Siansonea II wrote...
DuckSoup wrote...
This thread is still going?
I thought people would have got bored of all the stroking by now.
People never get tired of being told how pretty they are. And they think if they characterize themselves as "okay looking" we'll be fooled into thinking that they're humble, or unaware of their own appeal. We're not fooled, we know when people just want to be told that they're pretty. Some people are only too happy to oblige such obvious fishing, so whatever. Both parties get what they want, I s'pose.
I think it's wrong to assume that everyone that says they're average on here is lying and just hoping to be told again and again they're gorgeous. That might apply to some people sure, but I don't think it should be cast on everyone that posted a picture of themselves here.
To me, it doesn't matter how many people tell me I'm attractive. I'll always see myself as being okay looking. Will I be happy to hear I'm attractive to other people? Sure. I'd be lying if I said that wouldn't make me happy. But that's not going to change my opinion of myself.
Not saying I lack confidence. I'm confident. I just don't consider my physical appearance as having any real effect on who I am and as such I don't really care about seeing myself as attractive. I'm average in my mind and I'm comfortable with that perception.
happy_daiz said something that actually pertains very well to this thread. Posting pics isn't entirely about receiving validation on what we look like. It's also nice to let the other posters know the real person behind the account, since we may have gone "I bet so-and-so looks like....".
Or hell, just to post funny and absurd pictures of ourselves.
I don't
need to be told I'm attractive. I didn't post an image of myself to get my ego stroked. I posted an image of myself that allows people to better see who I am as a person, rather then just what I look like -- since the original ones I posted were just boring pictures.
I said it before many pages ago. What I think I lack in looks I like to think I make up for with my personality.