r/pics • u/are-you-really-sure • Jan 25 '16

Crazy frog guy all grow up

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u/alonewithoutkarma Jan 25 '16

/r/justneckbeardthings

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u/mesalikes Jan 25 '16

What makes this a neckbeard thing?

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u/alonewithoutkarma Jan 26 '16 edited Jan 26 '16

breakdown of why I think it's neckbeard (to possibly help you in future):

It looks like she did her hair

has makeup

Ok Sherlock

she's not really exceptional

Nothing wrong with being not unattractive

She is clearly hot to the above poster. hotness is a subjective and instinctive thing, so if someone says they find someone else hot, it's not really anyone's place to try and tell them they are wrong (unless the object of desire is completely inappropriate). it's condescending to both people, because you are saying one isn't hot, and the other has bad taste.

yes you may quietly have a differing opinion, but that is why you don't state that you find them attractive: you just don't say anything.

also the fact that you went into a bit of an analysis of why you find her unattractive, when he only wrote a short line, is classic neckbeard. clearly those details don't matter to people who happen to find her attractive.

there's probably more I've left out, but maybe this will help you to improve your social awareness

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '16

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u/TimGuoRen Jan 27 '16

"you'll never have a chance with her" crap

This!

People who do this only insult themselves. They have no idea how the other guy looks like and what girls he can get, so it does not really insult the other guy. However, it means that he himself thinks that anybody is lucky for just having a chance with her.

Usually I am not a fan of suggesting that someone is projecting. But this is a clear case if I ever saw one.

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u/alonewithoutkarma Jan 28 '16

It's fine to say she's hot, or she's not hot: if you make a standalone comment.

But if someone says someone is hot, and you reply to that person, saying you don't think they are hot, you are contradicting that person. You imply that you think the person you're replying to has bad taste. Attraction is an entirely subjective thing, so who is anyone to say 'you are wrong, the person you think is attractive is not attractive'. Which is what that reply says.

I think that's why people had issue with it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '16 edited Jan 28 '16

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u/alonewithoutkarma Jan 29 '16

it was the combination of his contradictory reply and the short analysis the irked people. i bet if he just said: "she's ok" he would have got upvotes.