update 11/06/04: HTML screwed up - deal with it
I've seen quite a bit of photo whoring in my days of this intro-net. Message boards are compact with a bunch of low self esteemed teenagers that want sympathy. It's easy to tell the difference between someone posting a regular picture of themself and someone wanting you to give them sympathy. Example numero uno:
*sigh* well hurrrrrs my pic. i no im ugly. *sigh* u better close ur eyez be4 lookin at muh pics. im nutin speshal. i dont no y im putin these up. hope you doesnt hurt yourself lookin.
See what I mean?
This person wants someone to reply with something along the lines of "OMG111 NO YOUR NOT UGLY YOUR HOTT!". The poster will say something along the lines of "thnx, but your jus sayin dat. i no im ugly". This is what I call phase 1.5: Just to make sure people still care, the poster wants to challenge people into commenting on his/her looks to see if anyone really DOES find him/her to be attractive. The following replies will be horny pre-teen males saying how beautiful the poster is (or the other way around). The poster will pull the woe-is-me bullshit and then lie in wait for more flattery. People who give into these fools only add fuel to the fire. They want attention. Deprive them of it. Make it seem as if nobody really does give a shit. Maybe that way the clueless media-brainwashed jackass will realize that people are onto their scam. I take pride in never thinking that I'm some ugly behemoth. I know that I'm not ugly. I'm perfectly aware of what I am. That doesn't mean I'm attractive...that doesn't mean I'm conceded...it just means I'm not an attention craving douche. People who actually think they are ugly will NOT post a picture on a fucking forum read by hundreds of horny teenagers. It just doesn't work that way.
If I was brainwashed by YM magazine, MTV, Seventeen magazine, and Pre Teen Slut monthly, then maybe I'd give a rat's ass about people finding me unattractive. Here's the scoop detective dipshit: I don't care. You find me attractive? Cool, that's great. You don't find me attractive at all? No biggie. Not my concern and you're entitled to your own opinion. Most highly attractive people are dolts anyway. No loss there. I prefer personality to looks any day. I've had chances with people I thought looked highly attractive. Know what happened? I lost interest incredibly when I found out that - gee - they had shit for brains! They were self-pitying, whoreish, fad humping, selfish, careless dolts! I'm not out to get laid. That doesn't mean I don't like to; don't get that mixed up. I will list out everything that I find attractive. Notice the rare amount of appearance:
What ZERO Likes!
-Intelligence
-Apathy towards criticism (Just because someone doesn't like you. No big deal.)
-Dark, wet hair
-Political awareness
-Grammar skills (both in person and in writing)
-Compassion towards my flaws
-Straight-edgeness
-Taste in music, whatever it may be, isn't strictly radio hits.
-Liberal mindset.
-Paleness
-Knowing of the difference between love and infatuation. (this is rare)
-Realization that there is more importance to life than parties + the weekend
-Human Rights fighter. Strongly opinionated, but open-minded.
-Respectful (i.e. not being a jackass)
-Great sense of humor. Understands my extreme sarcasm.
-Cares about the world - not just oneself.
-Respects things I enjoy. (Poking fun is fine, but all out rudeness is not.)
-Conscience that friends aren't forever and aren't essential to living.
-Dedication towards one another.
-Appearal thats intention isn't based on fads.
-Kind at all times, even when upset.
-Knows who John Kerry and Bush are. (Yes, some people don't...)
-Physically fit. Not a toothpick, but not a walrus either.
-Freethinker - or at least understanding about it.
There you go. Out of all those, notice how scarce it is that appearance shows up? Most of the topics have to do with a way of thinking. Idealogy. Those aren't all of them, but I see those as the most important. Now it's time for the fun part:
What ZERO Dislikes!
-Apathy towards things unrelated to oneself.
-When asked of opinon, the common response is "I don't know" or "who cares"
-Fad humpers
-Bible thumpers (Any religious book humper - even if Atheism had a book)
-Blind eye towards important issues
-Conservatives
-Sub-culture's (prep, punk, goth, freak,emo,"normal", anything else)
-Stong opinionation towards something you know NOTHING about.
-Racism
-Sexism
-Violence (I'm gonna kick your ass, my friend who is irrelevant to this is gonna kick your ass, my b/f is going to slash your tires, etc.)
-Popular lingo or attitude.
-Prejudicism
-Political ignorance
-Alcohol
-Drugs (disgusting, but I understand why people do it)
-Smoking (really hate this one, no excuse)
-Bandwagons
-Ditzy girls (like OMG)
- Macho guys
-People who support Bush because he will 'protect us from terrorism'. Support for Kerry because Bush has terrible speaking skills. You people watch too much CNN and SNL.
-The word 'gay' in a derogatory manner. It sounds so childish and hateful.
-The words/phrases 'pimp', 'you're done','like' (constantly), 'talk shit', any many others.
-People who try and act depressed, badass, upset, happy, or any other emotion/style that isn't even true.
-Whores, sluts, flirty girls, revealing clothing in hope for looks.
-The latest radio hit/band that everyone jumps on for a few months.
-People who negatively judge me based on the fact that I'm 17 without a car and job.
-Liars. Outright, blatent lies.
-Dicks. Bitches. People who are mean or careless towards others because they can be.
-Disrespect for things I enjoy - only because you don't like it yourself.
-Rebels without a cause.
-When the meaning of life is to get wasted with your slutty friends and jailbreak bad boyz.
I just came to the conclusion that I could go on for days. I'll stop, as I was getting off topic anyway. I've noticed that a lot of my columns have similar elements and repeated phrases. I'm sorry about that. I'm new at organizing all of my ideas. I hope to change that when I write my book, The Philosophies Of a Madman". I'll begin writing it soon. Until then, enjoy some pictures I've made of my aquaitances:
Note: I decided that since some kids like to go on message boards and beg for pity on their usually attractive appearance, I'd make some ugly versions of my friends/aquaitances that I find to be attractive:
Tiffany!
Sheila?
Lauren!!!!
...wtf is that? |
