| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 6/30/2008 1:21:32 PM | An example of this is while I agree that Angelina Jolie is very beautiful face wise if I were in Brad Pitts shoes I'd toss her a
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Xavery
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Joined: 4/22/2007
Msg: 77 | |
| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 6/30/2008 4:40:11 PM | ML - Your joke still has me laughing.
FAS - Wow. You seem to be right up on which stars have had cosmetic surgery. I just want to point out that I said Michael J may have had an unconscious desire to look like Liz Taylor, so he would be unaware this was impacting on his cosmetic surgery choices. I am sure you get the point. Really - I was just speculating about Michael.
I am not sure I believe everything I read/see about celebrities and surgery. Michael clearly has had it, though, and the sad thing is he would have been a better candidate for the Beautiful People website before he had surgery. However, he might be very happy with the results of all his plastic surgery and that is what really matters. | |
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CB-Guy
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Joined: 3/17/2008
Msg: 78 | |
| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 7/1/2008 7:13:15 AM | Ah, well I think the more obvious question should be if these folks are so beautiful why oh why do they need a site to find someone beautiful enough for them to be seen with in the first place?
Could it be that their self serving persona is the reason that they are forced to be looking ? Even us ugly folks would only take so much.
I always thought the beautiful people wanted someone to worship them, not the other way around.
Now sersiously, I don't think its this bad. hmm... Ok so maybe it's a "bit" hollywood, but I think the money that will be made will be because there are some that just want to be counted as good enough to join, twisted status seekers so to speak.
Signed I'm no 10 and proud of it. | |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 9:03:20 PM |
I think we live in a make-over society and there is far too much making over these days \
Building a garage today at my place, went to Jack's for dinner. I think it doesn't matter if you think you're beautiful people, you are if you are. I'm dressed like S*** and I talk to all the beautiful people. We don't have a problem. I think it's more the personna you throw out there. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 10:37:44 AM | Hey I should start a site like that...with free beer to each member!!!lol that way ALL would look soooo beautiful and no one would have to strain thier beautiful fingers searching for other beautiful people and their vertual beautiful world would remain untainted.....its sounds so lovely and beautiful.... | |
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Posted: 7/4/2008 8:38:13 PM | Chloe, we know there is a lot of vanity in the western world already. A lot of superficial
bs and a lot of shallow people too. Then there is the real world where the rest of us live.
Just for the heck of it maybe I should get done up, get a professional portrait done and when they accept me at the site I would decline the membership. What do you think of that idea? | |
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Posted: 8/6/2008 2:20:27 AM | I heard aboutg this site. What a friggin joke. Did Wickipedia take the word, "vanity" out of the dictionary? If you want to see vanity go down to the 'dance club' district of Toronto and check these kids out. Unreal. There are things going wrong in our society and then you get to watch the adult laugh at it instead of trying to correct things. Way to go folks. Just remember this: One day your kids are going to be in charge of which old age home you go to. And once you are in one you are completely helpless.
And life goes on. | |
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Posted: 8/6/2008 10:38:29 PM | Silibus
I am lucky enough to know that my kids will keep me at home before they ever put me in a home. My oldest works in the care field as I do, and knows very well what any of us may be up against someday when we age.
Funny tho, once we all get to that age, we all start to look alike...
so much for vanity eh! 
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Posted: 8/14/2008 7:57:04 PM | | Does their 'default subject line' when starting an email read: "Hey good lookin'" lol What a ridiculous idea for a dating site...as if we as people weren't divided enough already. Ah well, business is business I guess. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2008 12:25:44 PM | ok inquiring minds just had to know...the site is rather pathetic but i for the sake of curiosity had to try to join.... ...so now for the next 3 days you must be rated by members of the oppsosite sex...OMG...since when does love have anything to do with looks.. dont there people it is the way someone makes us feel regardless of looks...I cant believe how vain this society has become.... | |
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Posted: 8/15/2008 3:37:02 PM | Curvy....^^^ please please let us know how you make out...whether your in or not...gawd how funny..I was wondering if anyone would do this...
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Xavery
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Joined: 4/22/2007
Msg: 87 | |
| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 8/15/2008 7:49:37 PM | | I almost want to apply to just to see if I can make it. I would not be scarred if I didn't make it. People think all of those who apply are full of themselves. However, it might be that the people who apply just like a challenge like me. You have to be willing to accept "rejection" if you don't make it. Still, they should be looking for inner beauty at this website. | |
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| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 8/16/2008 2:46:25 PM | I have no problem with the "beautiful people" website, and from what I can determine here on POF (this forum) the people whom are complaining are butt Ugggggggggly. lol
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I can guarantee you the pretty ones aren't moaning about this site.
Its entertaining.
Love it! | |
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| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 8/16/2008 5:40:27 PM |
I have no problem with the "beautiful people" website, and from what I can determine here on POF (this forum) the people whom are complaining are butt Ugggggggggly.
Yu huh, or maybe we're just not keen on encouraging people to be shallow. Too much shallowness in our society as it is. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2008 5:56:58 PM | | Shallow seems to be a word tossed into conversation far too often. Why is it that when we have things we are specifically attracted to...it is deemed "shallow"? Give me a break. Even you have qualities you are initially attracted to. Shallow is just the scapegoat word of the times. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2008 8:05:11 PM | I love it. Now only if they had
slightlyaboveaverage.com
totallyplainbutnotugly.com
slightlybelowaverage.com
and
kindaanuggo.com
we could just hop on and know we wouldn't be rejected
oh and fo' sho,
pudgyfatandobese.com | |
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| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 8/16/2008 8:18:04 PM |
Shallow seems to be a word tossed into conversation far too often. Why is it that when we have things we are specifically attracted to...it is deemed "shallow"? Give me a break. Even you have qualities you are initially attracted to. Shallow is just the scapegoat word of the times.
Websites like this promote some sort of societal standard of "beauty." You say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I totally agree with that! But society paints it as if there are set standards for beauty, especially for women. It's like women "have to be" voluptuous, be thin, and wear the latest brand names in fashion if they want to be deemed "attractive," by mainstream media.
Girls read crap like this in women's magazines and stuff and then people wonder why many girls suffer from low self-esteem. It's (partially) because they believe that these phony standards actually matter, which they can't live up to. A girl may be plenty attractive, but because some of them buy into this artificial "standard," they feel like crap and take it out on themselves. That's my problem with websites like that one, and shallowness in general. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2008 8:46:07 PM | well...yeahh.....and the boys buy into it too.
from an early age boys are conditioned by the media to see thin and voluptuous and high fashion as "beautiful".
they are conditioned just as much if not more than the women you speak of.
and then the regular broads get turned down for, oh, say, "a few extra lbs" *cough*
i'd actually PREFER it if all the self proclaimed beautiful people congregated together on one website. LOL make fishing easier on OTHER websites | |
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Posted: 8/16/2008 9:24:03 PM | | Is there a brainy people only dating site? I'd be into that. Though I would have no idea how they would filter people out because I like street smarts and book smarts... | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 2:03:47 PM | Hello all..
Well you have what you wished for...I am a member of beautiful people as well as POF. Been so for a month and a half now. My reason for joining was curiousity as to whether or not I would get in and for the fact that to me, it is just another networking site to meet new people. Its not much different from hot or not or hot enough or lava life really...
I am not shallow, I am not uneducated, I am not self-absorbed or elitist and neither are many of the people I have met on the site or in person from there. Really, it isnt much different from this site in the matter of "attractive" vs "unattractive" people. Beauty is subjective and yes, when you scroll through pics on this site or that you are going to come across people who either appeal to you or dont. For the girl who said that she saw (I cant rememeber her exact words) 'ugly?' people on there..well to some they were attractive so they got in...there have been many that I thought attractive who didnt *shrugs*
... Really, how is it different from people ignoring messages on here, not even being polite enough to give a response to those on POF who have taken the time to message them?? Im sure many of you have done this....In this case it just a matter of voting as being the way of rejection instead non-reply.
I thought about what people might think of me for joining that site but its no different in that fact that POF has a reputation for 'crazy, desperate, slutty, losers'..well I dont think that I am either of the websites stereotypes and all that matters in the end is what I think of myself right?... I went in fully aware that I may be rejected and I took that on myself before deciding to join..its sort of a matter of, if it doesnt sit right with you then click your mouse to somewhere else..
So I read the thread and I will answer some your basic questions..
People are voted in by the opposite sex over a matter of 3 days. The voting process is fair as everyone votes on what they feel 'beauty' is to them. You see a person's photo and their full profile, should they choose to write something, and you choose between "yes certainly, hmm ok, not really, not at all." I have come across some members who say yes to everyone and others who choose not to vote at all once they are in. After the 3 days, the votes are averaged and if you pass the 50% in favour then you are in..
The forum topics are similiar to those on here..there are general subjects, the sexually minded topics, world event threads, business connection/networking threads, jokes etc...and like here, you will find people that are well spoken, thoughtful with their words and generally have a lot to contribute to conversation and debate and you will find others who are complete jackasses and annoyances..
The people on the cover of the webpage are not professional models in all instances..from what I understand there was a message sent out for those who wanted their pics to be displayed..some may be models by profession, others are not.
Anyway, I just wanted to put my opinion out there and let you know before some deem everyone 'self-absorbed, stupid, shallow etc...", that I have met some of the nicest, smartest, kindest, beautiful (inside and out) people from there AND here..I have defended the stereotypes from both this site and that to people who dont use these sites because I think that to generalize un-redeeming qualities onto ALL based on their inclusion of a site that doesnt sit well with YOUR own belief system or isnt founded in your own personal experience and only goes by heresay..well, its just an ugly thing to do. | |
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Xavery
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Joined: 4/22/2007
Msg: 96 | |
| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 8/26/2008 5:56:43 PM |
I thought about what people might think of me for joining that site but its no different in that fact that POF has a reputation for 'crazy, desperate, slutty, losers
It does? I didn't know that. I don't consider myself to be any of those things. OK ...just a little bit crazy.
Still, I am glad someone came back from the other side to report to us. I still believe that most of the people on this site could make it into "that" site and that the people are not really that beautiful. Check it out if you don't believe me. These are just average looking people with nice photos and good grooming. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 6:33:54 PM | Yeah..unfortunately I have heard a lot trash talk from people not on this site, those who were on it and left and from people still on here now who arent happy with the people they have met...about both sexes. Girls are all easy, desperate or crazy...guys are desperate losers only looking to get laid or both are game-players only looking for attention/ego-boost
Well I have met people that completely disprove that theory. I think its all about looking for quality and not quantity and taking the time to pass a few messages and getting at least a small feel for what the person may be like.. I still talk to almost all of the people that I have met from this site regularly (ones Ive met in person that is), roped a few onto my dodgeball team and regularly chat with a couple that I will probably meet soon...same goes for BP.
Cant take the whole online thing too seriously..and no matter what site you go to you are going to find both your share of those that shine and those you leave behind...
I agree that many people from this site stand a good chance of getting in for sure...Its not like the BP site is only for models and actors and such..its for 'everyday' people too..
As for the photo comment...wouldnt you say that most people post what they think are their 'best' photos on here as well?..Many of the people who have made it through since Ive been on there use just regular pics from daily life, ..many taken in front of bathroom mirrors and out and about...same as you find on here...not gussied up, professionally taken, photoshopped ones.
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| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 9/23/2008 8:35:55 AM | To be honest, the concept of this website is shallow but I do agree that when most people look for a mate, they want to find someone that they are attracted to. The problem I might have with this website, is that it rates peoples beauty in the sense that it tends to categorize people into unattractive possibly leading to a self-esteem crasher OR it puts them into a very attractive category…. possibly leading to a serve case of vanity. No doubt there are possibly very nice people on there…I met one. But you have to admit that the concept of saying “ummm ur not beautiful enough to enter my site” is a bit mean and elitist. And this could do horrible things for a persons self-etseem.
Now I looked at many of the profiles on the website. Most people on there are of European decent. The question now arises, What if a person of another nationality applies…for arguments sake, East Indian and what if that person is extremely attractive but there are a few racist people in there (or people who are not attracted to anyone who is not of European decent) and they vote…HELL NO or whatever the red block is on there…. and these votes out number the votes of the unbiased fair people who would vote most certainly (dark green block). As a result that person doesn’t get in. What happens then? Is that person then deemed as “not beautiful enough” to enter the site…even though they are more beautiful than many on the site? This happened to someone I know who I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why they didn’t get in. As a result, she suffered a mild case of lowered self esteem. So, for shits and giggles, I decided to try my hand at it. Before I go on any further, let me break down the voting bars for those who are unfamiliar with the site:
The question is….
Q: Do you find this applicant attractive enough to vote them into beautifulpeople.net.
and the boxes are....
Red: No! not at all!
Orange: Hmmm....not really!
Light green: Hmmm...yes..ok!
Dark Green: Yes! Certainly!
For me, it wasn’t going too well at first with one big RED box by one voter. But after awhile, it started evening out as the night went on. The next morning, I had a huge Red bar, a very tiny small orange bar, a very small light green bar and an even bigger dark green bar…. indicating that it was more in my favor that I got in. Towards mid day, it started evening out as in 50/50…. hell no to definitely yes…. and towards the end of the day and into the morning it was probably about 55/45 hell no to definitely yes. With probably a day left into the voting system, I just got tired of this little experiment and I pretty much deleted my account b/c to me anyways, the odds did not look like they were in my favor…so I didn’t bother to wait the whole 48 hours. Now judging from what I have been told pretty much all my life, judging from all the MANY messages I get on here, and you can judge my profile for yourself, I am most certainly not ugly. I am not conceited or anything…I just know that I am very attractive. Am I then to judge from beautiful peoples website that I am not beautiful enough????? What about others who I thought were attractive but were voted not beautiful enough (one very very pretty girl …judging from her bars did not look like she was going to get in but she looked like she had on a wedding dress so that might have been why)? Do you think this kind of voting is fair?
Oh I forgot to add…the girls bending over in their bikini’s and showing their panties had no problems getting in! | |
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XHTML
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Joined: 6/5/2008
Msg: 99 | |
| Beautiful People Only can apply...WTF....
Posted: 9/23/2008 8:45:03 AM | So mildly curious about this website www.beautifulpeople.net, I took my first look at it today.
The site relies heavily on Flash and is slow, very much slower than POF. If dislike such sites and my visit there was less than 2 minutes.
Kudos to admin for making POF a quick and responsive website. | |
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