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rebbel's avatar

Would you sign up to a dating site which is exclusively for ugly people?

Asked by rebbel (35549points) August 22nd, 2010

“Once with an ugly partner it is unlikely that anyone will try and take them from you meaning you can let yourself go completely once you’re together.” site

Yesterday heard about this new dating website (the uglybugball), where only the `aesthetically challenged` can sign up.
It seems like a genuine site and there are apparently already about 1500 men and women on it.
Suppose you see yourself as ugly, and you were looking for a date, would you consider signing up to a site like this?
Or do you know people in your circle that you would recommend this site to?
And for the fun of it, can you come up with a better name for it?

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TexasDude's avatar

That site is being trolled hardcore right now by other websites that I shall not mention by name.

Personally, I wouldn’t join it because I’m a hot piece of ass and I’m not cruel enough to recommend it to any of my friends. I do think it’s a good idea, I guess. If it works for some people, then great, more power to them.

gravity's avatar

Oh my…. this is hilar! and a bit sad…. I could never mention it to someone I considered to be ugly. I often change my opinion of how someone looks to me after I get to know them better. I have dated some ugly guys in the past my friends say. haha I find unusual looking people attractive though. I wouldn’t sign up for it though… since you asked.

rebbel's avatar

@Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard
That would be very cruel, to recommend it to somebody you know.
I did ask it though, but i forgot to put a ~ behind the sentence.
It was supposed to be a bit cheeky question.

So here is the edited sentence: Or do you know people in your circle that you would recommend this site to? ~

ucme's avatar

Well if two like minded individuals share a face resembling a bulldog chewing a wasp then hey, good luck to them say I. As for a name, hmmm, how about FACEYUKK!! A cheeky little number if ever there was.

marinelife's avatar

I would suggest naming it after the song: Never Make a Pretty Woman Your Wife.

Austinlad's avatar

And be rejected? No thanks.

syz's avatar

Only if all of the other dating sites change their name to “For shallow narcissists who care too much about looks”.

JilltheTooth's avatar

And I always thought that “ugly” was a fairly subjective designation. Silly me.

chyna's avatar

@Austinlad Exactly what I was thinking!

aprilsimnel's avatar

I thought the site itself was a joke. It’s real? No, I wouldn’t join a site for ugly people. But that’s more in keeping with my not joining dating sites, period.

poisonedantidote's avatar

how do they tell the difference between an ugly buger and someone who just has low self esteem. i went out with a girl for a while whos previous BF used to tell her she was ugly and basically be abusive, and she ended up convinced she was ugly even though she was far from it.

would i sign up, no. basically because its themed, just as ethically wrong as the one for beautyful people but from the other direction.

Coloma's avatar

Guess I am totally out of the loop. I think it’s rather sad, I mean, if you actually consider yourself ‘ugly’, well…that already screams self esteem issues to me.

I could see it being called something like ‘just regular people’ or maybe even ‘The not so beautiful dating site’ but, UGLY?

I believe in focusing on our positives and championing our strengths and not making the focus only on the physical.

I have enjoyed a good run as an attractive female but, the inner person has always taken precedence for me.

My only ‘can’t do’ is mega hairy gorilla guys. lol

Zyx's avatar

Some of those people might just be delusional, like 90% of people are in some way or another. This seems petty somehow.

NaturallyMe's avatar

No…..i wouldn’t.

aprilsimnel's avatar

I just looked at some men signed up on that site. Some of them are deluded – because they’re handsome and not ugly in the least! Whether their personalities are ugly is another matter.

My, the collective self-esteem is low.

chyna's avatar

@aprilsimnel I looked too and thought the same thing.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

I wouldn’t and I wouldn’t ever mention it to anyone I thought unattractive to me.

BoBo1946's avatar

ummm…no i would not.

@Austinlad lmao…aways the wise one!

Jabe73's avatar

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am not saying that people should overrate how they look but no one should see themselves as “ugly”. If I was unattractive I still do not think I would use a website like that (even if my ugliness was obvious). There are many attractive people out there that are ugly, to the point where it even starts to show itself physically.

Hobosnake's avatar

@poisonedantidote exactly what I was thinking. I had long conversations with possibly the most gorgeous girl I’ve seen in person and she couldn’t believe she was pretty at all, also due largely to previous boyfriends.

And no, I wouldn’t join. To be honest, it seems few people have even a mediocre opinion of their looks nowadays. On that note, most that have a high opinion of their own looks aren’t worth dating anyways.

BoBo1946's avatar

“Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her”

unknown.

Jabe73's avatar

@BoBo1946 Yes, good point! It also seems that the same people (men/women) keep recycling each other. Then many women will complain there are no “good” men out there and these same men will do likewise but repeat the same cycle over and over and over and over and over. Get the picture?

BoBo1946's avatar

@Jabe73 yes they do…the best thing to do is stay with the first one. People are like books, the content is the same, but just have a different cover.

takaboom's avatar

I saw that site some time ago and signed up, not to actually date, but to actually see what people looked like. I saw I profile that said, I basically signed up because this site made me laugh.

I wouldn’t sign in and stay because dating sites are not for me period. Don’t like the idea and I don’t want to try. But I have felt terribly ugly before in the past. It would have been tempting to join but I probably wouldn’t

I don’t think they really reject people from that site. I still have that profile and can probably log on easily (no profile picture, either. Honestly, plenty of people there weren’t even rough around the edges anyway. They have been hurt and want some love tis all.)

as for other names, the ugly duckling pond??

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