*blush*

You guys...

*blush*

(although you could just be talking about Amber...)

(September 30, 2015 at 4:06 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: *blush*

You guys...

*blush*

(although you could just be talking about Amber...)

Presuming she's the one in the giant sunglasses, we can't really see  Amber.

So that narrows it down, n'est-ce pas?

*whew*!

Everyone hits on Amber when we're together. I like to think it's because she's a natural flirt, and I'm shit at it, and not that she's hotter than me, though she's pretty damn hot (I just recently got over my crush on her).

(September 30, 2015 at 4:17 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: *whew*!

Everyone hits on Amber when we're together. I like to think it's because she's a natural flirt, and I'm shit at it, and not that she's hotter than me, though she's pretty damn hot (I just recently got over my crush on her).

Without getting too much into what the definition of "is" is, a la Bill Clinton, I think one should be very careful with the concept of "hotter than". Beauty is subjective to the individual, but the standard concept of beauty is cultural. I can see where, to a standard person who simply accepts the Cosmo  version, and thus prefers the standard definition, she would be considered higher on that  scale, but I personally am not drawn to the "standard" nearly as much, and I find you significantly more attractive, per my set of criteria.

So since I think you're much cuter, I'd hit on you and not on her, in other words. (Assuming I was single, of course.)

I can't speak for anyone else, and I think comparing ourselves to an arbitrary standard, even if the majority of people prefer that cultural standard is ridiculous. I spoke for a while with a Russian friend of mine who was a bit distraught when she came to the United States, in the mid-90s, because in Russia she was considered unattractive because of her thin build. Here in America, it was The Standard™, and the guys went crazy for her... which actually upset and frightened her a bit, because she wasn't accustomed to it.

My point is, who cares if she usually gets hit on? Any guy with real taste would hit on you!

Edited to Add: To put it another way, we tend to think of the standard of beauty as something we have failed to live up to, and thus are envious of those who more-closely meet this arbitrary standard (there are some standards of beauty that seem to be a biological constant, such as symmetry, neoteny, and indicators of reproductive fitness in each gender, but the overwhelming majority of what makes up the standard is arbitrary), so what I am trying to say here is instead of thinking to yourself that you have failed to live up to some standard, consider rather that it is an effective filter for men who have good taste-- that is, if a man would prefer her over you, then he does not have the specific tastes that would make him a good potential mate for you, and it is thus a useful screen against unsuitable guys. The failure is them, not you.

(September 30, 2015 at 10:56 am)Exian Wrote: At work on a Wednesday (the third Monday) with a broke down plant, nothing to test, and it's the damn night phase on mafia.


Halp!

Mm you look delicious....I mean, *cough* handsome....

Rob, you're so cute! Does your wife ever take pictures of you when you're awake?

(September 30, 2015 at 4:01 pm)Exian Wrote:

(September 30, 2015 at 3:52 pm)robvalue Wrote: These are a couple of pictures from our holiday 4 years ago in Gran Canaria. My wife suggested I put these up, she's up to her old tricks!

Haha God damn it, rob! Your "wife" is even more absent when, in two pictures, there's a perfectly suited area for her to be lying down with you. You might as well stand next to a wife shaped hole in the wall. Lol

Rob's wife is this forum's version of The Stig.

I still have no idea if Rob's wife is a real person but I keep finding myself hoping she's not. Or at least that she's in to threesomes if she is.

(September 30, 2015 at 3:46 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: My friend Amber and me, pregaming for the Padres.

But which one is you?  You both seem like hotties but I don't recognize you without your hoop .. and wearing nothing else.

If you would post one like that it would really help clear things up.

Ok! Here you go!