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I'm a lot better looking in person. No, seriously!

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:41:01 -0800

I don't take good pictures and I think it's putting a crimp in my style online-personal-wise. What can I do to get guys to meet me in person? I'm female. I want to date. I write great personal ads and let my witty & winsome self shine through online communications (and phone). I'm an introvert and date guys outside my race --- online personals seem to be a good choice. Problem: I am not photogenic. I don't look like elephant woman but I don't look like me either -- someone who's pretty/sometimes hot.

Lately, great email communication stops dead once I share my pic. Is it my pic? I'm honest about my description before hand, whether it's an ad I placed or one that caught my eye. I've had friends read my prior correspondence to see if I was lying/dissembling/dreaming. I'm being truthful according to them.

I get anxious at the thought of talking to someone I don't know or flirting with someone who didn't already see me as a potential romantic partner, so approaching guys I meet IRL would be awful, painful, and amusing in a twisted way at best. I understand where the guys are coming from: people lie online. The last few guys I dated (two long-term) said they met with me in spite of my pic or didn't see my pic (and didn't share theirs). Upon meeting me they were rather pleasantly surprised. Some people will still reject me nonetheless -- fine. But I'd like a chance with the guys who'd flirt with me in person but are turned off my pics.

Do I give up on dating online? Use someone else's pics? Refuse to share a pic? Give references? There's a part of me that thinks okay, I'm not attractive -- assuming that part is off its rocker, what do you suggest?

How to get a print of a digital pic that looks great on my monitor, but like a** on paper

weiler63 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:18:56 -0800

How to get a print of a digital pic that looks great on my monitor, but like a** on paper I have a picture of a Montana sunset that I took with my Nikon-d50 digicam. I now have that pic on my desktop, and it looks great. When I print out the pic (at professional printers) changed to jpeg, tiff and bmp, they all look like crap. Should I be looking for a specific printer or what would you suggest to make the pic look like the quality on my monitor. Thanks in advance.

--Adam

Is there a flickr for images we dont hold the copyrights for where we can basically post our image collections and have tags and peer ratings?

baking soda — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:07:24 -0800

Is there a flickr for images that we dont hold the copyrights for where we can basically post our image collections and have tags and peer ratings? Yes I know this is probably violating copyright but I know people post images they dont hold the copyrights to on the nets... maybe a p2p solution?

Looking for high quality adult content

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:54:18 -0800

What's the best place on the net to find high-quality adult content? thinking about taking the plunge and subscribing to a pay site, anybody have any (positive or negative) recommendations? Things I like: Videos (quicktime highly preferred), beautiful models, high quality pics, trusted site, reasonable price, free preview would be nice. Things I don't really care about: erotic stories, live chats with models, "name brand"/fame (e.g. Penthouse, Jenna Jameson). Things I don't like: fetishes, pop-ups, virii, credit card/identity theft, windows only interfaces. Are there any (impartial) websites that reviews adult pay sites?