# ladies- some advice on "hot or not" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757 "2004-06-11T02:02:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 11, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/21 "2004-06-11T15:28:16Z")
Well then I guess none of you have seen my competition šŸ˜‰ Damn Elle Macpherson and all those other hot Australian girls :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/22 "2004-06-11T15:53:52Z")
I think bitchy girls go on there and give the hot girls oneā€™s because theyā€™re jealous. Thatā€™s why some very attractive ladies have lower scores. Iā€™m not on there btw, so Iā€™m not talking about myself. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/23 "2004-06-11T16:57:36Z")
> [@Shaolinrabbit](#): > > Well, I think youā€™re genuinely hot. Although I suppose by definition that would make me another guy who wants to get in your pants šŸ˜ƒ Line forms to the right. Please secure all hats and glasses. This ride may not be safe if you have had recent surgery or a history of back problems. You must be at least as tall as Pluto to ride. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/24 "2004-06-11T17:49:58Z")
Ohhhhhhh! Silly meā€¦ :smack: this is a _flirt_ thread. Oh, gosh, donā€™t I feel like a bumpkin. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/25 "2004-06-11T18:09:53Z")
> [@SanguineSpider](#): > > Ohhhhhhh! Silly meā€¦ :smack: this is a _flirt_ thread. Oh, gosh, donā€™t I feel like a bumpkin. No, no, **Sanguine**. Back when we posted, it was a ā€œmake fun of **DrDeth** ā€™s silly OPā€ thread. It only became a flirt thread after that. Clearly we did such a good job in those two posts that there was nothing left for anyone else to do but flirt. Yeah, thatā€™s it! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/26 "2004-06-11T18:14:54Z")
> [@SanguineSpider](#): > > Ohhhhhhh! Silly meā€¦ :smack: this is a _flirt_ thread. Oh, gosh, donā€™t I feel like a bumpkin. Well, it seems to have to turned into one, anyway. So, uh, **Sanguine** ā€¦how _you_ doinā€™? šŸ˜‰ Note to my wonderful wife, the most beautiful woman on the face of the Earth, who I love more than anything imaginable, and who is bound to find her way into this thread: _It was a joke!_šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/27 "2004-06-11T18:23:21Z")
> [@bittersweet](#): > > \ > You know, kinda like [this](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=NUO8GZN&key=GDX). > \ That really you? ::checks location:: Cool. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/28 "2004-06-11T19:12:29Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > Yes? šŸ˜• That was my understanding of the situation. The best I got was an 8 from a guy that _wanted_ to get in my pants. Well, Iā€™ll give you a 9, at least. (I donā€™t give out many 10ā€™s.) And (despite my comments about genital piercings in another thread), I donā€™t want to get into your pants. And Iā€™m giving fair warning ahead of time: I will electronically bitch-slap anyone who denigrates small breasts. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/29 "2004-06-11T20:41:03Z")
In defense of ā€œDrDethā€™s silly OPā€ we are talking about a website where people voluntarily post their picture so people can judge their physical attractiveness. So opinions on how to post a better looking picture are appropriate. Itā€™s not like he was telling people to spice up their pictures on the Straight Dope photo gallery. And bittersweet and Engine are both fine looking women. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/30 "2004-06-11T21:12:40Z")
Iā€™d wager at least 50% of the photos on HoN are not posted by the people in the picture. Post a good picture of your boy or girlfriend, find out how they rate, feel better about yourself, etc. Post a bad picture of your xB or xGF, find out how they rate, feel better about yourself, etc. Some people will also post different personal pictures under different accountsā€¦ and the same picture under different accountsā€¦ presumably to get an average vote, larger sample, some weird intuitive statistics thing. So I understand why there are some really just plain bad pictures on Hot or Notā€¦ fuzzy, too dark, of ugly people, etcā€¦ theyā€™re the only pictures _of someone else_ that the poster hasā€¦ or theyā€™re posting their [bad pictures](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=NSNSSSB&key=UYL), too, to get a realistic response. The only thing that really annoys me is when people have this itty bitty pictureā€¦ and an 8x10 area of white space. Most photoeditors have a crop function. Use it. Or, fill up that huge white space with other pictures of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/31 "2004-06-11T21:47:34Z")
[hijack] I barely read past **Giraffe** ā€™s post, but just wanted to give :wally , šŸ™‚ , and ;j a chance to represent. There, all the smilies have been used in this thread. You can go about your business, and remember, No Smilie Left Behind. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/32 "2004-06-12T00:54:32Z")
Iā€™m feelinā€™ rather contrary todayā€¦ Iā€™m annoyed but not sure why, and Iā€™m a wee bit sentimental and missinā€™ my hunnybunny. And Iā€™m pissed at the bank, super-A bomb pissedā€¦ ā€œIā€™m in the red!ā€ and no one understands me until I explain myself in overly verbose and lengthy ways, and Iā€™m tired of talking. :sigh: I really hate glitter!!! ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/33 "2004-06-12T01:50:19Z")
> [@SanguineSpider](#): > > I really hate glitter!!! Your other complaints sound inconsequential next to this one. I hate glitter also. Dang glitter. Dang it to heck! :mad: Just for the record, size is unimportant. Application is what maters. How are they used, not how big are they. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/34 "2004-06-12T04:15:48Z")
I think those types of sites are really sad. If youā€™re really good looking, you just want to hear people say it all day long. If youā€™re ugly, you just want to hear people say youā€™re good looking all day long. Thatā€™s what really matters, hot, or not. More shallow than the Marlboro manā€™s last breath. ---
**Author:** ![stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@stately\_plump\_buck\_mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stately_plump_buck_mulligan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/35 "2004-06-12T05:37:03Z")
Hot or Not isā€¦ interesting. I recall it in its early days, when it was very hard for anyone to get a rating over 5 or 6, even extremely attractive model-types. Since the site has gained in popularity they seem to have tweaked the rating/averaging system so that itā€™s much easier to get a score over 7. Presumedly this would be in order to stroke egos a bit in an attempt to make more people stick around on the site, making it more popular, but for me at least it has the brow-raising effect of causing some people I find to be (cough) [not really all that attractive\*](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=OYSMRLH&key=QAX) to be ranked higher than [myself](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=OLN8BSG&key=LUT). ā˜¹ - phrasing diluted in the unlikely event that linked photo belongs to a Doper. If youā€™re reading this, lady, Iā€™m sure it was just a bad angle or something, kay? Those cheap little webcams make everyone look older, too. Please do not come after me. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/36 "2004-06-12T13:10:41Z")
> [@stately plump buck mulligan](#): > > Presumedly this would be in order to stroke egos a bit in an attempt to make more people stick around on the site, making it more popular, but for me at least it has the brow-raising effect of causing some people I find to be (cough) [not really all that attractive\*](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=OYSMRLH&key=QAX) to be ranked higher than [myself](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=OLN8BSG&key=LUT). ā˜¹ Based on your username alone, I would expect the first photo to be of you and the second to be of some mystical stranger. Whatever, the second woman is H-O-T. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/37 "2004-06-12T14:12:09Z")
> [@stately plump buck mulligan](#): > > ā€¦but for me at least it has the brow-raising effect of causing some people I find to be (cough) [not really all that attractive\*](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=OYSMRLH&key=QAX)ā€¦ Oh, geezā€¦Maaaa! Whatā€™d I tell you about these things? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/38 "2004-06-12T14:37:09Z")
I didnā€™t realize I was hanging out with such beautiful ladies, if you all will accept a compliment from a dirty old man. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/39 "2004-06-12T23:17:05Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I didnā€™t realize I was hanging out with such beautiful ladies, if you all will accept a compliment from a dirty old man. Why thank you good sir. _flutters eyelashes_ ---
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757/40 "2004-06-12T23:57:28Z")
> [@stately plump buck mulligan](#): > > [myself](http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=OLN8BSG&key=LUT). ā˜¹ Wow. Youā€™re quite hot, if I do say so myself. I would personally never put a picture of myself up on the site. It seems the fat girls donā€™t get much love even when they are complete dolls. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-some-advice-on-hot-or-not/249757.md?page=3)