Is this picture cute, funny, or cringe and stupid

[trenton]

I'm not very familiar with how people will react to this picture. If I showed this picture to a girl, would she laugh or would she react negatively? I would like to discuss the thought process in dating and attraction. I thought this picture would be funny, but would it actually? I thought it would be funny to put this on a dating profile image. Maybe it would be better to keep my main picture as something normal and this picture in an album for later after a connection.

[trenton]

I just had surgery to get four wisdom teeth removed. 

[Sugarcoat]

I am no expert in this but i think this is quite polarizing. Some will think it’s off putting some will think it’s funny, I don’t know which group will dominate

Maybe my answer lacks depth but I couldn’t think of much else 

Edited Tuesday at 06:29 PM by Sugarcoat

[Salvijus]

There are other ways to look funny while also being charming. This one is the opposite of charming. 

I say no. 👎

[trenton]

@Salvijus thanks for the input. I'll try to figure out what actually is funny.

[shree]

I’ve got some photos of myself tripping on 5-MeO-DMT that make your picture look normal.
Girls didn’t know whether to run away or marry me.

[trenton]

@shree that sounds epic. Are you able to show me better pictures than this one?

[Princess Arabia]

Scary!!!

[Princess Arabia]

No need to be funny in a picture for dating. It's received differently than in person. Dating site pics are shown to everyone and doesn't have the same "funny" impact it would to a female that loves it when a guy is funny. Being funny in person, doesn't come off as an act, if done authentically, pictures do. Females don't respond to general acts, they respond to acts mostly directed at them, that's why a woman can marry or date an axe murderer because she doesn't view him as that because he wasn't trying to axe or murder her personally. (Exaggeration there, but you get the analogy), could be as simple as a player, he didn't play me.

Edited Tuesday at 07:02 PM by Princess Arabia

[Jannes]

 

[meta_male]

@trenton This will destroy your algorithm on a dating platform.

[Yimpa]

All of the above.

[Hojo]

Just change the caption to something else.

My mouth might be out of commission, but my penis works just fine.

Edited Wednesday at 01:34 AM by Hojo

[Sincerity]

I think it’s a bit dorky. That’s fine though, don’t judge yourself.

For me, I love to express humour by being random, absurd and not giving a fuck. If I had a dating profile, I’d say eg.: „The last pic is me when I was 5 years old” and put this:

You gotta find how you want to genuinely express your humour. But also in a way that works*.

*It's not a matter of being funny to everyone, of course. You should authentically express your humour but also be calibrated in a way, and not dorky. For example, absurd humour will not be funny to everyone, but I LOVE it and many other people can appreciate is as well, so it's fine that I express it boldly. Those who will appreciate it will automatically resonate with me, which is perfect. By expressing yourself freely, you're like a beacon attracting people who will resonate with you.

Edited Wednesday at 07:10 AM by Sincerity

[something_else]

It might be appealing to a certain niche of women but I would say it's probably not appealing to the majority.

It's kind of 'male' humour if that makes sense. Guys will think it's funny but women will think it's odd or not know what to make of it.

[Basman]

I agree it looks like a sarcastic joke you'd share with your mates. Not the honey the bees are looking for.

[Consept]

If you send it to someone you already have a connection with it could be funny but i dont think you should put it on a dating profile or send it to a girl you just met 

[trenton]

6 hours ago, Sincerity said:

I think it’s a bit dorky. That’s fine though, don’t judge yourself.

For me, I love to express humour by being random, absurd and not giving a fuck. If I had a dating profile, I’d say eg.: „The last pic is me when I was 5 years old” and put this:

You gotta find how you want to genuinely express your humour. But also in a way that works*.

*It's not a matter of being funny to everyone, of course. You should authentically express your humour but also be calibrated in a way, and not dorky. For example, absurd humour will not be funny to everyone, but I LOVE it and many other people can appreciate is as well, so it's fine that I express it boldly. Those who will appreciate it will automatically resonate with me, which is perfect. By expressing yourself freely, you're like a beacon attracting people who will resonate with you.

This looks hilarious. I'm trying to think of something similar. I have an idea of sending something like a wedding picture and saying "here is a picture of me." In this case there is a wedding couple up front, but there is a crowd of people in the back and I am a random guy in the background. She would have to sort through all the faces to find me.

If that doesn't work, then maybe I could take a picture and say "this was taken back when I was being potty trained" but in the picture I'm about 10 years old.

I still think your idea is better than both of these. I'm trying to think of what would be funnier than what you sent but I'm not sure. Maybe I could say "this is a picture of me preparing for a chess tournament" but then show a picture of a sumo wrestler.

I haven't quite developed my sense of humor in a way that it resonates with others. I'll need more practice.

[Sincerity]

@trenton Hahaha. I think your ideas are quite good, if executed properly. Perhaps a picture of a teenager would be even better than a 10 year old.  

Other idea: maybe you can put a picture of yourself jumping in the air with joy with the caption along the lines of „The day I defeated my enemy”. This creates a aura of mystery around you - like what, this guy has an enemy? Your date asks you about it and you avoid answering, but imply with a subtle smile this is an awesome story which you’re keeping to yourself. I don’t know where this can go further, perhaps you NEVER tell her about it, or later make a joke out of it with something like: yeah my neighbour had this really annoying toddler so I kicked it in the face when they weren’t looking. She asks really? And you say „No”. And then you never tell her anything further.

Or, under that same picture, you can just put the caption „The day my neighbour’s screaming toddler fell down the stairs.”

I’m a factory of cretinic ideas. I recommend my services.  

2 hours ago, trenton said:

I haven't quite developed my sense of humor in a way that it resonates with others. I'll need more practice.

That’s okay. You’ll learn it through trial and error.

Maybe make a list of such captions/jokes, find what you deem the funniest, choose your best picks. Perhaps run it by ChatGPT to ask it whether the jokes are funny and „calibrated” enough (haven’t tested AI for this purpose, maybe it’s bland, I don’t know. just an idea).

Edited Wednesday at 04:31 PM by Sincerity

[trenton]

@Sincerity I actually ran this by an ai and the ai thought that this picture after my surgery was good and humorous. It said that it shows me finding positivity and humor even in challenging and painful times. It said self depreciating humor is funny in this case,, but recommended not making it the main profile image. It said it should be saved in a collection instead.

I wanted to run this by humans to see if the ai could be trusted on this. I'm not sure I trust the ai with this.