When you see yourself in a picture, do you think you're ugly or generally weird looking?
I do...
Posted May 23, 2012, 1:24 AM UTC
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I think a lot of people have this issue. I have always hated how I look in pictures but when I see myself in a mirror I think I look pretty good most of the time. I just really really hate having my picture taken... I don't think there has been a picture taken of me in the past few years - and that is how I like it. :D
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Yea why the hell do we look good in the mirror but not in photos?
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because what we see in the mirror is a reverse image, and we like that image more because of the mere exposure effect (seeing it more often makes us grow to like it more)
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So how I look in pictures is how I really look to other people? Damn that sucks.
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Same.
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Actually, I see myself relatively handsome looking....
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Same here. I've always liked the way I looked. I'm pretty sure I see myself being way more handsome than society generally does, but I can't help but think about how dashing I am every time I see a photo or look in the mirror. I would fuck me and I'm not even gay, at least for other people. I think I may have just called myself girly looking but that was not the intention. Whimsies is manly man.
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I would fuck mirror me, but not photo me.
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Every. Single. Time.
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Yes.
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When I attempt to take a picture of myself, I think I look like an ugly duckling. When I look at myself in the mirror, I think I look pretty damn good. And when someone takes a random picture of me, as in not posed or prepared, I think I look pretty damn awesome. It's a weird phenomenon. Damn you awkward ability to be photogenic.
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I don't mind seeing my pic but I cannot stand the sound of my voice, primarily because I have significant hearing damage from the military. My voice sounds like comes from the left side of my head due to the deafness in my right ear and the pitch is very different to me. It really bugs me hearing my voice on recordings.
At least that is my weird personal issue.
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I think I'm attractive as Hell! Does that make me attractive to others? Hell if I know. It's all perspective. No one has ever called me ugly though, so that might have helped my self-esteem a bit.
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I have an oblong face shape. When I look in the mirror, it looks fine; a regular face with a pronounced jaw line. When I look in photos, only on the iPhone camera though, I look like a horse. Somehow my face doubles in length. I think it's a distortion from a close up from the iPhone lense, at least I hope so.
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Is it really distorted or is it just a trick your brain pulls on you?
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Considering it seems to happen with just IPhone photos, I think it's the device. But I really can't say with any certainty.
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I called it being more unphotogenic.
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Yes I do :( I skipped my rad photos just to avoid getting my picture taken, that's gonna be awkward in the yearbook...
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Honestly can't tell. I'm too close, man!
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Depends on the type of picture, ones where I'm posing and looking straight at the camera I think I look horrible. However if the picture is a surprise I must say I look quite dapper.
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Not just in pictures bro.
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No. I mean this is the man who literally charmed the pants off a few gals (not at once). I got something going on.
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It's usually mixed for me. Some days, I'll look like shit, whilst others, I'll look dapper!
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I fucking hate how I look in pictures. I can go out and feel super pretty and someone will take out their stupid fucking camera and take a picture and show it to me and my whole night is ruined because of how fucking awful I look.