The Halo Effect

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: pamchenko
thx bigd... some ppl like to play mod in threads they aren't concerned about...its very selfish.
I guess me and luchini are beating it to death...I had a long talk with him tonite about my theories and obviously he agrees. we're roomies btw.

instead of getting over it, the suggestion I made to him was this...know that it is wrong, and avoid being guilty of it yourself...that way, you avoid hipocracy...that's all you really can do...try to lead by example?

edit: its relevance to the rest of the AT community is that we have seen many "how do i get this girl threads" and this is our contribution...what does it say? expect the worse if you're not super good looking or popular.

Actually DannyLove is probably some handsome guy who likes to kick ugly nerds when they're down.

 

[godspeedx]

I think it works like this:

A girl sees a hot guy and she's immediately attracted to him.

She works it out somehow where they can talk.

She discovers if he is a jerk or not.

Depending on the girl she either forgets him or brushes the jerkiness away.

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma
Well, that's why we have stories like "Cyrano De Bergerac" and sayings like "you can't judge a book by its cover", because 'we' do tend to evaluate people in this manner. Most people are astute enough to know or were brought up to realize what's on the surface is at best an indicator but no guarantee of what the true person is like "underneath".

The way Cyrano handled the Adonis' love letters are just an example of this. It also doesn't prove that all homely people are good souls.

Ahh, Rostand.

 

[0roo0roo]

just watch joe average recently they added a pretty boy that by her own words was "pretty like a girl", she was all grins. halo effect was strong. course the halo effect worked with the average joes too who basically knowing zilch about this woman fell for her because she's perdy

it gets interesting this week as she dons a fat suit as a disguise....

 

[Tom]

maybe there's a relationship between appearance and self-loathing, which leads to disaffectation and bitterness of spirit.

Or lack of confidence.

 

[klah]

self loathing

 

[WildHorse]

Murphy's lesser known dictums


Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.

The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

When you go into court, you are putting yourself In the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty

 

[gamepad]

Ummm, wtf?

Looks don't really matter for guys. It does to a minor degree, but that's life for you.
If you're confident and have your act together, you shouldn't have trouble with girls.
If you get shot down by a girl, it's not the end; it just filters out guys with pussy ass personalities who wimp out.

Why make a post about this? Girls have it hard because looks definitely matter for them. We guys have it made.

 

[pennylane]

I actually thought this thread would be about the video game Halo.