By the way, that girl has about as much chin as she does eyebrows.
Could it be that her lack of brows might make her nose look even bigger? Optical illusion?

i think it’s funny that a person looks like a cartoon. that’s all. no more, no less.

when i looked at this TLL, all that went through my mind was “ha. she totally looks like butthead *in that pic.*” maybe she doesn’t always look like butthead, but in that pic, she sure does.

i see others here are looking at her and saying how ugly she is, etc. but honestly, since you asked the ques, not saying i’m better or worse, just thought i’d offer you the reason that *i* found it funny. b/c a person looking like a cartoon character, esp if that character is butthead, is funny.

…..nevermind.

Snakecat…you ARE so pretty! ^_^

My personal opinion slants towards the theory that people don’t actually find it funny — that amusement isn’t their actual, gut reaction, it’s just the only one they’ll consciously admit to, because, “Oh god, I’m so glad that isn’t me/At least I’m better off than that poor person/please don’t let me be them/etc.,” are all reactions that would show the person reacting as vulnerable in some way…. whether from insecurity, fear, guilt, or even shame at not doing something to help the unfortunate butt of the joke. However, that theory is predicated on the belief that people are not actually cruel or malicious, deep down, which is what I choose to believe, but have no proof of.

An easier theory would be that people react with amusement because empathy in such cases would cause _them_ pain, and so is suppressed, sometimes brutally so, particularly (but not solely) in males who have been conditioned by our current culture to see showing empathy as showing signs of weakness and thus inviting more pain for themselves. Of course, the irony of that would be that it can in no way be said to be ‘weak’ to take the path which brings you the most pain and difficulty, and so is therefore quite self-defeating.

As to your last comment — did you mean me? I don’t think I slipped up and let any non PG-rated words in there, but I do sometimes have an exceedingly foul mouth (a bad habit, I know, but a hard one to break!), so I apologize if I did use inappropriate language in there anywhere.

Thanks for taking the time to try and answer the points. It’s unusual in these sorts of venues, and appreciated.

As to what modification would help her appearance, a lack of eyes is something that’s always produced a viscerally creepy reaction in me, so anything that covered that up would make the pic less horrific to me, personally. Torn, missing, or deformed noses don’t bother me nearly as much.

And who told all these people that are berating her that they are so beautiful?! A*sholes!

People don’t understand the psychology of humor much, so good luck getting any intelligent answers to that, Vel. I can’t even find any good laymen’s books on the subject of the psychology of humor. It is an elusive and strange thing.

And to potty mouth up there: this is a public forum, so it’s everybody’s effing business. So go stew in your bile somewhere else, jerkface.