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2008-11-21 12:16:46 AM
Shortigo: Well farkers, this has been an entertaining thread. It was a real emotional ride. There were a lot of highs and lows, and I feel we covered a lot of new ground. I really think this will be the start of a new chapter in many of our lives -- a real turning point. And personall~

well shiat, I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes and learn how babby is formed.


And don't forget that your dog wants steak.
Good night!
 
2008-11-21 12:17:43 AM
Ahoytheship:

I admit: I am better than you. But I know something you don't know. You are not left-handed.

/bows to thee, fair one.
//not bisexual.
///anymore.
///L.U.G. = me
 
2008-11-21 12:20:41 AM
Without checking everybody's profiles, I'm guessing:

Most females are against skinny models.

Most males are for skinny models.

The only exception would be males who know that females will be watching their online reply. They would be against skinny models.
 
2008-11-21 12:23:19 AM
UNC_Samurai: And seeing a ribcage is attractive?

You bet your candy ass it is. I'll take these ribs with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy....

farm4.static.flickr.com


because when she is right side up she looks like this...

farm4.static.flickr.com


and this...

farm4.static.flickr.com


and this...

farm4.static.flickr.com


do I need to go on?
 
2008-11-21 12:25:29 AM
It makes a good first impression, greases those social wheels to wear clothing you take personal pride in, no matter what your size really.It doesn't mean breaking the bank on expensive clothing, it just means presenting yourself in a way that shows some self confidence (even if you don't feel like you have it), respect and comfort in yourself by trying to look your best. People will notice and remember someone who's interesting to listen to and interesting to look at. It's the whole package, nothing wrong with wanting that.

/is average female
 
2008-11-21 12:26:10 AM
zega: UNC_Samurai: And seeing a ribcage is attractive?

You bet your candy ass it is. I'll take these ribs with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy....
because when she is right side up she looks like this...

do I need to go on?


I'd give my left arm to have abs like that. Actually, I'd give my belly to have abs like that..

/hmmm....
 
2008-11-21 12:26:56 AM
Genevieve Marie: jaylectricity: Once I mentioned something about a hot girl I saw on the road and she asked me how I thought that made her feel. I told her that I just appreciate a good looking body. Since then she's never said anything about my people watching, in fact she enjoys people watching too.

There's a good chance it still bothers her when she sees you looking at a hot girl. Trust me.



Like 100%.
 
2008-11-21 12:28:25 AM
Little late to chime in here but in my opinion:

i120.photobucket.com
 
2008-11-21 12:30:44 AM
There's been quite the plethora of shapes and sizes in this thread. With the exception of the two or three gorgor-esque posts, no one can be honest with themselves and say they wouldn't.

Bigger - want
Smaller - want
Almost too big - want
Almost too small - want
 
2008-11-21 12:31:24 AM
kitryne: I have a big ass.

That's all I have to contribute to this.


How you doin'?

/ Like sizes 10 though about 20.
// Real women have curves.
/// If I wanted to fark a 10 year old boy, I'd join the priesthood.
 
2008-11-21 12:32:28 AM
I tend to only be into chicks I find hot. Hot is defined by being attractive. Being attractive is mostly defined by one's attitude about one's own looks, in conjunction with intelligence. If you know you look good, you will attract people--this applies to both men and women from what I am told. If you're smart as well, then you win.

If you're a fat cow, you're a fat cow. If you're a hot fat cow, people will want to have sex with you. If you're revoltingly skinny, you're revolting...unless you're somehow hot at the same time. Most of what's hot is self-perception.

I've nailed chicks from 4'11" and 6'2" and 90 to 200 pounds, height and weight scattered randomly between them all, and all of them were hot babes.

People who make clothes have spent years making an industry that employs gangly kids who otherwise would be broke. Imagine pretty much any world-class model in a "real life" job.
 
2008-11-21 12:35:43 AM
Skinny is bad. Athletic is way better.

Not talking about East German power lifters; roid monkeys are as gross or worse than the anorexic ladies out there. But women who take care of themselves typically look damned good.

/Unless they like hitting themselves in the face with a hot waffle iron.
//Then they're fricken sexy.
 
2008-11-21 12:37:32 AM
Starryeyes: Ahoytheship: That said, Starryeyes, I want to hang out with you just because of your shirt :)

*fistpound*

lowerhorn: I am 6'0" and 120 pounds, I am perfectly healthy

does not compute with profile picture.

...how does it possibly not compute??

 
2008-11-21 12:38:52 AM
dreadlocksFTW: ATTN: Guys like to look at hot women.

I realize this makes me:

1) A spokesperson for all men
2) A huge asshole and douchebag
3) A homosexual (that one was my favorite)
4) A troll

*tear* I'll never underestimate myself again!


Okay, here it is straight up:

you're a douche and no, you don't represent all men.
 
2008-11-21 12:40:46 AM
fanbladesaresharp: Little late to chime in here but in my opinion:

FINALLY! I've been waiting to use this the whole thread.

bighugelabs.com
 
2008-11-21 12:44:06 AM
kitryne: I have a big ass.

That's all I have to contribute to this.


Pics or GTFO or it didn't happen.
 
2008-11-21 12:48:22 AM
I'm 5'2" and 105 pounds. I'm not a skeleton. However, I wear boy's size sixteen pants, sometimes even a fourteen. Adult sizes are practically alien to me. I am the size of most middle schoolers. And yet, if I change to adult size, I'm a freaking four.

And skinny models mostly make me bend over in sympathy pain. I'm not talking the "athletic" skinny, I'm talking the painful skinny ones. Most models give me fantasies of kidnapping them, tying them up, and forcefeeding them pie and bacon sandwiches.

Ban size zeros.
 
2008-11-21 12:50:16 AM
BlackStar11: Katie98_KT: Not sure what the hostility is for... I made nothing up in my post, why would I? Yes, I do weigh 135 in my profile picture, I am not "claiming" anything.

/a little bitter, are we?


i37.tinypic.com
 
2008-11-21 12:50:25 AM
jaylectricity: Full disclosure. My girlfriend is hefty. Maybe 190 and 5'7", but she's cute and she does cute things. She doesn't bring any female drama to the relationship. She enjoys my company, doesn't give me a lot of crap for things that don't effect her life. We can talk, or we can be silent.

Ain't life grand? Good for you if she's also packing at least 36D titties
 
2008-11-21 12:52:23 AM
H_is_for_Heretic: fanbladesaresharp: Little late to chime in here but in my opinion:

FINALLY! I've been waiting to use this the whole thread.


I hate that I laughed at that.

/Boobs.
//They're what's for dinner.
 
2008-11-21 12:53:38 AM
zega: UNC_Samurai: And seeing a ribcage is attractive?

You bet your candy ass it is. I'll take these ribs with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy... do I need to go on?


Sure - go ahead
 
2008-11-21 12:54:52 AM
Skinny models are attractive, says a SUBBY who knows absolutely nothing about being a red-blooded American male.

/FAIL
 
2008-11-21 12:59:57 AM
H_is_for_Heretic: fanbladesaresharp: Little late to chime in here but in my opinion:

FINALLY! I've been waiting to use this the whole thread.


So don't "do" that particular woman. You still have to get her permission remember? I was just stating an opinion of MY preference. But you'd still hit it.
 
2008-11-21 01:00:49 AM
Fat and Nasty 86: My wife is not fat. "Large" would not describe her in any way. She is 4 months pregnant and I bought her a sweater today. I got a XXL just to be sure it would fit when she was 9 months -- she tried it on today and it fit pretty well at her current state of NOT BEING LARGE.

Your wife is in De Nile.
Women's sizing chart (new window)

She is most certainly Large. Maybe not fat. Tall + a solid build could easily be size 16 or 18.

People come in all shapes and sizes, this thread is about that.
 
2008-11-21 01:03:24 AM
Poohba: Skinny models are attractive, says a SUBBY who knows absolutely nothing about being a red-blooded American male.

/FAIL


Skinny models are not attractive.

But fat chicks are not attractive either.

There's a happy, fairly roomy medium in there that includes most of the Victoria's Secret models pictured earlier in the thread.

Usually, the only people calling those chicks too skinny are the fatties.
 
2008-11-21 01:05:24 AM
Yankees Team Gynecologist: Poohba: Skinny models are attractive, says a SUBBY who knows absolutely nothing about being a red-blooded American male.

/FAIL

Skinny models are not attractive.

But fat chicks are not attractive either.

There's a happy, fairly roomy medium in there that includes most of the Victoria's Secret models pictured earlier in the thread.

Usually, the only people calling those chicks too skinny are the fatties.



Truth. This farker speaks it.

/congrats on your shiny new Liter tag!
 
2008-11-21 01:06:51 AM
funny
 
2008-11-21 01:07:09 AM
H_is_for_Heretic:

Perhaps if you uncross your eyes...
 
2008-11-21 01:11:25 AM
Yankees Team Gynecologist: There's a happy, fairly roomy medium in there that includes most of the Victoria's Secret models pictured earlier in the thread.

Like this?

www.whosdatedwho.com
 
tcv
2008-11-21 01:12:19 AM
Anorexia? More like AnoSEXia! amiritefolks??
 
2008-11-21 01:14:59 AM
Yankees Team Gynecologist: There's a happy, fairly roomy medium in there that includes most of the Victoria's Secret models pictured earlier in the thread.

Most of those models are a size 2 or 4. And modeling agencies generally do not hire women shorter than 5'7", which makes them close to being clinically underweight.

They say the camera adds 10-15 pounds. I was skeptical about this until recently, when someone took a picture of me at the beach. I'm about 5 pounds away from being underweight for my height, yet the photo made me look slightly chubby. So...those models are probably quite skinny in person.

Height-weight chart (new window) - this is for optimal life expectancy, not optimal attractiveness.
 
2008-11-21 01:15:31 AM
Really, though... Porn stars are the most accurate depiction of what men find attractive. There is a big difference between what fashion models look like and what porn stars look like.
 
2008-11-21 01:15:52 AM
Poohba: Like this?

Sure, her size looks fine there, from what I can see.
 
2008-11-21 01:17:16 AM
I ran cross country for 4 years. Didn't drink pop, or eat fast/fried foods (I realized damn quick I'd get cramps when I had to run). Basically just drank water and ate fairly healthy for a high schooler, lots of pasta and tomato sauce. Ran at least 5 miles a day 6 days a week.

Trained during the summer. Ran track in the spring. Ran inside our school during the winter.

And I still never got below 120-ish for my 5'2'' frame.

I have come to the conclusion that I'm not built to be skinny, and I'd be okay with that if so many girl-pants aren't made with the assumption that no one has an ass or hips. It's so frustrating to try something on that fits me wonderfully until I get to my hips, then it's tight as hell.

Also, could the have-hips-damnit women of the world write a declaration insisting American clothing manufacturers use sizing similar to that for men? Depending on the store, I'm an 8 or a 16. Frustrating as f--k, especially since I hate shopping for clothes in the first place.

It's a good part of the reason I wear skirts until I'd be endangering my health walking outside in one.

Invested in a few pairs of thick tights, so here's hoping I can stave off the transition to the few dress pants / jeans that fit me decently as long as humanly possible.
 
2008-11-21 01:18:33 AM
as a guy who's always been too ugly to get anything but fatties and the rare butterface, these replies are causing me to contemplate suicide.
 
2008-11-21 01:19:30 AM
Turnoff in advertising to females.

Not a turnoff in advertising to males.

PLEASE READ!
 
2008-11-21 01:21:04 AM
magical_mystery_meat: as a guy who's always been too ugly to get anything but fatties and the rare butterface, these replies are causing me to contemplate suicide.

Don't be so glum buddy...

There's one thing that will get any guy, no matter how fat, or ugly, or dumb, or old all the tail he wants... it's called money.

So turn that frown upside down... just go out and get a decent hunk of cash.
 
2008-11-21 01:26:28 AM
Egalitarian: I got over that "oh noez my man is looking at another chick" thing a long time ago. Since I'm not the straightest arrow in the quiver, might as well gawk with him.

"Doesn't matter where you get your appetite as long as you eat at home."


Guys look.
That's how they're brains are wired...they're more visually oriented than women when it comes to "What makes YOU hot and bothered?"
If a very attractive woman comes on the radar and his head snaps around so fast that you hear tendons cracking, it ain't necessarily personal.

Annnd...if we want to get 'teh visual' I likes a bit of upholstery on the guys. Kinda like that 'teddy bear' thing...plus you get hugged by a big man (and I'm talking about a guy who has enough amor propre to pay attention to things like hygiene- not a stinky slobby cheetos disposal unit), you stay hugged for the rest of the day.
Snuggly.
 
2008-11-21 01:27:41 AM
queenalice Ahoy the ship? Did you even watch that movie? Wtf?
 
2008-11-21 01:29:24 AM
syzygy whizz: and I'm talking about a guy who has enough amor propre

That's a good pizza!
 
2008-11-21 01:33:14 AM
magical_mystery_meat: as a guy who's always been too ugly to get anything but fatties and the rare butterface, these replies are causing me to contemplate suicide.

With that attitude, you're lucky you even get those girls in bed.

I would say something about working hard at something you're good at, something you're passionate about, and find someone who shares and/or admires that quality, and plenty of first-glance physical "imperfections" tend to magically melt away for both parties involved. Besides the fact that potential partners always seem to come along when you're unavailable or not even looking (as soon as I started dating someone, my getting-hit-on-ratio skyrocketed, even from strangers who didn't know I had a boyfriend. Even after I told them. I think it's Murphy's Law or something. Oddly enough, I just ended a long relationship right before I met him, and getting into another was the last damn thing on my mind. Funny how it works.)

However, it looks like you just a quick f--k, so that doesn't quite apply in your case.

If you're contemplating suicide cause the quality of sex you're having sucks, then the other aspects of your life must be banal as hell.
 
2008-11-21 01:34:05 AM
Egalitarian: "Doesn't matter where you get your appetite as long as you eat at home."

But babby, I just love fast food.
 
2008-11-21 01:37:51 AM
The_Gallant_Gallstone: magical_mystery_meat: as a guy who's always been too ugly to get anything but fatties and the rare butterface, these replies are causing me to contemplate suicide.

Don't be so glum buddy...

There's one thing that will get any guy, no matter how fat, or ugly, or dumb, or old all the tail he wants... it's called money.

So turn that frown upside down... just go out and get a decent hunk of cash.


If I got rich and suddenly women threw themselves at me, I'd know what kind of women they were, and that would make them unattractive.

I've got everything stacked against me: a weak jawline (I need about 2" of extra jawbone, plus I had a quack for an orthodontist), a mild case of Asperger's, late socialization (the hillbillies from high school had me convinced that no woman could possibly find me attractive, so I instinctively deny all the signs even when she's hitting me over the head with them).

I'm also legally blind, though it's correctable. Still, by the laws of the jungle I should have been eaten by some kind of predator as an infant. I'm more or less a freak of nature in that regard.
 
2008-11-21 01:41:25 AM
EJ: This seems a good a place as any, maybe you farkers can help me out. What is the word that means a woman has proven her ability to produce healthy offspring? I think it starts with an E but my google-fu is weak. Any help is appreciated.

Fecund? (^)
 
2008-11-21 01:43:29 AM
StreetlightInTheGhetto: magical_mystery_meat: as a guy who's always been too ugly to get anything but fatties and the rare butterface, these replies are causing me to contemplate suicide.

With that attitude, you're lucky you even get those girls in bed.

I would say something about working hard at something you're good at, something you're passionate about, and find someone who shares and/or admires that quality, and plenty of first-glance physical "imperfections" tend to magically melt away for both parties involved. Besides the fact that potential partners always seem to come along when you're unavailable or not even looking (as soon as I started dating someone, my getting-hit-on-ratio skyrocketed, even from strangers who didn't know I had a boyfriend. Even after I told them. I think it's Murphy's Law or something. Oddly enough, I just ended a long relationship right before I met him, and getting into another was the last damn thing on my mind. Funny how it works.)

However, it looks like you just a quick f--k, so that doesn't quite apply in your case.

If you're contemplating suicide cause the quality of sex you're having sucks, then the other aspects of your life must be banal as hell.


You know what I'm passionate about? Music, writing, and the arts.

You know what kind of people are admired for being passionate about music, writing, and the arts? People who are pretty enough to be pop stars, instantly clever enough to be great quotes in the Oscar Wilde mold, or those who have enough overt charm to pull off the starving artist thing. None of the above apply to me.

And, here in the midwest, the arts aren't exactly admired, period, but where I live is within my control so I can't get depressed about that. If I lived somewhere else, something else would be a strike against me.
 
2008-11-21 01:57:37 AM
TeddyRooseveltsMustache: GIS for Plus Sized model:
...
...and believe it or not, this woman is considered plus sized:

Collect them all!


OK, what kind of farked-up mentality leads to *that* being plus-sized? The entire modeling world needs a good spanking. And a sammich.
 
2008-11-21 01:57:54 AM
I gotta go against the tide. I like the skinny ones. I like small busts and androgyny. I think it reaches a beauty traditional male and female shapes can't touch.

That said, that's pure, "I enjoy looking at or getting off too." I've never dated someone supermodel skinny, so I don't know how those bones feel.
 
2008-11-21 02:01:18 AM
magical_mystery_meat: If I got rich and suddenly women threw themselves at me, I'd know what kind of women they were, and that would make them unattractive.

i34.tinypic.com

Just kidding...seriously, I get what you're saying. However, I think you should give StreetlightInTheGhetto's advice some consideration. Just work on whatever motivates you, and things will come your way--I'm not just talking about women, but also money, confidence, happiness, respect, and fulfillment. Maybe not large amounts of all of those things, but some of some of them, gradually. It sounds slow and there's no immediate payoff, but really, what's the alternative?
 
2008-11-21 02:32:37 AM
I think some of the examples of thin (like that one aussie VS model) and the more curvier women in this thread are all hot.

Sometimes I'll look at a really tall statuesque chick and think: "wow, that's the perfect build." Then, I'll see a cute petite chick and completely change my mind. Woman are lovely.
 
2008-11-21 02:35:07 AM
God I could almost close my eyes and wake up in a /b/ thread here...

great pics...:D
 
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