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View Poll Results: Would this be a turn off?
Yes. I'm male. 11 33.33%
No. I'm male. 6 18.18%
Yes. I'm female. 13 39.39%
No. I'm female. 3 9.09%
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Old 01-05-2016, 10:49 AM
 
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If you met someone online and their photos were Photoshopped to make their skin look smoother and clearer such as the photo below http://www.graphicient.com/wp-conten...g-actions.jpg? But when you meet them in person, they did not have perfect skin?
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Old 01-05-2016, 10:51 AM
 
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Any kind of misleading online vs. a real life meeting is always a disappointment, but I wouldn't call it a turn-off by itself. It's simply too common. Easily less than a quarter of the dates I've gotten online looked anything like their pictures, and only one ever has looked BETTER.
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Old 01-05-2016, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I wouldn't know any better, because most women wear makeup-whether their skin complexion is good or bad. So...no.
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Old 01-05-2016, 11:08 AM
 
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If you met someone online and their photos were Photoshopped to make their skin look smoother and clearer such as the photo below http://www.graphicient.com/wp-conten...g-actions.jpg? But when you meet them in person, they did not have perfect skin?


I don't care what kind of slight-of-hand the person uses, it's the same as lying, and they're wasting my time.
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Old 01-05-2016, 11:09 AM
 
Location: New Yawk
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Honestly, I'd swipe past a too-perfect looking picture anyway.
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Old 01-05-2016, 11:13 AM
 
Location: east coast
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I think we are conditioned for this. There are apps that we all use to soften the face so we too use it ourselves. So for us to be mad would be hyper hypocritical. Smart phones have really good quality HD apps. Most photo shoots are photo shopped.

But like you said, I too would swipe past a picture perfect.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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It depends.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:14 PM
 
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If you met someone online and their photos were Photoshopped to make their skin look smoother and clearer such as the photo below http://www.graphicient.com/wp-conten...g-actions.jpg? But when you meet them in person, they did not have perfect skin?
No one has perfect skin but the fact that one lies to get a date would be the biggest issue.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Land of Wind & Ghosts - Florida
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It's going to hurt the photo poster more than anyone - they are likely to be the one who is rejected.

It's better to under promise and over deliver.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:15 PM
 
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I wouldn't know any better, because most women wear makeup-whether their skin complexion is good or bad. So...no.
Now coconut you know a lot of women don't wear make up and you still love them with a microwave burrito in one hand and a capri sun in the other...
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