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Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 489
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 03:32 am: | 
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Beyond the anonymity provided by the Internet, wouldn’t it be interesting to see how this board’s respondents interact with each other if they had an “honest” perception or idea of what they each looked like and more, without the aid of a visual photo?
Describe yourself...
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Education Level (Grade School, High School, College, Post-Grad, Doctorate, Fellow, etc.):
Socioeconomic Status (Poor, Lower Class, Middle Class, Upper Class, Wealthy, Rich):
Race ([So-called] Black [or AA for those who are still trying to find themselves], Mixed [Bi-racial, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, etc.], White, Hispanic (Latino, etc.), Asian (Oriental, Polynesian, East Indian, etc.), American Indian, etc.) - By EEOC or non-EEOC standards, however you prefer to be viewed:
Ethnicity:
Height:
Weight:
Skin Tone (Very Dark Brown, Dark Brown, Brown, Cinnamon, Caramel, Yellow, Cashew, Fair, etc):
Eye Color (Dark Brown, Brown, Light Brown, Hazel, Green, Blue, etc.):
Natural Hair Color (Jet Black to Platinum Blonde, or any combination thereof):
Hair Texture (Coarse to Fine):
Hair Type (Bald, Kinky, Tightly Curled, Loosely Curled, Curly, Frizzy, Wavy, Straight, Flat Straight, or any
combination thereof):
Hair Presentation (Unmodified, Natural, Conditioned, Pressed, Permed, Braided, etc.):
Nape of the Neck (Kink-a-bug to Straight):
Nose Shape (Long, Average (Length), Short, Flat, Wide, Broad, Defined, Pronounced, Narrow, Fine, etc.):
Facial Shape (Round, Square, Oval, Triangular, etc.):
Physique (Tall, Medium (Height), Short, Fat, Average (Weight), Slender, Thin, Skinny, Frail, etc.):
Physical Condition (Fit to “Out of Shape”):
Vision (Glasses - Yes or No):
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Or does it really matter at all? The point is, when people (can and do) actually visualize whomever they’re dealing with, the entire context of their exchange with that person or persons may change according to their mental perception (i.e., visualization, etc). This board’s thread’s (e.g., written dialogues - Q&A, Flaming, Proclamations, etc.) take the place of actual sound. As such, perception is still a very powerful tool, even if the source(s) [as listed above] of its conclusions are in some cases irrelevant or have little or no merit.
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Maze
Newbie Poster
Username: Maze
Post Number: 4
Registered: 08-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 04:01 am: |
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Education Level (Grade School, High School, College, Post-Grad, Doctorate, Fellow, etc.):
College.
Socioeconomic Status (Poor, Lower Class, Middle Class, Upper Class, Wealthy, Rich):
Middle class.
Race ([So-called] Black [or AA for those who are still trying to find themselves], Mixed [Bi-racial, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, etc.], White, Hispanic (Latino, etc.), Asian (Oriental, Polynesian, East Indian, etc.), American Indian, etc.) - By EEOC or non-EEOC standards, however you prefer to be viewed:
I look 100% Italian but I do have some black blood on my father's side so I am multi-racial.
Ethnicity: Italian, Swedish, White, Indian, some Black.
Height: 5'7
Weight: 127 pounds
Skin Tone (Very Dark Brown, Dark Brown, Brown, Cinnamon, Caramel, Yellow, Cashew, Fair, etc):
White most of the year. Cashew in summer.
Eye Color (Dark Brown, Brown, Light Brown, Hazel, Green, Blue, etc.):
Brown.
Natural Hair Color (Jet Black to Platinum Blonde, or any combination thereof):
Very dark brown hair past my shoulders. Shiny and wavy.
Hair Texture (Coarse to Fine):
Finest. Like mink.
Hair Type (Bald, Kinky, Tightly Curled, Loosely Curled, Curly, Frizzy, Wavy, Straight, Flat Straight, or any
combination thereof): Wavy, shiny very full.
Hair Presentation (Unmodified, Natural, Conditioned, Pressed, Permed, Braided, etc.):
Feathered long.
Nape of the Neck (Kink-a-bug to Straight):
Kink-a-bug!! LOL No thank you, mine is straight.
Nose Shape (Long, Average (Length), Short, Flat, Wide, Broad, Defined, Pronounced, Narrow, Fine, etc.):
Nice thin nose.
Facial Shape (Round, Square, Oval, Triangular, etc.):
Oval.
Physique (Tall, Medium (Height), Short, Fat, Average (Weight), Slender, Thin, Skinny, Frail, etc.):
Slender but with shape. You how the brothers like it. LOL!!!
Physical Condition (Fit to “Out of Shape”):
My body is about a 9.
Vision (Glasses - Yes or No):
Definitely NOT!
Black females STOP HATING!
It's not about yall anyway, so just STOP!
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Semperfemme
Regular Poster
Username: Semperfemme
Post Number: 47
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 10:30 am: |
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Education Level (Grade School, High School, College, Post-Grad, Doctorate, Fellow, etc.):
College
Socioeconomic Status (Poor, Lower Class, Middle Class, Upper Class, Wealthy, Rich):
Middle Class
Race ([So-called] Black [or AA for those who are still trying to find themselves], Mixed [Bi-racial, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, etc.], White, Hispanic (Latino, etc.), Asian (Oriental, Polynesian, East Indian, etc.), American Indian, etc.) - By EEOC or non-EEOC standards, however you prefer to be viewed:
I'm Black, whether I'm rich or poor or poor or rich cause it's all the same shit...
Ethnicity:
American
Height:
5'5
Weight:
140 lbs
Skin Tone (Very Dark Brown, Dark Brown, Brown, Cinnamon, Caramel, Yellow, Cashew, Fair, etc):
Dark Brown
Eye Color (Dark Brown, Brown, Light Brown, Hazel, Green, Blue, etc.):
Brown
Natural Hair Color (Jet Black to Platinum Blonde, or any combination thereof):
Dark Auburn, though I think it could be because I've been in the sun a lot.
Hair Texture (Coarse to Fine):
Fine
Hair Type (Bald, Kinky, Tightly Curled, Loosely Curled, Curly, Frizzy, Wavy, Straight, Flat Straight, or any
combination thereof):
Kinky coily mass of gingerfluff and candy bobble mushroom
Hair Presentation (Unmodified, Natural, Conditioned, Pressed, Permed, Braided, etc.):
Natural Afro- I don't know how to do my own hair and I don't trust stylists
Nape of the Neck (Kink-a-bug to Straight):
My kinks will come over and whoop your kink's ass anyday.
Nose Shape (Long, Average (Length), Short, Flat, Wide, Broad, Defined, Pronounced, Narrow, Fine, etc.):
Defined and Buttony, how come buttony isn't an option? Because it's not a word....moving on lol!
Facial Shape (Round, Square, Oval, Triangular, etc.):
Oval I guess
Physique (Tall, Medium (Height), Short, Fat, Average (Weight), Slender, Thin, Skinny, Frail, etc.):
Average height, atheletic build
Physical Condition (Fit to “Out of Shape”):
I won't be fit until I can run 3 miles in 18 minutes, do 78 sit ups in 2 minutes, and 20 pull ups in the same amount of time. Pray for me.
Vision (Glasses - Yes or No):
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Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 491
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 01:55 pm: |
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These self-identifying descriptions are quite interesting in that they highlight varying degrees of individual diversity and provide a more tangible medium through which many people communicate, to the benefit of all.
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Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 1301
Registered: 01-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 04:42 pm: |
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Nels - Isn't the OP supposed to complete the survey first? Where are your manners. |
Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 495
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 07:52 pm: |
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Ah, and that's the point - does it really matter? The entire exercise was to get a sense of who would choose to escape the self-identification process based on their participation on the board. By default, the thread will actually steer away pure "talkers", who have a tendency to crawl under a rock and hide when the wind is strong and the Sun is bright.
If it were truly taken seriously, then there would be a description for everyone on this board. Since everyone here already knows or had alluded to what my background was, I saw it unnecessary to initiate bias in the sample until the rate of feedback confirmed my suspicions. Even so, I have an excellent idea of who wouldn't participate and why, so nothing's lost on the effort to get the choir to sing. |
Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 496
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 07:57 pm: |
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Mzuri --
p.s., When certain (types) of people are challenged to come out of their shell, their real motives become quite evident. |
Prettybabygirl
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Prettybabygirl
Post Number: 470
Registered: 04-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 09:46 pm: |
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Nels, I got one word for you.
COWARD!
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Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 500
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 12:22 am: |
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Prettybabygirl --
That's exactly the reaction I expected. Remember, its folks like yourself who are insecure in your skin. As for me, I have no problem with mine.
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Prettybabygirl
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Prettybabygirl
Post Number: 480
Registered: 04-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 12:25 am: |
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WIMP.
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Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 503
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 08:38 pm: |
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Prettybabygirl --
"WIMP".
"Black" blacks won't participate? Perhaps they're too insecure. Hmmm. So where is the "pretty" in your "girl", "baby"?
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Brownbeauty123
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 754
Registered: 03-2006
Rating: 
Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 09:17 pm: |
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Have you noticed that hardly anybody participated in this long, tiresome, and tedious survery? You have a lot of nerve to try to lay the guilt trip on the black "blacks" when you yourself didn't care to fill it out. And you created this bullshit. |
Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 507
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 02:45 am: |
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BB123 --
Like I said before, this thread's objective was to see which class of this board's participants wouldn't step forward, and the response received was quite predictable.
It's amazing how people who are insecure about their (real) appearance or perception react, and your dumb behind responded as anticipated. Black may be beautiful, but judging by the predictable response, you're only fooling yourselves. Take your sorry doo-doo brown chocolate ass and go find a hot afternoon Sun to melt under.
Thanks for proving my point, again. |
Sabiana
Veteran Poster
Username: Sabiana
Post Number: 52
Registered: 08-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 09:12 am: |
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Oh right, I'm so insecure about myself for not filling out a pointless survey. *snort*
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Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 510
Registered: 07-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 03:25 am: |
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"Oh right, I'm so insecure about myself for not filling out a pointless survey."
If you're not comfortable about how you "look" and/or are "perceived", then that's your problem.
p.s., No one ever said it was intended to be filled out. It was merely a test which has in fact proved my point, as previously stated. Trying to "explain it away" won't help you either. |
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