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Naked Snake
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I love the guy next door look too. But these two definitely "do something for me"... I'm not asking which one you'd marry 
But yeah, preferences and all, that theme again.
But yeah, preferences and all, that theme again.
Naked Snake
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More faces!
I know they don't represent much diversity in taste, but they're what came up at short notice.
Glasses!
I know they don't represent much diversity in taste, but they're what came up at short notice.
RatskyWatsky
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1, 4, and 6 plz
Naked Snake
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Ratsky likes his beards thick and full.
A friend of a friend saw a guy I used to find cute kissing other guy at a bar. My mind is blown :O My totally scientific Facebook analysis didn't give me one single reason to think he was anything but straight. I'm pretty sure he's bi given the circumstances. I probably haven't talked to him in like 1.5 years, and I'm not really involved with gaming tournament organizing these days (he has won several Halo tournaments in the city and helped me and my fighting-oriented friends to organize Halo events), though, and I'm clearly late anyway, lol.
He's so handsome and scruffy and rock-ish and low-voiced and great at shooters I wouldn't mind dating a guy like him.
He's so handsome and scruffy and rock-ish and low-voiced and great at shooters
I wouldn't mind dating a guy like him.First and last for me.
Naked Snake
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RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Beards aren't the only things that I like to be thick and full. :]
King Endymion
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Kind of weird thing happened to me, I was grocery shopping with my dad last week and saw this great looking 30-ish guy walking around, I saw him looking at me, and even caught him looking after me while I was walking away. Then he stood behind me in check-out, I noticed him looking at me again, so I looked back and smiled and yadayada.
The next day, I was there again, I walked past him on my way in, with him looking at me again, it felt really weird.
I didn't think much of it, but then when I logged on to a gay community yesterdat he had written to me, "Do you like to go grocery shopping dude? What's up?" lol, I haven't even specified where I live on my profile, so no clue on how he found me.
Never thought that would happen in a small city of 30000 people, lol.
The next day, I was there again, I walked past him on my way in, with him looking at me again, it felt really weird.
I didn't think much of it, but then when I logged on to a gay community yesterdat he had written to me, "Do you like to go grocery shopping dude? What's up?" lol, I haven't even specified where I live on my profile, so no clue on how he found me.
Never thought that would happen in a small city of 30000 people, lol.
Naked Snake
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Nobody likes #3? He looks like a better-looking Justin Timberlake, and also a bit like the guy I dated recently for a few days (until he realized how much of an introvert I am, lol).
Naked Snake
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1- Perfect
2- Gosling
3- Just okay I guess
4- Nope
5- Nope
6- Nope
7- Perfect
Disclaimer: My real-life standards might not be so ridiculous
Oh wow, and I thought I was picky
I'd be interested in seeing others post guys whose faces they find attractive, preferably non-celebrity.
Naked Snake
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Faces > bodies. But I'm not that picky, really, it's just that we're rating model-like guys on an internet forum
If we're posting faces, here are two fellow Mehickan dudes I find rather easy on the eyes:
Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez.
Luis Ernesto Franco.
And non-Mexican Nishikido Ryo.
1. Aside from the dark patch on his lip, and the ear piercing, he's hot.
2. Not bad
3. Nope
I like this game
Top two. Dunno what's wrong with three.
Top guy is really hot.Faces > bodies. But I'm not that picky, really, it's just that we're rating model-like guys on an internet forum
If we're posting faces, here are two fellow Mehickan dudes I find rather easy on the eyes:
I notice a pattern... My taste or is the rest just filler?
Naked Snake
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I wish it was ethical to post private pics of guys from Grindr... I've talked to some really cute "guy next door" dudes there.
Lol, I actually prefer 2 and 3 over 1. Maybe I used bad pics? Nishikido is uber handsome, goofy, upbeat and overall awesome. His smile is his strongest point IMO:Top guy is really hot.
I notice a pattern... My taste or is the rest just filler?
But he's good at serious too <3
Naked Snake
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I don't know what it is about #2, maybe it's the depressed/bony cheeks, and that smug expression.
These pics of Nishikido are better. He is very handsome. But I'm one of those "racist" people (sigh) who is rarely attracted to a non-white guy (although I'm realizing lately that my palate is not as limited as I once thought; I'm finding a lot of tan-skinned middle eastern guys very attractive, but they tend to have Caucasian-like facial structures), and I'm not a fan of the Emo/Final Fantasy character IRL look (referring to the bottom two pics).
Another weird thing about me is that I'm almost never attracted to a man who is older than me :/
Naked Snake
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Nishikido is 29, 4 years older than me. If he doesn't mind then I don't mind
Yeah I wasn't referring to him, just a general quirk about me.
On the other hand I know a lot of guys who don't date younger than themselves, and many who prefer much older (works for me!)
I'm okay with -a bit- younger than me, and I don't mind older guys. If we get along and like each other then age is not really an obstacle for me. That being said, an extreme age gap scares me a bit for a long term relationship. I feel it may bring some issues related to basically living different phases of our lives.
Blood Diamonds
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So what classifies as a Guy Next Door??
generic white guys.
Same type of guy who gets called all American guy, certainly not guys who have my skin tone.
Blood Diamonds
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Naked Snake
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Says the guy with the white boy avatar...
Why do we have to talk down on other people's preferences in this thread? It seems to be a recurring theme when white guys are admired.
More faces!
Glasses!
*right click save as*
*popcorn.gif*Not that most in here would appreciate anything other than that.
Because in the straight and gay media the "guy next door" is almost always a white guy with a nice smile who everyone generally likes. It's the same with "all American guy" type.
dragonlife
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He... kind of looks like you in that fourth one.
Humans love arguing pointlessly about preferences. See console wars or even worse, phone OS wars. I thought I was reading a parody the first time I encountered an iOS vs Android war.
Lol, I could only wish
Naked Snake
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But I've never seen anyone here say a bad thing about non-white ethnicities, while the haters get a free pass for calling white guys "boring" or "generic".
You want a "your preferences are bad!" war? Have Delio post pictures of what he prefers.
Instant flamewar.
Things tend become boring and generic when they're all you see.
It's less a matter of demeaning other people's tastes and more about the fact that posting a wall of photos that are supposed to be rated despite the fact that each person photographed is a young, bearded, white guy makes the thread dull and has become part of its cycle.
I like the people who post in this thread, and I wish there was more of a discussion occurring instead of endless picture rating. This is now the fourth gay thread. At this point, everybody knows about every other poster's taste in men, and maybe we don't need to keep rating and having arguments about it.
Personally, I think there's a lot to unpack when it comes to how and why certain preferences become established.
I know it may not seem directly relevant, but a model named Cameron Russell gave a TED talk last year about her experience in the modelling industry. During this she quoted a statistic that, "in 2007... of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white". At least in the West, I don't see how it would be controversial to state that being white (or, failing that, fair-skinned) is an aesthetic advantage - being Caucasian is a privilege, and many people are disadvantaged for not sharing that.
Ultimately, you are merely stating a preference, and to a degree that's non-problematic. But at the same time, I think there is a problem when people say that they like the "guy next door" look, and then proceed to post several pictures of all-white men, not least because I think it's unrealistic. I would love to know if there are any statistics on this, but what percentage of "guys next door" are non-white? I imagine quite a lot.
Plus, while the focus may be on looks here, ultimately the concept of the "guy next door" is more than that - it suggests a somewhat soft, chummy feel that is as much about character as it is about anything else. So why is it that, if only implicitly, non-white men are excluded from these characterisations?
I know, right? Look at that fucking hair. I can't and won't.
Check your privilege!
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