There’s a dating site for just about anything these days.
But being that I’m constantly online and I KNOW that people pretend to be just about anything from behind a keyboard, I’m not a huge proponent of online dating.
I know that it’s a big business, but I prefer to meet my men the old fashioned way… in person. At the gas station, the grocery store, the airport… or even at social functions.
But I digress…
One site in particular is catching a lot of flack recently after it ditched 30,000 members from the database for being TOO UGLY.
Yuuup… you read right…. ugly people are facing discriminatory practices online these days.
Details below:
What was meant to be an exclusive dating website for the use of “beautiful men and women” was regulated to craigslist personals status recently.
“Beautiful” members of the site never have to worry about meeting someone who doesn’t meet their standard of good looks because all of the “Ugly” people recently got the boot!
How did all the Ug-mo’s get in you ask? Well last month BeautifulPeople.com was attacked by a computer virus that they claim allowed around 30,000 new members to slip through the cracks.
The virus was called Shrek (named after the animated film about how looks should not matter), and it attacked the software used to screen potential members.
Unfortunately those new members failed to meet the Denmark-based site’s aesthetic standards, and have now all been dropped.
A helpline has now been set up with counselors on hand to help the distressed rejects from the site.
“We have to stick to our founding principles of only accepting beautiful people – that’s what our members have paid for,” said Greg Hodge, managing director of BeautifulPeople.com.
“We can’t just sweep 30,000 ugly people under the carpet.”
But wait! “Ugly” people need love too don’t they?
Question: How to you feel about online dating? Is it a good thing or bad thing to separate the Uglies from the “Beautiful People”?
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Everyone’s opinion of ugly is different right? LOL sometimes…..I wouldnt do online dating because people LIE …I have heard toooooo many horror stories… People using pics from 10 years ago? #boistop
I’ve tried online dating on several different occasions…always the same mess; old pics, loser dudes looking for a come up, and folks with untreated mental illnesses. #dontplay
“Ug-mos”? Girl I haven’t heard that term since I left TN. Too funny.
That’s just wrong, who are they to determine what someone is looking for. Online dating can work but you have to do your homework…..you can find anybody online….
Lets stop letting the media control us on what is beautiful and what is not …we r all beautiful in GODS eyes.
There are some very intelligent, classy, big-hearted folks who may not be quote-on-quote fine as hell BUT we all have the option to keep it moving. There are plenty of dating sites and if they don’t feel that your looks meet their "qualifications" for Beautiful "Puck ‘em". Go to a site that allows anyone to sign up for dating services. Come on now, there are plenty of people that use fake pics anyway. You don’t know what they really look like unless you skype with them or meet them in person. There was a women in her forties that used a pic of her twenty-one year old daughter on a dating site. And there are a lot of beautiful people who are "beautiful" on the exterior but UGLY on the interior.
I’m fine as wine so I don’t have this problem but there are soooooo many ways to meet people you can do without this website.
That is just wrong people dont care what they do are say these days and that site probbly full of lies and ugly people too.
I’m on the site.. and it’s not so bad. There is a rating system and everyone has to go through it.. Basically if you put up a busted half a*s picture, your not getting in. If you do the opposite.. your getting in… It’s not that serious, everyone has a beautiful side; it’s just how you choose to show it.
did the ceo really make that dumb azz comment? thats jus foul. the ugliest person in the world culd hav a beautiful personality n thats sexy to me. Beauty is in the eye of tha Beholder.
ROTFL @ "we can’t just sweep 30,000 ugly people under the carpet"
LMAO @ Regina – "folks with untreated mental illness."
This is hilarious!
different stroke for different folks but I’m ok
great idea…but women are the only people that actually care about how someone theyre dating looks
Good Fundamentals:
I’m interested in knowing what’s the standard from which everyone is measured. Because last time I checked, beauty was EXTREMELY subjective. If you had five websites with different owners set up for this, you’d have very few members (maybe none) that would be consistent across all five sites.
Sad to say, I have to agree with the site. It is what the members pay for. The other thing is, if both partners are fairly equally attractive, there are fewer problems down the road.
I’m by no means an attractive person. But I do believe that beautiful people are indeed better than me, or anyone like me. As such, they have every right to reject someone who they deem unattractive. It’s genetics and natural selection. The inferior specimens aren’t really favored when it comes to passing on their genes. There ARE objective standards. Believe it or not, there are mathematical and scientific measurements which determine beauty.
For males, it’s distance between upper lip and eyebrows (shorter distance=more attractive) defined and strong jawline and chin. Prominent brows and slim hips in comparison to shoulders.
For females it’s a youthful appearance, slightly more rounded features and an hourglass figure.
Both males and females who are relatively more symmetrical with facial features more proportionate to eachother are generally regarded as more attractive.
At first glance, would you rather sleep with a Brad Pitt-type guy, or a short, pudgy and baby-faced male? No personality accounted for. First glance only. The first few seconds where subconscious evaluation of potential mate occur are much more important.
People often say it is the media that controls what we consider beautiful. But has anyone ever described Jack Black or Mr. Bean as sexy? No, because none of us would, regardless of media. The media is influenced by the demands of our own preferences. Beauty is not a myth, it is a real thing that can be calculated.
Having said that, I don’t find such a site offensive. Yes, I’m deeply hurt by the fact that I am not and will never be beautiful, and can never have, or keep an attractive partner. I also know that although I’d be happier with a woman who is dumpy, plain and unattractive-I’d only be lying to her and myself. Don’t get me wrong, she wouldn’t TRULY want me. She’d only be settling. If say I dated someone on an equal plane of attractiveness as myself, if she woke up one day and her appearance changed (not figuratively, but a literal metamorphosis,) she would not stick around for long. Probably would cheat for a little while then leave.
Yes, I’m dating someone I consider attractive, but I doubt she’ll be around long. Soon as she drops the pounds she’ll dump me for a model-type guy. I could work out (and I do try,) but it wouldn’t change my facial features and bone structure. I would still be inferior on a genetic level and that is where it counts.
So, such sites are necessary. Unattractive people (yes, I count myself among them) deserve to be excluded. Just like the infirm members of a herd are easy prey. It’s just the law of nature. The beautiful and superior members of our species are entitled to do as they please. Because let’s face it, they would do what the want anyway. This website is just another way of letting nature take its course.