# Are you ugly? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132 "2005-02-09T03:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/241 "2005-02-12T04:30:16Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I thought he WAS the baby (ya know, real precocious and gifted like) > šŸ˜› > I have yet to see one ugly person in this thread. > Hmmm. Either my standards are low or most of us suffer from low self esteem. Or bothā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Hey some of us are averageā€¦oh and that whole self esteem thing. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/242 "2005-02-12T06:00:04Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > \ > > Thank you! ā€¦youā€™ve just made my month! šŸ†’ > > \ Glad to be of service. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/243 "2005-02-12T06:08:42Z")
Iā€™m probably something of an [acquired taste](http://profiles.myspace.com/users/891863). (Iā€™m the boy.) ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/244 "2005-02-12T06:22:58Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Iā€™m probably something of an [acquired taste](http://profiles.myspace.com/users/891863). (Iā€™m the boy.) I like that phrasing. Iā€™m going to use that next time. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/245 "2005-02-12T06:42:51Z")
My self-esteem is absolutely in the shitter about my looks, but I do seem to get laid once in a while, so obviously itā€™s not so bad that attractive people canā€™t stand to be near me. Not all of them, at any rate. I would definitely prefer to be slender and have non-wonky eyes, clear skin, and better hair. Those are my main areas of insecurity. The rest of me, I think, is fairly okay. Picture: [url=ā€œ[http://www.metrodemontreal.com/matt/personal/index.html](http://www.metrodemontreal.com/matt/personal/index.html)ā€] (Iā€™m no longer wearing the mustache, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![aurelian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@aurelian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurelian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/246 "2005-02-12T06:43:00Z")
Oh, you guys are so sweet! \ To this day, it is really hard to approach a guy that Iā€™m interested in (which must be why Iā€™ve done it, what, twice?)- I get all stumbly and awkward, too, **knorf**. Sheesh. If I saw of **knorf** or **Roland** in a coffee shop, I would do what I always do when I see a cute guy: say absolutely nothing. Works like gangbusters, I tells ya. I just came back from a-way-too-long day at work, and the compliments totally cheered me up! Thanks, Dopers! psā€¦rather embarrassed that I had completely conflated **cuauhtemoc** ā€™s indigenous name with his appearanceā€¦ dā€™oh ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/247 "2005-02-12T06:48:26Z")
> [@aurelian](#): > > Oh, you guys are so sweet! \ > > To this day, it is really hard to approach a guy that Iā€™m interested in (which must be why Iā€™ve done it, what, twice?)- I get all stumbly and awkward, too, **knorf**. Sheesh. If I saw of **knorf** or **Roland** in a coffee shop, I would do what I always do when I see a cute guy: say absolutely nothing. Works like gangbusters, I tells ya. Oh, yes, it does. Not so much if your goal is actual contact with a guy like that, but thatā€™s how it goes. I spoke at length with a cute guy today, but that was only because I work with him. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/248 "2005-02-12T08:00:52Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > I havenā€™t really had any pictures taken in a couple years, so I snapped [this](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/Jayn_Newell/jayn.jpg) for your enjoyment. Enjoyment indeed. You look beautiful. Determined, intelligent, how ya doinā€™? ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/249 "2005-02-12T08:13:38Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > Me? No way. I happen to be incredibly [BUFF.](http://euk.seriouscybernetics.net/images/mvc-002f.jpg) You win. šŸ˜ƒ **Jayn\_Newell** , you look a lot like my friend Reilly. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/250 "2005-02-12T09:05:06Z")
> [@aurelian](#): > > To this day, it is really hard to approach a guy that Iā€™m interested in (which must be why Iā€™ve done it, what, twice?)- I get all stumbly and awkward, too, **knorf**. Sheesh. If I saw of **knorf** or **Roland** in a coffee shop, I would do what I always do when I see a cute guy: say absolutely nothing. Works like gangbusters, I tells ya. Yeah, and you know whatā€™s funny? Based on those pics you posted, Iā€™d be looking right back atcha, and choosing the exact same course of action. And if either one of us actually managed to say ā€˜hiā€™ to one another, weā€™d probably start up a conversation, and might hang out and have a good bit of fun afterwords. But nopeā€¦weā€™d be sitting there, thinking ā€œgee, (s)heā€™s cuteā€, drinking our coffee, and just letting the moment pass by. Yeah, Iā€™ve been there a time or a thousand, and youā€™re rightā€¦works like a charm. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/251 "2005-02-12T10:27:29Z")
After decades of believing otherwise, I can finally say that no, Iā€™m not ugly. Maybe even a notch above average. [Cite](http://www.spectrecollie.com/effluvia/SmugEvilTwin.jpg). (And of course, I had to go and waste it by getting a great boyfriend who liked me before he even knew what I looked like.) ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/252 "2005-02-12T10:39:25Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > The most common comparison I get from people closer to my age is that I look like [Janeane Garofolo](http://www.actressarchives.com/display.php?g=janeane&img=JaneaneGar_Spell_554994_600.jpg) with much bigger boobs. Donā€™t tease me like that! I think Janeeane Garofolo is adorable, and if you look anything like her then I simply must insist that you post a link to a picture of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/253 "2005-02-12T16:56:24Z")
My pictures are on page 5. I forgot to say that I think I am below average but not dangerously so. I donā€™t have tons of people that comment nicely on my looks but they donā€™t recoil and barf either. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/254 "2005-02-12T16:59:32Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > My self-esteem is absolutely in the shitter about my looks, but I do seem to get laid once in a while, so obviously itā€™s not so bad that attractive people canā€™t stand to be near me. Not all of them, at any rate. > > I would definitely prefer to be slender and have non-wonky eyes, clear skin, and better hair. Those are my main areas of insecurity. The rest of me, I think, is fairly okay. > > Picture: [url=ā€œ[http://www.metrodemontreal.com/matt/personal/index.html](http://www.metrodemontreal.com/matt/personal/index.html)ā€] (Iā€™m no longer wearing the mustache, by the way.) And to add to your self-esteem problems, you messed up your coding, too. :eek: ;j ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/255 "2005-02-12T17:19:52Z")
The sheer narcissicism of this thread is simply awe-inspiring! We do, as a species, appreciate it when others think weā€™re attractive, donā€™t we? šŸ˜› Seriously, though, it fascinates me that it is so much easier to tell people we think theyā€™re attractive in a forum like this than it would ever be in real life. **taxi78cab** , **aurelian** , Iā€™m casting furtive glances in your direction. šŸ˜ƒ If only it were so easy to be open and honest in person. Although, people seem to manage somehowā€¦ ā€¦mmmmm, tall, ā€œgeekyā€ girlsā€¦_swoon_ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/256 "2005-02-12T17:22:23Z")
No, Iā€™m not ugly. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/257 "2005-02-12T18:39:14Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > You, my dear man, are the cutest one I have seen so far. > Oh, and these are [me](http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=4773068&uid=2417696&members=1) Thank you, Beautiful! šŸ˜‰ Iā€™m definitely looking you up if Iā€™m ever in Bahrain. **aurelian** , you were picturing [this](http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/efemerides/enero/cuauhtemoc.jpg) guy, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/258 "2005-02-12T18:40:20Z")
Iā€™m in Sacramento, silly. Are you one of those air-headed cuties? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/259 "2005-02-12T18:47:22Z")
Sacramento? Is that in, like, East or West Bahrain? _\_ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/260 "2005-02-12T19:00:43Z")
This is fun! I like seeing the people who I have been talking (well, listening) to! Hereā€™s some fun ones of me As a terminator: [[http://img61.exs.cx/img61/4179/term0hp.jpg](http://img61.exs.cx/img61/4179/term0hp.jpg) Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting]([http://www.imageshack.us](http://www.imageshack.us)) As ā€œartā€: [[http://img137.exs.cx/img137/7024/chadpaint6yv.gif](http://img137.exs.cx/img137/7024/chadpaint6yv.gif) Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting]([http://www.imageshack.us](http://www.imageshack.us)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132.md?page=14)