Sep 16, 2008 6:16 PM GMT
Normally I don't feel like posting my problems with people in a public forum, but this one is really wiggin me, and I thought it deserved public attention.
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Last night I signed onto realjock and noticed I had a picture comment to approve. I looked at the comment from some 22 y/o good looking Italian guy. The comment was on my main picture, and it said, "You have terrible proportions."
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I won't name his name on here, because I'm classy but safe to say I deleted the comment, wrote him back, called him a dick, and blocked him (ok, maybe not THAT classy).
Why would someone just randomly do that? I'm not opposed to a little criticism on my body. Hell, I'm in a profession where it's constantly criticised. I can deal with that. But I had never met this guy before. Never talked to him before. Apparantly he just came across my profile and decided he wanted to take me down a peg.
I guess the point of my posting this is to send a message to everyone who does this on this site. I come to this site to be part of a gay community that supports health and fitness, not to be the victim of some guy wanting to be catty or hurtful. Nothing good comes from cutting someone down randomly. If you don't like how a person looks, saying they look bad isn't going to make you or him feel any better, it'll just create negativity. Supporting and helping your fellow man to attain their goals will create positivity.
So basically, as I thought we all learned in Kindergarten, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all! Trust me, it will save you a lot of time.
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START OF RANT
Last night I signed onto realjock and noticed I had a picture comment to approve. I looked at the comment from some 22 y/o good looking Italian guy. The comment was on my main picture, and it said, "You have terrible proportions."
...
I won't name his name on here, because I'm classy but safe to say I deleted the comment, wrote him back, called him a dick, and blocked him (ok, maybe not THAT classy).
Why would someone just randomly do that? I'm not opposed to a little criticism on my body. Hell, I'm in a profession where it's constantly criticised. I can deal with that. But I had never met this guy before. Never talked to him before. Apparantly he just came across my profile and decided he wanted to take me down a peg.
I guess the point of my posting this is to send a message to everyone who does this on this site. I come to this site to be part of a gay community that supports health and fitness, not to be the victim of some guy wanting to be catty or hurtful. Nothing good comes from cutting someone down randomly. If you don't like how a person looks, saying they look bad isn't going to make you or him feel any better, it'll just create negativity. Supporting and helping your fellow man to attain their goals will create positivity.
So basically, as I thought we all learned in Kindergarten, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all! Trust me, it will save you a lot of time.
END OF RANT