How do people describe you?

Me: something along the lines of "nicest guy you'll ever meet. shy, passive, deferential" And I'm sure some variation of "weird" gets thrown in there a bit.

the man that would risk his neck for his brother man

at a party, a friend of my wife's parents said, out of earshot, about me: "he looks like he spends a lot of time at the computer"

80 ft lizard
nice smile

Lately, I've been wishing that I was famous enough to be the subject of a magazine profile, just so I could see how an impartial observer would describe me, both physically and behaviorally.

you could try killing someone who actually is famous, but that might lead to bias

lol tracer!!

the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about

archetypal forgotten man

"he looks like he spends a lot of time at the computer"

just yesterday some older dude that I had never met before came into the office and started asking me stupid questions about how to work his laptop because, as he said, I "look like I know what I'm doing."

steatopygous female

bell "The Shelf" labs

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/02/eus/ho_1972.118.104.htm

see my thighs aren't big like that tho

"lol nerd"

a few days ago I overheard a couple of female student describe me as "Prince Saleem" which means an old fashioned formal type person

SURVEY SAYS:

LOUD - 63%
ACCIDENT PRONE - 20%
SMELL BAD - 11%
VERY POOR MATHEMATICIAN - 9%

Um: excitable, polite, weird, clumsy, patient, weird, loud, really loud laugher, weird, has big head, weird, friendly, weird. I been the damn 'weird kid' all my life.

Oh verbose & 'big vocab' too. My high school journo instructor introduced me & the other editor to the freshmen one year by saying, "He's the one with the big beard, and she's the one with the big vocabulary."

That was a euphemism for breasts.

ENFP

ENFPs often have strong, if unconvential, convictions on various issues related to their Cosmic View.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENFP

Hell if I know.

Quirky is the only adjective I can think of. That was a while ago. Actually, a few years ago, I was at my own birthday party and I overheard some guests I didn't know describing me as "really nice". Oh, and someone said I was clever the other day.

With adjectives, usually.

El Tomboto.

"a twat"

(but a self-effacing one.)

"that fella"

(but a self-effacing one.)

So, a pussy that rubs itself out. Hmmm. Sounds entertaining.

Me: something along the lines of "diciest guy you'll ever meet. high, oppressive, differential" And I'm sure some variation of "word" gets thrown in there a bit.

depends on who's doing the describing. the one constant would probably include the word "drunk".

'strong personality'

I fear the day that someone describes me as a "drunk".

"shrew"

i must say, an odd part of me would quite like to be described as that scarf-wearing internet cock friend of yours.

i read that as "cock fiend".

amazing, magical, wily, quiet, blond, tall, fag

i have been present for all of these descriptions. i don't actually do magic or guys.

okay, i was not present for "wily". sort of.

Probably stubborn, though that was more as a child/teenager. (Oh god, I'm in denial here.) I also get a lot people labeling me feisty/ad rem/snappy. Doubtful if this comes across here, on this board, but I get it a lot in (har har) *real* life. Probably friendly (which says more about what suckers these people are for falling for me smiley face.)

i dont know

The Wily Filipino

under-achieving

said about me, once: "he seems like one of those quirky jew types"

And are you?

not jewish and i hope to god i never self-identify as "quirky"

oh dearie me, where to begin? i think 'fun' is probably the one that's rung truest down the years. that and 'eccentric'. a lot of people also seem to think i have a hair-trigger temper, which is slightly unfair. 'easy/willing target' would be fairer. :D

not forgetting 'verbose'...

Really, verbose?

Oh, yeah, I am also well-known for being GULLIBLE. And weird. Someone described me (in email so that's why the upcoming Milne-style all-caps) as The Most Innocent-Looking Person In The World. Hahahahahaha. Whatevs.

haha i forgot 'gullible'! less so more recently, in truth. my attributes are nonetheless pretty similar to abbott's. with a brit male sports-mad twist.

Um also I forgot "efficient, intimidating, and a loose cannon." (Started a thredd abt last one, which I thought was sexist & all others thought was funny.)

"shrew"

-- Laurel, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:16 PM (Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:16 PM) Bookmark Link

not otm. who would describe you this way?

a couple people at work told me they were surprised the first time they heard me cuss.

I have no idea how people describe me, except for one of my friends recently described me as the person in our friend group most likely to verbally eviscerate other friends. The entire room chimed in with agreement. I thought I was nice!

Multiple people have told me that I look like Richard Prior.

Pryor, rather.

a couple people at work told me they were surprised the first time they heard me cuss.

-- Lingbert, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:05 PM (Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:05 PM) Bookmark Link

I get this all the time. WTF? I (apparently, I don't see it) look like Richard Pryor! Of course my mouth is dirty!

i also dont know

can someone that has met me before please honestly describe me for the purposes of this thread?

jaymc wheres your bro

you need an honesty box like on facebook

i dont even know what the heck that is

facebook is a social networking site

the honesty box allows friends to make anonymous comments

ahh. i would describe you as "informative."

with or without quotes?

funny secretive short smart unavailable cute angry snappy steady creative mercurial empathetic stubborn loyal thoughtful sensitive relaxed loquacious cynical charming weird brat.

ahh. i would describe you as "informative."

-- chaki, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:31 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i would describe you as 'perceptive'

alive.

hairy.

Today, as one of the schoolkids got off my bus, he said, "You're like a penny."
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(Hint: I have a beard.)

"Too emo to be straight" is my favourite recent one.

don't really know.

sick

hulking great moke

lol deej chaki "interaction"

Difficult to work with. Has a mangled hand. Funneled money to IRA. reported to have enjoyed the favors of "party girls." Extreme hypochondriac. a clueless and stupid innocent. Called 'the Human Ashtray' because he asks men to put out their cigarettes on his bare chest. Has this thing where he sometimes rocks uncontrollably in his chair. not now quite as drug-free as he pretends to be in public. Reportedly enjoys amputees.

eater of souls destroyer of men

used to be a heroin addict now a methadone addict

quiet

loud

my girlfriend's ex described me as a 'cunt'.

customers: "lovely girl!"
friends: "crass bitch"

irl friends right? neither crass nor bitch seem to fit you imho.

the only one i can remember in recent days is "intense". i reluctantly agreed with her.

I've been described as aloof and arrogant but really I'm just a bit shy :(

Also, drunk.

"five years from now he'll be bigger than dahmer"

Lately, I've been wishing that I was famous enough to be the subject of a magazine profile, just so I could see how an impartial observer would describe me, both physically and behaviorally.

-- jaymc,

Totally - I've been wanting this for years. I sometimes write them myself in my head, but it's not the same. The closest I've come was being mentioned by women's magazine journalist friend in an article about dressing yourself thinner or somesuch. I was one of the friends she met up with during her 'challenge' and she described me as 'annoyingly chic as always.' Which was ace, if not strictly true.

Also on the nice side, I've been described as a 'sweetheart' a couple of times. And charming, which is brilliant.

Not so good: eccentric, borderline alcoholic, messy, brassy (this from one of my best friends - cheers Tom), impractical, as having brittle confidence and bubbly - which should be good, but I loathe it - makes me sound like Kerry Katona or something.

I've been described as surly and skeezy.

over-achiever, loudest laugh in the world, always happy, clumsy, straightforward, borderline OCD, clean freak, witty, really smart, busy, cruisy, abrupt, down to earth, anal

awww nick, 'irl friends'?? your opinion of me counts too - i consider you an 'irl friend' :)

so i would describe upt0eleven as:
witty
perceptive
self-aware
lovely!
and i would also agree with 'intense' - but in a good way

(the 'bitch' part has been said affectionately)

'wild'
moody
sensitive
great-fisherman

Oh, I have remembered some more things. A dark horse. Sly. A know-all. A show pony.

'sloppy-kisser'
'wise'
'cat-like'

guileless. dreamy. moron. housewives' choice.

oh yeah..
'home-wrecker'

magical

'home-wrecker' sounds like it has a very interesting story behind it...

apparently i'm "good at stuff"

by stuff they mean teh sex obv

i was IM-ing my best friend just now so i asked her to describe me in three words:
"emotionally sophisticated hottie".

she's obv quite biased, and i was giving her very sensible and wise relationship advice.

from what my sister has overheard my mum saying about me at various times:
crazy retard who keeps fucking shit up and getting nowhere (in different words, but you get the idea).

your mum is not "people". "people" know better.

hulking great ginger moke

-- stet

fixed :)

<ducks>

Dued was ist ein 'moke'?

it's like a "mook" but ... mokier.

I have no idea. Like Roxy, I think I'm "nice" but inadvertently manage to offend people.

Opionated. Argumentative. Bitter. Unemployed.

"creepy" "emotionally distant"

I dunno if I can answer this question any more.

I would be surprised if anybody's described me to anyone else in the last five years. When I left my last job, the big boss said "you're not the person I thought you were, the kind of person I hoped you were." But he didn't bother to tell me who that person was.

that almost reads like an extract from raymond carver.

respect due. i think :/

Rock I think of you in glowing terms.

I'm radioactive. :-(((

I know/have met some ILXors and this is what they are like.

Ken C:

witbomb
eats 24 hours a day
can kick ball over head backwards
never gets hangovers

Marianna:

great clothes
pretty accent

Rob Bolton:

gets lost all the time

Hstencil:

beard
will buy you a drink

J0hnD:

encouraging about Latin studies

'Accident-prone' is all I can come up with. I dread to think what other things are said.

Oh, the Pinefox once said I had 'impressive guitar chops'. I dunno about that.

roxymuzak
cute as a button
can play bass well
can polish off drinks adequately but sometimes throw up
nice moustache

can't be bothered to do the others yet.

Quiet, keeps to himself, doesn't disturb the neighbors, finds fault with the federal governemnt.

THIS MOUSTACHE BUSINESS MUST END

Thanks for the other stuff, though.

Lol @ sometimes throw up.

according to facebook
1st rather kiss
1st a better profile picture
1st cooler
2nd can drink more
2nd more popular
2nd a better sense of humor
3rd a better smile
3rd more entertaining
3rd more tech-savvy
4th better friend
5th more artistic
5th smarter
5th more attractive
5th more outgoing
...

what does "1st rather kiss" mean?

^tuomas

how would I know how people describe me?

I don't go around asking people to describe me to me.

n/a is funny

El Tomboto.

someone from my hs found me on myspace, and i expressed surprise that she remembered me, since i was mostly all shy and hiding behind my hair in hs. (and uh i didn't remember her, but didn't mention that part).

she responded that she remembered me as sweet, with a memorable laugh and great smile, and good at the violin.

stubborn, decisive, slightly aloof? this is just my guess.

Most people who remember me from my HS/college days remember my music obsession and little else. I find myself reassuring them that I've gotten over some of the overt musical snobbery they remember (or at least do a better job of keeping it to myself now)

For instance, a couple of college radio friends were attempting to describe me to someone they knew. "Just picture a High Fidelity character," they said. I think I should be offended by that, but I can't be.

People remember me from high school as the person who was a friend of many different groups, or something. This is not my memory of high school, which is that I was an outsider to every group, including the outsider group.

always seems stoned, rarely actually is.

friendly, loyal, indecisive, directionless, er, er...

not sure I want to know/dying to find out

most often: weird, quiet, gentle

my favorite was quite possibly "hot but weird" (that one was related to me secondhand, FWIW)

oh yeah, people assume i'm stoned all the time or a big stoner, even though it's a rare occasion when i smoke

Lately, I've been wishing that I was famous enough to be the subject of a magazine profile, just so I could see how an impartial observer would describe me, both physically and behaviorally.

I'm guilty of sometimes rehearsing interviews in my head, in the unlikely event that someone ends up interviewing me for some artistic achievement. I usually get stuck trying to figure out in what bar I would want the interview to be conducted.

i'd describe you as a "posts 3 times in a row" type of guy

One time I was at a Mexican restaurant by myself imagining a conversation between Chuck Mingus & Chuck Berry. Then I realized I was terribly, terribly lonely.