Profile pics-rant

Jacquie1972

Lol he can smoke weed and drive? Are you sure about that? Considering he's smashed into a Snappy Snaps, fallen asleep behind the wheel and hit parked cars. The guy's a menace on the roads!

_Christine_

Not noticed Gerard Butler in this post... does that mean I can have him all to myself?

ZebraHead

Some folks are 'skiddish' to 'come-out' and may need to hide. Once they get comfortable they usually post a real pic. right?

And like me I have 'real pics' in my profile but use others as my avatar from time to time.

Probably not the only reason not to friend someone.

Just saying. :flowerforyou:

halobender

I don't think it would ever occur to me that somebody was trying to trick me into believing they were Brad Pitt if they used his photo for their profile picture. :laugh:

I have to agree with this. Seems rather unlikely that anyone would think that they could try to pass themselves off for him

A friend of mine was commenting on this a couple weeks ago. I have to agree with you and her, for the most part. I don't think that anyone is actually trying to trick me into believing they're someone else by using a recognizable model's photo, but it is kind of annoying to me for various reasons, such as shooting for unattainable goals.

I dunno, a good self-esteem is an important thing to me, and I don't like seeing people without it.

I do get annoyed when people use old photos of themselves, too, and then talk about how they need to lose twenty or thirty pounds and I'm like "Whoa! You might have an ED." And then it turns out they're just using a photo of them when they were close to what they want to weigh. I can appreciate that, but I feel as though one should represent themselves somewhat accurately—even if it's with those 3d models I see a lot of people use that shows them where they're at now and where they want to be—in their avatars.

Not that I want to see a bunch of serious mugs for avs. I like it when people have one that seems fun; but something that actually looks like you and makes it a little easier to assess where you're coming from when you talk about your weight loss journey is my preference.

Of course, all of this is just in contrast to a great Lolcats photo, or something really irreverent. Cartoon characters, kittens, those are cool. I'll probably eventually change my avatar to Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls.

spacecase76

Not noticed Gerard Butler in this post... does that mean I can have him all to myself?

No, no, he's mine! I was wondering where his mention was as well!

jkestens63

I actually am Angelina Jolie but nobody believed me so I had to put up the picture of the chubby chick, lol.:laugh:

chrissyh

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This snuggly little pitbull is more therapeutic to look at than my face!! :happy:

Maybe to a bull dog, but not to a Road Dog.

LOL! That is a cute bully....but I guess you can see I am a fan! Mine's a victorian bully...and I'll keep her little smiling face up there. there's plenty of me in my profile.

MercuryBlue

I totally see where you're coming from- post pics of yourself or don't post pics of yourself... but don't purposefully try to mislead anyone.

The reason it annoys me, personally, is because it becomes a trust issue. Like, if someone makes a suggestion to me about what I should be eating, or alterations I should be making to my work out routine... I'm going to take them more seriously if I see that they're in good physical shape themselves. My brain sees the picture of the 'healthy looking' person and I think, "Okay, they obviously know what they're talking about." On the other hand, when I was a new member here, I had people give me some pretty bad advice. As it turns out, they were in no better shape than I was, and were far from experts on the subject... but I trusted them because I thought, based on their profile pic, that they had some sort of valuable knowledge I could pick up. Definitely my mistake. I learned the hard way to do my own research and not trust someone just because they 'have a hard body'- because sometimes the 'hard body' isn't even theirs.....

Of course, that's not to say that I can't learn something valuable from someone who might not yet be at their weight loss goals- but I'd rather take advice from someone who was open and honest about where they were coming from and not 'putting on a show'.

I've got to say, though- my biggest pet peeve is when people post 'results' pics of themselves and then suck their guts in. It's like, dude. You're not fooling anyone. I can TELL you're sucking in- because of the giant concave spot just under your ribs. Be proud of your accomplishments, of course- but don't over-state them, either.

I also hate when people are self-depreciating because it always comes off as though they're fishing for compliments. Like, "Look at my picture! No, wait, don't look at my picture! Your eyes will fall out! But... no, do look!" Nobody needs to apologize for how they look here at MFP- I think we all understand that we are all here to improve ourselves. Don't make excuses for who you are. But also don't sit there and call yourself an ugly ball of trash, because I'm not going to feed into that ego-boosting trip.

...Finally, I personally am a HUGE Brad Pitt fan. Hubba Hubba. But I don't think I'd be fooled if someone using his pic for their profile added me. I would be like, "OMG! Brad Pitt is on MFP and he wants to be friends with ME!"

MercuryBlue

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This picture is NOT me. In real life I am a Men's Health underwear model.

LOL.

I KNEW IT!

MercuryBlue

...doublepost...

backinthenines

Anyone else get annoyed when people post photos that are obviously not them? It irks me when someones weight loss ticker says they need to lose 125lbs and they post a photo of a 105lb model on the beach. Or that suddenly Brad Pitt wants to be my MFP friend. I understand that maybe it's for motivation- like putting a skinny pic on your refrigerator or something, but I like seeing the real person.

Ok, just wanted to get that off my chest LOL

Happy Sunday!

Funny I thought the very same thing today.

To be honest I kind of find it a bit irritating for someone to start lecturing you on how you should do things, whether it be eating you exercise calories, or how to train or what to eat... And then they use a model stock photo as their avatar... It kind of makes you think... "well if you think you've got it all sussed then let's see the results!"

MercuryBlue

I do get annoyed when people use old photos of themselves, too, and then talk about how they need to lose twenty or thirty pounds and I'm like "Whoa! You might have an ED." And then it turns out they're just using a photo of them when they were close to what they want to weigh. I can appreciate that, but I feel as though one should represent themselves somewhat accurately—even if it's with those 3d models I see a lot of people use that shows them where they're at now and where they want to be—in their avatars.

I do this.

My avatar is always a current picture of me- but the picture in my ticker is an old one of me, at my target weight. It motivates me because I know I've been that weight before- and if I've done it before I can do it again!

MassiveDelta

Not noticed Gerard Butler in this post... does that mean I can have him all to myself?

thats my weightloss goal to look like Gerrard Butler in 300 and to be a romantic as the Gerrard Butler in PS I Love You

azmomof2

my pic is me.... I really am that hideous

Someone thought I was doing what you are talking about, but in reverse.. Like wow , nobody is really that ugly..... ummm yeah, I am

I'm very happily married but I have to say that I love your look! My hubby has the tough/rough guy look and I love that. Totally attracted me to him and now 18 yrs later I still love it! So you are far from hideous I love your pic!

halobender

I do this.

My avatar is always a current picture of me- but the picture in my ticker is an old one of me, at my target weight. It motivates me because I know I've been that weight before- and if I've done it before I can do it again!

I only mean when used as a photo that is your representation, so yours is fine, I just mean when people only have one photo and it's a photo of them from 12 years ago. I've known many people to do this and then I'm like "Wow, you're always talking about how you need to lose 40 pounds and you're so skinny ..."

But the photo in your ticker should represent some sort of goal, I think.

That's my opinion.

megteg

Anyone else get annoyed when people post photos that are obviously not them? It irks me when someones weight loss ticker says they need to lose 125lbs and they post a photo of a 105lb model on the beach. Or that suddenly Brad Pitt wants to be my MFP friend. I understand that maybe it's for motivation- like putting a skinny pic on your refrigerator or something, but I like seeing the real person.

Hah, I actually just changed my profile pic to Katy Perry (still left the real pic of me in my profile). i did it because I don't see my ticker a lot, but I do see the thumbnail pic. I'm not a huge fan, but people have told me I look like her sometimes - and she's got a great body! So, for me, it's about motivating myself towards a goal of fit and toned and confident I also love her style.

I'm also fairly new and look forward to the day I can actually post a progress pic instead!

mamijujuphat

While I like to see the person's real profile pic who I "friend" or "friend" me ...I understand some people are shy....or not confident enough to post their pics...or just have their own personal reasons they don't post their own pics... to be fair it will nice if we could put a caption on the pics...to give it a lil' bit of background ...& let's face it even when you put your own pics people still judge a book by it's cover... personally I'm more interested in what they say on their "about me" "inspirations" pretty much what they write down on their profile because it gives me a better description of what the person is like..I have different pics to kinda describe me..my family & even one before I lost 20 lbs before joining MFP...even an inspirational picture =]

fitbot

some ppl just want their privacy. I dont like my face all over the interweb. it is the interweb after all, and nothing about it is secure.

littlelioness

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That's my face for realz

NuclearGirl

my pic is me.... I really am that hideous

Someone thought I was doing what you are talking about, but in reverse.. Like wow , nobody is really that ugly..... ummm yeah, I am

You are not hideous at all - don't even think that way!!
(I'm used to this type of motivational speaking - I have kids!)

roland72

what? you mean people post fake pictures? does that mean that Angelina Jolie is not the real person that has asked to be my friend?

taletreader

Are ... you ... saying ... you doubt that's really me???

goron59

I get that people don't want to put *their* pic as their avatar, and maybe use something else, that's fine, but I agree, it's a bit weird putting up a pic of somebody else.

warmachinejt

OOps I posted a male model on my profile pic, lol just kiddin...

Kirstie_C26

my pic is me lol, takn ages ago granted but its me lmao :laugh: im a lot healthier now than i was then...was living on toast at that point :embarassed: but then food interested me again and now am bak to bein 'bigger' but headn down those scales the healthy way now YAY!!!!

feel free to add me xx

best wishes
Kirstie x

Shannon023

I've heard rumors that some people will post during work hours and maybe don't want to get busted by their boss. :embarassed:

I'm sure that's just a rumor though. :bigsmile:

FORKDOWN

Jeeze, post a naked pic of me and everyone complains. Now I use Triple H and you still complain. Suppose I could borrow one the guys race horse pictures that show just the rearend.

:bigsmile:

Shannon023

Jeeze, post a naked pic of me and everyone complains.:bigsmile:

Who complained?????

FORKDOWN

Jeeze, post a naked pic of me and everyone complains.:bigsmile:

Who complained?????

The guys did.

:bigsmile:

Shannon023

Jeeze, post a naked pic of me and everyone complains.:bigsmile:

Who complained?????

The guys did.

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Understandable.