The Ugliness Problem- Is it irrational to discriminate against the appearance-challenged?

Forbes ^ | Dan Seligman

[JamesP81]

You should use my simple solution to this problem. I don't allow people to take my picture. Ever. I don't even like seeing myself in the mirror in the morning. It's a traumatic experience. I for sure don't want any pictures of me ciculating. Next May, I am going to be a groomsman at my best friend's wedding, and I kid you not, I will attempt to keep out of any and all photos. Probably won't succeed, but I will try anyway.

Never let them photograph you. For any reason.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Bet he's prefer to have women all over him (what heterosexual male wouldn't). :-)

[Darksheare]

Well, if someone doesn't respect your wishes with that, we can tag team hunt them!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I think you are correct with that assessment.

[Asphalt]

I saw the pic once. If only I had saved the link. But then again, I have my location on my profile page

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Well lets hope they read this then!!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I promised someone that I would allow a picture to be taken. So I did. I usually run, duck, or put middle-fingers up in front of my face.

[Darksheare]

Ouch.
If someone has my pic, they can keep it.
May it melt their minds as they attempt to comprehend how so much weird can condense into one perceptible point such as it has..
..wait, that sounds too creepy.

Nevermind.
*chuckle*

[Revolting cat!]

"I knew a girl so ugly, she had a face like a saint--a Saint Bernard!"

[Darksheare]

Will hope then!

[Thrusher]

...in a recent conversation with Hamermesh I discovered that he is sympathetic to ugly people who want laws to bar the discrimination.

How exactly do you outlaw discrimination against ugly people? How do you write that law, let alone enforce it?

[Major_Risktaker]

A sizeable and growing body of literature attests to the fact that homely people confront disadvantages not only in the competition for spouses but in many other areas of life.

That is not a true statement.
Homely people succeed all of the time.

My Grandmother taught me:
"You could always find the beauty in all
people if you look close enough."

Homely & Successful.

[Darksheare]

You do the one fingered V too?

Uh oh.
I usually do that when my pic is taken.

[martin_fierro]

Freakier still: The graph was based on the "Golden Segment," or "Divine Ratio," a proportion that comes up over and over again in nature.

[Revolting cat!]

"She was so ugly that - I bent down to pet her cat only
to find that it was the hair on her legs."

[JamesP81]

I usually just steal and/or destroy film/memory cards to prevent the spread of photos of me. I'm already girl-repellant enough. The whole world doesn't need to know about it.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I do anything possible to avoid my face being seen in pictures. I have always been like that.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Good luck hiding from the wedding photos then.

[Auntbee]

I hate my picture taken, too. My son thought it would be funny to take my picture when I wasn't looking. Dumb a$$ took it with my camera. So when I got all the pictures developed I took that one out. Teenagers aren't so smart sometimes.

They also make scrapbooks here where I work when you hit a big anniversary. They'll have a hard time making one for me! They have a tendancy to come back at you.

[Revolting cat!]

"I was tired one night and I went to the bar to have a few drinks. The bartender asked me, "What'll you have?" I said, "Surprise me." He showed me a naked picture of my wife."

Oh wait, never mind, wrong thread!