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Fucking Filters
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Fucking Filters This subject isn't anything new, but I don't recall seeing a proper rant on the topic. Therefore, I'm picking up the mantel and including it in my Old Man Ranting Series Technology has delivered to us digital camera technology that yields photos with amazing clarity and resolution. Today, even cell phone cameras yield superior quality, particularly compared to high end digital cameras of even a few years ago. With all of this amazing capability, it would follow that dating profile pictures would be crystal clear, but sadly, this isn't the case. Someone created some filter app (maybe there's more than one; how would I know?) that allows the user to soft focus pictures to felony level, making it almost impossible to distinguish someone's features. And a considerable number of women are utilizing this filter to laughable results. Perhaps men are as well, but I don't look at their dating profiles. Seriously, I've seen so many of these that I almost scheduled a doctor's visit to be checked for cataracts. The worst are the ones who dial in eye liner enhancements to max level, making them appear ready for the next best horror film and causing small to cry. I'm sure most of my readers share my position that these filters have no place on dating sites. Unless you plan on meeting someone after consuming half a bottle of Don Julio, you want their photos to provide an accurate representation of who you're about to meet. Perhaps the only exception to posting such photos would be if someone had their portrait done by Annie Leibovitz and she incorporated some sort of filter. But the most gifted portrait photographer on the planet doesn't use them, so there goes that excuse. Look, none of us become more attractive from our late forties onward; it's a fact of life. And try as you might, those filters don't fix ugly, so if you're using them, save yourself the guaranteed ghosting after (or during) your first date. Some will never give up their squint inducing fog filters. I recently saw a profile on the Big T where not only were filters used in the manner I've described, but the woman was positively combative about using them. Apparently, potential matches challenged her on the subject and she was asserting her right to post pictures that didn't look like her. While on the subject of filters, if you're past forty years old, leave the fucking snap chat filters alone. Unless it was a Halloween costume, bunny ears, cat whiskers, etc. don't paint you as playful or fun. It just screams immature. Worse yet, the majority of those you love the bunny ears typically run the picture through the Don Julio blur filter first, completely obscuring any facial detail. A forty something woman that does that screams she's trying to hide ugly. Embrace who you are and be proud of it, people. |
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A groundhog can swim...if it really has to. Or if it's invited to a pool party. Just ask and I'll start putting effort back into the animal facts.
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Can you really Rant about something when you , yourself are doing the same thing? Check your profile, your head is missing in your profile pic, and two have blurred faces. I'm no computer wiz but you must use a filter to blur your face? Just saying, Have a Great day.
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I agree. I'm not sure why most women won't even show a accurate face picture . The female body is fantastic to see but, at some point their face picture will matter . Thanks for the blog.
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A good point you make. See the pic, meet in person, whole new ballgame. Then some people look better in person than their picture.
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Where do I find the snap chat filter that allows me to place a dick coming out at an angle from my forehead  NO !!! I am NOT trying to call myself, " a DickHead " , but trying to portray a Male Unicorn   
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Interesting rant. I would say, no snapchat filters after the 20s; nah, maybe after 21! My niece downloaded that for me when I visited and I was like, "wtf is that?!" Get that off my phone! I would also say that it goes both ways. A "filter" could be an older, thinner pic from either sex. Then you meet and it's like, 'hmmm, I see a resemblance somewhe...nope, don't see it!' Here's another "filter" men use...hats! I chatted with a guy for the longest time who, in his pic, sported a baseball cap. He had a great smile and I assumed dark hair under that cap. We finally met and he was bald as a cue ball! It wasn't a bad thing, but it shocked me for a bit. It's a good thing I liked his smile and his personality. We've become good fwbs since then. Our imaginations will run rampant if given the chance. Another guy had one of the best torso/ body pics I'd seen on the site. He never sent a face pic so I had no idea who I was meeting for coffee. [most are like that...like the weirdest blind dates ever!] When I finally did meet him it took me half the time we were together just to get used to his face because it didn't meet the expectation that my mind had. Don't get me wrong...was glad I met him; he was kind and intelligent. A lovely man; just not what my mind had pictured. So "filters" or the art of the photo, goes both ways, methinks! Good post. Fun read. ~~~" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift." --Mary Oliver~~~
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Any inference you drew with respect to my advocating site police filters was in error. My rant was more geared toward those who use and abuse said filters, asking for a bit of self-control. Makeup is fine, by me; at least the look can be reproduced in the flesh.
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Creativity is a welcome addition to pictures, but the same damned cataract filters are used over and over. Perhaps some have deluded themselves into thinking they're being creative with their fuzzy pictures, but we all know using the same app as everyone else is the antithesis of creativity. Fair point on some looking better as their age advances. Hell, I'm a good example, having had my eyelids addressed and succumbing to vanity to get the lower ones done at the same time. For a fleeting moment, I looked better than I did a decade earlier. As for my being Mr. Grouchy Pants, you're damned right I am, hence the title of this series of blog entries.
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Interesting rant. I would say, no snapchat filters after the 20s; nah, maybe after 21! My niece downloaded that for me when I visited and I was like, "wtf is that?!" Get that off my phone! I would also say that it goes both ways. A "filter" could be an older, thinner pic from either sex. Then you meet and it's like, 'hmmm, I see a resemblance somewhe...nope, don't see it!' Here's another "filter" men use...hats! I chatted with a guy for the longest time who, in his pic, sported a baseball cap. He had a great smile and I assumed dark hair under that cap. We finally met and he was bald as a cue ball! It wasn't a bad thing, but it shocked me for a bit. It's a good thing I liked his smile and his personality. We've become good fwbs since then. Our imaginations will run rampant if given the chance. Another guy had one of the best torso/ body pics I'd seen on the site. He never sent a face pic so I had no idea who I was meeting for coffee. [most are like that...like the weirdest blind dates ever!] When I finally did meet him it took me half the time we were together just to get used to his face because it didn't meet the expectation that my mind had. Don't get me wrong...was glad I met him; he was kind and intelligent. A lovely man; just not what my mind had pictured. So "filters" or the art of the photo, goes both ways, methinks! Good post. Fun read. Where was I...oh yeah, pictures. You are far more trusting than I could be and I've never been a fan of surprises. Need to see some sort of accurate representation of the person I'm about to meet beforehand. You got the hat, but don't forget the ever popular sunglasses. Then, there's the one I occasionally run into is all photos are of the person in a group. In some cases, it's the same group. Gee, which vapid blonde is she?
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