# Ladies: CynicalGabe: Hot or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292 "2004-12-17T06:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/82 "2004-12-26T13:58:26Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > **FinnAgain** , IMHO, you bear a passing resemblance to Noah Wyle, especially in the photo with the beard. I love Noah Wyle! Thank you šŸ˜ƒ Still, now Iā€™ve been told I look like that guy from The OC and Noah Wyleā€¦ a movie deal canā€™t be far off ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/83 "2004-12-26T14:47:57Z")
> [@](#): > > **Ogre** said: > Hey, I wanna play! Sorry to be bursting your bubble, but you donā€™t look _anything_ like an ogre. False advertising! False advertising! Ogres are not supposed to be cute! > [@](#): > > **Roland** said: > So, whatā€™s the verdict? Guilty. Youā€™re a good lookin dude. > [@](#): > > **OnlySaneOne** said: > Iā€™m just mad that I didnā€™t think of this first. Iā€™m just mad that I canā€™t eat you for breakfast. So many good lookin guys, so little time. _Sigh_. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/84 "2004-12-26T16:44:51Z")
**Bear\_Nenno** : you look like the offspring of Ben Affleck and Sean Astin. And it totally works for you! **TheOnlySaneOne** : What can I say that hasnā€™t already been said? You look goooooood! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/85 "2004-12-27T06:14:31Z")
I canā€™t comment on anyoneā€™s hotness since I didnā€™t look at anyoneā€™s picture, but I wonder about the purpose of these threads. Would anyone actually come onto a thread like this and say, ā€œYou are totally unhot. You are hideously ugly and revolting.ā€ Of course not. Youā€™re not going to get an accurate response here, so unless you just want to receive compliments, which is totally understandable, then I fail to see the point. As long as youā€™re honest about the fact that you are just seeking praise, then post away. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/86 "2004-12-27T13:16:34Z")
I was thinking of doing just that, **Rubystreak**. Well, not to that degree. But the same ideaā€“put what I _really_ thought. Would that be considered jerkish behavior? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/87 "2004-12-27T13:51:51Z")
Why ask a question if you donā€™t want honest answers? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/88 "2004-12-27T14:05:28Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > I was thinking of doing just that, **Rubystreak**. Well, not to that degree. But the same ideaā€“put what I _really_ thought. Would that be considered jerkish behavior? I donā€™t see it as jerkish as long as youā€™re polite. ā€œIā€™m sorry **PosterX** , but you just donā€™t do it for me/arenā€™t my type/ arenā€™t attractive to me.ā€ vs ā€œDamn **PosterX**! Is that your face or a tumor explode from your neck? Youā€™re hideous!ā€ YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Bendarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@Bendarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bendarr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/89 "2004-12-29T11:06:41Z")
(Takes deep breath before taking the plunge) My Girlfriend calls me handsome. I just dunno. I think I look closer to Peter Jackson than anything else. Incidently I did actually have someone mistake me for him once. kinda spooky. And yes I want an honest opinion. I realise that I donā€™t look ā€œHotā€ Thatā€™s a given. Although I wonder if my GF is saying the truth about me being handsome or is she just being nice. So you know my age is 44. [My pic](http://photobucket.com/albums/v203/Bendarr/Gene/?action=view¤t=gene2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/90 "2004-12-29T12:26:46Z")
> [@Bendarr](#): > > (Takes deep breath before taking the plunge) My Girlfriend calls me handsome. I just dunno. I think I look closer to Peter Jackson than anything else. Incidently I did actually have someone mistake me for him once. kinda spooky. And yes I want an honest opinion. I realise that I donā€™t look ā€œHotā€ Thatā€™s a given. Although I wonder if my GF is saying the truth about me being handsome or is she just being nice. So you know my age is 44. > [My pic](http://photobucket.com/albums/v203/Bendarr/Gene/?action=view¤t=gene2.jpg) Iā€™d be perfectly willing to give you an honest appraisal, but when I click the link, I get told that I need a password. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Bendarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@Bendarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bendarr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/91 "2004-12-29T20:45:30Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Iā€™d be perfectly willing to give you an honest appraisal, but when I click the link, I get told that I need a password. Sorry. Sorry about that. My first time working with it and I found out that a password was itā€™s default setting. Iā€™ve just set it to Public. I hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/92 "2004-12-29T20:48:06Z")
Wow. What was it like to work on such a massive undertaking as The Lord of the Rings? Was it complicated to arrange the financing needed to complete all three films? Has the impact on the New Zealand film community carried on or has it mostly quieted down since you wrapped the last film up? Do you consider The Hobbit to be a reasonable pursuit, since the infrastructure is in place to produce a film that would look like the others? What have you done with all of those Oscar statuettes? Can I have a job? What?? šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/93 "2004-12-29T21:26:16Z")
> [@Bendarr](#): > > Sorry about that. My first time working with it and I found out that a password was itā€™s default setting. Iā€™ve just set it to Public. I hope that helps. Yep, it worked that time! Well, youā€™re a little too hairy for my taste; beards donā€™t do it for me. OTOH, if I was crazy about a man with a beard, I might just change my mind about that! As far as your girlfriend saying youā€™re handsome, well, let me just say that I didnā€™t think my my husband (the one with the dark, curly hair) was good looking, until I fell in love with him. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/94 "2004-12-29T22:19:33Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > As far as your girlfriend saying youā€™re handsome, well, let me just say that I didnā€™t think my > my husband (the one with the dark, curly hair) was good looking, until I fell in love with him. Norine, I have always thought your husband was really handsome! Tall, dark and handsome, and really nice too šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/95 "2004-12-30T01:54:19Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Norine, I have always thought your husband was really handsome! Tall, dark and handsome, and really nice too šŸ˜‰ :o šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/96 "2005-01-07T02:14:01Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Hey, **Roland** , the picture thread you started a while back is why I got addicted to SMDB. **Harimad-Sol** ā€™s certainly not the only one who likes you. šŸ˜‰ Dragging in lateā€¦ I have such good taste, donā€™t I? Remember, I saw him (and gushed ridiculously about him) first! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/97 "2005-01-07T05:12:27Z")
I might as well play in the hopes that 1 day a SDMB lady will remember the ever so lovely klintypooh. [Meh.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/klintlovescheesecake/Picture006.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/98 "2005-01-07T05:38:09Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Well hell, long as weā€™re doing a communal Hot Or Not thread, I may as well throw my ugly mug into the mix. You know, in case anybody missed the other 600 times Iā€™ve posted these. But Iā€™m feeling exuberant, maybe a little flirtatious, so what the heck. > > So, whatā€™s the verdict? Admittedly Iā€™m cheating a little; I know Iā€™ll get a positive comment from at least one female posterā€¦hereā€™s lookinā€™ at you, **Harimad-Sol**! šŸ†’ Sorry, dear. I had extremely sketchy internet access at home. The connection just drops for fun, so I barely signed on at all. However, Iā€™m back to admire you. You can always count on me for that. Though this is apparently the cute guy thread, I feel duty-bound to state that my hair has been chopped off. The first picture of myself I ever posted, back in the last picture thread (Iā€™ll link if anyoneā€™s curious) now represents me accurately again. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/99 "2005-01-07T08:09:08Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Though this is apparently the cute guy thread, I feel duty-bound to state that my hair has been chopped off. The first picture of myself I ever posted, back in the last picture thread (Iā€™ll link if anyoneā€™s curious) now represents me accurately again. No need to link; I remember, andā€¦good. You look far better that way. Itā€™s rare that Iā€™ll tell a girl she looks better with short hair, but something about that style suits your face perfectly. The whole look is extremely cute. And I was wondering where the hell youā€™ve beenā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/100 "2005-01-07T12:36:54Z")
> [@klintypooh](#): > > I might as well play in the hopes that 1 day a SDMB lady will remember the ever so lovely klintypooh. > > [Meh.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/klintlovescheesecake/Picture006.jpg) Wow. I would never expected anyone with ā€œpoohā€ in his username to look so. . .urban. Your whole look reminds me a little of Eminem, except that in all his photos, _he_ looks stoopid. You donā€™t. In fact, in that particular photo, you look pensive and thoughtful. Iā€™d say that if I werenā€™t way too old to appreciate that sort of style, youā€™d look pretty durned good! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292/101 "2005-01-08T02:23:48Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > No need to link; I remember, andā€¦good. You look far better that way. Itā€™s rare that Iā€™ll tell a girl she looks better with short hair, but something about that style suits your face perfectly. The whole look is extremely cute. > > And I was wondering where the hell youā€™ve beenā€¦ šŸ˜‰ Thank you. All my RL friends seem to concur. Thanks for wondering where I was. 'Tis nice to be missed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-cynicalgabe-hot-or-not/280292.md?page=6)