Why Men Shouldn't Be So Hard on Themselves

theCarlton
theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
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My friend nerdyandilikeit shared this video with me. It was moving. It brought me to tears.........of laughter.
http://youtu.be/T8Jiwo3u6Vo
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  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    My friend AnnieKicksAss shared it with me!
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    That was hands down the most moving video I have ever seen.

    A real reality check.

    Thanks for posting OP!

    Men, It only takes a couple minutes of your time but it's life changing.

    :flowerforyou:
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    That was hands down the most moving video I have ever seen.

    A real reality check.

    Thanks for posting OP!

    Men, It only takes a couple minutes of your time but it's life changing.

    :flowerforyou:
    You're welcome. I'm glad you were able to get something from it. :flowerforyou:
  • Penny_Lane_
    Penny_Lane_ Posts: 163
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    OMFG!!!!
  • wareagle8706
    wareagle8706 Posts: 1,090 Member
    Truly amazing.
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    I'll never look at myself the same way again. Thank you OP! *sniff*
  • polo571
    polo571 Posts: 708 Member
    bump
  • Zomoniac
    Zomoniac Posts: 1,169 Member
    Clearly I know the wrong men. Most guys I know don't think they're beautiful at all.
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    :laugh:
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    What I learned - Other people may not appreciate just how good looking I am. :wink:

    Hahahah
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    What I learned - Other people may not appreciate just how good looking I am. :wink:

    Hahahah
    That's a startling realization. :tongue:
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I think there's something beautiful (or hot) about every single one of them. :heart:
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    What I learned - Other people may not appreciate just how good looking I am. :wink:

    Hahahah

    This.
  • azzkikin
    azzkikin Posts: 458 Member
    Others just don't see how ruggedly handsome I am. I clearly see it now, they are all wrong. :tongue:
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    it's scary to think that the opinion i have of myself is actually the inflated and idealized one and i probably look worse.
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    it's scary to think that the opinion i have of myself is actually the inflated and idealized one and i probably look worse.
    There, there. Your opinion should be the only one that matters to you. Didn't you hear the guy at the end of the video? "That is not me. And I refuse to believe it."
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    it's scary to think that the opinion i have of myself is actually the inflated and idealized one and i probably look worse.
    There, there. Your opinion should be the only one that matters to you. Didn't you hear the guy at the end of the video? "That is not me. And I refuse to believe it."

    thank you for your support. i did miss that part. it changes everything.
  • bigphatcat
    bigphatcat Posts: 7,843 Member
    So do you mean to tell me that I really don't look like Gerard Butler?
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
    wait.... I'm not the Japanese George Clooney? lol
  • BhanGoes
    BhanGoes Posts: 75 Member
    bump
  • mateo57505
    mateo57505 Posts: 83 Member
    bump
  • youareorange
    youareorange Posts: 74 Member
    hilarious.
  • TwinkieDong
    TwinkieDong Posts: 1,564 Member
    another reason why women are eeeeevvviillllllll
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    another reason why women are eeeeevvviillllllll
    Probably still better than being described as a lawn gnome. :happy:
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    Bump because more men need to see this.
  • TwinkieDong
    TwinkieDong Posts: 1,564 Member
    That works, those gnomes have a important duty! They are even in commercials about travel, they have new ones with guns, rifles, RPG, flame thrower. http://www.etsy.com/listing/102568746/unpainted-combat-garden-gnome-with

    though I did like that comment about "rapey eyes" LOL

    another reason why women are eeeeevvviillllllll
    Probably still better than being described as a lawn gnome. :happy:
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    I liked "Straight out of Mordor." It's good for men's self-esteem to know where they come from.
  • Kevintron2
    Kevintron2 Posts: 101 Member
    Frackin' mirrors and cameras lie!!! lol :)

    Scales lie too!!!!
  • TheSwoleMinister_deleted
    TheSwoleMinister_deleted Posts: 540 Member
    I totally thought it was a serious video at first...

    :bigsmile:
  • Musikelektronik
    Musikelektronik Posts: 739 Member
    The painful irony of this video (although framed as comedy) is that it shows how much women resent men's self-esteem.

    If this weren't a parody -- as it clearly is -- and if women described themselves to an artist and then men described those same women, you would have exactly the opposite results. The women's description would result in the "ugly" portrait, while the men's description would result in the good-looking portrait.

    Even though it's comedic, this video is seething with rage and hurt that men, no matter what they look like, almost always consider themselves good looking. Women generally are much, much harder on themselves. That's a very real phenomenon, presented here by showing the flip side of the coin.

    Having said all of that, the "rapey" eyes comment was brilliant!

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