Concept of ugly?

I believe ugly is a very relative thing.

 

Yeah, you've pretty much hit the nail on the head.

 

I believe this to be relevant

 

Same here. I only view someone as ugly if they have horrid personalities.

 

Ugly is subjective.

I've seen a lot of people here say Johnny Manziel is hot. Guy looks ugly to me. I don't get it - but hey, it's all subjective.

Meanwhile a lot of people would call me ugly, but I would consider people that looked like me to be much more attractive than someone like Johnny Manziel, or what have you.

 

Everyone possesses beauty of some sort, whether's it externally or internally. I do not believe in the term 'ugly', it's a word far beyond my vocabulary and existence.

 

Ugly is totally subjective. But I don't think everyone is truly ugly.

 

I guess to me there's a very thin sliver of a percentage of people who might be considered "beautiful" by a majority of people. And then there's the rest of us - the 99.95% of us who don't catch eyes when we walk into a room. And I think a lot of people think they're "ugly" because they're not in that group. But I refuse to believe that we're a 99.95% ugly species.

Lex

 

Its funny, I've known so many perfectly attractive (or very attractive in some cases) guys joke or talk about how ugly they are. The other day I heard one girl (quite rudely) joke to a man I'd say is an 8/10 about how he'd "punched above his weight" with respect to his good looking girlfriend. Another older guy, perfectly handsome, was laughing about how he was "butt ugly" and I think he genuinely believed that which is quite sad.

Its all very bizarre and a little disconcerting considering I don't rate my self highly by comparison.

 

To me, it seems that in heterosexual relationships, the man always has to be 'punching above his weight' or that the woman is 'out of his league', even if the man is clearly the better looking of the two.

But it's not unusual for people who are perfectly attractive to think they're ugly. Sometimes it might be a case of fishing for compliments, maybe they have no self-esteem at all, or maybe they just don't like drawing attention to themselves and want to refrain from appearing vain or conceited. I can imagine this is particularly true for socially anxious people.

 

Blur your eyes a bit and he looks like a mix between Justin Timberlake and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Nah, definitely not ugly to me! I wouldn't say no! :lol:

 

Only what I see in mirrors.

 

I think ugly is a pretty ugly way to describe a person unless you're talking about personality. But I mean I'm not attracted to a lot of people so the concept of everyone being equally beautiful (looks or personality) isn't something I can really believe in

I think if someone is happy to joke about how ugly they are then they're clearly not that insecure about it aka they don't really believe it

 

Honestly, if you are a nice person, I will attracted to you. And yes, I do mean aesthetic attraction. For some reason, once I get to know someone, my perception on them changes. A lot.

In regards to myself, sometimes, I do find myself ugly. Then I catch myself.

I am not ugly. But I am not beautiful either. That's for others to decide - not me. And the truth is, I will be considered ugly, average, and pretty by others. And that's fine with me. To each their own.

It's funny. As my self-esteem grows, so does my self-appreciation. It's a very good feeling.

 

My face was a blueprint for said concept

Semi-joking aside, I think it's a subjective matter, personally. Although general lack of care for one's self and composure is objectively ugly, I think. On another note, individuals who are consistently targeted as being 'ugly' I tend to find extremely attractive, simply because of their unique features that people tend to tag as 'unattractive'. But that's somewhat beside the point.

Though, what is the concept of beauty?

 

I second this.

 

"Ugly" is both subjective and frequently a catch-all, blanket term used to describe people with traits (internal or external) we find to be unattractive or unappealing.