# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/21 "2005-02-09T06:14:18Z")
Just kidding! ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/22 "2005-02-09T06:25:48Z")
[I](http://c.myspace.com/00019/08/47/19787480_l.jpg)’d consider myself relatively average, at the risk of seeming like I’m fishing for compliments. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/23 "2005-02-09T06:33:01Z")
Yep. Fat, too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Wing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Little\_Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Wing)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/24 "2005-02-09T06:34:50Z")
Hmm…first thing out of bed? Bleary-eyed, long hair in a rat’s nest, puffy face? Probably a 3. After a shower and bit of make-up (and caffeine)? I’d say about a 6. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/25 "2005-02-09T07:38:26Z")
I’m neither particularly pretty nor especially ugly, unless I take my clothes off. I’ve had so many surgeries that my bod looks like a railroad map, so the naked me is a bit on the ugly side. Maybe I could jump nude out of a cake at a convention of surgeons. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/26 "2005-02-09T07:54:08Z")
I made an SDMB thread asking people to rate my photo that was on [Hotornot.com](http://Hotornot.com) and I got mostly good responses and my Hotornot score was 9.9 but the same photo once before got me about a 5. I came pretty close to winning the prettiest eyes and cutest boy “awards” at my school so I feel very confident about my looks but I wouldn’t say myself that I was particularly handsome, I’d rather have other people say that. I personally look in the mirror and say well I have interesting eyes but don’t see myself as being any better off in the looks department than any other guy my age…so I’m cute and modest, some would say. ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/27 "2005-02-09T08:26:19Z")
Well, I’ve always thought of myself as plain. I think I have kind of a big head, but I have nice hair and eyes, and I’m normal all the way around really. Well, take a look for yourself…no makeup, so be kind. 😃 [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/Coriander39/mvc-009s.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/Coriander39/mvc-009s.jpg) I hope that link works, never used it before. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/28 "2005-02-09T09:02:33Z")
In my childhood and early teens I had pretty low self-esteem (not just because of my appearance) and I thought I was too fat. I was just really unhappy with how I looked. Starting in my mid-teens I began to tell myself I was pretty, I had a nice smile, and whatever. It took a while but it actually worked. I am now really happy with how I look and I think the added confidence also helps in how I look to other people. One thing about how I look is that people ask if I’m 100% Filipina because some people think I look different. I like that. Don’t feel like posting a picture, but it’s on the Teeming Millions website and I have posted it on the SDMB twice. So to answer the OP, No, thanks to self-therapy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/29 "2005-02-09T09:23:05Z")
Hot, but it’s not the big advantage a lot of people make out. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/30 "2005-02-09T09:56:17Z")
Ugly? How about [scary](http://www.zombieninjapiratemonkeys.com/images/scary.jpg)? Ok, ok, you can have [ugly](http://www.zombieninjapiratemonkeys.com/images/slightlylessscary.jpg) too. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/31 "2005-02-09T11:55:02Z")
I really look like a hideous little troll with a huge forehead, but using clever tricks of makeup, lighting, a padded bra, and whale-boned corsetry, I manage to make myself look like a semblance of a normal female. **BlackKnight** , your scary picture is indeed scary, but your ugly picture is rather cute. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/32 "2005-02-09T12:11:02Z")
On a scale of 1 to 10, I might be a 4: plain, a bit pudgy, and balding. Oh well. At least I don’t stop traffic… ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/33 "2005-02-09T12:15:56Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/34 "2005-02-09T12:54:02Z")
If these big blocks of stone people standing around my yard mean ugly, then yes. I think that’s a tad judgemental, though. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/35 "2005-02-09T13:19:48Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > Yes. Pfft. As for myself… I **know** I’m good looking. False modesty is for chumps ;). ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/36 "2005-02-09T13:23:45Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > I’m sexy in a “Mr. Clean” sort of way. > > Yeah, I get laid that’s all I know. Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/37 "2005-02-09T13:45:44Z")
> [@Vision of Love](#): > > So to answer the OP, No, thanks to self-therapy. 😃 If I’m remembering you correctly from one of the picture threads, I can heartily confirm that no, you are most definitely NOT ugly. Quite the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/38 "2005-02-09T13:56:21Z")
It’s the Internet so…no. I’m like Brad Pitt, Colin Ferrel and Tom Cruise all rolled in one. I guess in real life I’m kind of good looking in a regular guy kind of way. I do have pretty good hair though. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/39 "2005-02-09T14:08:07Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Ugly? > > How about [scary](http://www.zombieninjapiratemonkeys.com/images/scary.jpg)? > > Ok, ok, you can have [ugly](http://www.zombieninjapiratemonkeys.com/images/slightlylessscary.jpg) too. I much prefer the photo without all the facial hair thing going on. Would it be possible to see one of you smiling? Just curious, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132/40 "2005-02-09T14:13:25Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > [I’m](http://teemingmillions.com/people/cgi/pm.cgi?action=show&temp=display_photos&login=Misnomer) kinda cute, but then I’m also kinda fat. So I guess those combine to “average.” 🙂 > > I would definitely not call myself ugly, but some people think that any extra weight = ugly. I don’t date those people. 😉 You are gorgeous. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ugly/289132.md?page=3)