many pretty girls on the internet. :confused: it's not fair
:mad: :mad: :mad:
Youre pretty too, dummy.

zorra_chiflada
07-25-2005, 07:50 PM
i'm not a fishing for compliments kinda person, but thanks all the same.

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 07:52 PM
i'm not a fishing for compliments kinda person, but thanks all the same.
No problem.

I hate it when people can't see themselves the way others do. :(

Auton
07-25-2005, 07:54 PM
i hate it when people bitch about ridiculous things that they could easily avoid. if you don't like it, don't click on it. simple.

seriously. some people need to grow a pair.

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 08:07 PM
This is really shitty.

Inner beauty conquers aesthetic beauty. You shouldn't be insecure about how you look, I don't care if 'you are a woman', a good person who is happy with who they are is 10000 times better than some bitch who thinks she's hot shit, and is, but has a shit attitude.

Inner beauty barely conquers aesthetic beauty, some of the time. The world is still shallow and it doesn't care to take the time to get to know your inner beauty, it only cares about outer. What about hot chicks with a good attitude? How do you "conquer" that? The world is unfair and unbalanced, yeah it's depressing but nobody gets balanced out by having a nice attitude, nothing get's evened out like that. Not all pretty people are jerks, some just have it easy. Fact. The only way to deal with it is just say fuck it and move on. Accept that you got shafted in the looks department and quit whining. Easier said than done I know. I'm vain, insecure, petty, whiney about my looks. I need to shut up about it and just be glad it's not any worse.

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:10 PM
Inner beauty barely conquers aesthetic beauty, some of the time. The world is still shallow and it doesn't care to take the time to get to know your inner beauty, it only cares about outer. What about hot chicks with a good attitude? How do you "conquer" that? The world is unfair and unbalanced, yeah it's depressing but nobody gets balanced out by having a nice attitude, nothing get's evened out like that. Not all pretty people are jerks, some just have it easy. Fact. The only way to deal with it is just say fuck it and move on. Accept that you got shafted in the looks department and quit whining. Easier said than done I know. I'm vain, insecure, petty, whiney about my looks. I need to shut up about it and just be glad it's not any worse.
You are jaded.....I pity you.

You just have to have faith that people will appreciate an individual for their good qualities and not just looks. If I am ignorant, blind, and weak for thinking that, then by god, think that.

Besides, those who are 'hot' now will not be hot forever. (lb)

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:13 PM
But Ill be fine. I always am. ;)
I know that. I know you are strong, too. Do you know that though?

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 08:14 PM
You are jaded.....I pity you.

You just have to have faith that people will appreciate an individual for their good qualities and not just looks. If I am ignorant, blind, and weak for thinking that, then by god, think that.

Besides, those who are 'hot' now will not be hot forever. (lb)

You pity me? Heh. I know that individual people will appreciate others for their good qualities besides their looks, but that doesn't change the fact that in general, mankind prefers better looking people, will be more willing to do things for good looking people, forgive them, and be more drawn to them. Attractive people get more breaks. It doesn't matter that they won't be hot forever, there will always be more hot people. That's what I like about these high school girls; I keep getting older, they all stay the same age.

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:14 PM
sometimes.
Come on. Think about the shit you have overcome. You know.

zorra_chiflada
07-25-2005, 08:15 PM
Overall Im happy with the person I am. I love myself and I know that I am loved. I know that I have a lot going for me. But what nuzzo says is right. The world is still very shallow...myself included. I was always taught to measure someone's worth by their appearance. Fortunately that only stuck with me when measuring myself, not others. I love people's inner beauty always first. My mother told me that if I didnt lose weight I would never get a real job. I would never be successful. It's a terrible thing to say to a 10 year old girl, but what's even worse is that she is probably right. So unfortunately, sometimes I focus way to much on my appearance and I have a hang up about it.


with the finding work thing, there is a serious problem where i live. all jobs that don't require qualifications will only employ females that look good. this is 100% fact. some "really hot" girls i know of never ever had to do a resume or apply for a job - they just got the job automatically. i hate it, but where i live is so fucking backwards it's the way it goes. and they get away with it.

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:16 PM
You pity me? Heh. I know that individual people will appreciate others for their good qualities besides their looks, but that doesn't change the fact that in general, mankind prefers better looking people, will be more willing to do things for good looking people, forgive them, and be more drawn to them. It doesn't matter that they won't be hot forever, there will always be more hot people. That's what I like about these high school girls; I keep getting older, they all stay the same age.


Hahaha nice quote at the end.


You have to stop worrying about what everyone thinks, and focus on what you and the people you care about think. Who gives a fuck if Johnny Assjacket thinks your not attractive? Worry about what the people who mean things to you think, not strangers.

Documad
07-25-2005, 08:17 PM
You are jaded.....I pity you.

You just have to have faith that people will appreciate an individual for their good qualities and not just looks. If I am ignorant, blind, and weak for thinking that, then by god, think that.

Besides, those who are 'hot' now will not be hot forever. (lb)
How much time do you spend chatting up the ugliest, fattest girl at the party? On the internet you might be more likely to take the time to get to know the person and not assess based upon looks, but we all assess based on looks to some degree. I do, even when I try really hard not to.

It's surely true that the hot ones don't stay hot though. I went to my 20th H.S. reunion. :p The hot guys were sooooooo far from hot! And the coolest non-hot guy was still cool.

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:18 PM
I know. inside me i know. But somedays I feel it more than others. I think many others are the same way. Some days I feel like I could take on an army. Other days I feel like if it's too windy, Ill shatter.
When it's windy outside, get something big to shield you. (lb)

Documad
07-25-2005, 08:19 PM
with the finding work thing, there is a serious problem where i live. all jobs that don't require qualifications will only employ females that look good. this is 100% fact. some "really hot" girls i know of never ever had to do a resume or apply for a job - they just got the job automatically. i hate it, but where i live is so fucking backwards it's the way it goes. and they get away with it.
You don't see a lot of spotty fat kids working at the hip stores at the mall. They can work at Sears or Target, but not . . . . (whatever the hip store is) I haven't a clue. :o

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:21 PM
How much time do you spend chatting up the ugliest, fattest girl at the party? On the internet you might be more likely to take the time to get to know the person and not assess based upon looks, but we all assess based on looks to some degree. I do, even when I try really hard not to.

It's surely true that the hot ones don't stay hot though. I went to my 20th H.S. reunion. :p The hot guys were sooooooo far from hot! And the coolest non-hot guy was still cool.

personally, I chat up everyone at a party. If you don't believe me that's your own mental issue.

I am willing to admit that I do assess people (to a small degree) based on how they look. However, anyone who I've deemed interesting beyond that initial physical attractiveness, I took the time to get to know them. Not to say anyone I thought was 'hot', I instantly chatted up.

zorra_chiflada
07-25-2005, 08:21 PM
How much time do you spend chatting up the ugliest, fattest girl at the party? On the internet you might be more likely to take the time to get to know the person and not assess based upon looks, but we all assess based on looks to some degree. I do, even when I try really hard not to.
i think a lot of people go to the family album to find out what people look like, and then talk to them accordingly. it's pretty obvious.
it's a fact of life, the ordinary people get ignored. might as well be invisible. it thought it didn't make any difference on the internet, but it does.

Documad
07-25-2005, 08:24 PM
personally, I chat up everyone at a party. If you don't believe me that's your own mental issue.
I'll take your word. Most guys your approximate age don't value smarts and humor above looks in girls. Good for you.

ToucanSpam
07-25-2005, 08:25 PM
I'll take your word. Most guys your approximate age don't value smarts and humor above looks in girls. Good for you.
I want to go furthur in depth, but since this topic is kind of one I want to back out of, I'll PM you. :)

Documad
07-25-2005, 08:27 PM
i think a lot of people go to the family album to find out what people look like, and then talk to them accordingly. it's pretty obvious.
it's a fact of life, the ordinary people get ignored. might as well be invisible. it thought it didn't make any difference on the internet, but it does.
It's a bit of a tangent, but people treated me differently in my first few months when I didn't say whether I was a man or woman so everyone assumed man.

I am not so shallow. I value people based upon how much they like or know about the Beastie Boys. :)

Documad
07-25-2005, 08:30 PM
I want to go furthur in depth, but since this topic is kind of one I want to back out of, I'll PM you. :)
Hey, that's cool. No drama. I'll just say that I think it's nice that you care about the ladies' self esteem.

GreenEarthAl
07-25-2005, 08:51 PM
I am going to start only going to the Sure Shots forum.

Seriously.

I only know a few people that do that. And a picture is worth a thousand words and I don't have time for but 10 to 20 words these days, so I'm just going to start talking through pictures.

It'll be fun.

I'm about to go to Opus for 3 weeks. And I will be the photographer for Opus. So I'll burden you all with way more pictures of that than you want to see first.

Or maybe I'll start with some pictures of the art activist community co-op we're starting. I dunno.

Anyway. I like all the pictures. If there's no more pictures of Zorra and especially no mORE NEKKID PICTURE OF aIMMEEE I will be very sad. And I still cry because Lemmy and Roby and folks won't lemme add their pictures to my SureShots page. Big Meanies.

Peace & Love.

Everybody's beautiful in their own way COME ON SING IT WITH ME NOW! Everybody's be...


Okay. Fuck y'all.

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:15 PM
Hahaha nice quote at the end.


You have to stop worrying about what everyone thinks, and focus on what you and the people you care about think. Who gives a fuck if Johnny Assjacket thinks your not attractive? Worry about what the people who mean things to you think, not strangers.

I think you're missing my point.

DipDipDive
07-25-2005, 10:28 PM
I like to be able to put a face to names, especially if the faces/names belong to people I've never met and probably never will. That's what the family album is for. It sucks that some people use it for validation or feel shitty because of it, especially since that's not its purpose. But odds are if either of those descriptions apply to you, you're probably dealing with some bigger issues than how you feel about a few pictures you see on the internet. (!)

Having said that, I hardly ever read the comments in the family album. I usually just scroll through the bullshit to get to the pictures. It's not really all that difficult or time consuming to do so.

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:38 PM
But odds are if either of those descriptions apply to you, you're probably dealing with some bigger issues than how you feel about a few pictures you see on the internet. (!)


People just love to say this, to suggest that the other people might have issues, might have problems they are dealing with that extend beyon their board communication. Well I would hope so! I mean, doesn't everyone have issues and thoughts and stages of development and I would certainly hope their personalities be constantly in stages of growth being that it is human to mature and transcend, and I would hope they not be so shallow as to have nothing beyond what can be conveyed through this forum.

DipDipDive
07-25-2005, 10:39 PM
People just love to say this, to suggest that the other people might have issues, might have problems they are dealing with that extend beyon their board communication. Well I would hope so! I mean, doesn't everyone have issues and thoughts and stages of development and I would certainly hope their personalities be constantly in stages of growth being that it is human to mature and transcend, and I would hope they not be so shallow as to have nothing beyond what can be conveyed through this forum.

Yes, all of the above are true.

Documad
07-25-2005, 10:41 PM
I feel bad when someone posts and no one says anything for a long time. Lately, it's usually Cosmo who finally thinks of something nice to say. I love that about her.


It still bothers me that young people post photos of themselves on the internet. Nothing specific. It's a vague, nagging feeling. I worked in criminal law for so long, I've got a bad story for any occassion and I'm paranoid.

TurdBerglar
07-25-2005, 10:41 PM
jesus christ you fuckers. they are just some pictures of some shmucks

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:41 PM
I need a nap. Is it still a nap if you go to sleep at 11 pm? I need comfy bedding and I hate the family album for being neither soft nor cottony.

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:42 PM
jesus christ you fuckers. they are just some pictures of some shmucks

You're fat and ugly and no longer funny.

DipDipDive
07-25-2005, 10:43 PM
You're fat and ugly and no longer funny.

But the question is, is he no longer funny because he's fat and ugly??? (lb) (lb) (lb)

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:45 PM
But the question is, is he no longer funny because he's fat and ugly??? (lb) (lb) (lb)

He was always fat and ugly but that used to be funny in a way, so it wasn't a bad thing. I guess that was me liking him for his inner beauty or something.

DipDipDive
07-25-2005, 10:46 PM
He was always fat and ugly but that used to be funny in a way.

That's intense.

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:47 PM
That's intense.

that's what they say about camping.

TurdBerglar
07-25-2005, 10:47 PM
and im not funny?

DipDipDive
07-25-2005, 10:47 PM
that's what they say about camping.

HOO HA

jabumbo
07-25-2005, 10:50 PM
i think this thread is funny

Nuzzolese
07-25-2005, 10:51 PM
i think this thread is funny

of course you delight in insecure girls, they're your only prospects.

DipDipDive
07-25-2005, 10:52 PM
Hot damn, nuzz is on a roll tonight.

QweenOfBoggle
07-25-2005, 10:55 PM
when I first posted my picture back in 2001, there were countless numbers of guys who wanted to talk to me, (and even some who made me their sig, hahaha). now, I never post pics and noone harasses me. it's great. I also don't really post as much, maybe that's why noone does? anyway, I really do enjoy seeing other people's pics though...so everyone stop whining.

Documad
07-25-2005, 10:59 PM
This thread is reminding me of Janis Ian. I'm hearing her voice in my head now. Damn. :mad:

jabumbo
07-25-2005, 11:00 PM
of course you delight in insecure girls, they're your only prospects.

not even

DroppinScience
07-26-2005, 12:33 AM
It's a bit of a tangent, but people treated me differently in my first few months when I didn't say whether I was a man or woman so everyone assumed man.

For as long as I can remember your name, I think I've always figured you were a woman before you said anything. It was something about your 'style' that was feminine. I think.

Then again, I've thought some girls were dudes until I saw photos... so what do I know anyways? :p

enree erzweglle
07-26-2005, 06:24 AM
It's surely true that the hot ones don't stay hot though. I went to my 20th H.S. reunion. :p The hot guys were sooooooo far from hot! And the coolest non-hot guy was still cool.

This is so true.

I think it's easy for 20-some-year olds to judge physical beauty only by what the scale says and what size their jeans are, whether they can force their hair into the latest style. Or they maybe have a particular hangup about their looks and they see that thing and mostly only that when they look at themselves. In fixating on those [perceived negatives], they miss appreciating other things about their physical self that they should not take for granted--things that other people might look at and admire.

As you age, your physical body changes in ways that might surprise you and when it does, you expand or maybe change your definition of physical beauty to appreciate other things that you maybe took for granted before (like an overall youthful look, healthy/youthful complexion & healthy hair, a healthy smile, non-leathery skin--or maybe it's just general health, having energy and enthusiasm, being able to do nearly any physical thing without thinking of injury or without pamering yourself because of injuries of the past).

These are some of the things that I hear women in the lockerrooms complaining most about (or, when some of those women are jealous of the other women, these are the things they gossip about).

It's hard to explain this...just know that a lot of you who probably don't like the look of your younger selves are maybe training your eye to recognize only your weakness (and to see when that's a strength in other people and to use that as a depressing metric). When you do that, you miss appreciating the things about your physical self that you shouldn't ignore or take for granted. When you get older and start to see changes in those things is when you'll probably start to appreciate them. Try to think about that now...

Sorry if this makes no sense.
I'm having a hard time getting across what's on my mind.

Loppfessor
07-26-2005, 06:29 AM
I don't feel like readin this whole thread someone splain to me what this is all about....in 30 words or less

icy manipulator
07-26-2005, 06:44 AM
i'm yet to post there

Nuzzolese
07-26-2005, 08:00 AM
I don't feel like readin this whole thread someone splain to me what this is all about....in 30 words or less

Basically it's a philosophical question: If no one is looking at a hot girl, is she still hot?

avignon
07-26-2005, 11:22 AM
Aimee, you have a beautiful smile and an overall cute face and style. <3
Zorra, you have an amazing rack and a classically pretty face. You look like a hollywood actress from the fifties or something.

TucanSpam, didn't you just say in that thread about what body type that you are attracted to, that you like curvy green eyed girls with long wavy dark hair? That's pretty specific for someone so open minded about appearances.

Everyone else, I LOVE TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES! It just gets on my nerves that some people seem to post 99% in that thread alone, either with pictures of themselves or comments about other pictures. It seems disingenuous to post "your'e so HOTTE" to every single picture. Even though I agree that we have the highest percentage rate of beautiful people on a message board.

GreenEarthAl, my beef isn't with the entire sure shots forum just the family album. I am looking forward to your photos.

In regards to the sub-topic, I remeber a study that was done that proved that overweight women who were more qualified for jobs were not being hired over the thin under-qualified women. Discrimination is an unfortunate reality.
Aimee, I know the feeling of insecurity. It does come and go, but it is always lingering under the surface. Right now, I am terrified to actually meet Walter in real life because he might see something about me that he is repulsed by that didn't come through in photos. It's getting pretty bad. I was thinking how long it would take to recover from a boob job. :( (He never makes me feel insecure, it is all my own doing. Just sayin'.)

avignon
07-26-2005, 11:27 AM
This is so true.

I think it's easy for 20-some-year olds to judge physical beauty only by what the scale says and what size their jeans are, whether they can force their hair into the latest style. Or they maybe have a particular hangup about their looks and they see that thing and mostly only that when they look at themselves. In fixating on those [perceived negatives], they miss appreciating other things about their physical self that they should not take for granted--things that other people might look at and admire.

As you age, your physical body changes in ways that might surprise you and when it does, you expand or maybe change your definition of physical beauty to appreciate other things that you maybe took for granted before (like an overall youthful look, healthy/youthful complexion & healthy hair, a healthy smile, non-leathery skin--or maybe it's just general health, having energy and enthusiasm, being able to do nearly any physical thing without thinking of injury or without pamering yourself because of injuries of the past).

These are some of the things that I hear women in the lockerrooms complaining most about (or, when some of those women are jealous of the other women, these are the things they gossip about).

It's hard to explain this...just know that a lot of you who probably don't like the look of your younger selves are maybe training your eye to recognize only your weakness (and to see when that's a strength in other people and to use that as a depressing metric). When you do that, you miss appreciating the things about your physical self that you shouldn't ignore or take for granted. When you get older and start to see changes in those things is when you'll probably start to appreciate them. Try to think about that now...

Sorry if this makes no sense.
I'm having a hard time getting across what's on my mind.
It makes sense. Your attitude toward appearances change as you get older. Your taste changes. Your values change. You admire a person who looks as though they live a certain way as opposed to when you are young, you admire a person who falls into certain "appearance trends". I think that women with visible lean muscles are so attractive now, but when I was young I wanted to be bone thin like the girls on the cover of Seventeen. When I was young, I thought that the greasy, stoner, rocknroll bad boy was to die for, now I think Lace Armstrong is the peak of freshness.

g-mile7
07-26-2005, 11:45 AM
1. Do not deface other peoples photos
2. Respect other peoples feelings



those 2 rules would end all that bullshit'

cj hood
07-26-2005, 11:57 AM
this is one of my criticisms of BF......it's 60% wackos, 30% people w/issues, 10% of arm chair psychologists......a lot of times the first and third groups are ususally the same....

and i'm not dissin people w/issues, cuz we all got problems...

but if you got issues.....you've come to the wrong place.....i wouldn't listen to shit anyone says here.....cuz one second they're makin some sort of sense and the next second there off on some crazy bs.......f' sybil!

ToucanSpam
07-26-2005, 02:04 PM
TucanSpam, didn't you just say in that thread about what body type that you are attracted to, that you like curvy green eyed girls with long wavy dark hair? That's pretty specific for someone so open minded about appearances.

It is pretty specific, almost like, maybe........maybe there's someone in my life that fits those characteristics......and maybe....just maybe........hold on now....I was making a shout out to them.

Don't even try next time. You want to pull this crap, PM me.