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Yeah well you're not a girl who sits there and doesn't like her self and then you see some chick posting pics of herself when it's obvious she likes how she looks, and is just there to get 30 guys calling her hot and sexy, it's selfish of them and hurtful to others. There's obvious signs shes an attention whore, like her first post being her pics on a forum, or I'm so ugly and then she laughs and says thank you to each person all cheerfully, if she really thinks shes ugly and ha no selfesteem 90% of chicks like that won't say thank you or laugh or be cheery they deny it. Chicks using their looks and guys to get attention is disgusting, i don't care if that's your way of making yourself feel better or whatever it's not good. most chicks who actually find themselves ugly don't post pictures. Chicks who think they're fat don't post pics and go "oh im so ugly and im so fat.." No, if girls don't like how they look or think they're fat they don't like to show or point out those things unless they're trying to get a "No, you're not _____"
So yes, i don't think it's good to be mean to them but when they're obviously being a whore you can tell them without being mean IMO.
and yes I know I'm going to be hated on this post like hell broke loose but oh well.
Very well said. Very well said.
There's girls at my school who past pictures of themselves online saying how they're ugly, but then in real life you can tell by how they act they don't really feel insecure.
I'm one of those insecure girls you think are posting pictures. Believe me, we're not. There's a small percentage of us who actually venture out and dare ask for honest opinions. Like my avatar? I won't even show my face. People who are truely insecure would not risk putting themselves out there for people to comment on.
But yes, on the other hand there are a select few that are truley insecure, though they're a bit rarer. But normally you can tell by their personality and the way they act if they're genuine about their insecurity. And most people don't call them attention whores either, because it's obvious how they feel.
There's girls at my school who past pictures of themselves online saying how they're ugly, but then in real life you can tell by how they act they don't really feel insecure.
I'm one of those insecure girls you think are posting pictures. Believe me, we're not. There's a small percentage of us who actually venture out and dare ask for honest opinions. Like my avatar? I won't even show my face. People who are truely insecure would not risk putting themselves out there for people to comment on.
But yes, on the other hand there are a select few that are truley insecure, though they're a bit rarer. But normally you can tell by their personality and the way they act if they're genuine about their insecurity. And most people don't call them attention whores either, because it's obvious how they feel.
I'm not saying there aren't people that crave attention. I'm just saying that I don't care what you see front stage, you can't judge what's going on backstage. and calling them out on being an attention whore is pointless anyway. and being an attention whore doesn't even necessarily mean they're a bad person. We may just attach certain negative qualities to it automatically. Like, craving attention= Vain, shallow, selfish.
You say they're hurting people in the process...? to be honest, I think anyone that actually gets "hurt" by this has bigger issues that need addressing. Calling someone an attention whore because you feel you have some right to insecurity that they do not is not the way to address said issue. Not to sound harsh. I mean, even Celebrities who are famous for their looks have insecurities, attention is always on them and they tend to be the ones to get plastic surgery and wear heavy makeup and obsess over what they wear. Don't they look confident?
I don't think it's fair to say " I see this girl around school and I KNOW she knows she's pretty"
I think that people who do attention whore also have issues(self esteem related or not) that won't be helped by the attention they do get, I also know that calling them an attention whore won't help them .
I'm not saying there aren't people that crave attention. I'm just saying that I don't care what you see front stage, you can't judge what's going on backstage. and calling them out on being an attention whore is pointless anyway. and being an attention whore doesn't even necessarily mean they're a bad person. We may just attach certain negative qualities to it automatically. Like, craving attention= Vain, shallow, selfish.
You say they're hurting people in the process...? to be honest, I think anyone that actually gets "hurt" by this has bigger issues that need addressing. Calling someone an attention whore because you feel you have some right to insecurity that they do not is not the way to address said issue. Not to sound harsh. I mean, even Celebrities who are famous for their looks have insecurities, attention is always on them and they tend to be the ones to get plastic surgery and wear heavy makeup and obsess over what they wear. Don't they look confident?
I don't think it's fair to say " I see this girl around school and I KNOW she knows she's pretty"
I think that people who do attention whore also have issues(self esteem related or not) that won't be helped by the attention they do get, I also know that calling them an attention whore won't help them .
I am going to be very short with my reply because there's a hell of a lot of things I want to say right now to that reply, but I will not.
Let me just say this though, Calling people an attention whore may not change them, but it sure as hell sometimes feels good to the people that don't believe in themselves. You wanna know why? it's not because they got deeper lying problems, It's not because they have bigger issues that need help. It is because it's nice to see someone else actually standing up for us, it's nice that they're not just another person in this world calling them beautiful and sexy and hot when they don't even deserve to be called it because they're asking for it, they're fishing for compliments and getting them. It's unfair and it's sickening, it's like giving a child candy while he's throwing a tantrum. And nothing for the good little kid just sitting there quietly and doing their best. So yeah, it doesn't change them, the attention whore. but it helps others, just like when you see a bully picking on someone, do you think someone calling them a bully is going to stop them...? no. It helps the one being picked on to know not everyone is sitting there laughing at him being beaten.
So yeah, like I said, I'm not for being a bitch to someone even if they're deserving of it, but I'm sure as hell not for feeding some stupid ass ego and hurting others.
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I am going to be very short with my reply because there's a hell of a lot of things I want to say right now to that reply, but I will not.
Let me just say this though, Calling people an attention whore may not change them, but it sure as hell sometimes feels good to the people that don't believe in themselves. You wanna know why? it's not because they got deeper lying problems, It's not because they have bigger issues that need help. It is because it's nice to see someone else actually standing up for us, it's nice that they're not just another person in this world calling them beautiful and sexy and hot when they don't even deserve to be called it because they're asking for it, they're fishing for compliments and getting them. It's unfair and it's sickening, it's like giving a child candy while he's throwing a tantrum. And nothing for the good little kid just sitting there quietly and doing their best. So yeah, it doesn't change them, the attention whore. but it helps others, just like when you see a bully picking on someone, do you think someone calling them a bully is going to stop them...? no. It helps the one being picked on to know not everyone is sitting there laughing at him being beaten.
So yeah, like I said, I'm not for being a bitch to someone even if they're deserving of it, but I'm sure as hell not for feeding some stupid ass ego and hurting others.
so, it's championing for the truly insecure?
I can see you're pretty personally involved in this discussion. The best thing to do would probably just be to drop it here despite my disagreements. I'm sorry if I offended you or your beliefs or anything. Get at me on msn. =p
I'm an attention whore: I don't go fishing for compliments. That's just an insecure person. I'm an attention whore that is perfectly confident in who he is. I don't want to change and you can't make me.
I don't tell people how ugly I am, because well that's not true. I'm pretty good looking:
What I do is monopolize the conversation. Everything points towards me. My opinion, what I think, what this person told me. I drag it towards me, and I'm pretty good at it. I don't let other people get in a word. For those of you who talk to me on MSN, you know this is true. It's not that I don't value you your opinion. I just love to hear myself talk. Some people say that sarcastically sometimes. "Oh you just like to hear the sound of your own voice" Not me. Notice that when I talk to you I always throw in my own subjects.
I love the subject of my sentences to be "I". It's my thoughts, my experiences. "I know this person who..." "I read this article..."
I don't want to change, and I don't have to try to do these cynical things. It's who I am by nature.
Zach your confusing to very different types of attention whoring though, you're is in a playful personality way, it's different then what i thought the thread was about.
From joy to sorrow, yesterday to tomorrow, you've been there. Friends like you are rare, your touch is so gentle,
You're my guardian angel.
Like a blossoming flower spreading your wings in grace, filling my heart with power
by feeling your embrace.
Wherever the wind may blow, we will overcome this war, in times happy or sore, I will never let you go.
With a gentle warm heart and a will of stone, We'll never be apart, You'll never be alone. - John <3
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