# Hot, or not? Honestly rate your looks **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432 "2013-08-16T17:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/141 "2013-08-23T15:45:14Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I’m a good, solid 2 at best. I’ve been told more than once that I’m ugly, and once that I should kill myself to do everyone else a favor. > > and I don’t have a winning personality either. Jeez - sorry somebody was such an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/142 "2013-08-23T15:45:41Z")
I said 7. I have a very pretty face. Great eyes and smile. But I’m short and built like a gymnast. A soccer playing gymnast. The celebrity I have been said to look the most like is Mia Hamm, but that is usually after a soccer game, hair in a pony tail, dressed in soccer gear, etc… But face-wise, I am firmly pretty. If I had about 6-7 more inches of height, and (now after the birth of my son) a few less inches of girth, I’d be an 8 or 9. But that shit ain’t happening. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/143 "2013-08-23T19:44:35Z")
I rated myself a 4. My actual features are good, and I’m 6’ tall and broad-shouldered. But I’ve taken terrible care of myself and have bad skin. A different person with the exact same genes could be a very handsome man - one who spent more than an hour a day fighting the scourge of acne, one who spent hundreds of dollars a month on his hair and clothing, etc. Instead, this body got my personality, one that never has been able to give a shit about any of that crap. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/144 "2013-08-23T22:58:08Z")
Solid 10, of course. In my wife’s eyes. And in my daugher’s. And that’s all that matters! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/145 "2013-08-23T23:13:23Z")
> [@DiggitCamara](#): > > In my wife’s eyes. And in my daugther’s. And that’s all that matters! Today while I was out walking, a guy was approaching his house and his daughter, maybe 4 or 5, was at the gate chanting “Dad-DEE! Dad-DEE! Dad-DEE!” that way people do when you’re chugging beers or performing other epic feats. To have someone see you like that, how could you not think you’re a 10? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/146 "2013-08-24T03:21:23Z")
I voted six. I have a busted nose, a freaking humongous scar just above my hairline, a minor scar above my left eyebrow, and I’m getting a bit of a belly. But I have broad shoulders, only one chin, I’m really tall (just shy of 6’5"), and I have good posture and confidence working for me. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/147 "2013-08-24T04:36:19Z")
There’s a big difference between “hot” and “beautiful” imho. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/148 "2013-08-24T05:51:55Z")
What’s the deal with women not liking the number 6? The male distribution looks like a standard bell curve, which is what I would expect. The female version I don’t understand. Nothing new there I suppose 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/149 "2013-08-24T23:55:05Z")
weird how the male one is a neat-ish bell curve, but the female one is a hotchpotch of ups and downs edit: wow didn’t know that the literal above poster person said the same thing I rate myself a 1, because I don’t really know if I’m good looking or not and it’s better to lowball it ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/150 "2013-08-25T00:43:47Z")
I range from a 4 to a 9 depending on how much sleep I have had, and the quality of the lighting. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/151 "2013-08-25T01:08:18Z")
I said 7, rounding up from 6 1/2. I used to do extra work, and kept getting cast as the “plain” woman. I once remarked on this to a group of my fellow extras, and one lady replied “Well, of course you get those roles…you’re ‘Hollywood plain’.” Which apparently in the real world equals kind of pretty but nowhere near drop dead gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/152 "2013-08-25T01:19:04Z")
About 5, I guess – right smack in the middle. Not pretty, not ugly, just average. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/153 "2013-08-25T01:24:25Z")
Man, 3. You realize someone has to occupy the lower end of the distribution to make room for all you good-looking people, right? You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/154 "2013-08-26T03:32:27Z")
1. Great legs, big butt, that acceleration has to come from somewhere. Little skinny arms that are about three inches too long per side. No six-pack - the rest of my body’s lean so all the fuel’s stored there - maybe ten pounds from being too lean to play my sports. Decently proportioned face but a British rather than American standard of teeth and a bad scar on my nose. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/155 "2013-08-26T04:22:31Z")
I’d go somewhere between a 4 and a 5–I’ll pick the 5. Might get as high as a 6 when I lose weight, but I doubt it. I’m pretty average-looking overall. Have a couple of features I like and a couple I hate; the rest are just there. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/156 "2013-08-26T05:57:33Z")
I gave myself a 7. Men want to be me, women want to do me. If I was gay I’d jump my own bones. If I dropped a couple of kg, bothered to use sun screen or moisturiser and cut back on the booze a bit so my face didn’t look so much like a road map drawn in red crayon on old parchment, I’d be a damn 10. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/157 "2013-08-26T19:26:59Z")
What’s this gallery people keep referring to? ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/158 "2013-08-26T20:00:21Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > What’s this gallery people keep referring to? [http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/65152.html](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/65152.html) I have submitted my pic but not sure how long it takes to get in there. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/159 "2013-08-26T20:07:25Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > [http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/65152.html](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/65152.html) > > I have submitted my pic but not sure how long it takes to get in there. Anyone know? If you have to ask, that means you’ll probably never get in. Sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432/160 "2013-08-26T21:17:15Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > If you have to ask, that means you’ll probably never get in. Sorry. ☹ Serious? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-or-not-honestly-rate-your-looks/666432.md?page=9)