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Title: Why We Hate Seeing Photos of Ourselves
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URL Source: http://petapixel.com/2012/07/11/why ... te-seeing-photos-of-ourselves/
Published: Jun 14, 2013
Author: k
Post Date: 2013-06-14 15:19:40 by PSUSA2
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Views: 654
Comments: 16
If you’re human then you’ve probably looked at a portrait of yourself at some point and been dissatisfied for one specific reason or another. Most of the time, though, it just comes down to an unexplainable “I don’t like it” or “I never look good in pictures” or, in extreme cases, a sound effect similar to gagging. But according to this short TED audition, the problem isn’t with your expression or your looks, it’s in your head. The issue is that we’ve grown up seeing ourselves as nobody else has, in a mirror. Because of this our image of ourselves, the one that we’re used to (even if we don’t like it), is actually a mirror image of what everybody else sees and what a camera captures. The idea is that, when we look at a picture of ourselves, we pick up on the million little asymmetries that don’t match up with what our brain wants to see, so we dislike the image. Admittedly the talk, being an audition, is painfully short and doesn’t go into detail on things like emotional lateralization (we tend to show emotion more on the right side of our faces) and left gaze bias (we consistently look more at the right side of people’s faces when we speak to them, shifting our focus to our left), both of which are worth looking into if the subject fascinates you. Of course, the simpler option is to take a photo you don’t like of yourself and flip it on your computer. Chances are the outcome will look a lot more pleasing to you. The only downside? That picture will lo ok as much better to you as it does worse to everyone else that knows you Poster Comment: It's good to know I'm not as ugly as my pics make me out to be. 
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#1. To: PSUSA2 (#0)
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful: 
-Alex Kurtagic
#2. To: PSUSA2 (#0)
Without the aid of Google, can anyone name him?
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
Chef Mario Batale but with more hair and facial fat?
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Why should we worship in God what we detest in man? -Robert Ingersoll
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
Some fat comedian gone to seed?
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
Mason (I forget his last name)
#6. To: PSUSA2 (#0)
then there is the flipside. people who photograph better than they look in person.
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
Chastity Bono?
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#8. To: James Deffenbach (#7)
LOL!!!
-Alex Kurtagic
#9. To: christine (#5)
Jackie?
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#10. To: christine (#5)
Think, peanut butter cup. Mason (I forget his last name)
#11. To: Lod (#4)
He was never funny as I recall, except in a side show kinda way. Some fat comedian gone to seed?
#12. To: James Deffenbach (#7)
Are you talking Chaz? I heard IT dropped 100 pounds and can now see IT's new...(whatever it is down there) Chastity Bono?
#13. To: Jethro Tull (#11)
I COMPLETELY concur with your take on JM. Generally horrible and unwatchable.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#14. To: Jethro Tull (#12)
Yeah, I meant Chaz or whatever the confused individual is calling him/herself these days.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#12)
....surgically attached strap-on dildo. It's not like they're using donors..... Ewww, I can't believe I just typed that. can now see IT's new...(whatever it is down there)
-Alex Kurtagic
#16. To: X-15 (#15)
ha! I can't believe that sickness is true :) It's a pity Sunny wasn't murdered by unknown government assassins. Maybe he could have kept that once cute kid normal.
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