The_Q wrote:
I should post a pic here sometime. I fail to understand why some people feel shy about posting their picture on here. No one is going to say "ewwww, look at that ugly mug". If some mean spirited fool does post words to that effect, he/she should be humiliated and then banned.
I've seen this before on another forum, where a young woman was ashamed of her appearance only to have guys drooling over here (and some probably hitting the Save As button
) when she finally posted a pic. I thought that she was a little too thin to be healthy, but she certainly had
nothing to be ashamed of.
I'm shy about posting a pic, but it's not because I'm insecure about my appearance. I like the way I look, and I'm indifferent to whether or not other people find me attractive.
There are several reasons for which I am reluctant to post a pic:
1) I don't want to be judged for how I look (as in treated better or worse because of how attractive people think I am, for example); I want to be judged for my words instead.
2) This site has a lot of members. This increases the probability of someone I know from real life finding me here. That wouldn't necessarily be a big deal, but I like to be able to post about all kinds of things with as much anonymity as possible.
However, I could be being excessively paranoid.