IRISH MEN VERY UNDERWHELMING IN THE LOOKS DEPARTMENT?

I'm very attractive

turbbo

kevcos wrote: »

I find myself masturbating a lot

You should get that checked.

turbbo

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm very attractive

I agree a true f**kin Adonis.

odyssey06

py2006 wrote: »

Irish people in general aren't known for their looks.
That's why we have a bit more in the personality department compared to some other nations.

Take that back. We are known as the most robust looking (i.e. beaten up) men in Europe.

careless sherpa

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Irish men are fairly attractive, about the same as the English or Germans. Better than the Spanish. French men are the quintessential wimps.

The younger lads are looking after themselves too.

There is no way that Irish people could be considered as attractive as the Spanish. Perfect hair teeth and skin. Granted the language and manner of speaking is a weak point

turbbo

ILoveYourVibes

Looks ain't everything guys.

Salthillprom

Ever notice how people who start threads involving levels of attractiveness always are sure to mention how they themselves are good looking?

turbbo

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Looks ain't everything guys.

Cash is king.

cgcsb

Irish men are actually quite good looking overall. The Spanish lads are hobbits averaging about a metre and half tall, they'd get filtered out of Tinder., before you'd get the chance to swipe left. There's lots of handsome Frenchmen mind, but then they open their mouths. Lots of handsome Italian guys but then, they're looking for a sexualised version of their mother to placate their inflated sense of self.

Overall we're doing pretty well, relax, and stop being insecure. We're a medium to good looking bunch who are nice to talk to. That being said, there is a MASSIVE regional discrepancy in male beauty in Ireland, stick to the bigger cities and pockets of the west, avoid the midlands.

jam_mac_jam

turbbo wrote: »

Pointless post of the year award.

Thank you, where is my prize?

Feisar

cgcsb wrote: »

Irish men are actually quite good looking overall. The Spanish lads are hobbits averaging about a metre and half tall, they'd get filtered out of Tinder., before you'd get the chance to swipe left. There's lots of handsome Frenchmen mind, but then they open their mouths. Lots of handsome Italian guys but then, they're looking for a sexualised version of their mother to placate their inflated sense of self.

Overall we're doing pretty well, relax, and stop being insecure. We're a medium to good looking bunch who are nice to talk to. That being said, there is a MASSIVE regional discrepancy in male beauty in Ireland, stick to the bigger cities and pockets of the west, avoid the midlands.

Mullingar man here and I'll take the Pepsi challenge with anyone!

turbbo

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Thank you, where is my prize?

here ya go....

jam_mac_jam

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

The Spanish look largely the same. Not having brown eyes is an advantage there. The French can be pretty rather than handsome. A generalisation I know. But that’s what’s happening here.



Clothes yes. But younger guys are clearly looking after themselves. My generation was a lot worse (I’m 39).

I'm very short so I might be biased and prefer little girly men that aren't too tall but I personally find Spanish and French men more attractive then Irish men. I agree on the youth though, they are much better at taking care of themselves.

cgcsb

Raconteuse wrote: »

I don't know that the manchild is as prevalent in Irish society today though.

It really isn't compared to other countries. In Italy, men go from mama straight to wife and basically have the same relationship with the new female.

jam_mac_jam

cgcsb wrote: »

It really isn't compared to other countries. In Italy, men go from mama straight to wife and basically have the same relationship with the new female.

They also shave their legs. ew.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

But younger guys are clearly looking after themselves.

A shower of lemmings. They all dress the same and have the same haircut.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

RMAOK wrote: »

This thread again :rolleyes:

Raconteuse wrote: »

To be fair, it's usually about Irish women, but will become about Irish women in due course...

Anyway, plenty of extremely attractive Irish men with a sense of humour you cannot beat!

Indeed.

This topic has been done to death and descends into generalisations with the odd creepy poster who spends way too much time comparing the looks of different nationalities. What’s the point?

cgcsb

careless sherpa wrote: »

There is no way that Irish people could be considered as attractive as the Spanish. Perfect hair teeth and skin. Granted the language and manner of speaking is a weak point

If you're talking about men then yes absolutely, Spanish men are just too small to be considered attractive in the general sense. You get the odd freak who's 2m tall but in general the men are hobbits. The women are gorgeous though, and women don't have to be tall to be attractive.

cgcsb

Feisar wrote: »

Mullingar man here and I'll take the Pepsi challenge with anyone!

There's exceptions of course, but compare the general male population of the midlands with Dublin for example. There's no competition. Most midlands men are drunks with dodgy haircuts and not a complete set of teeth between the. When they 'dance' at the night club, they put their arms around their pals and jump up and down, this is the midlands shuffle.

ted1

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

I'm very short so I might be biased and prefer little girly men that aren't too tall but I personally find Spanish and French men more attractive then Irish men. I agree on the youth though, they are much better at taking care of themselves.

Far away hills are often greener..

wakka12

Personally I find irish men among the best looking of many countries Ive been to. I guess its just my taste, love dark hair and light green or blue eyes and pale freckly skin. Though the absolute best looking nationality imo is norwegian and danish. especially dont get the hype over mediaterranean men, see way more good looking lads in Dublin than I did in barcelona or rome

Honestly these generlisations are a bit stupid though, everyones tastes differ in what they find attractive and youll find millions of people you find ugly and millions you find good looking in every country on earth you visit

topper75

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

The spud head and the walk like your leading cattle always gives it away.

One does not lead cattle darling. They are not the ****ing Bisto kids.
One drives them.

Wibbs

Raconteuse wrote: »

There are some extremely good looking nations, like Italians, Swedish, French,

Ahh I dunno R. Having been around such places, I wouldn't agree. The populations are much larger and have more diversity of backgrounds down the centuries which helps, but overall I found them more extreme. So while Irish People(tm) may be more "average", but in say France, especially outside somewhere like Paris you do see a minority of very good looking people, but the balance being a minority of sweet jesus I hope that's not contagious rough as feck bowlers. Same for Italy or Spain(though Italians are further cursed by a huge nose tendency and overall shortarsedness). One thing about the French though is statistically they don't put on nearly as much weight as they age. They're the outlier in Europe on that score. In places like Spain and Italy men and especially women are thin when younger but thicken up quite a bit later on. Irish people tend to stay the same size or near enough.

Generally I'd say Irish men and women are more pleasant looking on average, less extreme in either beauty or roughness. And for guys into boobs Irish women are more stacked on average.

ILoveYourVibes

Irish men!

cgcsb

I think tans have just been 'in' for a while in the western world. In poor countries, wealthy people are injecting bleaching products into their faces to look whiter and thus 'more attractive'. In Japan, people get weird surgery on their eyelids to give them a more European looking eye. Back in the day ladies in the western world used to paint themselves brilliant white with lead based make up. You could find in a few years that pale is back in the western world and even Scotland and Finland's people will be getting riden senseless.

Deebles McBeebles

topper75 wrote: »

One does not lead cattle darling. They are not the ****ing Bisto kids.
One drives them.

Ah, the traditional way. My culchiest of apologies, good sir.


I would not drive my cattle on from behind like a cowardly general, looking after his own self interests ahead of his soldiers. I prefer to take the head of the herd and drag them with my masculine magnetism. Any danger that should befall my bovine army shall have to make its way through my circle of protection. And that is no easy task.

Plopsu

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

This topic has been done to death and descends into generalisations with the odd creepy poster who spends way too much time comparing the looks of different nationalities. What’s the point?

*stage whisper* they're pleasuring themselves while they do it.

odyssey06

cgcsb wrote: »

Finland's people will be getting riden senseless.

Not the Finns. I'm not even sure they are fully human. Ok maybe human but not homo sapiens.

FFred

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Irish men!

Hey, it’s my song !

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Ah this ****e, and what, Irish women somehow manage to be fine things, despite half of their genetics coming from "underwhelming" stock?

Irish people overall are a good looking, for a northern European race there is a nice variation in genetics, you get a good mix of blue and brown eyes, blonde, brown and redheaded people. Irishmen tend to age well when not destroying themselves with drink and are fairly active, not the same for women but there is a biological reason for that.

Stevieluvsye

odyssey06 wrote: »

Not the Finns. I'm not even sure they are fully human. Ok maybe human but not homo sapiens.

I concur 1000% with this statement. For the 4 Finnish people i know are even hard to describe what they look like.

One actually has a tooth that sits outside her mouth on top of her lip.

Hoboo

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Ah, the traditional way. My culchiest of apologies, good sir.


I would not drive my cattle on from behind like a cowardly general, looking after his own self interests ahead of his soldiers. I prefer to take the head of the herd and drag them with my masculine magnetism. Any danger that should befall my bovine army shall have to make its way through my circle of protection. And that is no easy task.

Ok Gandolph

Church on Tuesday

Looks are mostly irrelevant; good grooming, good dress sense (it's not that difficult gentlemen) and above all confidence and not being a dry ****e are extremely attractive.

EmmetSpiceland

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Looks are mostly irrelevant; good grooming, good dress sense (it's not that difficult gentlemen) and above all confidence and not being a dry ****e are extremely attractive.

Well said, C.

A big problem with Irish lads, mainly over 30, is that they have dreadful fashion “sense”. Living in the same bootcut jeans and converse runners.

You’re not going to attract a mate, whether it’s longterm or a once off, shuffling around with unkempt hair and one of those scraggly “beards”.

A little “effort” goes a long way.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Plopsu wrote: »

*stage whisper* they're pleasuring themselves while they do it.

Oh, I know. Furiously tugging at themselves! :pac:

I’ve encountered people with that strange fixation only online generally. But have on two occasions come across it in real life. One is an acquaintance of my husband (friend is far too strong a word). He’s a big fool. Just a complete sickener. The first time I met him, he spoke to me about how his preference is for Mediterranean or Japanese women. Preference is fine but he was going on and on about it. My eyes were glazed over. At least he didn’t openly insult Irish women, I suppose.

The second time was at a bar on holiday in Lisbon. The bar was fairly quiet and there was an Irish guy propping up the bar telling the barmen and a few other assembled men what dogs Irish women were and ranking women of other nations too. I never thought I’d actually come across this outside of message boards. He came across like a bit of a sad sack. And was no beaut himself. Now, I might seem shallow in mentioning his looks but, given the context, it’s relevant.

Seanachai

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Ah this ****e, and what, Irish women somehow manage to be fine things, despite half of their genetics coming from "underwhelming" stock?

Irish people overall are a good looking, for a northern European race there is a nice variation in genetics, you get a good mix of blue and brown eyes, blonde, brown and redheaded people. Irishmen tend to age well when not destroying themselves with drink and are fairly active, not the same for women but there is a biological reason for that.

If we cut down on the carbs and booze a bit we would definitely up-level a bit in the appearance stakes.

What the hell is the pain that makes us drink so much though, or is it some sort of mad Dionysian hedonism that was brought to the island? I mean I kind of know the answers, I'd just like to hear your take on it.

EmmetSpiceland

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Well said, C.

A big problem with Irish lads, mainly over 30, is that they have dreadful fashion “sense”. Living in the same bootcut jeans and converse runners.

You’re not going to attract a mate, whether it’s longterm or a once off, shuffling around with unkempt hair and one of those scraggly “beards”.

A little “effort” goes a long way.

I would agree with this and also I think as a wealthy Western nation we have a problem with obesity.

That said, I don't buy into the stereotypes of Swedish, Brazilians etc. etc. Theres many a Scandanavian and South American bowler knocking about.

I think we confuse exoticism with beauty. Most people are just bang average really.

People tend to like what they're not. If you go to south american as a white Irish paddy you'll be up to your neck in it!

Seanachai

Seanachai wrote: »

If we cut down on the carbs and booze a bit we would definitely up-level a bit in the appearance stakes.

What the hell is the pain that makes us drink so much though, or is it some sort of mad Dionysian hedonism that was brought to the island? I mean I kind of know the answers, I'd just like to hear your take on it.

The thing is, we've always been drinkers but we weren't always so obese as a nation. Have a look on youtube at some of the old videos of Ireland. Even from the 70s/80s. You'll be hard pushed to spot a fat person on the street.

As we got richer and more "developed" we got fatter - cheap fast food everywhere, more people doing less physical work, easy access to technology that fosters a sedentary lifesytle.

Not denying that the loveliness of beer doesnt cause problems, though.

misterme123

Always seemed to me like quite a lot of male Irish actors become movie heart throb types. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender, etc. I won't try for a comprehensive list. I wonder if it's just me or if we are genuinely over-represented in this area compared to other countries.

Seanachai

mistersifter wrote: »

The thing is, we've always been drinkers but we weren't always so obese as a nation. Have a look on youtube at some of the old videos of Ireland. Even from the 70s/80s. You'll be hard pushed to spot a fat person on the street.

As we got richer and more "developed" we got fatter - cheap fast food everywhere, more people doing less physical work, easy access to technology that fosters a sedentary lifesytle.

Not denying that the loveliness of beer doesnt cause problems, though.

Beer is great, binge-drinking can be a curse though.

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Seanachai wrote: »

What the hell is the pain that makes us drink so much though, or is it some sort of mad Dionysian hedonism that was brought to the island? I mean I kind of know the answers, I'd just like to hear your take on it.

THE RAIN, THE F*CKIN' RAIN.

ArchXStanton

Seanachai wrote: »

Beer is great, binge-drinking can be a curse though.

We tend to do everything to extremes whether it's drink or drugs

We have a very easily switched fcuk it button

Spleerbun

Surely it's possible to binge drink once a week and still be in good shape? Look at it like a cheat day, you still have 6 days in the week to look after yourself to a reasonable level

Seanachai

Steyr 556 wrote: »

THE RAIN, THE F*CKIN' RAIN.

ArchXStanton wrote: »

We tend to do everything to extremes whether it's drink or drugs

We have a very easily switched fcuk it button

Partially I'd say, more so the grey f**kin skies.

Very true, continentals go for a relaxing drink, we try and break on through to the other side. We took to cocaine since the boom like millennials took to selfies.

dhaughton99

I don’t need looks or a personality when I have a 06 Volkswagen Golf.

RMAOK

dhaughton99 wrote: »

I don’t need looks or a personality when I have a 06 Volkswagen Golf.

Hope it's a TDI. :pac:

Raconteuse

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Yes, we are ugly hence the need for drink to make us funny in an attempt to play the our strengths.

Deleted User wrote: »

we're atrocious.

Oh the "we"-ers are here.

Speak for yourselves folks.

cgcsb wrote: »

It really isn't compared to other countries. In Italy, men go from mama straight to wife and basically have the same relationship with the new female.

Aye - this is very much a thing apparently. And if Irish guys are useless for housework, they're usually great for outdoors work.

Anyway, not gonna jump on the self loathing bandwagon - the Irish are a mixture in the looks department so of course there are plenty who are good looking, and the amount of running, cycling, hiking, gym attendance, marathons/triathlons/iron mans etc and good quality food being consumed can only mean an improvement.

I'm very "Celtic" looking myself with the super pale skin, and I'm not putting a drop of fake tan near me.

bodhrandude

Deleted User wrote: »

A shower of lemmings. They all dress the same and have the same haircut.

The Hovis loaf head aka Tommy from Love Hate.

1o059k7ewrqj3n

misterme123 wrote: »

Always seemed to me like quite a lot of male Irish actors become movie heart throb types. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender, etc. I won't try for a comprehensive list. I wonder if it's just me or if we are genuinely over-represented in this area compared to other countries.

Just to list a few others to the ones you've mentioned:

Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Sheehan, Jamie Dornan, Aidan Turner, Martin McCann, Chris O' Dowd, Domnhall Gleeson.

Not by any means a comprehensive list, but there's quite a few actors who are currently working in the UK or in the US. Some quite older and still have thriving careers.

Hardly underwhelming in looks. Some of those are considered handsome or heartthrobs.