Your public image...

[Lily]

What image do you generally present to the outside world?

I don't mean your inner personality here people so let's not get too deep and meaningful. :)

You can make multiple selections

[TKDQ]

I have many images, here are just a few:

'Demented witch' first thing :eek:

'Worn out mum' on a bad day :cry:

'Glam mummy' on a good day :cool:


I can still turn heads, but sometimes for the wrong reason!! :D

[Tommy-2guns...]

i guess the cloest would be a philosopher type of an imadge, apart from times i have to go to 'rough' places,where i try and dress as 'hard' as possible.

the more i do my philosophy course the more my face is determined to make me grow a beard everyday lol.

[slipthejab]

depends on the day and time... but usually it's one of the two:


A) Butcher

B) Pimp

[Mixitup]

As the most un-PC person ever. If there is something completley inaproprate or just plain sick, if I think it's funny, too late I've said it. The amount of posts I've deleted because I have time to think is silly. So nobody takes anything I say that seriously, which is OK because most of the time I'm taking the Kendal Mint Cake.

[Mixitup]

depends on the day and time... but usually it's one of the two:


A) Butcher

B) Pimp

Combine the 2, I'll have a small sheep thank you. :eek:

[Timmy Boy]

Rocker, loud, confident, sarcastic, lover of alcohol :D

[Gary]

Laid back to near horizontal, sunny/sarcastic disposition with a penchant for talking crap directly proportional to alcoholic content.





and yes, i do realise that makes me look like i'm drunk for most of my posts here :D

[Mixitup]

Laid back to near horizontal, sunny/sarcastic disposition with a penchant for talking crap directly proportional to alcoholic content.





and yes, i do realise that makes me look like i'm drunk for most of my posts here :D

My brother :)

[Skrom]

people who i know tell me that i always look pissed off, so i guess that's the image i present. not a conscious decision, just happens no matter what kind of mood i'm in i guess.

[Sever]

Moody slacker with absolutely kickarse hair that's permanently wearing earphones. Scourge of emo kids

[AuntiePink]

Bubbly blonde with a filthy laugh ;)

[Visage]

What do black jeans, white t-shirt, black MA shoes and messy hair suggest to people?? :confused:

[Slindsay]

Fat, slightly clumsy, slightly dense fairly cheerfull guy.

If only they knew in reality I'm, errr, oh well. At least I'm cheerfull.

[Brisks]

Personality wise i'm pretty emotionless, sarcastic, polite, laid back and pretty creul sometimes, but i'm kind at heart :Angel: . I also look quite hard I think people are pretty itimidated by me when they first meet me, but I like that...

[tekkengod]

a loyal loving outspoken sarcastic jackass. but still, i'm the one people come to for advice.

[Thelistmaker]

Small, friendly, very layed back, eccentric, confident, patient and endless source of amusing anecdotes and weird facts.

Always have time for other people

Have been described as odd by quite a few different people, but in a good way. Often walk around grinning for no reason.

I’ve also been described as a terrible girlfriend. I don’t call to say hi, I’m often unreachable, don’t like mushy romantic stuff and can’t cook. From my point of view men are clingy.

[tekkengod]

From my point of view men are clingy.

wow! you must be a super pimpette to be able to say that! :D
we're perfect for each other ;)

[narcsarge]

Confident, controlled, funny, very sarcastic, flirtatious, empathetic, disciplined. But those are my bad points! :D

[Sever]

I don’t call to say hi, I’m often unreachable, don’t like mushy romantic stuff and can’t cook.Up until that last bit, you were sounding like the perfect girlfriend :D

[Unsung Hero]

Laid back "nice guy" who's usually willing to help out and give opinions, and who's basic philosophy on life is, "life is a lot easier when you just don't give a ****"

[tolchocker]

apparantly i frown too much and often look like im about to murder someone (of course i only think of doing it, my body count is currently 0 and will stay that way for a very, very long time)
i can often laugh at the most inappropriate times, and enjoy really un-politically correct jokes (as long as they were meant as jokes and aren't offending anyone at the time)
also i am very corny when it comes to flirting :love:

[Brisks]

apparantly i frown too much and often look like im about to murder someone (of course i only think of doing it, my body count is currently 0 and will stay that way for a very, very long time)
i can often laugh at the most inappropriate times, and enjoy really un-politically correct jokes (as long as they were meant as jokes and aren't offending anyone at the time)
also i am very corny when it comes to flirting :love:

I got the natural frown too, and get the "you look really evil" thing all the time. I get random people on the streets telling me to cheer up too :confused: .

[Mixitup]

i can often laugh at the most inappropriate times, and enjoy really un-politically correct jokes (as long as they were meant as jokes and aren't offending anyone at the time)
:

You mean the best ones? Better to laugh in their face than behind their back

p.s. very small circle of friends.

[tolchocker]

by offending someone i meant saying it to them in a derogatory manner

[Mixitup]

by offending someone i meant saying it to them in a derogatory manner

I once asked the manager of the Tate Modern if maybe sometimes the artists were taking the <can't say it, you know what I mean> out of him. He was very offended, thats the good bit.

It's much funnier if it offends, most of the time they deserve it,not always though :eek: sometimes I can't believe what I've just said, but if it's funny, its funny.

[Lily]

I seriously don't frown as I don't want to get premature wrinkles.
I come across quite arrogant, straight-laced, cold and aloof to people I don't know and don't want to know.

Otherwise I'm actually kind, tolerant, fun, very mischievous and a bit of a dreamer.

[tolchocker]

yeah i get what you're saying i do occasionally feel the same way, i guess it just depends on the context

[Mixitup]

That's why I have a very small group of friends, I scare/disgust people off before they understand most things I say to someone I don't know is tongue in cheek. I do miss them.

[AuntiePink]

p.s. very small circle of friends.

LOL! Me too. Strange when you consider that I know, literally, hundreds of people. Friends are the people that you trust to see the dark depths beneath the image.

Oh knickers, that sounds so emo! :bang:

[Topher]

Mod who up for a laff I suppose.

[Mixitup]

LOL! Me too. Strange when you consider that I know, literally, hundreds of people. Friends are the people that you trust to see the dark depths beneath the image.

Oh knickers, that sounds so emo! :bang:

Perhaps your more particular who you call a friend. To some people it is everyone they know. I'm a bit cynical for all that, and I upset them very quickly. My real friend tell me to STFU or laugh.

[Moosey]

Bubbly blonde with a filthy laugh ;)
Barbara Windsor? (AICMFP!)

:D

[Sever]

LOL! Me too. Strange when you consider that I know, literally, hundreds of people. Friends are the people that you trust to see the dark depths beneath the image.

Oh knickers, that sounds so emo! :bang:It's an emo kid! Kill it! Kill it! :woo: :D

[AuntiePink]

Barbara Windsor? (AICMFP!)

:D

:D Yep, been called that a few times ;)

[Mixitup]

Why can I see Aunty Pink in 'Carry on camping' doing the early morning exercises

[Kwajman]

A lot of people here have no clue who I am. As any long term member knows, I'm pretty much a loner except for a small group of very close friends who I trust. I believe your business is yours alone and you have no responsibility to share your life with others unless theres a reason to.

So I'm very quiet, even in the bar. I'm a watcher, I LOVE to watch others interact with each other in public settings.

I have fun, but only with those in my small group. I do a lot of things alone that others don't understand, or approve of like basketball, MA's, scuba diving, bowling. I guess its just my way of venting.

HOWEVER, due to my location, and what a lot of people are doing out here, theres a lot of people who are like this.

[tetsu ryu]

LOL! Me too. Strange when you consider that I know, literally, hundreds of people. Friends are the people that you trust to see the dark depths beneath the image.

Oh knickers, that sounds so emo! :bang:

I completely agree. "KINDNESS MAKES FRIENDS BUT SECRETS MAKE BEST FRIENDS." because you can only trust a person or 2 with your deepest darkest secret and one of those people for me is my best friend.

Im probably more introverted and quiet around people i dont know, but when I'm around my friends i seem to become extroverted and sometimes the change can be so drastic that i have been said to have multiple personallities.. or mabey im just bipolar or something. Sometimes i feel like I live to make other people happy, and i feel guilty when i ask for anything more than i deserve. Sometimes with me the glass is half empty and sometimes it is half full but I'm pretty much always happy in general. I think i use people sometimes.. I think i use people like a mirror. Using their comments and oppinions about my self wether it be physically or socially so that i can change them and be socially or physically acceptable. Martial arts is I suppose my outlet of subsiding rage that really doesn't belong there in the first place because nothing really bad ever happens to me! Sometimes i like Death Cab for Cutie (sorry SEVER) and other times i listen to As I Lay Dying or Slipknot. (Does that redeem my emo-ness SEVER?) Often times i wonder which one is the real me. The Happy go lucky screw up/clutz or the melancholy fake smile poet. Sorry, that wasn't too deep was it Lilly?

[Lily]

tetsu ryu - wow, that was soul-baringly honest. I'm sure many people can relate to parts of what you wrote. We're complex beings and we're not 1-dimensional characters...I like how you put that in words.



Lily :)

[bcullen]

In a professional environment I seem serious, stoic, logical, and may be seen as a tad obsessive when trying to solve an issue.

Outside of work if I'm in an unfamiliar setting I'm very quiet and reserved but if I'm feeling comfortable I can be very affable and basically very much like what you see on MAP. I'm quick with a joke and always ready for some fun. I'm pretty easy going and just take things in stride, on the rare occasions that someone spends the time and effort to rile me I can be pretty intimidating.

I quit trying to present an image back in my twenties; too much time and effort for a facade, when I finally got a handle on who I was I figured I'd just be me.

[mojo shorin-ryu]

odd, nice but odd

[ghoststyle]

I have the misfourtune of somehow always being the center of attention and not wanting to be there, I just have a bright personality. Be it as it may I try and avoid the spotlight as much as possible because I am not one to really be spouting off how great I am to people. I am just me and that is that.

[tetsu ryu]

tetsu ryu - wow, that was soul-baringly honest. I'm sure many people can relate to parts of what you wrote. We're complex beings and we're not 1-dimensional characters...I like how you put that in words.



Lily :)


Yes and one thing that must be known is that we are always changing. Our personalities are like shells that we eventually metamorphosize out of into a new creature (better or worse). But once you reach a certain point of character growing you wont be able to make a chasm in your shell anymore and you will stay the same. No matter how independent he/she thinks he/she is, they will go crazy if they aren't given social direction of some kind. Our character is only the instinctual mirroring of the morals of people around us. For instance.. If you are a Christian but you swear often, why not at church? It's because you are afraid of the social consequences, and because the mirror you use to reflect other peoples reverence in church will become shattered and they will see you for what you really are and you will see your self in their mirrors and feel the painful torture that is best know as guilt.

[JohnLi]

Smart Geeky guy with a bit of a Napolean complex. (You have to really pay attention to see the Napolean).

[flutterfists]

From an outsider's prespective, I think I'd seem pretty easy-going, empathetic, timid and cautious, and pretty shy around strangers and goofy around friends. :)

[Kwajman]

Quiet, a loner. Friendly if approached though. A good boss unless you screw up. Doesn't offer a lot of information unless asked first.

[Freeform]

The image you like to think you present, is not necessarily the image that people have of you or see ;)

[quartermaster]

I haven't really had much of a look at this forum since the UK MAP Meet so I figure I might as well get involved for a change... (revealing too much already)

I don't generally care what people think about me so I can seem rather distant and cold. I tend to keep to myself and not get involved with the active discussion of a group but can talk for hours about nothing with a close friend.

I'm definately a people watcher, prefering to see how people interact and how their behavior changes as things progress to actually getting involved with groups.

Important people in my life are trying to subtly change my ways but to be honest, being in a tutor group of quiet people at uni has done more to make me more active. Otherwise we'd all be standing around in silence.

I'm a lot more open than I used to be but I still like to play my cards close to my chest. I have a tiny group of friends (recurring theme) who I would trust with my life and more than a few aquaintances who I would not.

That'll do
quartermaster

[Shae]

My work causes me to maintain a neutral tone. Outside work, I love a good adventure, people watcher. I can be aggressive.

[KaratekaAndy]

Around friends I'm quite relaxed and easy going - nearly everyone I know has come to me for advise at one point or another. :cool:

When I'm around strangers I'm very quiet. :o

When at work I'm just neutral - no emotion, except depression whenever I'm asked to stack yogurts for 7 shifts in a row (there's only so much someone can bear the smell of dried yogurt) :bang:

[Hiroji]

i think my public image is different to different people.

but id say im easy going, very laid back, little too passive for my own good as i tend to bottle things up. I think about things way too much so some people are put off me being too deep sometimes.

My mates always seem to suck up to me when they need someone to talk to so i guess i must come across as neutral and easy to talk to. (thats what ive been told :rolleyes: )

I like to think people see me as someone whos a little different, who does his own thing, but not someone whos different just for the sake of it. if you know what i mean?

[Johnno]

I have very little idea to be perfectly honest, because it's not something which people normally tell me, and it's not like I go around asking!

A mate's girlfriend told him after she first met me that I look like a 'hard man'. (Grrrr.....) Which is good enough for me! ;) :D

I've always found that people seem to either take an instant liking to me or else an instant dislike. I seem to provoke a strong initial reaction one way or the other! No idea why.

But I think once people get to know me, they usually get to like me. I think I'm a very easy-to-get-along-with person, really.

[Incredible Bulk]

arrogant ass hole to people who dont know me
straight, open and honest to those who do know me

laid back and a great laugh

[narcsarge]

arrogant ass hole to people who dont know me
straight, open and honest to those who do know me

laid back and a great laugh


I know you and though you appear to be arrogant and an a$$hole, you are indeed honest to a fault. What's wrong with calling a Spade a Spade? :confused:

[inthespirit]

Shouldn’t this thread be called “your self image”. I don’t really see how one can tell what their public image is, unless they do a survey of such.. Yes, I know, I’m a party pooper.. or am I? :D

[axelb]

Shouldn’t this thread be called “your self image”. I don’t really see how one can tell what their public image is, unless they do a survey of such.. Yes, I know, I’m a party pooper.. or am I? :D

makes sense to me :D people may not be such a good judge of other peoples perception of themselves.

[Hiroji]

makes sense to me :D people may not be such a good judge of other peoples perception of themselves.

i think peoples self image is different to different people. I.e. your a son to your mother, so you may act in a certain way, a way she may see as fit, so you may act up to what you think your mother sees as socially right.

but when your with a friend, you may act differently, and they will see you in a different light to say your mother.

your 'I' directs the 'me' in performing for others, and to act up to their social expectations.

[tetsu ryu]

your 'I' directs the 'me' in performing for others, and to act up to their social expectations.

wow basically what I said only alot more simple and compacted.. very nice. =P

[Su lin]

I'm black,white and furry and have a soft spot for flapjack and bamboo. And doing the panda dance too. :p

[tekkengod]

I'm black,white and furry and have a soft spot for flapjack and bamboo. And doing the panda dance too. :p

you also have a horrible frame traps. lmao :D

[Su lin]

Ouch :confused:

[Lily]

inthespirit - if anyone cared to read my original post I did say your public image and not to get all deep and meaningful about your inner self and all that.

TG - apologise to Su :woo:

[tekkengod]

TG - apologise to Su :woo:

i'm sorry! :o
it was a nerdy tekken refrence seeing as how you have a picture of panda in your avatar. :)

[Pacificshore]

i'm sorry! :o
it was a nerdy tekken refrence seeing as how you have a picture of panda in your avatar. :)
here here..you've redeemed yourself :eek: ;)

[Lily]

Good boy TG :P You get cookies for that.

[tekkengod]

*grabs milk*

[Lily]

Ummm TG, that's not the milk.

[TheMightyMcClaw]

I am extremely, extremely extraverted. I have poor volume control, and thus tend to speak loudly. This combined with my penchant for extremely off-color jokes tends to create problems.
I have no problem with telling people my inner turmoils and emotional quandries, even people I don't know all that well. I even wrote a report on a woman who broke my heart for my Japanese class last year :p.
Also, (this is probably more self image) I tend to be very macho and rather foppish at the same time. Thus, I am extremely excited about the vinyl pants I ordered, and I also do MMA in the basement of a hardware store (I do not intend to wear said vinyl pants while doing MMA, however).

[Valtam]

Physical image - pretty thin, longish curly hair, usually black jeans and tight tee (most of the time with a videgame reference people don't get on it... like my "Dont make me HADOUKEN!" tee... lol). Depends on how I feel really, but that holds true most of the time.

Personality (not deep personality, just what you'll see if you meet me) - pretty sociable, make a lot of jokes.... and a lot of really un-PC jokes. vegetarian (btw is there anyone else that's a veggie and does martial arts? I was wondering because of the iron/protein intake) which I guess doesn't show through, but some people say I look it aswell :confused: .

Great big geek on the inside. And out. :p

[tom pain]

My image on the outside? Tricky really as I don't feel I stand out much.

Looks-wise just a normal guy - average height, average build. Been told I'm good-looking but I'm not one to judge that. Also been told I look young. Doesn't really say much?

Personality wise I'm like to think I'm really friendly. I'll talk to most people and I can be the joker of the group (not in a bad way). See myself as possibly fun to be around and I don't mind embarassing myself if it brings a few smiles (been known to make witty comments to complete strangers i.e. waitresses - who always take it well :) ).

[Moosey]

(btw is there anyone else that's a veggie and does martial arts?
Yep, I'm a veggie martial artist. It hasn't done my any real harm but I am quite skinny for a tall fella.

[Cait]

apparently, i scare people. or so i've been told. i appear standoffish, but really thats just because i'm shy - unfortunately, it gets taken as snobbish :cry:

other than that, self determined, independent, confident... and i do so much teaching that it just comes out in my personality.

[Moosey]

apparently, i scare people. or so i've been told. i appear standoffish, but really thats just because i'm shy - unfortunately, it gets taken as snobbish :cry:

Yeah, I get that too. Annoying isn't it! :o

[Cait]

extremely! just cus i don't talk much til im comfortable, suddenly i'm rude and a snob... just one more reason why people bug me

[Su lin]

People are generally annoying when they get the wrong impression ,but as Jean Paul Sartre said "Hell...is other people" :p

[tom pain]

apparently, i scare people. or so i've been told. i appear standoffish, but really thats just because i'm shy - unfortunately, it gets taken as snobbish :cry:

And the thing about first impressions....you only get one.

[Cait]

yes, and they're a bugger to correct.. :bang:

[tom pain]

yes, and they're a bugger to correct.. :bang:

I know what that was like. I used to be the shyest person possible so I came across as quite anti-social initially. But once people got to know I was quite a chatty guy, but by then they already had their opinion on me. Nowadays though I'm quite outspoken and witty even around strangers.

Just have faith in yourself. No-one can give you confidence, you have to make it yourself (or drinks lots), and it's not too hard. I know it's easy for someone to say that, but this is me saying it from actual experience.

You can do it! :)

[Cait]

hmm, sounds a lot like what i say to my students... :D

[Myst Kitty]

authoritative, evidently. i get told that's what i look like all the time. i thought that was more of an inner quality, but people tell me thats why they dont talk to me lol. they actually say i look that way. and i thought i looked friendly...