24 Oct 2014 Anyone want to share theories on why the planets seem to adore garish makeup and neon hair colours so much? (self.fatpeoplehate) submitted 3 days ago by meowbeans My theory for fat (and some non-fat ugly people) doing this is that they are being 'alternative' on some level to try to make it look like their atypical appearance is a choice rather than actually being ugly, and that upon realising conventional beauty is just something that isn't attainable to them for whatever reason, they pretend they don't care about it by going as far in the opposite direction as possible. It's all part of the lie to convince themselves that they look exactly the way they want to look, along with the excessive exhibitionism despite being the last people who anyone wants to see that we observe so often on here, most recently with Burlesque horror show that's currently on the front page. It's just anecdotal and I actually like this kind of weird blue lipstick 'alternative' shit myself and I'm by no means saying everyone who likes this is just an insecure whale/ugly, but I rarely see really naturally above average looking girls with the whole full face of neon makeup/hair/'weird' on purpose thing going on. I'd love to see more of these looks on people who are actually attractive. ----- McMeals When you reach a certain point of rotundness its is what you need to do to avoid looking like an old retired lady. Its like a high visibility safety vest that says "YOUTHFUL PERSON HERE!" --- twitch1982 They want to be "Alison, you know the girl with the purple hair" because no one wants to be "Allison, you know, 'fat Allie'" --- patriarchyinspector They think that all of the makeup, tattoos, and hair colors will distract us from their fat. It's like how most of them are loud and obnoxious. [fat people are ASSHOLES] --- WildWailordAppeared It's so if anyone tells them they're ugly they can pretend it's because of the "alternative" hair colours and tattoos they choose and not because they're grossly obese. --- miaiam My theory is they do this to show they have a personality, (look how quirky and unique i am!) but also because when when they're inevitably rejected by guys they can play it off like, whatever, you couldn't handle my unconventional look you close minded scum! No bitch, most (sane) men just prefer to date human women. Not pigs. --- carolique It makes me think of the amateur sociological observation my SO and I have been noticing for years. In a nutshell, it's 'LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! :::wait::: WHAT THE FUCK YOU LOOKING AT, ASSHOLE?" Yeah. Edgy, totally out-there, rocking the alternative lifestyle. I just kind of find it sad. --- bitter_charm Exactly. I used to work at a liquor store with an overweight girl with bright pink hair, chest tattoos, snake-eye contacts, and a split tongue. She was rude to customers, incredibly judgemental, always bitched about customers treating her differently, and had one of the worst attitudes I've ever seen. I am a female forestry student of average size - blonde hair, blue eyes, rarely wear makeup. What pissed me off is that she used to go on these rants about "skinny-ass bitches" and "preppy girls" (myself included), with their fake nails, high heels, etc that were so obsessed about their appearance. I know for a fact that this girl puts waaaaay more effort into looking weird on a daily basis than I do trying to look normal. All the while, she's stuffing her face with expensive takeout every day and bitching that no one ever "understands" her. My advice: start eating better and taking care of yourself and you find you won't need all the weird shit. --- leelem0n If I may offer my anecdotal evidence as someone who did this... I was obese during most of my life, to include my teen years. I was and still am a "spooky" person, but I really went out of my way to dress "dark" and "gothic" as a teen. This way, I reasoned, people would reject me because I'm weird and don't follow common style choices. If I worked hard to make them reject me, then their rejection would be the desired outcome. If I worked hard to be accepted, then their rejection would be painful. This wasn't something I realized I was doing until later, after I lost weight. I still like to have colored streaks in my hair and big make-up when I don't have to go to work, but thanks to this sub I feel kind of self-conscious about it since so many fatties do the same. http://imgur.com/vtqfVG0 I just posted this picture in another sub, and I was happy I had all the make-up and even the purple wig right on-hand. [i'm gonna mention leelemon some other time. something is *very very strange and off* about that poster, who was a famous FPH mod with many "fans". but something was NOT RIGHT.] --- waxyballs It's pretty simple. They think if they adopt the signifiers of "wild women" such as crazy dye jobs, tats and piercings, then those signs will signify that they are also (puke) wild in the sack. I know plenty of guys who are into hot chicks who adopt that retro pinup vibe because they think those women will be into wilder, kinkier shit. These hams know that too, so they adopt the same things in hopes of duping some poor alternative dude into forever being trapped within their fungus-infested rolls. [some BDSM people really lamented the state of their community. maybe i'll find some stories from them. fatties FLOODED the fetish communities because that was the only way they could *hope* to get laid by a thin person. so fatties became the majority of participants in those groups. they'd go "i'll be your slave, i'll do ANYTHING for you", and then thin person goes "okay lose weight", and then fatty flips her shit.] --- Blind_Colours For some of them, it may well be so that they seem like the quirky person, rather than the lardie. Some of them might do it just because they like it. But to determine the reasons for the majority, I believe we must look earlier . . . back to social groups in school. Now, fat bitches aren't going to hang out with the popular people. By default, they are relegated to the less "socially desirable" groups. The outcasts. The kids who just don't fit in anywhere else. Now, not all of these people are fat. Among others, there are the socially awkward ones, the ones who are simply just strange, the alternative lifestyle kids (goths, emo, scene, punk, et cetera) . . . and what do we see amongst these alternative lifestyle kids? Crazy hair, piercings, heavy/obvious make-up, et cetera. Now, for whatever reason these kids are into what they are (simply like the way it looks, just feel like it, whatever), think of how the fatties must view them, subconsciously or otherwise. These are people who have "chosen" their social status. Who've just decided to fuck the status quo, fuck social expectations, fuck the consequences, they are who they want to be. Good for them. If you're a human being (a human being mind you, not an eatbeast), you go ahead and do whatever, zero judgement from me. Fatties, though . . . there are two things, I think, that may be going on here. Rather than face the truth of why they are scraping the dirt on the social ladder, fatties seem to start deluding themselves into thinking that they are like these other people. That the reason they're reviled is not a problem within themselves (I mean, they look like shit, but all of us here know that they outward appearance is the result of many, many personal flaws, like laziness, slovenliness, et cetera), but with society. That they're rebels. They start to mimic the culture of the other kids, with the make-up/hair/whatever, as they increasingly begin to believe that they belong to this social group, just as a normal person will likely mimic the locals if dumped into the middle of another country, or unthinkingly mirror the mannerisms or accent of another person we're holding a conversation with. We evolved to be social animals and to fit in, even if it's with those who don't "fit in" (and even if obeasts seemingly took a backwards jump off a cliff somewhere along their evolutionary progress). They also likely wish to claim some of that "fuck you, world" attitude for themselves, because despite what they say, lardbeasts don't have any self-confidence (bar the fake self-confidence they have deluded themselves into), because they have nothing to be confident about. I'll wager that most of this is done unconsciously. These lessons, learned while the brain is still developing, continue on as subconscious beliefs through the lardbeast life. They do not question the reason they gravitate towards these types of adornments, and they don't realise the irony(?) that the very things they proclaim to show how they don't give a fuck, shows just how much they do, and all their insecurities comes back to their failure to simply eat like a normal human being. Sorry, it's past midnight here, and I'm rambling, and have likely made multiple errors. But there you go. My theory. --- DonnieBrighto Exactly! They all pull the same looks from tumblr, so what's the point? Another proof of my theory that fatness is inevitably correlated with dumbness. [this seems to be a FACT. some fat people seem fairly sharp, and the damn shame of it is they'd be twice as sharp or more, had they never gone down that road. all you can hope for past the 180lbs point, is that they realize what they did wrong and STOP IT. because only degradation and trouble comes from beyond there. they lose their brains. their brains degrade. not enough oxygen.] --- PipsPixie Distraction. If you make something stand out by being all bright or trying to be professional make up then it takes the eye away from the fat. I'm always suspicious of people with bright hair and clothes because I think they're trying to distract from some other major flaw. [fat people who wear a ton of makeup and accessories will outright admit this.] --- TorchyTodd They'll never look conventionally attractive, so they might as well go in the complete opposite direction. In doing so, they also create a defense mechanism when the inevitable rejection happens. It's not because they're fat...no, it's because they're just too "out there" to be handled by most men. === rcv jan 2021