| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 7/31/2008 11:02:27 AM | Hi Amazonblonde,
Thanks for the message. It's very nice to hear from you.
I tried to reply but I received a message from POF saying that I was blocked. If I am on your blocked list, please take me off so I can reply.
Thanks
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| load of rubbish
Posted: 7/31/2008 5:40:52 PM | i go out to socialise and most pictures are took when you are enjoying yourself and just happens to be holding a beer. Dosnt mean your an alcoholic, people take photos at the time they are enjoying themselves if they are holding a beer so what. Dont get a hang up over it just enjoy yourself. lifes to short to be thinking what other people think. enjoy.
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 7/31/2008 9:24:00 PM | It is nice to hear so many men say this . . . some guy, in his 50s no less, emailed me his chug-a-lug foto along with the accompanying subject line: "whooohooooo".
I couldn't help from thinking that he needed to grow up. | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 8/10/2008 12:14:51 AM | To each their own, really. For me, when viewing a pic like that, it depends on the circumstances. Being a light social drinker myself, I would probably not post a pic where an alcoholic beverage becomes the focus of the story. However, if it's simply a prop of circumstance in, say, a tropical resort and that's the only pic I had, providing the imagery was focused on the excitement of that moment and not necessarily the 'drink', then I wouldn't have a problem posting it. Nor would I take issue with someone posting such an image on their profile.
Consequently, if a person chooses to post imagery of beer drinking, smoking, or whatever, it is their choice and no one else's. It's a part of them, for better or worse. And those not interested in such vices will steer away. Better for that in a profile than grow closer to someone only to find out later that they do actually drink or smoke while having fun when something like that is not desirable. | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 8/10/2008 5:17:44 AM | kevin
i also agree they shouldnt have pics of their children up there as some tool to get attention , there are preditors out there people!
save them for your one on one chats | |
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Posted: 8/10/2008 10:28:17 AM | | i guess it's the same i feel about a guy having 1 pic of himself and 7 pic of his truck/motorcycle...i mean...do i really care? | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 8/10/2008 10:53:06 AM | I am often put off by profiles with beer swilling females on them.
Just how much inteligence does it need to pour a beer down your neck ?
Yet people think it is so funny and good fun.
What even more scary is the use of drink names in profiles like vodka Mary etc etc
Are they really so proud of being drink dependent ?
I see what drink does to people in my lcoal city center on a weekend.
Women falling down everywhere and looking very very cheap. | |
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Posted: 8/10/2008 11:02:34 AM | | yeah, just what I want...some chick with a beer in every pic with some random bar guy groping her and she tried to crop him out, lol. Yeah, im really going to trust her on "girls night out" | |
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Posted: 8/10/2008 3:22:41 PM | | If a girl is holding a pint of Guinness, then I might message her, because not too many people drink Guinness, and it shows she has taste. Now, if she has a funnel, well, I don't know, probably not. But what does it matter? | |
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Posted: 8/11/2008 7:37:38 AM | Its all about first impressions.
If the first impression is a beer swiller falling about drunk then I will pass on that.
The same goes for boob shots and skirts up around the a55.
Its cheap and nasty. | |
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Posted: 8/11/2008 1:35:17 PM | | I probably wouldn't be interested in holding drinks in his profile because I would wonder why he chose that particular picture. What's worse is the open shirt pictures or pictures of someone that is all sweaty. Yuck. I guess it's supposed to look manly. To me, it just looks like they didn't shower. I honestly wouldn't correspond with someone with a half-naked or open shirt picture. And 4-5 pictures of a motorcycle or a car - nope, doesn't do it for me. I do, however, like horses! | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 8/17/2008 1:56:38 PM | I find it off putting.
I do too, along with the following (this is from another site but since they have options to share it on My Space, Facebook, and many other social sites, I don't believe there's any copyright issue):
We aren’t going to pull any punches here: how you look in your photo does matter. But not in the way you think. More often than not, your looks aren’t the deciding factor in whether or not you’re going to make a friend or score a date. What matters is what you are doing in your picture; in other words, how you present yourself to the world.
You may think it’s crazy, but it’s true: you don’t have to be the best-looking person on the site to meet people; you just have to represent yourself well. Check out the list below for examples of photos that you shouldn’t post under any circumstances.
Photo #1: You’re at a Bar Drinking with Your Friends
In an effort to come off as fun and well-liked, many people post pictures of themselves drinking at a bar with their friends. Big mistake. Pictures that show you drinking at a bar don’t make you look entertaining, fun, or special; they make you look like a barfly.
The snapshot may have been taken on the one night you go out all year, but the people on the other side of cyberspace don’t know that. What they see is that you like to go out drinking with your friends. That’s your priority. Something you do often. If that’s the persona you’d like to reflect, fine. But know that drinking has lost its luster for most people over a certain age.
Photo #2: You’ve Cut Out Your Ex
We’ve all been tempted to do it, but cutting your ex out of a picture and then posting it online is a bad idea for a number of reasons. For starters, every time you check out your profile and see that picture, you’re going to think of your ex. After all, he or she used to be standing right next to you! Second, in the age of digital photography, there’s no reason why you can’t easily take another picture where you look just as good. Or better!
If you absolutely must crop your ex out of a photo, do it right and cut him or her completely out of the picture. Don’t leave a big square in the middle where a face used to be.
Photo #3: You’re Standing Next to a Celebrity
Unless you’re good friends with Jennifer Aniston, there’s no reason why you should be standing next to her in your profile photo. Actually, even if you’re best friends with Jennifer Aniston, you probably shouldn’t be standing next to her in your profile photo.
This phenomenon is a little less common than the others, but it does happen. If you do happen to have a picture of yourself with a celebrity, don’t post it. It won’t make you look more important or more alluring. You’ll just look like a person standing next to a celebrity.
Photo #4: You’re Dressed as a Superhero
We get that some people really like to dress up in costumes even when it isn’t Halloween. There are many social events and social circles where this is accepted and encouraged, and more power to people who find their niche in the world. However, while your friends may understand your penchant for dressing like the original Superman at Comic-Con, most people perusing your profile won’t.
We aren’t suggesting that you make an effort to—excuse the pun—disguise who you are. In fact, any person who’s worth your time will delight in your quirkiness. But when you’re putting yourself out there, it’s best to save the fun photos for later on down the road.
Photo #5: You’re Posing with Something Expensive
To give the profile photograph some perspective, you’ve decided it would be a good idea to pose next to your brand-new luxury car. Surely no one will be able to resist someone who’s leaning against a BMW, right? Wrong.
When you pose next to one of your toys or stand in a way that shows off your Hermes bag, you come off as superficial. When it comes down to it, no one wants to be with someone who cares more about things than people.
There is a caveat, however: if your hobbies include tinkering with or collecting expensive toys, it’s okay to include them in your profile picture. Just make sure you are trying to represent you, not your net worth. | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 8/17/2008 4:44:52 PM | | I think what cracks me up are all the women that have photos in clubs, kissing other girls, or grabbing them, and they always look toasty drunk and they they tell you they are good girls and never go out to clubs or bars. LoL And I was born yesterday too. | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 8/18/2008 7:32:30 AM | There are a lot of pictures on profiles that may negatively influence my perception of the person pictured. That said, what may negatively affect my perception of someone may have no adverse influence on someone else. To each their own.
I must admit that obvious alcohol, like a beer bottle in the picture turns me off, but I think it stems from my structured and strict upbringing and I try to look past the picture to the profile. Hopefully, additional pictures will be different. On the other hand, I find that a table cluttered with glasses and dirty dishes are also unappealing in a picture. I don't assume that the glasses contain alcohol, but it would be like showing a photo of myself in front of my unmade bed and my dirty laundry in the background.
Its' all about how one wants to be perceived! | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 9/3/2008 9:34:54 AM | I find that most people are way more bothered by the fact that I don't drink, then I am bothered that they do!
But hey to each their own!
Profiles about about the person, not about what others think! | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 9/3/2008 9:51:44 AM | Sometimes a photo is simply a party photo, end of story.
If we compiled a POF forum list of pet peeve photos the only thing we'd be left with are prison mugshots, as apparently posing with anything, anyone, or wearing anything can be misconstrued as tacky self-promotion to all out whoreish...  | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 9/3/2008 9:55:25 AM | It doesn't bother me terribly if you post a pic of you with a drink and you're with your friends. However, if all of your pics show you and your friends drinking at bars or drinking anywhere, then it shows that all you like doing is going out and drinking.
Truthfully though, most people drink at least a little bit, so where's the turnoff? "WHAT???? There was actually a point in time when you had a coors lite and it was captured on photograph??????? You're clearly not dating materia!!!!!!!" I'm sure you have a couple pics of you drinking too, but they are just not on the internet."
With that being said. Wanna be safe and not accidentally turn off the wrong girl to turn off? Don't post pics of you drinking. | |
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Posted: 9/3/2008 9:56:34 AM | | It is especially a red flag when the profile states "drinks > 3 times / week". I've always wondered if these are the same ones posting that "all the men I meet here are losers"! | |
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| The Holding up a Beer/Cheers Photos....
Posted: 9/3/2008 10:29:44 AM | Okie doke, let's see if I have some of this right. Judgements are made because people are posting pictures of themselves having a drink, driving a vehicle, playing with an animal, making funny faces, taking self-portraits in basements, etc.
Should we just post our passport photos?
Now there's an idea  | |
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