Backhanded compliment time!

[and_old_lace]

Someone commented on one of my flickr pics saying "You're actually a really cute girl. You have a pretty face and your body isn't 'bad' but if you did a few situps and lost a little weight you could really be stunning. You have naturally good curves but some of them get lost in the extra weight

Comments

[damned_ladies]

WTF! this is why i don't put most of my photos public, cause of idiotic douche bags who think they know what they're talking about

this is ridiculous! why do people always think we don't know we're fat! like we don't own mirrors!

[coco73]

What the fuck is with 365 being an asshole magnet? I guess people think that because you put your pictures in a public forum that you are consenting to judgement and that assessments of your body are totally ok. I got some fucking doozies when I did that project.

I just don't get what it is that makes these people think it's their right to say anything about someone else's body or how they got it in their heads that this kind of shit is complimentary or helpful. Idiots.

[ex_ghostwal396]

super gross and weird and uncalled for. i've been thinking lately about what it is that compels others to constantly want to "fix" people - a lot of my friends have been doing (not regarding looks but just general life things) and it's SO FUCKING IRRITATING.

[folkchick3]

Assuming that you even wanted their opinion in the first place is arrogant and assumptive. Voicing a rude (unsolicited) opinion is even worse. There is no excuse for that,don't bother to look for one. People like that do not deserve excuses.

Having said that, here is another unsolicited opinion - you are gorgeous exactly the way you are, right this minute. You have beauty and strength and style. Don't let the idiots get you down.

[epeolatry]

i hate assholes.

you are hot hot hot as fuck. that person is an idiot.