Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words??? ( Archived) (26)

A picture may be worth a thousand words.....and either deter or attract a person...or give a particular first impression...however, how many people once you really go to know them, resemble anything on the inside that they do on the out? Can't judge a book by it's cover....

I guess sometime next month I will have to take new pitures again and post a new one to update everyone on any changes in my look. Well, at least I post them with dates on them and this lets me know if an update is due, the last one was in July.

I just thought my personality shone through on the forum and that is what people would go by. That is what I mostly go by and also I will pull up someone's profile. I might even pull up a profile more then once, because their comments on a forum are so different from what I believed about them.

Definitely!

Pictures do catch your eye...that's a given...and its human nature...nothing wrong with that...

What i question is the fact that some people seem to be able to give you the whole "run down" on a person...just based on that picture..

Have you ever cut open a bright shiny red apple...just to find a worm living at its core?

And by the same token...have you ever cut open the toughened spiky outer shell of a pineapple...to find it has the sweetest flesh inside?

A photo speaks volumes for sure but its when the person opens there mouth is when you find out what its all about...


Mech

Call me Shallow, But i'm very visual, So if i'm not attracted to your picture, i will not respond to e-mails or give you a chance in hell.




EL Diablo

Hey Izzy...nice to hear some real "honesty" here for a change...whether its agreed upon or not...its still "real"

I am trying to understand this thing about pictures...I really really am...Beachfarmers comment this morning about "exotic/enigmatic" pics being the ones to catch his eye really got me thinking...as well as someone suggesting that i might want to try posting an "average" pic of myself...hmmmm

First of all if i want to see "average" of me...I look in the mirror..if i want a "keepsake" its because on that day i may be looking or wearing something that i think is out of the norm for me...I thought thats why people take pics of themselves...personally i don't care to have a selection of pictures of me...I already know what i look like...

Also..when people go out for a night on the town...don't they dress up? Who puts on their "just hanging about" clothes to hit the clubs at night..or to go to a party??..and isn't it for the same reason that people put pics up here that would "simulate" that (the dating scene)...why would anyone put up pictures that do not show themselves in the best light???

I am sooo confused about this picture thing....really

It's funny how everybody says the politically correct thing....what a load of crap...especially for the guys who are hard wired for visual.

Back a year ago I posted with no pic , getting my feet wet. Hardly anybody knew I was alive till I posted a pic. A few People who I got to know I sent pics and they were like "My God ...why don't you have a pic posted"? They were naturally assuming I was Atilla the hun or something because I didn't post.

Looks do mean a lot, people just don't have the balls to admit it. Jesus how can you say they don't with the Acting, Fashion and Advertising world being what it is? Everything about our culture screams how important looks are. How bout the cosmetic industry?? Wonder how many woman here don't use a stitch of make up?? Looks don't mean anything Yeah right!