Why do hams use deceptive angles in their profile pics? A recent thread   by @ItsYourFaultYoureFat got me fired up about how fats act on social media. @lamoon asked the question: This has always puzzled me. Maybe someone can finally explain it. I understand catfishes and generally being fraudulent to internet friends/romantic interests, but what's the point in posting angle pics that are filtered to hell where most of your Facebook/Instagram is just your family and friends, who already know what you really look like? Also why the fuck do the same family and friends comment with things like what a gorgeous girl they are, beautiful as always etc. like that's some kind of accurate measurement of their attractiveness, when everyone knows they look nothing like that? It makes even less sense when the person in question has more honest pictures publicly available and often right beside it, so that rules out just trying impress those who don't know them IRL. What's the point? After observing some fats in the wilderness of social media, I've come to the following conclusions: but what's the point in posting angle pics that are filtered to hell where most of your Facebook/Instagram is just your family and friends, who already know what you really look like? I was able to delve into the mind of an obeast recently regarding this exact topic. It was over Whisper, and the pig kept insisting it wasn't taking misleading photos, they were just "good ones". So I asked, "looking thin in the photos makes them good?" and she said, "no, it's about the angle and the lighting and the filters" (so pretty much all fatfishing techniques). When I asked her why she didn't just lose the weight instead of going to all this work to hide the reality of what she looks like, she insisted that she wasn't trying to hide her weight, that it was just a "good photo". It went on for a while and then I guess she got bored because she stopped responding. So this encounter led me to believe that fats are too stupid to realize that a "good photo" according to them is one that doesn't make them look fat. Or they don't want to admit that being fat makes them undesireable, and the only way to trick people into believing it is to use deceptive camera techniques. Also why the fuck do the same family and friends comment with things like what a gorgeous girl they are, beautiful as always etc. like that's some kind of accurate measurement of their attractiveness, when everyone knows they look nothing like that? I honestly think it's some sort of feedback loop, because if you notice, most of the time it's only fats receiving or making those types of comments. I almost wonder if they compliment other fats just so they can believe their own bullshit about how "good" they look. I mean, I'm not gorgeous, but I'd like to think that I'm at least a 7, and I never get comments on Facebook unless it's my mom, my sisters, or my husband. Sometimes I wonder if it's because I look pretty in some photos that I don't get comments. Vain? Arrogant? Perhaps. But I see it all the time on social media... the pretty shitlady-types hardly get any comments or likes, but the fatties constantly do. I also wonder if it's kind of like American Idol. There were so many awful contestants that left you wondering, "how the fuck did that guy get on here?" The name that comes to mind is William Hung. I theorize that it's because everyone in his life was too polite or too shy or whatever to tell him that he was worse than awful. Everyone probably built him up by telling him what a great singer he was, and so he believed it and then went on to American Idol and embarassed himself. Fuck, the guy got a record deal and didn't realize he was being made fun of the whole time. I think thats why obeasts (especially of the femayo variety) post all those fatshion and half-nude pics all over the internet. They have this falsely inflated sense of ego, and they falsely believe that everyone else out there in internet land will think they're as beautiful as they do. Then when they are faced with reality, they REEEEEE and say we're fatphobic, misogynists, or paedophiles. This is why we need to shitlord. We have to remind these pigs that they are not beautiful, not desireable, and don't have good personalities. We need to remind these trash compactors of reality; fat is disgusting and you absolutely should be ashamed. This is why we need to stop the "she'd be pretty if..." compliments. Only we can prevent ham-confidence