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Look at you, sitting there, kissing your biceps. No, no, it's OK. Don't be embarrassed. It turns out that most Americans think they're pretty hot stuff.In an online survey of more than 26,000 people conducted by UCLA researchers, most people would rate themselves a 6 or 7 on a scale of one to 10. (We always thought of a 6 as being on the low side, but they're calling it an above-average self-assessment. Does this thing work on a curve?)
The group with the highest confidence (those polled ranged in age from 18–75) were on the younger side; 28 percent of women and 30 percent of men under 30 rated themselves between an 8 and a 10.
Really?! Because according to these numbers, three out of every 10 guys we see on the train in the morning would have to be smoking hot, and that ain't happening, sadly.
Despite being pleased with their appearances, 62 percent of women feel pressured to have a "more attractive body." Well, at least you like your faces. A lot. Narcissists.
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Thursday 09 September
By thegrrrr8est
What utter silliness. How vapid and shallow has our society become that we rate ourselves on our "hotness"? As the article hints at, all this egotism is a bit misplaced, what with the rare siting of real breast and the impossibility of finding a woman with gray hair anywhere in any big city. If people rate themselves high, it's not themselves they're rating, but the totally artificial Frankenstein they've created with plastic surgery, make-up, hair color, fake tans, false nails and god only knows what else.
Read a book, for Christ's sake. THAT'll make you more attractive.
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Thursday 09 September
By obiwan49
You must be ugly!
Thursday 09 September
By kevin
AGREE 100%
Thursday 09 September
By g
I don't think I'm Hot, I know I'm Hot!!! This article is stupid. Next!!
Thursday 09 September
By mannamedjoe
You must think YOU are "hot', going by the screen name you have! LMAO
Thursday 09 September
By MikoRose
No, no more books. I think these people have already read WAY too many self help and it's all about me books in the 90's then passed it onto their kids.
Thursday 09 September
By dan
Yes- indeed. However, I must ask two questions-
1 . Since when have 'brains' made a woman attractive to the male world, at least
most of the male world-
&
2. Where in this world is there to live where people don't think this way
and no one has ever heard of 'twitter" or the Kardashinans?
Thursday 09 September
By SkyBlue
The people polled are obviously pleased with their looks. However, the rest of us have to look at these people, and we're NOT pleased. All a matter of opinion.
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Thursday 09 September
By Susanne
I'm as hot as I think I am..so there!
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Thursday 09 September
By krs
I think I could give a young Grace Kelly a run for her money. Millions would disagree, but as you said...
Thursday 09 September
By discproductions
95% of all individuals are average and only 5% are considered the "beautiful people". So, if you are a "10", than you are truly lucky.
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Thursday 09 September
By Bobby
I learned long ago that "rating beauty" from a surface level was deadly. Yeah, there are hott women all over but then you get into their heads, their apts & their lives & suddenly their rating drops off the scale. Everyone should be micro-chipped with important stats that tell their true value. Beauty cuts far beneath the surface..
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Thursday 09 September
By Gia
People keep forgetting that while THEY think THEY'RE hot...beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and most people don't think you're as hot as you THINK you are.
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Thursday 09 September
By Kelly
Most mexican women are fat and ugly and they make matters worse by wearing very tight fitting clothes and wearing gawdy over-applied makeup. Yet they act like they are hot. It's quite a site to see them waddling around in Florida.
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Thursday 09 September
By Christina
yea guess who won Miss Universe?? Miss Mexico....your so dumb acting like Mexicans are the only ones who wear stuff like that...go visit a trailer park sometime
Thursday 09 September
By C.M.P
this is an awful stereotype. there are many beautiful Mexican women in the world and to clump them all into a "fat and gaudy" catagory is rude and idiotic.
Thursday 09 September
By Deb
This SO made me laugh and I needed that!
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Thursday 09 September
By Jeannie
I'll tell you what: people seem more entitled than ever, & not just for their looks. Especially if they're the kind of diva who goes around with their butt-shaking-hand-waving attitude ... heaven help you if you don't brake for them in time, say in a firm voice that you can't help them, can't understand why they're bored or otherwise supposedly invade their privacy. Then they scream that you're the "rude" one.
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Thursday 09 September
By BlackKat
You do sound like a rude person
Saturday 18 September
By Kevin
I've had friends in the past as well as today who think they are god's gift to the world and that everybody wants them. A few of these friends are ( sad to say ) uglier than wilderbeasts, I don't personaly pick my friends because of looks and I never will. But one friend says all the time when he's rejected ... that's ok because he could never have me. This one friend is a really nice guy, but he's crossed eyed has a bad case of acne and really bad teeth. However he thinks deep down in his heart that he's the hottest guy to ever walk the earth. On a scale from 1-10 he would rate on a good day a 3. Now for myself I don't think I'm all that and I never act like I am, people have said to me before and I'll have that said again your not my type or I just don't find you attractive. To me if a person has to act like they are all that and put somebody down because they're not very attractive that person is very insecure about themselves. This is just my view on this.
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