I rolled out of bed and onto Facebook this morning and randomly clicked on the pages of one of my friends from college. Since we were not super tight and she lives on the opposite coast, I rarely see her and know few of her friends.
Anyway, I wanted to see if she had any cute friends.
So I just started going through her friends list.
I was kind of surprised to find I didn't think that many of her friends were that cute ... and I started thinking to myself that my friends were actually more attractive, which was not likely in an objective sense since she is very social and I am an internet forum nerd.
Then it struck me that my Facebook friends seemed more attractive because I know them. I've met them in person. They represent a 3D object with depth where I can put a personality behind the photo. For my friends' friends, all I could see was a pic with eyes, nose, and lips.
Of course, she had some good looking friends that were clearly very attractive, but if that same person were my Facebook friend, she would be that much more attractive. It was strange. Even my Facebook friends who I don't even really like seem more attractive than if they were just a random picture because I can at least put some depth and substance behind the photo.
This also made me think ... wow, I really don't ever want to try online dating.
Lol. Try it. Maybe this is just all in MY head ... as usual.