Would you post this selfie on Facebook?

[Silent3]

At the sporting goods store, they call this my "base layer" for winter hiking.

I think that's just fancy terminology for long underwear.

At any rate, after all the weight I've lost, and effort I've put into exercise, I see myself in the mirror as I'm getting ready for a hike, and I'm thinking I'm looking pretty good for 52 year-old American male when I see myself in this stuff.

Would you be embarrassed, even mortified, for friends and family to see you this way? Would it come across as goofy, creepy, and/or narcissistic? As delusional because I'm not looking as good as I imagine?

Or could this actually be a reasonable way to show off the results of diet and exercise?

[orleans]

1. you look great! (except for the lack of facial features!)

but i wouldn't put it on facebook. then again, i hardly put anything on facebook.

get some clothes on & have someone take a great picture of you. then put the "dressed" you on facebook.

[pinboy3niner]

2. Needs a smoking jacket

Just kidding. I think it looks fine, but I wouldn't post it on FB.

[orleans]

3. i was thinking of something more form fitting

besides a smoking jacket.

but i'm not sure what. and not a scuba outfit either! lol!

[Silent3]

4. Spiderman costume?

[orleans]

5. um...well...i guess it all depends on what you're into.

i was thinking more along the lines of sexy, or sex appealing. not halloween.

i always thought guys looked cool in a long sleeved white dress shirt tucked into jeans with the sleeves rolled up.

[calimary]

10. Hey, where I was yesterday, NOBODY cared what they were showing to the whole world!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6227602


Besides - you lost all that weight, got fit, extended your life, seems to me you've got reason to be proud!

[orleans]

11. omg! what a unique event! great pictures! n/t

[calimary]

14. They raised a lot of money for the Children's Tumor Foundation. I guess this happened in -

well - many cities around the country with favorable weather that day, 'eh? My boys raised more than $500 just themselves!

It was an absolute SCREAM!!! A loud, disco-bumping, whirling kaleidoscope of crazies all afternoon! The boys thought they'd feel odd walking down the sidewalk in the open, in West Hollywood, with very little on, but soon they were literally drowning in people proudly walking down the sidewalk in the open, in West Hollywood, with very little on! You could NOT get from one side of the room to the other, it was so packed, and it spilled out onto the sidewalk in front of this club all day. Flashing lights, loud disco music you could hear outside the club, lots of pink and red and feathers and glitter and heart motifs all over the place, and there were people dancing and carousing and admiring each other all the way out the front door and down the sidewalk. Something for everybody! Drinking and partying started around noon or so, when the event itself kicked off. There was a red carpet, and photos, photos, photos. Cameras everywhere, even a few of those "selfie sticks" or whatever they're called - like the one the President was playing with in that video that got so much coverage last week, and remote trucks from at least two local TV news departments. FANTASTIC turnout, so I'm sure the donation totals were equally so!

I was in an owly mood earlier in the morning. But after a bunch o' THAT, I was feeling DRAMATICALLY more upbeat! You didn't see a single face ANYWHERE around there without a smile on it. Whether from the participants or the passersby or the Starline Tour Buses full of gawking tourists or other motorists honking their horns in support or the cops in the cop cars that were stationed at various intersections along the Undie Run. Hate to use a dreaded cliche (that we were NEVER okay to use in the newsroom), but it really fits - "a good time was had by all!"

[PassingFair]

6. Change up the pose. This one makes you look like Beyonce.

Then snap and send away!

[cwydro]

7. Yeah.

The pose is not for a guy imo.

(Not that there's anything wrong with it lol)

[Silent3]

17. Yeah, the pose came out a bit more flamboyant than I meant

Not that there's anything wrong with flamboyant, but it's not me.

Most people responding don't seem to thrown by the clothing itself, however, which is what I felt a bit uncomfortable about.

[NJCher]

8. As long as you caption it

TMI! TMI! TMI!


Cher

[handmade34]

9. not sure about the selfie

but looks like you chose well for a base layer... I wear the same under my clothes when going out to hike on a cold day...

[olddots]

12. selfies are weird

This is a good one because it shows humor so definately go with it .

[antiquie]

13. Congrats!

It's the unmade bed I find a bit creepy.

[cwydro]

15. I just don't do selfies.

But I think you look fine.

I'm a fan of the underwear too!

[bigwillq]

16. Sure.

Although I rarely take selfies.

[taterguy]

18. No

[Skittles]

19. am I the only one who has never taken a selfie?

and no, I would not post that one, it is bizarre

[NJCher]

20. Me! Me!

I'll join you in that exclusive club.

God help me if I ever take a selfie, post on Facebook, or twit, I mean tweet.



Cher

[Skittles]

21. I hear you

my opinion of someone is greatly increased if I find they have never been sucked into the facebook/twitter borg

[PasadenaTrudy]

29. I use fake names

on FB and twitter. I have about 6 friends on FB, we are all Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul fans. I don't even use a real pic, so it works for me. Twitter is good for following news outlets and various interests. God I hate selfies!

[countryjake]

24. The entire notion of selfies is bizarre to me, as is FaceBook...

I did snap a pic once of myself along with my best friend. It was during the mid-sixties when we were in high school, both of us looking goofy at our reflection in my folks' big front room mirror. That photo came out with the flash reflected back right over our faces...a ghostly portrait of two silly girls, ready to face the world with our heads removed, ha!

I was reminded of that picture when I saw the one the OP has posted.

But no, I've never taken any "official" modern selfies, consider FB to be akin to A Brave New World, and haven't got any cell phone, either.

My daughter did send me a Kindle a year ago. After many months passed, she gave me hell for never using it, so I proceeded to investigate what it might be good for. While my man and I were playing around with the thing, I noticed that the camera feature only had one hole and questioned whether it might be a defective product. He snatched it, saying that couldn't be right, and proceeded to take a close-up photo into the pores of his face. We then went to a store that carries such things...I asked the clerk what was wrong with the camera on my gizmo and how in the world anyone was supposed to shoot pictures with it. "Selfies". The Kindle Fire camera was made for taking selfies. We both chuckled about the absurdity of that, all the way home. I've never used it again.

I do read at Twitter sometimes, tho, just the political stuff that I see links to, but I've yet to sign up for it.

[Skittles]

25. I did not realize how much narcissism prevailed until FB and twitter

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it is unbelieveable

[Joe Shlabotnik]

22. No

The world does not need to see you (or I, or anyone) in their underwear. Definitely narcissistic.

[PasadenaTrudy]

28. Thank you!

I didn't want to be the one to say it....

[Raine1967]

23. No. Absolutely not. Here is why:

That's YOUR selfie! The only selfie I could post would be my own.

As to your? I think it's fine!

[countryjake]

26. I'm many years older than you & I wear long johns daily...

100% cotton only, they're the only thing in my underwear drawer. As a fairly old woman, I can say that I, too, look damn good when I prance around in them.

However, I've been known to dash out to the mailbox to bring in the newspapers wearing only my long underwear and if anyone should ever take my picture like that, I'm afraid I'd have to hunt them down to mete out severe punishments.

Most all of my own friends and family have already seen me in my skivvies (and much less), but if I produced and publicized a snapshot of myself displaying my long johns (and beauty) for all to see, those people who are closest to me might think that I'd lost my mind.

There's not a thing wrong with being proud of your body, but being overly concerned with how others see you isn't healthy, in my opinion.

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. Yeah, it just looks like black clothing.

I'm not so in to the idea of selfies and will admit that I might get a teensy bit judgmental about people who post dozens of them per week, but I don't think it's bad at all.