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Title: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: strongbad on April 16, 2009, 07:45:44 PM
Honestly, I value looks in a girl mostly just because I know that if I had an ugly girlfriend, my peers would look down on me for it. Which is another problem. I hate how no matter how hard I try, I care way too much about what people think of me. It's just horrible  :(
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 07:47:13 PM
Use divine substances if you struggle in public. Your perception will be significantly different, shit like that wont even enter your brain pattern.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Walter on April 16, 2009, 07:47:36 PM
I used to be like that.

THEN I TURNED 5. akudood;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: strongbad on April 16, 2009, 07:48:16 PM
Quote from: Walter on April 16, 2009, 07:47:36 PM
I used to be like that.

THEN I TURNED 5. akudood;

Thanks for making me feel worse that's really cool thumbup;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 07:49:36 PM
Quote from: Socks on April 16, 2009, 07:47:13 PM
Use divine substances if you struggle in public. Your perception will be significantly different, shit like that wont even enter your brain pattern.


Socks knows what's up.


You need to let go of that though... But you see that. If I like somebody I can't help but think they're beautiful and at the time that I like them, the most beautiful person I've ever seen.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: russell on April 16, 2009, 07:50:21 PM
there's always some solace in the fact that no one really gives a shit about what you look like as long as it's not overtly offensive or eye-catching

Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Walter on April 16, 2009, 07:51:43 PM
Quote from: David on April 16, 2009, 07:48:16 PM
Thanks for making me feel worse that's really cool thumbup;


I made you feel worse? I'm flattered. giggle;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: l a c e y on April 16, 2009, 07:56:07 PM
i don't date uglies.
for my own purpose.
but if my friends were like he's ugly.
i'd be like fuck your mother.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Feynman on April 16, 2009, 07:59:12 PM
i don't have to worry about it, because one—i'm immune to criticism, and two—i have no friends
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: strongbad on April 16, 2009, 08:01:33 PM
Quote from: lacette on April 16, 2009, 07:56:07 PM
i don't date uglies.
for my own purpose.

Why?
also i don't date stupids.
for my own purpose.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:02:03 PM
Quote from: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 07:49:36 PM
Socks knows what's up.


I'd love to smoke you out.

Also, as far as being more confident and social, well it's just the way some of us are. There is no piece of advice that's going to change a core component of your character overnight. Being reserved and conscious is not a bad trait to have, but it can be if you let it inhibit and dominate your every action.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Mettalik on April 16, 2009, 08:06:47 PM
Anyone that can make me laugh is beautiful<3



oh and girls with big boobs
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: russell on April 16, 2009, 08:09:43 PM
Quote from: lacette on April 16, 2009, 07:56:07 PM
i don't date uglies.
for my own purpose.
but if my friends were like he's ugly.
i'd be like fuck your mother.



well you're ugly so
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Feynman on April 16, 2009, 08:11:41 PM
Quote from: Macey on April 16, 2009, 08:06:47 PM
Anyone that can make me laugh is beautiful<3

oh and girls with big boobs


boobs are obtrusive

i like a nicely formed ass, even if it's small
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 08:13:15 PM
Quote from: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:02:03 PM
I'd love to smoke you out.



If I ever make it that far East that would be really nice
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 08:14:56 PM
Quote from: wziard on April 16, 2009, 08:09:43 PM
well you're ugly so
aww <3

uuh i dunno if this is related to looks but when i like the personality of a person it makes me like them alot, sexually
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Feynman on April 16, 2009, 08:15:51 PM
Quote from: wziard on April 16, 2009, 07:50:21 PM
there's always some solace in the fact that no one really gives a shit about what you look like as long as it's not overtly offensive or eye-catching


I take solace in the fact that no matter how much you like her, she's just going to leave you and you're going to feel shittier after it's over, so might as well forget about it. The middle is not worth it.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 08:16:52 PM
Quote from: Bassir on April 16, 2009, 08:15:51 PM
I take solace in the fact that no matter how much you like her, she's just going to leave you and you're going to feel shittier after it's over, so might as well forget about it. The middle is not worth it.
wrong
if its a female version of jmv she will bug you about everything
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Feynman on April 16, 2009, 08:17:12 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 16, 2009, 08:16:52 PM
wrong
if its a female version of jmv she will bug you about everything


That's why they only make JMVs in men.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:18:05 PM
Sometimes a girl will have a peculiar look, in a good sense, and I wont be sure why it captures my attention, but it does. It's more like an image that I'll find very attractive, really, kind of like the 'the sum is greater then the parts' bit.  
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 08:19:40 PM
Quote from: Bassir on April 16, 2009, 08:17:12 PM
That's why they only make JMVs in men.
nu uh  akudood;
Quote from: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:18:05 PM
Sometimes a girl will have a peculiar look, in a good sense, and I wont be sure why it captures my attention, but it does. It's more like an image that I'll find very attractive, really, kind of like the 'the sum is greater then the parts' bit.  
Socks, you are really fucking weird.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 08:20:27 PM
In my experience of dating boys have always been much naggier or more clingy than girls and I really hate that.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Daddy on April 16, 2009, 08:21:02 PM
 baddood;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:22:54 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 16, 2009, 08:19:40 PM
Socks, you are really fucking weird.


Well it is weird at times. For example, sometimes I'll see one of these particular features in lets say an Asian, or a black girl, (not my usual crowd) it's a bit unusual but it does captivate my thoughts.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Walter on April 16, 2009, 08:31:20 PM
Quote from: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:18:05 PM
Sometimes a girl will have a peculiar look, in a good sense, and I wont be sure why it captures my attention, but it does. It's more like an image that I'll find very attractive, really, kind of like the 'the sum is greater then the parts' bit.  


Same sort of thing happens to me. A person might not be that hot, but for some strange reason, I find them extremely attractive.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 08:35:32 PM
Quote from: Walter on April 16, 2009, 08:31:20 PM
Same sort of thing happens to me. A person might not be that hot, but for some strange reason, I find them extremely attractive.
maybe your immune systems are so drastically different that you want to mate with them <3
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:39:39 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 16, 2009, 08:35:32 PM
maybe your immune systems are so drastically different that you want to mate with them


It's more like this 'ideal' look which is comprised of several different features that I guess I hold in some semi-conscious level as my standard, not for hotness, but beauty.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:55:12 PM
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3961/g16019f.jpg)

This I find interesting.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 08:56:25 PM
Girls who do things like that are generally attractive because they do things like that.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 08:58:23 PM
Quote from: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 08:56:25 PM
Girls who do things like that are generally attractive because they do things like that.


Well, me and the rest of the aviation buddies who have collected over 250 pictures of female pilots think she's unique. Some of the other female pilots are more attractive, but not in the same sense. And I do not think it's the uniform syndrome at work.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 08:59:44 PM
maybe its facial features you've come to recognize and adore as a kid are somewhat smeared over her face
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Veal on April 16, 2009, 09:00:36 PM
(http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/7ec2770071cdd351de1497f2d264218d88ec5ddc_m.jpg)
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Hiro on April 16, 2009, 09:02:00 PM
...
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:03:11 PM
Quote from: Veal on April 16, 2009, 09:00:36 PM
(http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/7ec2770071cdd351de1497f2d264218d88ec5ddc_m.jpg)


I like that
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 09:04:44 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 16, 2009, 08:59:44 PM
maybe its facial features you've come to recognize and adore as a kid are somewhat smeared over her face


(http://www.voodoo-world.cz/falcon/girls/g16019.jpg)

Maybe it's the fact that she also squints in the sun.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Sam on April 16, 2009, 09:12:42 PM
Quote from: Socks on April 16, 2009, 09:04:44 PM

Maybe it's the fact that she also squints in the sun.

i'm a little curious as to how you've obtined multiple pictures of her.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Hiro on April 16, 2009, 09:16:03 PM
I don't see why looks shouldn't be important, It's only instincts. i'm not saying they have to be super hot but they have to look attracted to be sexually attracted to someone, that's just nature. I also think that personality is equally and often more important, but i'm just saying. Looks are what gets you to notice the girl and personality gets you to stay with her.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 09:17:10 PM
Quote from: Sam on April 16, 2009, 09:12:42 PM
i'm a little curious as to how you've obtined multiple pictures of her.


Well there's this forum where (a bunch of retired and active duty pilots/military guys go) there is a whole topic dedicated to female military pilots. Needless to say one way or another pictures are obtained, of her there are about 12.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:18:04 PM
Quote from: Hïro on April 16, 2009, 09:16:03 PM
I don't see why looks shouldn't be important, It's only instincts. i'm not saying they have to be super hot but they have to look attracted to be sexually attracted to someone, that's just nature. I also think that personality is equally and often more important, but i'm just saying. Looks are what gets you to notice the girl and personality gets you to stay with her.


I feel like I'm really opposite of that a lot of the time.

If I think about pretty much anybody I have ever liked I only really start to  notice how beautiful they are after I realize how amazing of a person they are.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Socks on April 16, 2009, 09:19:44 PM
I still can't figure out how you ended up with Hiro once upon a time.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:20:31 PM
Quote from: Socks on April 16, 2009, 09:19:44 PM
I still can't figure out how you ended up with Hiro once upon a time.


I really don't understand it either but I know that I liked him a lot at first. Life can be so strange.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Feynman on April 16, 2009, 09:23:24 PM
When I like a girl, she really isn't too pretty, but in my mind I find her the prettiest girl in existence.

That really backfires on me though, as when I find her so pretty, being the paranoid fuck that I am—"I think, she's too pretty for you, and she can get a guy very quickly, and she probably already has one, or at least has her eyes on one." And that is when I avoid them, because most of the time, I feel that they deserve much better than me.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Samus Aran on April 16, 2009, 09:25:52 PM
Quote from: Bassir on April 16, 2009, 08:15:51 PM
I take solace in the fact that no matter how much you like her, she's just going to leave you and you're going to feel shittier after it's over, so might as well forget about it. The middle is not worth it.


i lol'd
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Himu on April 16, 2009, 09:33:48 PM
Looks are nice and certainly get my attention, but all that I really want is someone who really cares about me.  Regardless of how they look, someone with genuine love would become even more beautiful in my eyes each and every day.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Hiro on April 16, 2009, 09:34:51 PM
What Hime said.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Veal on April 16, 2009, 09:35:24 PM
What looks like Love to you might not be it, and vice versa.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 09:49:00 PM
Quote from: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:20:31 PM
I really don't understand it either but I know that I liked him a lot at first. Life can be so strange.
teehee
what made hiro so sexually exciting <3
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:50:19 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 16, 2009, 09:49:00 PM
teehee
what made hiro so sexually exciting <3


lol oh gosh

I can't remember what it was, we're not compatible at all.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Hiro on April 16, 2009, 09:51:23 PM
smithicide;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 16, 2009, 09:52:39 PM
Quote from: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:50:19 PM
lol oh gosh

I can't remember what it was, we're not compatible at all.
maybe it was his dorkiness

i love it when guys are really dorky n____n
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 09:54:22 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 16, 2009, 09:52:39 PM
maybe it was his dorkiness

i love it when guys are really dorky n____n


I am trying to think of what it was and I can't? I know that it was something because I honestly liked him but I think everything that I thought was there turned out not to be which is why the break up happened? It was a year ago
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Hiro on April 16, 2009, 09:55:53 PM
I went out with skylark because she liked me and we were friends.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Geno on April 16, 2009, 09:58:42 PM
Skylark was turned on by Hiro's funny faces
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 16, 2009, 10:00:21 PM
***

No, I'm just fickle.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Slim on April 16, 2009, 11:06:03 PM
And the winner of Most Angsty Topic of Year goes to... this one! Congrats, David. ^__^
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: don't let's on April 17, 2009, 04:40:31 AM
That's why you just have to make all the beautiful people into ugly people and the problems solved.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 05:45:39 AM
I'm fascinated by guys I have never seen. Slim for one. Famy, Guff, and Hyper. Way before I ever knew what they looked like.  I think it's their sense of humor and mannerisms.   n_u
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Walter on April 17, 2009, 06:09:46 AM
Quote from: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 05:45:39 AM
I'm fascinated by guys I have never seen. Slim for one. Famy, Guff, and Hyper. Way before I ever knew what they looked like.  I think it's their sense of humor and mannerisms.   n_u


What about me? You have barely seen me post, does that make me super duper fascinating?

cjlubdoods;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 06:13:31 AM
Quote from: Walter on April 17, 2009, 06:09:46 AM
What about me? You have barely seen me post, does that make me super duper fascinating?

cjlubdoods;


Why of course.  Just like YPR.   giggle;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: strongbad on April 17, 2009, 06:19:09 AM
Quote from: Slim on April 16, 2009, 11:06:03 PM
And the winner of Most Angsty Topic of Year goes to... this one! Congrats, David. ^__^

Cool
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Zach on April 17, 2009, 08:29:02 AM
Oftentimes, if I'm attracted to a girl that's somewhat pretty but not necessarily hot, I'll find her to be more attractive the longer I spend time with her.

Looks aren't entirely important to me, but I'm not going to pretend like I'm going to date a fucking ugly girl. There has to be some physical attraction - that's just how nature works. You don't have to be gorgeous, or even particularly pretty - I've been attracted to a lot of normal-looking girls.

I'm not very picky as long as you're intelligent and I can have a conversation with you.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Selkie on April 17, 2009, 08:37:48 AM
Eh, a girl needs to be attractive in order for me to like her. Whether she's cute, or hot, or both. I am extremely shallow and ashamed of it. But what can I do, I can't help it.

She also needs to have a bubbly and exciting personality. If she is like that, i honestly don't care if she is the simplest, most unintelligent girl alive, I will still love being around her.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: superclucky on April 17, 2009, 12:21:39 PM
Quote from: Selkie on April 17, 2009, 08:37:48 AM

She also needs to have a bubbly and exciting personality. If she is like that, i honestly don't care if she is the simplest, most unintelligent girl alive, I will still love being around her.
I hate men like you.  akudood;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on April 17, 2009, 12:23:39 PM
Quote from: Bassir on April 16, 2009, 09:23:24 PM
When I like a girl, she really isn't too pretty, but in my mind I find her the prettiest girl in existence.

That really backfires on me though, as when I find her so pretty, being the paranoid fuck that I amâ,”"I think, she's too pretty for you, and she can get a guy very quickly, and she probably already has one, or at least has her eyes on one." And that is when I avoid them, because most of the time, I feel that they deserve much better than me.
This entire post applies to me as well.  cjlubdoods;/ smithicide;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: NOA_Haunted on April 17, 2009, 12:28:17 PM
Umm, all relationships start by attraction... So if your not attracted to them you don't have to worry about dating them.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Selkie on April 17, 2009, 01:24:10 PM
Quote from: Stupid Whore/Slut and a Nymphet on April 17, 2009, 12:21:39 PM
I hate men like you.  akudood;


I'm not into boring or mopey girls.

I need them to be cheerful and happy so it counteracts my indifference
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Slim on April 17, 2009, 06:09:04 PM
Quote from: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 05:45:39 AM
I'm fascinated by guys I have never seen. Slim for one. Famy, Guff, and Hyper. Way before I ever knew what they looked like.  I think it's their sense of humor and mannerisms.   n_u


Does this mean that if I ever post a picture, I won't be fascinating anymore? </3
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: russell on April 17, 2009, 06:33:14 PM
Quote from: Selkie on April 17, 2009, 08:37:48 AM
Eh, a girl needs to be attractive in order for me to like her. Whether she's cute, or hot, or both. I am extremely shallow and ashamed of it. But what can I do, I can't help it.

She also needs to have a bubbly and exciting personality. If she is like that, i honestly don't care if she is the simplest, most unintelligent girl alive, I will still love being around her.


same thoughts

except if people do not regularly mentally challenge me I don't enjoy being around them
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Josh on April 17, 2009, 06:42:39 PM
I like heavyset girls.  doodella;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Thyme on April 17, 2009, 06:47:55 PM
Quote from: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 05:45:39 AM
I'm fascinated by guys I have never seen. Slim for one. Famy, Guff, and Hyper. Way before I ever knew what they looked like.  I think it's their sense of humor and mannerisms.   n_u


Fucking Classic, convincing me to post a picture. madood;

[spoiler]obligatory "jk ilu cjlubdoods;"[/spoiler]
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: ME## on April 17, 2009, 06:59:44 PM
Quote from: Thyme on April 17, 2009, 06:47:55 PM
Fucking Classic, convincing me to post a picture. madood;

[spoiler]obligatory "jk ilu cjlubdoods;"[/spoiler]


It honestly wasn't a terrible picture.  n_u


[spoiler]and yes i saw the other part[/spoiler]
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Thyme on April 17, 2009, 07:01:00 PM
Quote from: divaD on April 17, 2009, 06:59:44 PM
It honestly wasn't a terrible picture.  n_u


But the subject was. maps;

I was kidding anyway.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: ME## on April 17, 2009, 07:04:35 PM
Quote from: Thyme on April 17, 2009, 07:01:00 PM
But the subject was. maps;

I was kidding anyway.


Yeah I know. spam;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 07:38:01 PM
Quote from: Slim on April 17, 2009, 06:09:04 PM
Does this mean that if I ever post a picture, I won't be fascinating anymore? </3


Probably more so. That's the way it has worked so far. <3     giggle;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Veal on April 17, 2009, 08:07:57 PM
Quote from: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 07:38:01 PM
Probably more so. That's the way it has worked so far. <3     giggle;

(http://209.85.12.234/11244/161/emo/no.gif)
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 08:10:15 PM
Quote from: Veal on April 17, 2009, 08:07:57 PM
(http://209.85.12.234/11244/161/emo/no.gif)


That's a pitiful face. And I find you fascinating too. Especially your videos.   hocuspocus;
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Veal on April 17, 2009, 08:19:59 PM
Quote from: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 08:10:15 PM
That's a pitiful face. And I find you fascinating too. Especially your videos.   hocuspocus;

it's the face i'm constantly making.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 08:24:49 PM
Quote from: Veal on April 17, 2009, 08:19:59 PM
it's the face i'm constantly making.


You are much better looking when you smile.   :3
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: wawi on April 17, 2009, 08:25:16 PM
It's very hard to find someone who does not make looks one of the most important factors.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Veal on April 17, 2009, 08:30:55 PM
Quote from: FAMY2 on April 17, 2009, 08:24:49 PM
You are much better looking when you smile.   :3

(http://boyah.net/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=1789;type=avatar)
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: guff on April 17, 2009, 09:48:26 PM
i only like chicks with huge knockers
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: just1more on April 18, 2009, 01:42:22 PM
It has more to do with instinct than anything. You have an instinct to like attractive people, because attractive people are (in general) the healthiest. You want to make babies with someone who is healthy and has good genes, so the child will be taken care of and will live a healthy life and one day have their own children.

Anyone who you find unattractive probably isn't as healthy. This is most obviously seen in people who are obese, anorexic, or look sickly.

It's all evolutionary biology.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Sam on April 18, 2009, 03:05:17 PM
Quote from: Dean Martin on April 18, 2009, 01:42:22 PM
It has more to do with instinct than anything. You have an instinct to like attractive people, because attractive people are (in general) the healthiest. You want to make babies with someone who is healthy and has good genes, so the child will be taken care of and will live a healthy life and one day have their own children.

Anyone who you find unattractive probably isn't as healthy. This is most obviously seen in people who are obese, anorexic, or look sickly.

It's all evolutionary biology.

eh, to an extent.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Walter on April 18, 2009, 03:17:28 PM
Quote from: Dean Martin on April 18, 2009, 01:42:22 PM
It has more to do with instinct than anything. You have an instinct to like attractive people, because attractive people are (in general) the healthiest. You want to make babies with someone who is healthy and has good genes, so the child will be taken care of and will live a healthy life and one day have their own children.

Anyone who you find unattractive probably isn't as healthy. This is most obviously seen in people who are obese, anorexic, or look sickly.

It's all evolutionary biology.


Eh. Not everything is accounted for by evolution. A lot of it has to do with the media and the phycology of the mind... more so then evolution at least.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Classic on April 18, 2009, 03:58:05 PM
I'm not so critical on looks.
I mean, look at me. I'm an ogre.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: just1more on April 18, 2009, 09:59:14 PM
Quote from: Walter on April 18, 2009, 03:17:28 PM
Eh. Not everything is accounted for by evolution. A lot of it has to do with the media and the phycology of the mind... more so then evolution at least.

have you ever taken animal behavior?
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Selkie on April 19, 2009, 09:34:09 AM
Quote from: Dean Martin on April 18, 2009, 01:42:22 PM
It has more to do with instinct than anything. You have an instinct to like attractive people, because attractive people are (in general) the healthiest. You want to make babies with someone who is healthy and has good genes, so the child will be taken care of and will live a healthy life and one day have their own children.

Anyone who you find unattractive probably isn't as healthy. This is most obviously seen in people who are obese, anorexic, or look sickly.

It's all evolutionary biology.


That's probably true to an extent, but lots of evolutionary and instinctual things have kind of changed, considering we live in a world where we don't really need to fight to survive anymore. And the media and culture in general is changing our ideas of things.

An example is laughing. That is our bodies instinctive reaction to something we find out-of-place, and the body's attempt to relieve the stress. But we don't laugh simply for things that seem wrong to us anymore. We laugh more when we are happy, etc.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Walter on April 19, 2009, 09:55:50 AM
Quote from: Dean Martin on April 18, 2009, 09:59:14 PM
have you ever taken animal behavior?


I don't need to.
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: l a c e y on April 19, 2009, 10:07:46 AM
who cares, looks are always going to matter, no matter what.
i don't care what anyone says, you notice peoples looks before you know their personalities.
even if you're all like no it's their personality i'm attracted to and everyone else thinks their ugly you probably find them attractive.
everyone thinks that different people are attractive.
end of story, there's always gunna be someone out their for you no matter how ugly you are cause someone will find you attractive.
now shut up.

Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: Skylark on April 19, 2009, 11:28:54 AM
I think people who look sickly are generally attractive.


Also, what about homosexuals? I can't look at a girl and be attracted to her because I want to reproduce with her
Title: Re: I hate how important looks are.
Post by: just1more on April 20, 2009, 07:28:34 AM
Obviously it's not ALL about evolutionary biology. But it does play a big role in it. Personality does as well. I personally could never be attracted to someone that's a crazy manipulative bitch, but I know people who are.

I really don't know about homosexuals. It probably has more to do with emotion than anything else, but seeing as how I'm not one, I can't exactly speak for them.