# How hot do YOU think you are? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393 "2006-07-13T22:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/21 "2006-07-14T01:44:14Z")
I’d probably put myself at a 4 or 5, but that’s just because I’m fat – without the weight I think I’d be a solid 6-7. But, as **DianaG** said, personality must add at least a point or two, because I get more attention than I figure most fat chicks do … and, if I say so myself, most of the guys I’ve hooked up with have been hotter than me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/22 "2006-07-14T01:56:13Z")
Hey! What’s with the “Halle Berry” thing and no “Gilbert Gottfried” being a 0 and “Brad Pitt” being a ten. Can’t guys play, too? I’m old and obese, so I feel way closer to the Gilbert Gottfried side on the attractiveness scale. When I was younger it was probably somewhere towards the middle. At least women didn’t hide when they saw me coming. Today, though, I recently had a woman tell me I would be good looking if I lost weight. ::sigh!:: There’s about as much chance of that as of my winning the Lotto. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/23 "2006-07-14T02:07:59Z")
I think I’m about a 6 or maybe 7 regardless of what I do or don’t do. Plus I have age spots! Who the hell has age spots at _my_ age?! ---
**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:** [July 14, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/24 "2006-07-14T02:28:13Z")
Based strictly on physical properties, I think that at my ultimate physical best (never achieved in actuality), I could maybe be a 7.5. But I am not at my best; I’m weak, inflexible, I lack endurance, and I am unhealthily overweight. (An exercise program, plus learning to cook in a different and healthier way, will hopefully alleviate this.) I would say that, physically, I am a 6. However… Upthread, **DianaG** mentioned that one’s overall hotness rating is not just about static looks: it’s also about “carriage and personality”. I would add social skills to that. In my earlier days, when I was physically in better shape, my social skills were far worse, and in combination with lack of physical ease and motion, probably degraded me to about a 3.5 or a 4. After 15 years of learning and effort, these skills have improved a LOT. Based on an incident a week and a half ago, where all unsuspectingly I managed to impress the hostess of the B&B my friends were staying at, I’d say that, socially, I might be able to reach an 8. (I’m not actually sure what a social skills hotness of 10 would be like, but I have a few guesses. Able to listen to and talk with any other person, make them feel at ease, perhaps, while remaining at ease oneself. I call a lot of this “diplomatic” skills. But of course these are not captured in a still photograph.) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/25 "2006-07-14T02:32:33Z")
I’m way hot. There’s no A/C here and it’s 85 degrees and 74% humidity. On a scale of 0-10 though, looks-wise I’m a 2. Personality-wise, a 9 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/26 "2006-07-14T02:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] On a scale of 0-10 though, looks-wise I’m a 2. Personality-wise, a 9 😃 [/QUOTE] Heh, I’d say I’m just the opposite, looks-9 , personality-2. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/27 "2006-07-14T02:42:43Z")
About a 1. Dolled up about 2.5. I scare Cthulhu. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/28 "2006-07-14T02:42:57Z")
4-5ish. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/29 "2006-07-14T02:50:07Z")
6.5, maybe 7. Being a natural redhead helps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/30 "2006-07-14T02:54:46Z")
I never thought I was much to look at, but apparently a lot of women disagree. I used to think it was a combination of my wit, personality, and social skills, but I’ve picked up attraction vibes from far too many women whom I haven’t had a chance to talk to for that to be the only explanation. Whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to come through in photographs. If I had to pick a number, I’d say 7.5-8. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/31 "2006-07-14T03:06:21Z")
6, 7 on a really good day. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/32 "2006-07-14T03:08:38Z")
I can’t decide if people assigning themselves low scores is heartbreaking, or if my assigning myself a higher score is totally delusional! I think I’m a solid 7 – zaftig and well-over-40 though I am (or maybe because I am). ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/33 "2006-07-14T03:13:18Z")
I’d say a 7, 8 on a day I’m really working it. HotorNot gave me 8.9 as my all time high score. Funny this poll shoud come up now— **Drachillix** and I were discussing this just yesterday, my opinion of my looks… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/34 "2006-07-14T04:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] \I think I’m a solid 7 – zaftig and well-over-40 though I am (or maybe because I am). [/QUOTE] Okay, I’m changing my answer to 7, too - I’m also zaftig and just about 40, and I have never been more comfortable in my own skin. I also have a great personality. And modest! Let me tell you how incredibly modest I am… Yes, guys can certainly play too. Sorry if I gave the impression that this was ladies only. For a guys’ 10, let’s say Keanu Reeves, cause he’s the most beautiful man alive. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/35 "2006-07-14T04:34:04Z")
Zaftig? Around 40? How _you_ doin’? 😃 [sub]You _knew_ it was going to happen eventually…[/sub] ---
**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:** [July 14, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/36 "2006-07-14T04:37:23Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I’m probably about a 2, except to my husband, who sees me as I used to be. [/QUOTE] If your husband sees you that way, then you _are, or can be,_ that way… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/37 "2006-07-14T04:44:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Zaftig? Around 40? How _you_ doin’? 😃 [sub]You _knew_ it was going to happen eventually…[/sub] [/QUOTE] now you got 3 of us to choose from in my everyday, I’m a happy 5.5, 6; but dressed to the 9’s, I’m a 7, maybe an 8 if you ask the right people ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/38 "2006-07-14T05:05:56Z")
I’m the only person in the house, so I’m a situational 10. Normally, I’m a low seven, I think. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/39 "2006-07-14T05:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I’m probably about a 2, except to my husband, who sees me as I used to be. [/QUOTE] Fer’ Chrissakes, are you kidding me? I’ve seen some of the photo threads, at least a 7-point-something. Me? Hot-or-not has given me a 9.4, but it’s a slighly atypical photo. I’ll give myself an 8.5. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393/40 "2006-07-14T05:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I’m the only person in the house, so I’m a situational 10. [/QUOTE] That’s all that matters, baby. Unless it’s one of those, “oh my god, what about sheep, are there sheep,” situations, I think that situational hotness counts fully towards your score. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-think-you-are/364393.md?page=3)