I do find it interesting that those who would normally laugh at others images in different situations, now look down on me for bringing out a natural human response. Could it be that they are insecure about the way they look?
On one board, I read an ad a man had posted and it portrayed him as a manly man, active, interested in sports, creative, caring, intelligent and a lover of finer things. I dredged up his picture and found myself staring incredulously at a guy who was in his late 20’s, outweighed me by about 250 pounds, wore those ludicrous baggy, below the knee shorts, a baggy nylon football shirt, dirty sneakers, a truckers baseball cap and sported a scraggly, spotty beard on his moon face – with small eyes. I seriously doubt if he had seen anything between his legs in person in ages. He was certainly not as he portrayed himself nor as his screen name indicated he would be.
I studied the ad for a lady, who let the weight section blank -ALWAYS a suspicious move - and who described herself as petite, sexy, active, with an interest in swimming, candle light dinners, Victoria Secret, waterbeds, good conversation, walks on deserted beaches, caring guys, and trying new things. I found her picture and was somewhat stunned. She was short, pallid, fat as a barrel, and looked mean! I don’t think Victoria Secret has anything in her size and if so, I do not want to see her in it. She was sprawled in a semi-playboyish erotic pose on her huge waterbed, modestly clothed and looked like a beached whale!
I found it funny.
The same with the guy who left a message that made me picture him to be a hunk, jogging down California beaches, flashing magnificent teeth and tanned a golden brown who turned out to be a skinny, thick lipped, oversized glasses wearing, scraggly haired geek!
OH – yeah. The ‘young at heart’ ones you have to watch out for also because more than likely they have either had a transplant from someone 20 years younger than they or use a pace maker! I mean some look like someone hit them square in the face with a cast iron pan!
Now, as for the SDMB, from following those little red website indicators and links left in some messages, over the months I’ve managed to see who I’m talking to. Most of the men appear overweight along with a goodly portion of the women. (It’s true what they say when reports state that Americans have a weight problem.) A few guys who run off at the mouth like they have verbal diarrhea look older than I thought and obviously must be real peaches to live next to.
A couple of the woman probably need to get oversized seats in movie houses and some of the guys look like they spend far too much time in front of their screens. A couple need to be reminded that the 60s hairy dude look is over and several girls can only and simply be described as plain. One looks not only plain but scary plain like in she NEEDS to get out a whole lot more.
Though, I will say that in 90% of the cases, those who have attacked me fanatically, ignored statements I made or who attempted to rally everyone else against me on the SDMB look exactly as I thought they would. That’s not saying all that much either. (Demented.)
Now, yeah, right, like I’m going to post a picture here. HA! Even if I looked like Brad Pitt or Arnold Schwartzenegger I’d be torn to shreds in about a second.