Why I think OLD is the single worst invention ever

[Buddhist]

It seemed like a good idea to some drunken frat boy I'm sure. But I'm utterly convinced now that OLD may in fact be the worst invention in the history of mankind. Here's why.

 

- It's impossible not to look like a total dickwad in photo format. If you are photogenic you appear to be posing. If you are not you appear to be posing while simultaneously looking like some kind of alien. The latter is the major reason there are no photo's of me anywhere on the planet BTW.

- Wading through hundreds of photo's is like a grand tour of global self consciousness and anxiety. Every photo exposes that person's neurosis better than an hour chatting them ever would. You can just see it. I found myself cringing on behalf of nearly everyone.

- If Tinder is anything to go by (as a woman) I have a choice of these kinds of men...

1. The lying on my pillow naked guy.
   
2. The baseball cap and sunglasses guy.
   
3. The shamelessly posing in my bathroom in my underwear guy.
   
4. The hey look at my dog or cat guy.
   
5. The here I am with my ex-GF guy, just to assure you that yes women do actually hang around me....sometimes.
   
6. The plucked to within an inch of my life eyebrows guy.
   
7. The pulling a stupid face guy.
   
8. The have a pic of my crotch guy.
   
9. The chronically wasted guy.
   

 

I'm sure women have an equal list of ridiculously banal photo's that say nothing [good] about them too. Which boils everyone down to a single embarrassing moment that they somehow hope will secure them a lifelong partner. I must have swiped left on over 200 photo's and still didn't find a single person that didn't make me cringe. I live in a big city so I'm not doing Tinder for the entire population here.

 

- Nearly everyone looks about 10yrs older than their age. Hmm...so everyone is either a big fat liar or you've all spent your youth drinking heavily and lying in the sun. Or probably both by the looks of some of these photo's.

 

To sum up. OLD has to be the perfect way to make an extremely negative first impression on a lot of people. 99% of people would make a far better impression leaving a bar rolling drunk late at night and puking on someone's shoes. Yes that's embarassing but at least authentic and your face probably won't look anywhere near as embarrassed as it does in your favourite pic with a devon rex cat, or whatever the hell that is. OLD is almost like a joke post.

Edited November 21, 2016 by Buddhist

[LookAtThisPOst]

It seemed like a good idea to some drunken frat boy I'm sure. But I'm utterly convinced now that OLD may in fact be the worst invention in the history of mankind. Here's why.

 

- It's impossible not to look like a total dickwad in photo format. If you are photogenic you appear to be posing. If you are not you appear to be posing while simultaneously looking like some kind of alien. The latter is the major reason there are no photo's of me anywhere on the planet BTW.

- Wading through hundreds of photo's is like a grand tour of global self consciousness and anxiety. Every photo exposes that person's neurosis better than an hour chatting them ever would. You can just see it. I found myself cringing on behalf of nearly everyone.

- If Tinder is anything to go by (as a woman) I have a choice of these kinds of men...

1. The lying on my pillow naked guy.
   
2. The baseball cap and sunglasses guy.
   
3. The shamelessly posing in my bathroom in my underwear guy.
   
4. The hey look at my dog or cat guy.
   
5. The here I am with my ex-GF guy, just to assure you that yes women do actually hang around me....sometimes.
   
6. The plucked to within an inch of my life eyebrows guy.
   
7. The pulling a stupid face guy.
   
8. The have a pic of my crotch guy.
   
9. The chronically wasted guy.
   

 

I'm sure women have an equal list of ridiculously banal photo's that say nothing [good] about them too. Which boils everyone down to a single embarrassing moment that they somehow hope will secure them a lifelong partner. I must have swiped left on over 200 photo's and still didn't find a single person that didn't make me cringe. I live in a big city so I'm not doing Tinder for the entire population here.

 

- Nearly everyone looks about 10yrs older than their age. Hmm...so everyone is either a big fat liar or you've all spent your youth drinking heavily and lying in the sun. Or probably both by the looks of some of these photo's.

 

To sum up. OLD has to be the perfect way to make an extremely negative first impression on a lot of people. 99% of people would make a far better impression leaving a bar rolling drunk late at night and puking on someone's shoes. Yes that's embarassing but at least authentic and your face probably won't look anywhere near as embarrassed as it does in your favourite pic with a devon rex cat, or whatever the hell that is. OLD is almost like a joke post.

 

Wow...you really let it all out there, Buddha. lol I have to agree with you on that, I had to deactive my profile very recently due to a woman what was so blinded by her bitterness and frustration, that she refused to believe my stated age even when she asked me twice. She's been on these dating sites for so long...I don't know why she even bothers.

 

But she is one of many overpicky frustrated people on these sites I keep seeing time and time again. Or...return people who threw their hands up the first time, and decided to roll up their sleeves again for round 2 or 3.

 

Some proceed their dating profile with, "I was on here before, didn't have much luck...so back at it again." I would have to chuckle, as I've emailed these women in the past only to have been ignored...so it's a bit of a poetic justice in a sense...esp. living in a community that's lacking in any real singles population, but mostly married with children and retirees.

 

I'm thinking, "You keep askin' for it, hon."

[PegNosePete]

So don't use it then. Nobody held a gun to your head, did they?

[Buddhist]

So don't use it then. Nobody held a gun to your head, did they?

 

I suppose you missed the point that this was a marginally-serious post? Just a way to amuse myself on a lazy afternoon? Was it just the fact I used male profile examples that's gotten under your skin. Unfortunately I don't know how to change my sex in Tinder in order to view female ones which I'm assuming are equally ridiculous and cringeworthy and I could probably have just as much fun flicking through.

 

I'm no stranger to the silly duck face pics many women post of themselves in an attempt to appear appealing. Appealing to what I don't know.

[PegNosePete]

Was it just the fact I used male profile examples that's gotten under your skin.

Nothing has gotten under my skin. I'm just advising you that if you don't like something this much, then simply don't use it. It's not necessary to "prove" that it's so terrible to others.

[LookAtThisPOst]

I suppose you missed the point that this was a marginally-serious post? Just a way to amuse myself on a lazy afternoon? Was it just the fact I used male profile examples that's gotten under your skin. Unfortunately I don't know how to change my sex in Tinder in order to view female ones which I'm assuming are equally ridiculous and cringeworthy and I could probably have just as much fun flicking through.

 

I'm no stranger to the silly duck face pics many women post of themselves in an attempt to appear appealing. Appealing to what I don't know.

 

Yeah, I see enough of those on Facebook. I recall making duck face jokes in the comments section, some failed to the humor. lol

 

I mean, they take 4 or 5 in a row and post them in a cluster. Sometimes you wonder if they are just making their online dating profile only for an extension of attention ****ring themselves, and not really there to date.

[LookAtThisPOst]

Nothing has gotten under my skin. I'm just advising you that if you don't like something this much, then simply don't use it. It's not necessary to "prove" that it's so terrible to others.

 

Actually, these existence of these message boards is proof that a lot of things that were unnecessary to post here.

[Shining One]

It seemed like a good idea to some drunken frat boy I'm sure. But I'm utterly convinced now that OLD may in fact be the worst invention in the history of mankind. Here's why.

 

- It's impossible not to look like a total dickwad in photo format. If you are photogenic you appear to be posing. If you are not you appear to be posing while simultaneously looking like some kind of alien. The latter is the major reason there are no photo's of me anywhere on the planet BTW.

- Wading through hundreds of photo's is like a grand tour of global self consciousness and anxiety. Every photo exposes that person's neurosis better than an hour chatting them ever would. You can just see it. I found myself cringing on behalf of nearly everyone.

 

 

- If Tinder is anything to go by (as a woman) I have a choice of these kinds of men...

1. The lying on my pillow naked guy.
   
2. The baseball cap and sunglasses guy.
   
3. The shamelessly posing in my bathroom in my underwear guy.
   
4. The hey look at my dog or cat guy.
   
5. The here I am with my ex-GF guy, just to assure you that yes women do actually hang around me....sometimes.
   
6. The plucked to within an inch of my life eyebrows guy.
   
7. The pulling a stupid face guy.
   
8. The have a pic of my crotch guy.
   
9. The chronically wasted guy.
   

I'm sure women have an equal list of ridiculously banal photo's that say nothing [good] about them too. Which boils everyone down to a single embarrassing moment that they somehow hope will secure them a lifelong partner. I must have swiped left on over 200 photo's and still didn't find a single person that didn't make me cringe. I live in a big city so I'm not doing Tinder for the entire population here.

 

- Nearly everyone looks about 10yrs older than their age. Hmm...so everyone is either a big fat liar or you've all spent your youth drinking heavily and lying in the sun. Or probably both by the looks of some of these photo's.

 

To sum up. OLD has to be the perfect way to make an extremely negative first impression on a lot of people. 99% of people would make a far better impression leaving a bar rolling drunk late at night and puking on someone's shoes. Yes that's embarassing but at least authentic and your face probably won't look anywhere near as embarrassed as it does in your favourite pic with a devon rex cat, or whatever the hell that is. OLD is almost like a joke post.

It seems like your entire complaint is about photos online, not about OLD itself. After all, you see equally terrible photos on FaceBook and Instagram. Heck, it's often the very same photos. OLD is much more than photos, even though they are an important component.