I was randomly poking around the internet and I discovered that there's a zillion ugly sites. It's a whole subculture! They have their own magazines, social groups and clothing stores. Apparently ugly is in, or at least it's not as out as it used to be!Anyway, I got to wondering just how many ugly people there are in the world. When I was a kid there were ugly people all over the place. They didn't do much to hide it. I guess there wasn't much they could do. Everything's different now. Designers are really good at disguising ugliness. they're too good. That's why modern yearbooks are so boring.
Of course an awful lot of people who are called ugly really aren't. The girl in the picture above isn't ugly, she just has buck teeth and crossed eyes. I love the teeth but I have to admit that the eyes are offputting. Nowadays that's an easy fix isn't it? 
This girl (above) isn't pretty but I wouldn't say she's ugly either. The armpit is hilarious! Some people who think they have an ugly problem just throw caution to the wind and flaunt it.
Here's an almost normal woman (above) who happens to have bad teeth and a weird taste in hair ribbons. I notice that a lot of people we consider ugly conspire to make themselves look that way. As a cartoonist I applaud them for this but it must make life difficult for them.
What a face (above), and the hair is perfect for it! If I were a casting director I'd find something for her to do in every film. I don't consider this ugly...It's a character face.
OK, THIS is ugly. Oh man, that is nasty!!!!! But how often do you meet girls like this? In my opinion true ugliness is fairly rare. 
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I think that last pic is Dogs wife. You know... The Bounty Hunter guy on the Discovery channel (I think). It looks like her evil big breasted twin.
Ugly is relative to each person, culture, and situation. Have you ever been at a party where there is no decent looking girls so many of the guys go for the least ugly one anyway.
For me, personalities are more vital than the looks, even though that is what gets me interested initially. There's nothing worse than a great looking girl with no personality and nothing of value to offer other than her looks. Conversely, mediocre or unattractive girls can mysteriously become better looking with just a good disposition and polite friendly demeanor. I prefer those in general.
Uh... doesn't the "girl" in the middle with the armpit hair have a five o clock shadow? I don't think that's a girl.
See ya
Steve
I'm ugly!
Wow! In slightly inebriated opposition, I must say that Robb is trying to be nice. Ugliness relative?? Poor guy!
Just be thankful that you would never have to see my ugly mug in public: I could probably make Sunflowers wither, by vaguely glancing at them.
My friends, for example, would go for the girl that is the most perfect in everyway (reasonable or big sized breasts, ass, face, lips, and so forth), only that same majority can be either fickle, bitchy, demanding, or at worst, gold-diggers.
How were girls' during your teenage/ young adult days, Chief?
RE: "Wow! In slightly inebriated opposition, I must say that Robb is trying to be nice. Ugliness relative?? Poor guy"
First of all, its "Rodd", not "Robb". It's even spelled out for you right on the comment.
I was being facetious with the comment about at a party the ugliest girl still gets hit on.
"Ugly is relative" has nothing to do with me being nice. I was referring to how the standard of beauty is different in different cultures, for example. It's relative to a persons individual tastes as well. Many other examples to give but the people who are not inebriated wont need it explained.
Geez, now ya even have to deal with drunks on a friggin blog? Why can't they just stick to the bars and clubs and keep making fools of themselves there.
Ive always felt sorry for big ethel since not only is she ugly she stands out even more since every other woman in riverdale is basically a playboy playmate
I'm kind of a terrible person, I've trolled the 'Ugly People' sites before to laugh at the misfortunes of others. Hey, what can I say, I'm pretty, and they're not!
I'm often kind of amazed by the people who make them selves look a thousand times worse than nature ever did through their choices in hair/clothes/make up. Those are my favourite kind of ugly people to laugh at, because to a great degree, it's their fault, so I feel less guilty about it.
Also, anonymous? Fat does not equal ugly, contrary to what movies would have you believe.
I'm going to have to side with Rodd. I remember when I first started studying figure drawing. After about six months, I realized that I could no longer tell who was ugly and who wasn't. They were just all too damn fascinating!
Ugliness is definitely subjective, and some of the ugliest people I've ever seen would probably be considered to be pretty hot by everyone else. Attitude counts big time!
Steve: Holy Cow! Is that a five o' clock shadow!? Bleeeechhh!!! I need to wash my eyeballs!
Bruce: Teenage girls of my generation were the world's first crop of beautifuls. They all had the money to get their teeth fixed, they all had straight hair to cover big ears, and cheap, well-designed clothes were in abundance.
As a young, horny guy I reveled in this but later I got interested in art and the standardization of females drove me nuts.
Whoa whoa Rodd, it's cool. I was really just kidding. Your point of beauty relativity is more than proven and to prove it look at the roster of girls I've dated. (runs on the ugly side, inside and out)
Though to play devil's advocate, one could argue(and often should) that Grace Kelly and Olivia Hussey are remarkable.
Oh, god. These girls (except for the one dude who's a trap) would be great to caricature, but not someone I'd like to be with.
Would you agree that there's some sort of limit to how ugly someone can be?
Drew Friedman made ugly hip again.
Terri Hatcher is ugly:
http://www.248am.com/images/teri_hatcher.jpg
Uuuuggghhhh...
There's nothing worse than a great looking girl with no personality and nothing of value to offer other than her looks.
Ugly or beatiful, smart or stupid, they all go up in value if they have real sexual aptitude.
The second one has to be a man.
I can't comment on this thread. For me, this subject is just too sensitive. Too, too sensitive! Sniff, sob.
Some of the ugliest women I've seen have been (very) conventionally pretty--it was their expression and bad manners that twisted their faces into "ugliness".
I honestly think that no person can look truly ugly who radiates happiness and goodwill.
Of course, I realize some guys have different standards. ; /
You're right Eddie, they are only a few truly ugly girls. The thing is most people are not ugly,they are just plain.
Jorge: If you truly do feel ugly, here is the best cure to feel better: Work at Wal-Mart for at least a week.Why ? Because the customers you meet will look a million times uglier then you ever feel.The same goes for if you ever feel dumb as well.
pcunfunny - very true! But I think that any job where you serve the public will show you the same thing. There's something about "The Great Unwashed" that brings out humanity's true ugliness.
But I think that any job where you serve the public will show you the same thing.
In this regard, there is something truly special about wal-mart.
cba and idrc: LOL !
wheres the post on kliban????
Walmart is the most exciting place to go to look at people! I never even buy anything, but the place is such an oasis of cool looking people amidst a barren wasteland of trendy replicants that I can't resist.
Fascinating post, Uncle Eddie! I'm not sure about the second picture, Uncle Eddie. I think it may be a "chick with a stick", although I did know a female at university who looked like a man (she had the 5 O'Clock shadow and deep voice), although most of the student body (myself included) thought she took hormones to get that way.
I think that everybody and every culture has a different perspective of what is "not attractive".
To illustrate different views of "attractive" - one of my guilty pleasures is watching makeover shows, like What Not To Wear and How Do I Look?. In some cases, I'm wondering why the makeover victim is on the show, because, to me, they really don't need it. Anyhow, I remember watching one of them (I think it was How Do I Look?) where two "fashionista" women in the latest styles and up-to-the-second fashions made over their "cartoony" sister with the bright red hair and retro clothing into a "fashionista" like them. To the "fashionistas", her "cartoony look" looked unattractive, but among her friends and boyfriend, she looked cute as a button! BTW - after the makeover into a "fashionista", the boyfriend said to her, "you know, if I saw you on the street looking like that, and I didn't know you, I wouldn't even give you the time of day!"
'If you truly do feel ugly, here is the best cure to feel better: Work at Wal-Mart for at least a week. Why? Because the customers you meet will look a million times uglier then you ever feel.'
Ha! Try working there for a year, because I had seen enough funny looking people to fill a small football stadium. Good thing I had by sketch book when I was on my breaks to quickly sketch them. So much diversity, it isn't even remotely funny.
PC, IDRC: Wal-Mart? Good idea! I'll bring my sketchbook!
Taber: Change that picture of yourself as an old man! It makes you look like Methusaluh!
Jenny, Rodd: You're right about personality making a huge difference!
Jennifer: I had a similar experience. Those makeover shoes are skewered toward one kind of result at the expense of every other possibity.
I find ugliness to be a mostly self induced affliction. I have run across very few truly ugly people in my short 30+ years of life. I've lived my whole life looking at the world through the principals of Wabi-Sabi without even knowing it. I knew a beautiful Japanese woman who had a few mussed up teeth, and since she fixed them, I don't find her quite as attractive. Personality is a major component in my definition of beautiful, as I have met some amazing physical specimens of beauty that would rival any of those you posted for ugliness. The phrase "Ugly American" isn't a reference to our physical appearance. It is interesting to study how different cultures view beauty. For instance, the culture where they strap a board to an infant's head to ensure they have a beautiful flat forehead.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder..."
eddie
Here are some ugly furries that I drew for a contest (warning: also contains ugly nipple!!) Drawing mutated features is really fun, especially in animal faces :p
During your recent hiatus, I came across a youtube video compilation of ugly people and I immediately thought of you (hahah)!! I'd link it to you but you seem to have researched this pretty thoroughly so I imagine there is nothing in there that you haven't already come across.
The second pic looks like John Belushi, actually.
Very interesting post. I've discovered that a lot girls are always pressured into conforming to the social acceptibility of looking like a super model, sometimes unbeknownst to themselves.
There are a lot of girls that have a natural beauty, but they fail to realise it because they are to busy trying to follow the trend that is considered "beautiful", which is ridiculous but also a sad truth.
I know it sounds cliche', but it's what you are on the inside that makes you a beautiful person or not. Outward beauty is just a pleasure bonus for us guys.
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That second one is a guy & you've already assigned him a number between 1 & 10. You can never undo that.
Andreas: I just read your Wabi-Sabi link and was much inmpressed. I don't completely understand all the writer was saying but it's amazing how delightful transitory and imperfect things can be. D.H. Lawrence used to write about that.
Kelly: Holy Cow! Those are punishing caricatures! What did the furries think of them?
these are not specific furry characters, haha! All in all this image was very well-recieved, folks said it was a nice change of pace; Most furry pictures are trying to look sexy, adorable, or badass.
I just tend to tell people Wabi-Sabi is the beauty of the imperfect. When I bought my last guitar (8+ years ago) I had three of the same model to choose from, I played them all trying to figure out which sounded better, or played better. They were all so close, I ended up picking the one with the most white streaking in the ebony fingerboard, which is not considered a desirable quality. I felt it added character and beauty.
Ugly?
Felicity: Who is that?
It’s me, but I wanted an impartial opinion so I omitted that fact. :-|
The theory of Least Ugly - Given a situation where a lone male is stranded on a desert island with 10 ugly women - after a period of time, one of the women will assume the role of the "least ugly" in the group and begin to look desirable.
No no -_- they're ugly alright!!!!
The law of equal attraction applies to everyone. In other words, studies have shown that people are naturally attracted to people they see as a visual equal. This is why "beautiful" girls with low self image are with "ugly" men and why otherwise "normal" people pair off in a common appearance way. This being said, there are some horrific looking men out there that would love any of the females depicted here. FYI.. #3 is most certainly a man.
The second picture is a man. He drives a middle school bus in Virginia. Creepy. That is my daughter's bus driver
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