Imgur, I have a proposal: Dude Selfie Day - A Day to Compliment Dudes

Mar 9, 2018 5:17 PM

Fellow Imgurian @FigFrog recently hit the front page with this post: https://imgur.com/gallery/Ej9Ju

I've seen it before, and almost made this proposal the last time it was posted, but wasn't sure what the reaction would be.

I encourage you to go read the post in its entirety if you haven't. TL;DR, dudes rarely, if ever, recieve compliments from people other than family (wife, mom, etc), and it sucks.

Just check out the comments on the post:

This is just sad, guys. And it's not right or fair. Both genders experience hardships, and this is one of the crappy aspects of being a guy. Dudes deserve to feel sexy, too.

My proposal is this:

One day of the year, like today maybe? March 9th (the day after Women's Day) (or whenever), we give Imgur guys a free pass to post selfies, or portraits (photo taken by someone else), and then Imgur women and dudes alike come together to say something nice about their appearance.

Rules:

Just one. Be nice. Rude comments get downvoted.

It's just an idea. I offer it up for judgement. I just think it could be nice, and wholesome, and make some folks feel good. We need a bit of that these days.

Thanks again to @FigFrog from bringing this post back to light.

Being complimented is cool i guess but its almost always the furthest thing from my mind. I dont wanna stare at selfies all day twice a year

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8 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

I'm a decent looking single dad. only gay guys ever compliment me.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Well hey, that's something. Only ever got one compliment from a gay guy, he told me I'm "painfully straight"

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm all for this but I feel like Imgur will be less happy when our ugly mugs take over FP

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Well I, for one, would love to see FP full of pictures of men. I'm starting to get tired of the boobs

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Every time I tell a guy on here that he's attractive or cute or whatever everyone downvotes and calls me a slut.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

November 19th is men's day. Do it then if you do it at all. Show off those movember staches

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

True dat. I'll be up for it, and I'm a freakin' lesbian. Everyone deserves self-esteem.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Agreed. Making it the day after Women's day seems inappropriate.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I vote against it. Being complimented is fucking weird, no one likes that.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 12

Even when you are complimented on your conductor skills?

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Dude

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

There's a whole Reddit devoted to people complimenting you

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I don't use Reddit so I wouldn't know.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

@FigFrog You were tagged here and I don't remember if image description tags work or not

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Isn't that what the Christmas selfie day is for? But for everyone?

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Sort of. I think that day just provides upvotes. This is specifically to combat the stigma against complimenting guys.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Ah gotcha. Makes sense

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