I'm watching a British reality show called Shipwrecked from a while back and it's astonishing to hear the announcer describe the castaways. Everyone is "glamorous", "buffed", "devilishly attractive", "strong and built" etc. On U.S. tv, they wouldn't get a second casting call. The standard of attractiveness for British people is strange. Even Diana - she seemed like a very nice woman and was pleasant to look at but she was certainly no classic beauty.
They look awful. And that blonde skank in front is the worst.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 21, 2015 2:15 AM |
They can do hot...check the only way is essex or Jordy shore.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 21, 2015 3:07 AM |
The guys on The Only Way is Essex are the equivalent of the Jersey Shore guys - vain, greasy, sleazy and stupid. I don't know if that's so hot.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 21, 2015 3:14 AM |
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by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 21, 2015 3:34 AM |
r3 I meant straight people hot
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 21, 2015 1:33 PM |
I like the more realistic attitude. I'm sick of US actors looking like porn escorts in Vegas even while playing run of the mill parts. .
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 21, 2015 1:46 PM |
You need to understand the British media elite to get it.
For many years there's been a pervasive notion that the British like gritty realism and don't like soft focus glamour, so you get shows which have more - shall we say - "character" actors in leading roles (like Eastenders, for example). It's not really true, if you look at the highest grossing British movies for example, only one on the list (the Full Monty) could be described as gritty, and the box office charts in the UK are consistently Hollywood. And back when when US shows were broadcast on the main channels, they were just as popular as home grown content.
That's all changed over the years since the late 90s, and the British media is much more commercial than it was 15 years ago when the show linked in the OP was first broadcast (the photo is from series 2 in 2001). Back then reality was new and they were still trying to cast okay looking people with personalities rather than just good looking but dull like TOWIE is now (or US shows have been since the 80s).
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 21, 2015 2:56 PM |
R4 he was never a sex symbol. Are you retarded?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 21, 2015 3:27 PM |
What nonsense; I'm a Brit, and I LOVE big jaws and chiclet teeth!
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 21, 2015 4:00 PM |
Foreskins
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 21, 2015 4:06 PM |
They are not enough.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 21, 2015 4:09 PM |
There are plenty of fugs considered attractive on TV in America as well.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 21, 2015 4:14 PM |
[quote]The guys on The Only Way is Essex are the equivalent of the Jersey Shore guys - vain, greasy, sleazy and stupid. I don't know if that's so hot.
Can't be any greasier or stupider than the [italic]Geordie Shore[/italic] lads.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 21, 2015 4:17 PM |
Some of the boys in Made In Chelsea are cute.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 21, 2015 4:19 PM |
Which ones?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 21, 2015 4:23 PM |
Britons consider fugly trolls like Pippa Middleton and Harry Styles attractive. They're gold standard supermodels are chainsmoking and haggard addicts like Kate Moss and Cara Delevigne. Even though I agree Diana, Princess of Wales had star quality, even she wasn't all that attractive.
Their definition of beauty is highly questionable.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 21, 2015 4:48 PM |
Kate Moss was an international supermodel.
Princess Margaret was the chain smoking booze hound that was somehow considered to be s great beauty.
Are the British intimidated when they come to New York or LA and see the different standard?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 21, 2015 5:59 PM |
I think "different standard" is the right phrase r17. They don't seem to find the cookie cutter cheerleader look attractive, ditto the trademark blow up doll look that LA cosmetic surgeons seem to favor. I think that's it, they prefer something a little more natural, not just a cookie cutter look that anyone with money can achieve.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 21, 2015 6:04 PM |
I always thought the brits were more about attitude than physical attraction. it is the the only way I have been able to accept why they keep fucking each other.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 21, 2015 6:10 PM |
The "most beautiful" women in London simply cannot compete with their counterparts in NYC, Los Angeles, or most other international cities.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 21, 2015 6:17 PM |
England has its share of great beauties and its share of whorish skanks, just like everywhere else.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 21, 2015 6:31 PM |
I could never see what made everyone rave about Kate Moss - not supermodel tall - just average height? sallow skin colour, yellow jagged teeth, dry brittle hair and ugly legs. Whatever.
The second example is Victoria Beckham with the fake "I'm so important" look and accompanying sour pout on her thin lips. Her figure is boyish, she's short and overall effect is distinctly underwhelming.
And Pippa Middleton is continually slagged in the media for her dark, leathery, aging complexion much like mother's.
Yeah, there sure are different 'standards '
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 21, 2015 6:32 PM |
I see some contenders in OP's pic
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 21, 2015 6:54 PM |
R20 Plastic surgery has only become a thing in the UK in the past 10 years, and is still much less common than in the US.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 21, 2015 7:01 PM |
[quote]Are the British intimidated when they come to New York or LA and see the different standard?
Walk around London on a sunny afternoon and you'll see many great looking guys. Much more than I ever saw in New York. So don't kid yourself....
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 21, 2015 7:28 PM |
I would have done all the guys in the original pic, but I'm not shallow like OP.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 21, 2015 8:01 PM |
R25 is a goddamn liar!!! I was in London this past August and most of the attractive guys were tourists at Heathrow. To say London is comparable to New York in terms of hot guys is completely disingenuous.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 21, 2015 8:11 PM |
R27 to say either London or New York has more or less hot guys is fucking ridiculous. Truly. Every large city has its share of hottie v homely. I've seen some fucking heinous hounds in Manhattan, I've seen jaw dropping gorgeous gods in Battersea. Grow up, get a passport, try to get out of the basement and get some perspective.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 21, 2015 8:21 PM |
The blond & the guy far left look pretty good to me
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 21, 2015 8:25 PM |
I'm an American living in Europe. Every place I've been to throught North America, Europe and Asia has had its share of hot guys. However, nowhere has come close to having the proportion that New York has. That's not exaggeration, that's fact.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 21, 2015 8:29 PM |
If it's a fact, where is the link to source the findings?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 21, 2015 8:31 PM |
I don't think anyone realistically believes that the dudes in London are hawter than men in NYC.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 21, 2015 8:44 PM |
What I've noticed that any hot man found in NYC is not actually from NYC
by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 21, 2015 9:01 PM |
I remember jowly, baggy-eyed Rebekah Brooks being ogled over in the British press as a "flame-haired temptress." Not my idea of a femme fatale!
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 21, 2015 9:09 PM |
What's funny is that almost any woman who dates a famous man in England is always called a model or a former model. Decades ago when Noel Gallagher (Oasis) married Meg Matthews she was always described as a model. She's fugly
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 21, 2015 9:21 PM |
R34, I remember the Daily Mail fawning over her appearance like she was Rita Hayworth and was dumbfounded. I wondered if she believed that nonsense herself and that contributed to her arrogance an cuntiness.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 21, 2015 9:21 PM |
R33 - Is that what's you've noticed? You're no Hercules Poirot, are you? Next time you visit (because you obviously don't live here), do some more investigating.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 21, 2015 9:22 PM |
R37:
Face like Adam driver
Body like Kevin James
Personality like Donald Trump
Native New Yorker
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 21, 2015 9:26 PM |
[quote] And Pippa Middleton is continually slagged in the media for her dark, leathery, aging complexion much like mother's.
Ughhh. Pippi and Carol are not attractive. There is something very strange/peculiar looking about them. Kate is okay looking, but she's not beautiful. And she knows it. She tries very hard and barely ever leaves her house without wearing full make up and her hair done. She also barely went out when she was pregnant or for a few months after she gave birth (she has severe body issues). It's like she was embarrassed for anyone to see her with any extra weight on her.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 21, 2015 9:30 PM |
Kate Middleton looks like a middle aged frump who has spent too long in a tanning machine. She dresses like a 50 year old headmistress.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 21, 2015 9:36 PM |
I want Dan Osborne
by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 21, 2015 9:38 PM |
Kate used to dress a bit trashier but the Firm told her to frump it up and she did so, immediately.
She's not more than average/pretty and lacks Diana's charisma but she seems like a nice enough girl. God knows she hasn't married into a family of deep thinkers or great beauties.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 21, 2015 9:45 PM |
Kate is a bland, vacuous, social climbing bimbo. Sadly, she's still better than William.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 21, 2015 11:18 PM |
The cast of Geordie Shore. They make our Jersey people look like Baywatch.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 22, 2015 3:17 AM |
I have never understood the orange fake tan thing.
How could anyone think that's attractive?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 22, 2015 3:21 AM |
I was in Britain for a month, I saw one good looking man & one good looking woman. That was all, in four weeks. Everyone else was ugly. Not average, ugly.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 22, 2015 3:27 AM |
It isn't R45, but neither is a bird shit white complexion.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 22, 2015 3:34 AM |
The tabloids and British media may say certain "celebrities" are "gorgeous" or "attractive," but they do not really mean it; they actually have contempt for the people they write about - it is the exaggerated tabloid writing style. They think they are tacky and unattractive, too.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | December 22, 2015 3:40 AM |
Only so many genes to go 'round in England. Small gene pool. Here, even the average "white" person is German, Irish, Italian, Swedish, etc. in background.
May not be the best looking in the world (pockets of fugly found in inbred places like the Hollers of WV) but evened out a bit.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | December 22, 2015 3:53 AM |
Meg Matthews looked like Noel Gallagher.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | December 22, 2015 4:14 AM |
It's awful to say, but I always thought Fergie's two girls looked like unwrapped mummies with those bulging eyes and lips stretched over the protruding teeth.
Was Oscar Wilde considered good looking in his day? He looks all chin to me.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | December 22, 2015 4:15 AM |
Wilde was Irish, R51.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 22, 2015 4:50 AM |
You have to remember it's slim pickings over there. For every good looking person, there's 100,000 ugly ones.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | December 22, 2015 6:19 AM |
R48 has it right. If Rebekah Brooks was ever described as a 'flame-haired temptress' the writer was - as Brits routinely say - taking the piss.
Obviously Murdoch's chief attack dog wouldn't tempt anyone; except evidently another Rupert puppet such as Andy Coulson, still I think in prison for his services to journalism.
'Flame-haired temptress' itself as a phrase came from satirical magazine 'Private Eye.' The Eye has a hard job with its tabloid parodies these days, because the papers themselves are so in on their own joke. Anyone's over-praised 'beauty' is usually written to take the piss, and provoke the opposite reaction.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | December 22, 2015 6:35 AM |
It is hard to find an attractive female on EastEnders they have had some hot guys on there though. I've never been to Australia but it seems like they have a lot of hot guys there.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | December 22, 2015 7:26 AM |
[quote] You're no Hercules Poirot, are you?
It's Hercule NOT Hercules.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 22, 2015 7:47 AM |
Herkalees! Herkalees! Herkalees!
by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 22, 2015 7:48 AM |
R44: that was from season two, and you should see the guys with their shirts off.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 22, 2015 9:12 AM |
There's always that sexiest man alive
by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 22, 2015 10:43 AM |
Dirty blond back left is very hot.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 22, 2015 11:06 AM |
OMG Sarah is transitioning into Carrot Top.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | December 22, 2015 11:35 AM |
R48 is right. Part of the reason the British tabs call women "gorgeous" so often is because they're being coy, often trying to get away with slamming them for their appearance. "Lindsay Lohan shows off her curvaceous body" = "bitch getting fat."
Another reason is because they're being paid to say something positive -- if the celeb isn't cutting a deal with the tabs then a fashion house is. The Daily Mail turns half of their celebrity spotting stories into advertisements for the celeb's clothes, or knock-offs of the clothes.
I'm pretty sure they get more hits when they're pretending to be positive than they do by being negative. Maybe Perez Hilton should have tried the British version of "being nice."
by Anonymous | reply 64 | December 22, 2015 11:58 AM |
R52 - It's the same equine gene pool.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | December 22, 2015 12:27 PM |
An article about ugly Britains abroad, describing "an adult British male being like 'uncooked pork sausages', or 'stringy calves and sunken thighs all coated in what looks like goat’s hair'" with advice to "start eating better, dressing better and looking after ourselves better. Maybe then our levels of attraction would rise."
by Anonymous | reply 66 | December 22, 2015 12:32 PM |
Intelligence is highly valued OP which rules out most Americans.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | December 22, 2015 12:35 PM |
R67 - This article and the last one were written by British people. They eat their own when they're not praising the national intelligence.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | December 22, 2015 12:55 PM |
R46 I like how you inserted the statement that you were in the UK so that people would believe the rest that you made up.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | December 22, 2015 8:48 PM |
The guys in those pictures aren't ugly except for the poor red head .
by Anonymous | reply 70 | December 22, 2015 9:47 PM |
R69, I know it's uncommon in your trailer park to meet people who have left the country at any point in their lives, but let me assure you, it has been done.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | December 24, 2015 6:31 AM |
Joey Essex from TOWIE is very pretty and dumb as dirt.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 27, 2016 10:15 PM |
The UK has one of the most consistently awful-looking TV people in the world.
Andrew Marr would never get as far in the US as he did in the UK.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 27, 2016 10:20 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 27, 2016 10:22 PM |
This is what a gay TV reporter in the UK looks like:
by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 27, 2016 10:22 PM |
The men were more attractive than the women in OP's picture. There's only so much you can do when you have the same gene pool screwing each other. It leads to average looking people. There's lots of cross pollination in the US which leads to more exotic and beautiful looking people. Not everyone of course. I once went to to Missouri where the average person there was about 300 pounds and up.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | August 27, 2016 10:27 PM |
R76 Scandinavians and Balts are pretty-looking, but also very insular, genetically.
The problem with the British is that they don't put a premium on attractiveness like Americans and continental Europeans do. They have no problem filling their TV with plain looking people as long as they're qualified. It's a very liberal and democratic attitude, but it has its downsides.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 27, 2016 10:30 PM |
R73, Andrew Marr is a political commentator. What does it matter what he looks like for goodness sake. People are only interested in what he is saying and the questions he is asking.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | August 27, 2016 10:31 PM |
This is why all the ugly white people in Britain want to have sex with black people. What I don't understand is why the good-looking black people want to have sex with pasty, flabby, busted-looking white Brits.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | August 27, 2016 10:34 PM |
R79 I didn't mean that as an attack on the UK. What you describe is how it should be like, but it seems that only works in Britain. Elsewhere, TV news is brimming with pretty looking people.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | August 27, 2016 10:37 PM |
On Netflix, I recently watched an Australian show that featured a lot of female actresses. For awhile I couldn't figure out what was different about this show. Then I realized that when they women spoke and emoted, their foreheads moved and sometimes formed vertical and horizontal lines when they reacted to the events in the script. It was very different from the frozen-in-place eyebrows and foreheads on US TV.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | August 27, 2016 10:38 PM |
A few years ago, I took a trip to the UK and was kind of Jared by how unattractive many of the people were. It was a great trip, and the people wee very nice, but really unattractive.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | August 27, 2016 10:56 PM |
r78 Scandinavians and Balts are pretty-looking,
As in pretty ugly?
by Anonymous | reply 84 | August 28, 2016 12:03 AM |
r85 Who dat?
by Anonymous | reply 86 | August 28, 2016 12:11 AM |
Towie's Dan Osborne meets American standards of cute - blue eyes, big white teeth and strong jaw, regular features, massive muscles, tall.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 28, 2016 12:11 AM |
Some nationalities, their looks work for females not males. Sweden is a good example. The opposite is true of Italy.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | August 28, 2016 12:25 AM |
A small gene pool never bodes well for the looks of the populace.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | August 28, 2016 12:36 AM |
Russia is more admixed than most other European populations (they have significant amounts of Asian/Siberian ancestry) and they still look like hell; their men are the ugliest in Europe, and it's not even close.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | August 28, 2016 12:38 AM |
British are fine with imperfections. I like that. Here in the U.S everyone wants perfection and is starting to look alike. Looks like all go to the same plastic surgeon, same gym, same spa, same dentist....
by Anonymous | reply 91 | August 28, 2016 12:41 AM |
American and British TV is so tacky now. There is no beauty.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | August 28, 2016 12:47 AM |
r91 I beg your pardon. I'm an international; beauty.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | August 28, 2016 12:49 AM |
British people are uglier than the rest of Europeans for two reasons. First, the typical island endogamy, something that does not occur in continental Europe. Second, endogamy as the result of the British cast system. They believe they are better than everyone else, so they avoid breeding outside each cast or breeding with non-natives.
The disgusting, unhealthy food served in the UK doesn’t help either…
by Anonymous | reply 94 | August 28, 2016 1:27 AM |
There are millions of mixed-race kids in the UK and some of them are beautiful - Zayn Malik being an excellent example.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | August 28, 2016 2:34 AM |
What would Sheridan say about all this.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | August 28, 2016 3:11 AM |
Lewis Bloore on Made in Chelsea is pretty handsome and apparently has a large schlong.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | August 28, 2016 3:50 AM |
Stank sleeves.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | August 28, 2016 3:51 AM |
And America has June Shannon, meth heads, People of WalMart. America just does't give ugly people the chance to be political reporters on TV. A little sad.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | August 28, 2016 4:06 AM |
R101, she's on TV solely to be ridiculed, so you're not exactly making your point.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | August 28, 2016 4:21 AM |
I wonder if it's the teeth thing. Maybe if we had universal healthcare here in America, our teeth would start to look like the Brits.
Also it doesn't help that the pasty white complexion is apparently revered in the UK which leads to the breeding of more pasty white babies. It never ends.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | August 28, 2016 4:28 AM |
The thing with the British are the silly hair styles on both men and women and an over-proportion of facial warts. Older British women seem to like bright red and purple hair with tons of styling product in it and weird flashy eye-glass frames.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | August 28, 2016 4:28 AM |
I like the Kate Bush/Nigella Lawson type of beauty - dark hair, pale complexion, full lips. Kate was a stunner in her youth and very sexy. Nigella looks better as a mature woman. Kate, alas, didn't age so well. (And may not qualify to be called a British beauty since she's half Irish.)
by Anonymous | reply 105 | August 28, 2016 4:31 AM |
R102 the point was that ugly people are everywhere, and that fat, dumb pedophile apologist Mama June is apparently attractive enough to have been fucked by several different baby daddies. The weird Brit bashing is pathetic and I say that as an American. It smacks of an inferiority complex. What do you feel so inferior about?
by Anonymous | reply 106 | August 28, 2016 4:37 AM |
R106, but the point of the OP was that the Brit standard of attractiveness -as he sees it- is lower than the US in that the US version of a show like that would have more attractive people.
I was only responding to you pointing to someone who isn't considered a beauty, so I didn't understand why you used her to counter the OP's opinion. I wasn't giving my personal opinion on either Brits or Americans in this case.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | August 28, 2016 5:09 AM |
[quote]endogamy as the result of the British cast system.
C-a-s-t-E
by Anonymous | reply 109 | August 28, 2016 5:22 AM |
US standards are getting lower with each season of each recycled show.
Celebrity culture in both is lowest-common denominator anyway. Where the British still have their lineage-caste basis, the US approach rolls on by hyping the hangers-on.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | August 28, 2016 5:30 AM |
As someone mentioned above, that group shot is from 2001. Standards of attractiveness have been raised over the last 15 years, in no small part to reality TV and Instagram.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | August 28, 2016 5:47 AM |
BTW, Joey Essex is of part Greek ancestry, explaining his exotic beauty.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | August 28, 2016 5:48 AM |
Help an Aussie - is TOWIE, of The Only Way Is Essex - pronounced Toe-ie as is Joey, or Tow-ie, as in Cow E?
Also, is the show named after the song? Is the theme song a remix?
by Anonymous | reply 113 | August 28, 2016 5:48 AM |
Funny how the royals have bred themselves into what they are. Ugly as sin, stupid as hell, artistic philistines. On the good side they are sporty, blue-eyed (hey, what other advantage is there to being so determinably white?), reasonably good-natured and don't complain too much.
And they didn't marry any better. Fergie is a braying Hooray Henrietta (but at least she introduced some good hair into the mix). Diana possibly even stupid and impossibly emotionally fragile (but brought along spell-binding charisma). Kate Middleton is a gold-digger par excellence, lazy, has whittled herself from athletic and muscular to being 5 pounds from Karen Carpenter territory, but is a touch more intelligent than William (not that that is saying much) and, in short has kept the gene pool stable, but not one bit improved.
It would be kind of cool if Harry married a Japanese or Tongan or African royal, just for the LOLs.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | August 28, 2016 6:00 AM |
R94 1960 called, they want their American misinformation back.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | August 28, 2016 6:08 AM |
As has been mentioned upthread, the British like to 'keep it real". As one UK media commentator once stated:
'American soaps are about watching beautiful people suffer. We like to watch ugly people suffer".
by Anonymous | reply 117 | August 28, 2016 6:10 AM |
TOWIE is "scripted reality," kind of like a chav [italic]The Hills.[/italic] I find it more interesting than [italic]Geordie Shore[/italic] or [italic]Ex on the Beach. Made in Chelsea[/italic] is fun too.
Joey E is adorable but kind of sad -- he's a dyslexic high school dropout who, like, Jade Goody, has parlayed being dumb into reality stardom. (He claims not to know how to tell time despite owning various expensive wristwatches.) His latest TV venture is [italic]Educating Joey Essex,[/italic] which follows his attempts to learn stuff before he retakes a battery of standardized tests called the GCSEs, which he failed as a teenager. He's said that he lost interest in school after his mother committed suicide.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | August 28, 2016 6:14 AM |
I think it's more about "the craft" and the talent first culture. Back to Olivier thinking working with Monroe was beneath him - and probably further than that. I'm sure they have their share of shallow hair models but it isn't embraced quite at the levels it is in the US.
I've read many articles stating that Amy Winehouse and Adele would never have seen fame if they tried to launch in the US - because here the industry would rather a hot bod and pretty face they can auto tune than bother to try to market genuine talent that doesn't fit into an exact mold.
Here in the US, a hot body and relatively decent face can get you 20+ years as a soap actor blatantly reading cue cards in every scene.
I don't feel like it's that Britain has very different standards of beauty as much as it is they're a little more willing to embrace something special or interesting from people, even when the package delivering it looks ordinary or even odd.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | August 28, 2016 6:38 AM |
As a Scot, I'd say that the further north you go in the UK the better-looking the men *wink*. But, I will say this, there are pockets of Britain that are remarkably close to Deliverance-country in the ugliness factor - usually places like Berkshire, Heresfordshire, the Central Belt area around Falkirk and *gulp* the Black Country. No, that's not where we keep our blacks, darlings (that's what London's for, innit?!) but a rather grotesque area in the West Midlands. The Central Belt, in case you're scratching your wee supplement-addled heads, is the area of Scotland between Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling...which Falkirk (anus of Scotland) falls slap in the middle of.
When it comes down to attractiveness, I'd say that the American ideal of masculine beauty isn't realistic, but we do see it as fake. Yes, you can go to the gym and work out - but you're talking epic amounts of working out to approach those standards. The American fascination with bubble-butts is...well...it's seen as ridiculous, pornographic and racist. "oh, you can get that ass by doing squats!" But there are so many surgeons touting implants, darlings, ergo why we see it as another layer of American fakery - just like your teeth. When it comes down to teeth, look, I'm going to be more impressed if a guy actually has his own teeth than by some gym-bunny flashing his perfect veneers at me and, as someone genetically blessed to have a nice set of gnashers, it's a bit insulting to be asked by some knuckle-dragging Yank "Where'd you get your teeth done, buddy?" As long as you can use a toothbrush and know the ins and outs of mouthwash, then, well, party.
Do we prefer orange skin, tanned skin or milkbottle? Well, depends on the bloke. There are some people (that little slag Tom Daley) who suit being the colour of a cheap sofa from Land of Leather. There are some guys who suit being paler than an extra from Twilight and there are some guys who look good with a natural tan. What *isn't* good though are guys who don't take care of their skin. Darlings, skin care - learn it, respect it. Being Scottish, I should point out that our natural skin colour is a pale milky blue and that we are known to explode if exposed to strong sunlight without sunscreen (factor: 5,000).
by Anonymous | reply 120 | August 28, 2016 6:43 AM |
There's something hot about a man in a skirt.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | August 28, 2016 7:37 AM |
Leslie Howard is my dream man for all time.
I love how aristocratically British he looks.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | August 28, 2016 7:53 AM |
R120 wins.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | August 28, 2016 7:58 AM |
Leslie Howard was what Tom Hiddleston wishes he were.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | August 28, 2016 8:19 AM |
^ So true.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | August 28, 2016 8:21 AM |
Ihave to travel across Europe because of my work, and sorry British, but I have to say that English ( men and women) are the ugliest in Europe
by Anonymous | reply 126 | August 28, 2016 8:23 AM |
Neither Trump or Clinton are exactly great beauties.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | August 28, 2016 9:04 AM |
[quote]They look awful. And that blonde skank in front is the worst.
r1, lol No, the black skank in the middle is the worst , sweetie, with thick legs that won't close and a pregnant-looking belly. Oh, and her navel is so large, it can probably be seen from space.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | August 28, 2016 9:14 AM |
How is the American obsession with bubble butts 'racist', R120??
by Anonymous | reply 129 | August 28, 2016 7:49 PM |
R120
Oh hi Sam Heughan!
by Anonymous | reply 130 | August 28, 2016 9:02 PM |
Why do people keep referring to Britain as a "small gene pool"? Compared to the US or Brazil, maybe, but it's still the fifth-largest country in Europe, and hundreds of thousands of Britons have French, Belgian, German, or Spanish blood. There are people from all over the world living over there, and many have "bred" with the native population. A huge number of children in London and other large cities have parents of different nationalities, sometimes born on different continents. Also, the Dutch have a smaller gene pool and they are generally considered a fairly attractive people. They certainly look healthier than most Britons.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | August 28, 2016 10:11 PM |
TOWIE is pronounced like "Wow-ee" and not like "Bo-wee."
And the term for it and Made in Chelsea over there is "structured reality," not "scripted reality."
by Anonymous | reply 132 | August 28, 2016 10:15 PM |
Speaking of Brits --Why is Hiddleston considered attractive? His face is long, dour and he has a huge forehead. I don't get it.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | August 28, 2016 10:21 PM |
Why is there a thread about a 15 year old reality show that no-one actually watched?
by Anonymous | reply 134 | August 28, 2016 10:31 PM |
I agree Howard was classy, though he was actually Hungarian. I have rarely read such a lot of fucking nonsensical generalisations and stereotypes as on this thread. So the UK should look for its role models to the blow up doll lookalikes that infest the US media and celeb-land, botoxed, filled, lifted, tucked, suctioned, plucked, waxed,capped, fake tanned himbos and bland pretty boys? Sod off and take a look at a few real men. If I hear one more fucking word about foreskins and teeth I'll barf. At least find an original insult. And hilarious to hear about awful British food from the ancestral home of every grease pit fast food joint in the known universe. Dunkin Donut with your Big Mac / KFC/ Wendy/ foot long lump of dead pig?
by Anonymous | reply 135 | August 28, 2016 10:37 PM |
[quote]BTW, Joey Essex is of part Greek ancestry, explaining his exotic beauty.
Exotic? He looks like a WASP.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | August 28, 2016 10:38 PM |
I've always loved Leslie Howard since seeing him in Pygmalion. I never liked him in GWTW.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | August 28, 2016 10:44 PM |
No, R136, he looks Italian.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | August 28, 2016 10:44 PM |
[quote]... usually places like Berkshire, Heresfordshire, the Central Belt area around Falkirk and *gulp* the Black Country. [bold]No, that's not where we keep our blacks, darlings (that's what London's for, innit?!)[/bold]...
Where I'm from, we call that slavery.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | August 28, 2016 10:48 PM |
[quote]Speaking of Brits --Why is Hiddleston considered attractive? His face is long, dour and he has a huge forehead. I don't get it.
Just like Leslie Howard.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | August 28, 2016 10:49 PM |
No, not like Howard. Hiddleston is rodent-like.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | August 28, 2016 10:51 PM |
And Ralph Fiennes.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | August 28, 2016 10:51 PM |
I think the English have great food and traditional recipes, R135 .
Perhaps in the past they were a bit underseasoned, but if you season to taste, the recipes are phenomenal.
Personally I think refined British men are some of the undisputed hottest on the planet. The still below is from the Joan Hickson Miss Marple series (which featured a lot of hot, tall, blond guys). I need that tweed!
by Anonymous | reply 143 | August 28, 2016 11:03 PM |
Joey Essex looks Mediterranean. He could pass in Italy and if not for the baby blues, Greece and the Iberian peninsula.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | August 28, 2016 11:24 PM |
I've noticed British media call men buff who we would find skinny, dad bods, pudgy, or/and unfit.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | August 28, 2016 11:27 PM |
[quote]I've noticed British media call men buff who we would find skinny, dad bods, pudgy, or/and unfit.
I've noticed, on a daily basis, (American) DLers calling extremely ugly men, usually deformed from too much time pumping iron, hawt. It's rare that a DL 'hawtie' is even vaguely attractive.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | August 28, 2016 11:32 PM |
[quote]Leslie Howard is my dream man for all time. I love how aristocratically British he looks.
He was mostly Jewish.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | August 29, 2016 12:12 AM |
No idea why anyone would find Hiddleston attractive...
by Anonymous | reply 148 | August 29, 2016 12:20 AM |
I think it just doesn't matter as much in the UK, otherwise everyone would be at the gym or the plastic surgeon's office. Appearance matters more in the USA and other factors matter more in the UK.
That's the only logical explanation.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 29, 2016 12:30 AM |
Harry Styles is beautiful.
British men tend to be slimmer than their American counterparts. Whenever I visit the US I am amazed by how many super size guys I see wobbling around. You barely see anyone like that in the UK.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | August 29, 2016 12:32 AM |
I remember going to the dentist for veneers and the dentist was checking the colours with me - I pointed at the whitest one and she said "Oh no, that's "American White", you don't want that. Nobody wants that".
Just saying....
by Anonymous | reply 152 | August 29, 2016 12:36 AM |
OMG R135, you are psychic! I love foot-long clump of dead pig, it's my favorite! Sometimes I feel a bit devilish and get a bolus on the side. Be sure to jizz a shit-ton of ketchup on it all - your food should look like a Stephen King Prom before you reach into the basket with your filthy hands to scoop it all into your pube-bearded maw.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | August 29, 2016 12:39 AM |
Nah, the problem is their facial features which have gotten cut in other places around the world. The bug eyes, the weird ratio from top lip to nose tip. See Kate Winslet and Elizabeth Hurley for British mouth. In contrast to Ireland, the Brits have some big honking noses as Northern Germans. Bug eyes, small lips and big noses= unattractive traits. You've got to cut the gene pool to get the otherworldly beauty unless you're Swedish or Norwegian.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | August 29, 2016 12:41 AM |
R152, your teeth should not be whiter than the whites of your eyes.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | August 29, 2016 12:44 AM |
R138, no he doesn't. His nose is finer.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | August 29, 2016 12:46 AM |
UK men are now into the gym and muscles craze. Hence, bigorexia is big in the media
by Anonymous | reply 157 | August 29, 2016 12:50 AM |
It's not about the things easily changed, like weight, muscles, it's really more about facial features. Although, those other considerations don't help their cause. If we are going to bring up weight, Britain can't throw "stones" so to speak.
It seems like in America, the ugliest population is the ones who are largely of British ancestry. Think hillbillies.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | August 29, 2016 1:11 AM |
But that doesn't really explain the hot Australians
by Anonymous | reply 159 | August 29, 2016 1:13 AM |
I really love British men's noses. They're prominent and dignified.
Noble, even.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | August 29, 2016 1:14 AM |
I also love how British men's features are sort of clustered in the middle of their faces.
I find it tremendously endearing, attractive, and oh so British.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | August 29, 2016 1:16 AM |
Hiddleston is hideous, annoying, fake, and desperate.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | August 29, 2016 1:18 AM |
Only on Datalounge would you read that Liz Hurley and Kate Winslet weren't attractive.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | August 29, 2016 1:21 AM |
Kate Winslet is hideous. She needs to lighten her eyebrows and get over herself.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | August 29, 2016 1:37 AM |
British women are pretty busted, but well-educated British men are so hot.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | August 29, 2016 1:41 AM |
Back to tumblr, frau @ R148/R149. Hiddleston is HIDEOUS and those pics you provided haven't changed any minds.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | August 29, 2016 1:53 AM |
If that's true, R94, then it should go double for Ireland, but Ireland is full of attractive people.
Anyway, I lived in Britain (London) on and off from 1999-2005. I wouldn't say the British are unattractive at all. Less polished maybe than what we've come to expect from the US media maybe, but you could easily flip that around as the Americans are fake-looking.
The inbred-looking Royal family, which is ethnically German by the way, is not representative. There's plenty of fresh blood coming in from all around the world to keep the gene pool fresh. The uglier ones are still no uglier than what you'd see waddling around the Walmart over here.
But....boy do they drink. Im no teetotaler but I was stunned by the massive quantities of booze the Brits can put away. They seem to age faster than Americans and the boozing has a lot to do with it.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | August 29, 2016 2:00 AM |
[quote]But....boy do they drink. Im no teetotaler but I was stunned by the massive quantities of booze the Brits can put away. They seem to age faster than Americans and the boozing has a lot to do with it.
I think this has a lot to do with the fact that for years, pubs were the only places to go and socialise. We never had the continental café life that they have all over the rest of Europe. We never had coffee shops like they have in America or The Drug Stores with Soda Fountains or the Ice Cream Parlors. Nothing like that.
Only in the past twenty or so years have we imported Starbuck's and all the places that are copies of Starbuck's.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | August 29, 2016 7:16 AM |
There are so many old-fashioned hotties at Oxford and Cambridge, if you ignore all the SJW immigrants fugging up the place.
British men - yaaassss, kween!
Love them.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | August 29, 2016 7:22 AM |
I also love all old-school Sloane Ranger boys.
Hooray Henry all the live long day, thankyouverymuch!
by Anonymous | reply 171 | August 29, 2016 7:25 AM |
Aspen in ski/snowboard season kicks everyone's ass for hottie per square mile ratio, including NY or LA.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | August 29, 2016 7:35 AM |
I'm from the South and am very attracted to preppy British men (not climbers or poseurs).
A sea of pastel polo shirts in the South and a sea of tweed in Britain - dear god yes. And they both wear Barbour jackets.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | August 29, 2016 7:39 AM |
Laurence Fox. Hot brit with weird features.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | August 29, 2016 8:42 AM |
I love very blond posh British guys with round almost chubby/boyish faces, pale skin, and blue eyes. They have a young Churchill vibe about them and remind me of a guy I was involved with in college. I don't even care if they're short.
How hard is it for an American to move to Britain?
by Anonymous | reply 175 | August 29, 2016 8:49 AM |
The average Saturday girl in Boots is more attractive than anyone on British TV, it is really weird.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | August 29, 2016 8:59 AM |
Absolutely *cannot stand* non-RP English accents, though - no matter how hot the guy. Instant dick wilter.
RP only, please.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | August 29, 2016 9:05 AM |
We seem to be heading towards the James Fox type.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | August 29, 2016 9:26 AM |
Young Winston - I find him so attractive.
And he looks so intelligent - in that way that some of the British do.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | August 29, 2016 9:34 AM |
Adorable, I would date someone that looked like him and was smart in a heartbeat...
by Anonymous | reply 183 | August 29, 2016 9:35 AM |
Julie Christie.
(Gosh, if only we could keep up with the gorgeous Americans)
by Anonymous | reply 184 | August 29, 2016 9:48 AM |
More pics of handsome British men!!
by Anonymous | reply 185 | August 29, 2016 9:55 AM |
Oh, these ugly English actors keep coming...
by Anonymous | reply 186 | August 29, 2016 9:56 AM |
Most British actors are incredibly hot and classy.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | August 29, 2016 10:15 AM |
David Gilmore and Adam Faith can get it.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | August 29, 2016 10:20 AM |
Any pictures of hot aristos?
by Anonymous | reply 197 | August 29, 2016 10:21 AM |
[quote]Any pictures of hot aristos?
You think they'd have their pictures online? Gurl, please...
by Anonymous | reply 198 | August 29, 2016 10:27 AM |
Aaron Taylor Johnson deserves multiple entries >>>>
by Anonymous | reply 201 | August 29, 2016 10:33 AM |
Barry Evans....yes.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | August 29, 2016 10:37 AM |
(Gay) British actor of the 60s Alfred Lynch
by Anonymous | reply 206 | August 29, 2016 10:49 AM |
& yes, to answer that cunt upthread...you do see good looking men like this walking round London all the time.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | August 29, 2016 10:53 AM |
What a vacous, superficial, and downright stupid breed of humans Americans are. If there are a nation in the world more internally ugly I don't want to know. You love to bash us British for our looks, but maybe we don't spend every hour of every day obsessing about looks. You are are also obsessed with ethnicity and race I have noticed, and everything is about consumerism. Unfortunately Britain is begining to copy you morons more and more, even you're stupid slang. Before you attack us just remember you wouldn't have the society you do without us. FACT!! oh and most of your founding fathers were of English families too.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | August 29, 2016 10:59 AM |
To state your "case," you should really be posting pics of ordinary, anonymous, non-celebrity guys (and/or women) rather than movie stars, rock stars, models and other celebrities. Let's see some ordinary people in British streets, on English beaches, and so on. Those pics are not that hard to find.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | August 29, 2016 11:04 AM |
why do yanks say 'I could care less' in the context of 'I couldn't care less'? are they that stupid? I mean, it makes no sense. To say you could care less means you do care?
by Anonymous | reply 211 | August 29, 2016 11:07 AM |
R207 .... omg, that gif.
Mercy!
by Anonymous | reply 212 | August 29, 2016 11:09 AM |
So many pics of hot British tasty morsels in this thread!
Take me Britain! I'll love you all!
by Anonymous | reply 213 | August 29, 2016 11:11 AM |
Such an expressive, sensitive face - I MARY myself, but come on...
by Anonymous | reply 218 | August 29, 2016 11:18 AM |
Oh, dear...I step away from the computer for 5 minutes and someone starts posting fuglies, R214 etc...
Most people on DL don't even know what a good looking man looks like.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | August 29, 2016 11:22 AM |
I think they're all handsome, R221. They look refined, masculine, dignified, with quiet courage - like real British men. Not pop stars or movie stars.
But not all tastes are the same.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | August 29, 2016 11:25 AM |
[quote]To state your "case," you should really be posting pics of ordinary, anonymous, non-celebrity guys (and/or women) rather than movie stars, rock stars, models and other celebrities. Let's see some ordinary people in British streets, on English beaches, and so on. Those pics are not that hard to find.
OK...the streets of London.
Let's see >>
by Anonymous | reply 223 | August 29, 2016 11:26 AM |
My favorite Brit-hottie site is undoubtedly Tubecrush.net
There are some disappointing outliers, but a lot of gorgeous guys.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | August 29, 2016 11:29 AM |
Ignore those fuglies on the tube>>
More London on the street.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | August 29, 2016 11:31 AM |
[quote]I love very blond posh British guys with round almost chubby/boyish faces, pale skin, and blue eyes.
Like this, R175?
by Anonymous | reply 229 | August 29, 2016 11:35 AM |
^He's pretty cute.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | August 29, 2016 11:38 AM |
I like that he has some meat on him.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | August 29, 2016 11:38 AM |
It's harder to get photos of men on the streets of London because they're not posing>>
by Anonymous | reply 232 | August 29, 2016 11:42 AM |
Holy shit, R232!
I award you this award.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | August 29, 2016 11:43 AM |
I can't stop looking at R232 ...
by Anonymous | reply 235 | August 29, 2016 11:46 AM |
R236 looks like he should be in a dinner jacket at a swank party in the 30's.
Very cool.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | August 29, 2016 11:48 AM |
[quote][R25] is a goddamn liar!!! I was in London this past August and most of the attractive guys were tourists at Heathrow. To say London is comparable to New York in terms of hot guys is completely disingenuous.
So wrote, R27.
I'm R25. Liar am I?
by Anonymous | reply 239 | August 29, 2016 11:51 AM |
R242 is my type - yum!
by Anonymous | reply 243 | August 29, 2016 12:02 PM |
I think I've made my point by now.
No more DL bullshit about how ugly the English are and how ugly all the men are in London.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | August 29, 2016 12:04 PM |
R113 I am English and love you guys too. Sending big love to you sexy xx
by Anonymous | reply 246 | August 29, 2016 12:05 PM |
Some of you like the silver Daddy types, so here>>
by Anonymous | reply 248 | August 29, 2016 12:10 PM |
This is silly. There are slight differences in what is considered "native" beauty and all that usually comes down to, are the most perfect versions of the most commonly recurring traits in a population. Every culture/people has them. Beautiful is beautiful. Princess Diana had a very fresh, simple "English Rose" kind of beauty and if you look at Sandahl Bergman and actresses like her in the early 80's, Diana was right in with the trends of the times.
The only thing I've noticed between Brit and American taste is that Brits seem to have more appreciation for ethereal beauties and delicate, refined features on men, etc. While these same people are admired as beautiful by American taste, there seems to be more of a need to pound "sex, sex, sex" into people's brains constantly, with American style. It's less reserved.
Damon Albarn in the 90's was stunning by any standard.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | August 29, 2016 12:11 PM |
Comparing men in London to those in NYC is ridiculous.
There are 8 million people in NYC--of course there are going to be more hot guys there
by Anonymous | reply 250 | August 29, 2016 12:12 PM |
R248 Melting!
by Anonymous | reply 251 | August 29, 2016 12:13 PM |
The USA may have higher standards of attractiveness, but I don't see anyone living up to them.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | August 29, 2016 12:36 PM |
The Brazilians are still the best-looking people on earth. Regular sun really does make a huge difference. In England, for every good-looking guy posted on this thread, there are 100 Wayne Rooneys and 80 Mackenzie Crooks. Anyway, the great-looking finance guys in London whose pictures are posted in this thread are just as likely (or more likely) to be French, Italian or Austrian--a huge number of London professionals are non-British.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | August 29, 2016 12:50 PM |
Um, no... I made a point of posting Anglos.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | August 29, 2016 1:00 PM |
I don't think those are really man in the street photos. They look like advertisements so basically those are photos of models.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | August 29, 2016 1:04 PM |
No they are just men on the street. I just selected the best looking ones.
London is full of good looking men. I'm here every day.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | August 29, 2016 1:06 PM |
& they don't look like models...models have a very different look.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | August 29, 2016 1:08 PM |
[quote] The Brazilians are still the best-looking people on earth. Regular sun really does make a huge difference.
Not, really...you just happen to (like most gays) prefer dark men.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | August 29, 2016 1:14 PM |
[quote] Not, really...you just happen to (like most gays) prefer dark men.
I assume you have some scientific research to back up your claim.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | August 29, 2016 1:20 PM |
I love how Americans on here are under the delusion that most men in the states are model types, have you seen the average Yank?? OBESE! and usually with a peak cap!
by Anonymous | reply 264 | August 29, 2016 1:26 PM |
I would bet a large sum of money that most of the pictures taken of those good-looking guys on London streets are not British.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | August 29, 2016 1:27 PM |
I've already made the point that they're English.
by Anonymous | reply 266 | August 29, 2016 1:29 PM |
Most of those guys are no doubt not British. But what about the goodlooking yanks? are they really 'American'.. course not cause Americans don't really exist. I'ts only natives that are truly Americans...you know, the ones you commited genocide on and continue to treat as an inconvenient embarassment!
by Anonymous | reply 267 | August 29, 2016 1:33 PM |
You're too stupid to respond to.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | August 29, 2016 1:34 PM |
When I think "British Beauty" I think of Matthew Goode and then I think: "Please, sir, may I have some more?"
by Anonymous | reply 269 | August 29, 2016 1:34 PM |
How do you know that for sure R266, and what assurance do we have that you're correct?
I call bullshit.
by Anonymous | reply 270 | August 29, 2016 1:36 PM |
[quote]How do you know that for sure [R266], and what assurance do we have that you're correct?
What assurance? More stupidity.
As I said, I'm English and can tell.
I also posted pics of all those good looking English actors & singers, if it wasn't known that they're English you'd be saying they weren't either.
[quote]I call bullshit.
You're clearly overwhelmed. You've never seen so many good looking men posted on DL. I can assure you, you haven't.
by Anonymous | reply 271 | August 29, 2016 1:41 PM |
The guy @ R240 isn't English....otherwise, the rest almost definitely are.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | August 29, 2016 1:43 PM |
R271 your "because I said so" isn't good enough.
by Anonymous | reply 273 | August 29, 2016 1:46 PM |
[quote]Underwhelmed
No, you're overwhelmed.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | August 29, 2016 1:47 PM |
& they're not even THAT great. Just a normal day in London.
by Anonymous | reply 275 | August 29, 2016 1:49 PM |
It really is amazing how DL and society as a whole has just become about hating and attacking people for their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and sexuality.
I wish the sun would just gobble us up already.
Humanity as a whole is just ugly.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | August 29, 2016 1:50 PM |
But not as ugly as the British, R276.
R274, no.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | August 29, 2016 3:43 PM |
If you look at the NYC photos by the same photographer, they just don't have the same quality. They're much thicker set.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | August 29, 2016 3:46 PM |
NYC again...bad suit, bad haircut, bulky frame.
Give me London.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | August 29, 2016 3:50 PM |
r264 What the hell is a peak cap? Is it as bad as rotten British teeth?
by Anonymous | reply 287 | August 29, 2016 3:55 PM |
Vile
by Anonymous | reply 289 | August 29, 2016 3:56 PM |
I too can post pics of people on the NYC subway -- NOT known for its beauties
by Anonymous | reply 290 | August 29, 2016 3:57 PM |
A couple of British hotties. I’ve got a tenner so let’s have one for the road.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | August 29, 2016 4:04 PM |
Must agree with the poster who's affixing the photos of businessmen and others from London. I'm an American who has lived in London, and the British are better tailored than Americans. There are exceptions, of course, but Americans tend to wear baggier clothes and sizes too large.
I'm an ass (arse) man, and there's nothing like well-tailored trousers to showcase a nice butt (and package, too, for that matter). I see more of that in London, than in New York.
And, of course, it's a class thing. There are plenty of chavs and jobs from Essex, who are the cousins of guidos from Bensonhurst.
by Anonymous | reply 295 | August 29, 2016 4:05 PM |
[quote]I'm an ass (arse) man, and there's nothing like well-tailored trousers to showcase a nice butt (and package, too, for that matter). I see more of that in London, than in New York.
Gurl, especially this year...narrow leg and tight around the arse is the style of the day.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | August 29, 2016 4:08 PM |
Look at the photo r143 posted. 1 out of 3 ain't bad.
by Anonymous | reply 297 | August 29, 2016 4:21 PM |
A bunch of chinless, hawk-nosed geeks.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | August 29, 2016 4:22 PM |
[quote]How hard is it for an American to move to Britain?
Buy a dinghy in France and paddle over.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | August 29, 2016 4:23 PM |
I always got the sense that the Brits didn't care that they were generally perceived as unattractive. Instead, they focused on developing charming personalities. But that could be changing.
by Anonymous | reply 300 | August 29, 2016 4:36 PM |
[quote]I always got the sense that the Brits didn't care that they were generally perceived as unattractive.
Nonsense.
You think Americans are perceived as 'attractive'?
by Anonymous | reply 301 | August 29, 2016 4:40 PM |
That perception of British people is widespread, r301. It's hardly an opinion that is confined to America. Try Google.
by Anonymous | reply 303 | August 29, 2016 4:45 PM |
Americans are mostly fat ass bastards. Where do you lot get off telling us we are ugly? I bet most of you posting are less than hot. And as for the tired old 'British teeth' bullshit, that is a myth.
by Anonymous | reply 306 | August 29, 2016 4:55 PM |
I'm an American and have long thought Brit guys are pure sex. I love them. The sulky, pensive attitudes and thoughtful dialogue. The sheer volume of sexually ambiguous ones available. The syrupy, charming accents that sound like orgasm-as-speech. Porcelain features and boyish hair on even the roughest deck workers. A history of fashion that is pretty much one, big line of variations on prep dorm attire.
Yes, please.
by Anonymous | reply 307 | August 29, 2016 4:55 PM |
[quote]That perception of British people is widespread, [R301]. It's hardly an opinion that is confined to America. Try Google.
Here how 'widespread' Americans are in the minds of the world.
by Anonymous | reply 308 | August 29, 2016 4:56 PM |
The British are the fattest of Europe, so they can't throw stones. Besides, weight can be lost, but an ugly face is hopeless.
by Anonymous | reply 309 | August 29, 2016 5:04 PM |
[quote]How is the American obsession with bubble butts 'racist', [R120]??
You know full well bubble butts, like full lips, occur naturally mainly just in Blacks and some Latinos. That's just a fact.
by Anonymous | reply 310 | August 29, 2016 5:06 PM |
When it comes to weight... Brits shouldn't point fingers, they should get REALLY quiet and hope not to be called out.
by Anonymous | reply 312 | August 29, 2016 5:12 PM |
R307 Then you have beauties like Alex James and Ben Barnes, who have that glossy "Dark English" look going on, with either some hint of Anglo-Indian or old Native Briton. I crave these slick bastards so much.
Then you get into the Welsh, the Ioan Gruffudd types. The old Moroccan transplants. I there anything sexier than a Black man with a bass, Brit accent?
by Anonymous | reply 313 | August 29, 2016 5:16 PM |
Another one of those terrible British men...
by Anonymous | reply 314 | August 29, 2016 5:20 PM |
[quote]When it comes to weight... Brits shouldn't point fingers, they should get REALLY quiet and hope not to be called out.
NOTHING like in America. Oh my goodness.
by Anonymous | reply 315 | August 29, 2016 5:20 PM |
I love American guys...cause I know you are all tanned, ripped, white teethed, and wealthy....right?? oh and you all surf right?
by Anonymous | reply 316 | August 29, 2016 5:21 PM |
American men are way more appealing than American women, i hate their whiney, nasaly speech 'Like ewww whatever, like eww, oh my god eww like like...' they are hideous to listen to, how do you American guys put up with them. It is like nails on a blackboard for me. can you imagine how ofputting it must be to be a straight American man? 'I want to fuck you baby' response 'Like no way, ewww have you even got enough money to give me diamonds and shit? cause like I really want that, ewww like gross, eww!!'
by Anonymous | reply 317 | August 29, 2016 5:30 PM |
American, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, French,Dutch and most predominantly in Black nationalities, men are more appealing than their women. The opposite is true for the Russians, Swedes, Danes, Poles, Czechs and Asians.
by Anonymous | reply 318 | August 29, 2016 5:51 PM |
[quote]American women, i hate their whiney, nasaly speech 'Like ewww whatever, like eww, oh my god eww like like...' they are hideous to listen to,
There are plenty of English women with ugly voices and they usually get jobs presenting on the BBC.
by Anonymous | reply 320 | August 29, 2016 6:00 PM |
Interesting all the pictures of what's considered attractive are white guys
by Anonymous | reply 321 | August 29, 2016 6:10 PM |
During the 1984 Olympics, I developed a huge crush on Daley Thompson.
by Anonymous | reply 322 | August 29, 2016 6:14 PM |
R315 you could fit all of Britain in one of our states, and not even our bigger states. So of course we outdo you in fatties, we outdo you in EVERYTHING. You're still the fatties of all of Europe, and that's quite an achievement.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | August 29, 2016 6:32 PM |
The truly hot Brits come to America. The ones on this show are the B team that got left behind.
by Anonymous | reply 324 | August 29, 2016 6:39 PM |
What is it about Americans and the need to be the best, the first, the only and so on? Why such a chip on shoulder thing where you have to rag on the rest of the world but are apparently so convinced of your own superiority in all areas? I mean really, who gives a shit? Stop being so afraid of everything.
by Anonymous | reply 325 | August 29, 2016 6:41 PM |
R321, this is a thread about Brits. Most Brits are still white.
by Anonymous | reply 326 | August 29, 2016 6:42 PM |
Hilarious Amercans calling Brits fat. I can't believe my eyes.
by Anonymous | reply 327 | August 29, 2016 6:45 PM |
At 87% white, Britain is still far less multiracial than America.
by Anonymous | reply 328 | August 29, 2016 6:48 PM |
American women have more annoying voices than British ones, I even prefer the Essex accent to most american female voices. 'Hi honey, did yew like, pick up the groceries?' haha
by Anonymous | reply 329 | August 29, 2016 6:58 PM |
If you're going to post pics, please post pics of yourselves.
by Anonymous | reply 330 | August 29, 2016 7:01 PM |
R325 stating fact does not equal wanting to be the best. All the Americans on here will admit that Brazil and Venezuela have a higher percentage of beauties than we do, and we'll admit that with a straight face, no tears, no putting their faults up for a rebuttal, (a la Brits with weight to Americans, when Brits have quite literally no room to talk) and no cries of "they want to be the best."
Go search for your collective stiff upper, yet invisibly thin lips, and stop sniveling.
by Anonymous | reply 332 | August 29, 2016 7:14 PM |
I'm American but I am a regular reader of the "Blind Date" column on the Guardian website. I'm not sure what the method is for taking the participant photos is (because it looks like they are taken by a professional) but they seem very true to the individuals in all their idiosyncratic and misshapen physical oddities and somewhat "off" hair and clothing choices.
If the Guardian were American, I don't think the people would be (or would allow themselves to be) photographed to show them this way. The paper would probably offer them professional makeover services before getting their picture taken.
The English attitude is heartening and probably linked to the British love of eccentricity.
by Anonymous | reply 333 | August 29, 2016 7:24 PM |
Who is that, hiding in the shadows @ R334?
by Anonymous | reply 335 | August 29, 2016 8:09 PM |
R335, it's the lovely Toby Stephens, son of Robert Stephens and Maggie Smith.
by Anonymous | reply 336 | August 29, 2016 8:18 PM |
R307 really sums up the huge appeal of British men for me (an American).
Fanning myself after reading that post. Yes, GOD, hunty!
by Anonymous | reply 337 | August 29, 2016 8:19 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 339 | August 29, 2016 8:25 PM |
^Most/all of the subway pics are on the tube in London.
They're from Tubecrush.net
by Anonymous | reply 340 | August 29, 2016 8:26 PM |
OMG, j'adore Toby.
I'll ignore R339....I'm about to eat.
by Anonymous | reply 341 | August 29, 2016 8:29 PM |
Anyway, I agree about American women's voices on the whole (though there are some areas like Charleston and the rest of the South where women still have lovely, lilting voices with no upspeak or vocal fry).
I think the crazed anti-British troll on this thread is a lone voice who probably got burned or rejected by an Englishman 40 years and has been bitter ever since.
I absolutely adore how preppy "U" guys in England dress!
However, you can keep the non-U lot. No thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 342 | August 29, 2016 8:30 PM |
[quote]I absolutely adore how preppy "U" guys in England dress!
R342 is clearly posting in from 1979.
by Anonymous | reply 343 | August 29, 2016 8:31 PM |
R343, honey, I'm from the South, and preppy will forever be the ruling style for the upper classes.
So naturally I gravitate toward that segment of British men who still carry on that preppy, traditional look.
by Anonymous | reply 344 | August 29, 2016 8:34 PM |
r344 Why I declare, it's Miss Regina Giddens herself!
by Anonymous | reply 345 | August 29, 2016 9:13 PM |
Okay, this guy is South African, but he's so hot I had to post him
by Anonymous | reply 346 | August 29, 2016 10:07 PM |
The average Brit looks like the average Midwesterner, so I don't get all of this nonsense:
by Anonymous | reply 348 | August 29, 2016 10:10 PM |
I disagree, R348.
Many British men are very handsome!
by Anonymous | reply 349 | August 29, 2016 10:19 PM |
Not on average, R349. And yes, I've been there as well as to the Midwest where I have family. To be honest, I've seen hotter guys in Iowa than the UK.
I mean some of you are putting up pictures of actors which makes no sense to the discussion because the reason they're famous is that their looks are exceptional.
by Anonymous | reply 350 | August 29, 2016 10:25 PM |
Well, different strokes, R350.
More for me!
by Anonymous | reply 351 | August 29, 2016 10:34 PM |
So many of the parade of hotties posted above AREN'T British. They're German, French, Belgian, Danish, Australian and American.
by Anonymous | reply 352 | August 29, 2016 10:46 PM |
And yeah, South African.
by Anonymous | reply 353 | August 29, 2016 10:47 PM |
Are there any Americans here NOT into exclusively into toffs? I do chuckle at the photos posted by our Southern Belle, which same to reflect a sweet but strangely calcified idea circa 1944 idea of what British men look or should look like.
by Anonymous | reply 354 | August 29, 2016 10:49 PM |
That should be 'NOT exclusively into toffs'
by Anonymous | reply 355 | August 29, 2016 10:49 PM |
Who are you referring to r352? Cary Grant? Born and raised in Bristol, England. That's English.
by Anonymous | reply 356 | August 29, 2016 11:21 PM |
James Norton, darling, how could I forget to include you?!
by Anonymous | reply 357 | August 29, 2016 11:40 PM |
R357 I also agree about the handsome James Norton.
by Anonymous | reply 360 | August 30, 2016 12:14 AM |
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by Anonymous | reply 362 | August 30, 2016 1:17 AM |
R350 So [italic]you're[/italic] from the Mid West?
by Anonymous | reply 364 | August 30, 2016 1:26 AM |
R365 is hot!
by Anonymous | reply 367 | August 30, 2016 1:37 AM |
HOT or NOT isn't problem, because these guys will never fuck you.
by Anonymous | reply 368 | August 30, 2016 3:02 AM |
Dino Fetchser @R363 was way hot in "Cucumber"?
He's also gay!
by Anonymous | reply 369 | August 30, 2016 3:14 AM |
I think this man is very handsome! I don't mind thinning hair on an elegant young Englishman at all - it makes them look dignified.
I can just imagine him saying "Wouldn't you rawther have a nightcap?"
British men in field clothes get my pulse racing too. Land of hope and glory indeed!
When I lose 20 pounds I'm taking a trip to London to see all these beauties in the flesh.
by Anonymous | reply 370 | August 30, 2016 3:27 AM |
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by Anonymous | reply 371 | August 30, 2016 3:31 AM |
Yes, I'm still clinging to the past, I can't help it.
by Anonymous | reply 373 | August 30, 2016 3:33 AM |
I also don't like bubble butts and like a long lean build.
White, blond, and snooty - help me lawd Jesus!
by Anonymous | reply 375 | August 30, 2016 3:42 AM |
4:17 on this video is pretty funny. It's a Candian's bafflement at the way Americans think about the British.
by Anonymous | reply 376 | August 30, 2016 3:57 AM |
If these are examples of beauties, with the exception of just a couple, I hate to see the examples of fugs. R370 is particularly offensive.
by Anonymous | reply 377 | August 30, 2016 4:35 AM |
Aidan Turner is Irish, dipshit.
by Anonymous | reply 378 | August 30, 2016 5:22 AM |
Aristocratic, educated, intelligent, classy... *sigh*!
by Anonymous | reply 379 | August 30, 2016 5:28 AM |
I think R370 has a nice and kind face.
by Anonymous | reply 380 | August 30, 2016 5:29 AM |
So why are the Irish men more interesting looking than the British ones?
by Anonymous | reply 381 | August 30, 2016 5:29 AM |
^He's hot, R382.
I love that nose shape and skin tone.
by Anonymous | reply 383 | August 30, 2016 5:37 AM |
I don't think R385 has bad features. He's not my type but he looks like he might be good in bed, passionate.
by Anonymous | reply 387 | August 30, 2016 5:43 AM |
He should be wearing opera pumps, R388.
Pass.
by Anonymous | reply 389 | August 30, 2016 6:01 AM |
R 376 haha I love that Canadian guy, he has you Yanks to a tee. But do you really hate the French?? ( an Englishman talking)
by Anonymous | reply 390 | August 30, 2016 8:35 AM |
There's no love lost for the French, R390 .
Their rolling over for the Germans really chapped our hide, and it's still very much a topic of discussion. Many Americans consider them unmanly and soft, which of course for an American is the kiss of death with the coffin sealed.
by Anonymous | reply 391 | August 30, 2016 9:23 AM |
What R276 said.
by Anonymous | reply 392 | August 30, 2016 9:45 AM |
Oh lighten up, R392.
by Anonymous | reply 393 | August 30, 2016 9:48 AM |
[quote]Not, really...you just happen to (like most gays) prefer dark men.
[quote]I assume you have some scientific research to back up your claim.
This can't be any more or less scientific than all of the other generalized bullshit offered here and elsewhere as fact.
by Anonymous | reply 394 | August 30, 2016 9:51 AM |
R376, that's fucking hilarious!!!! Thank you!
by Anonymous | reply 395 | August 30, 2016 5:03 PM |
Yes, thanks R376...now that unfunny cunt keep showing up on my YT feed.
by Anonymous | reply 396 | September 3, 2016 7:15 PM |
They seem to really go overboard on the orange tanner.
by Anonymous | reply 398 | September 4, 2016 10:52 PM |
Very little real sun, that's why.
by Anonymous | reply 399 | September 4, 2016 11:16 PM |
R263 R394
[quote] Testosterone has been shown to darken skin color in laboratory experiments. ... According to one study (Yee N., 2002), gay men who identify as "only tops" tend to prefer lighter-skinned men while gay men who identify as "only bottoms" tend to prefer darker skinned men.
by Anonymous | reply 400 | September 5, 2016 12:08 AM |
Do we think British hottie Harry Styles looks better or worse with short hair?
by Anonymous | reply 401 | September 5, 2016 1:15 AM |
He looks a bit like a young Robbie Williams there.
by Anonymous | reply 402 | September 5, 2016 2:33 AM |
Harry Styles is beautiful, isn't he?
Definitely the best of British.
by Anonymous | reply 403 | September 5, 2016 3:00 AM |
Styles is not sexy. He has a face like an STI-ridden rat. He's a little whore and a bad one at that. Christ, you'd think he'd have contracted herpes....oh, wait, that's just the way his ugly wee face always looks.
by Anonymous | reply 405 | September 6, 2016 8:48 PM |
R405, when you've quite finished transitioning, Styles is gorgeous. His eyes are the greenest I have ever seen and he has a wonderful mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 406 | September 6, 2016 8:50 PM |
R406 - honey, when you've finished licking the cum from your mother's cunt - he's an ugly shit. He's probably crawling with fleas and crabs.
by Anonymous | reply 407 | September 6, 2016 8:54 PM |
R407 = vulgar
by Anonymous | reply 408 | September 6, 2016 8:55 PM |
Aw, R407, did someone use the wrong pronouns for you again?
Style is glorious and gorgeous.
by Anonymous | reply 409 | September 6, 2016 8:59 PM |
R408 - clutching at her pearls (and not the one her daddy dropped on her tits after he titty-fucked her) whilst fingering her chapped clit.
by Anonymous | reply 410 | September 6, 2016 8:59 PM |
No, R409 - and guess what, Fuggo - he's never going to look at a fat donkey-faced inbred like yourself. So go back to touting for cock down at Burger King. It's all you'll ever get before you find yourself knocked up by your priest. Go on. Fuck off now.
by Anonymous | reply 411 | September 6, 2016 9:01 PM |
R411 = streetgay.
by Anonymous | reply 412 | September 6, 2016 9:10 PM |
Harry Styles mings to the highest mong.
by Anonymous | reply 413 | September 6, 2016 9:36 PM |
In all seriousness why are Brits so fugly? It can't be limited gene pool, there a lot of places that have limited gene pools where people are attractive. Can't be lack of sun, because there are other places that don't get much sun where people are attractive. What the hell is going on over there that makes so many of them so ugly?
by Anonymous | reply 414 | September 6, 2016 10:06 PM |
R414 surely can not be American. It would be ridiculous if he was.
by Anonymous | reply 415 | September 6, 2016 10:08 PM |
R415 has baked beans for teeth.
by Anonymous | reply 416 | September 6, 2016 10:34 PM |
And don't call me Shirley, R415!
by Anonymous | reply 417 | September 6, 2016 10:37 PM |
Danny Mac, [italic]EastEnders[/italic] actor and contestant on the new season of [italic]Strictly Come Dancing,[/italic] reminds me of JC Chasez.
by Anonymous | reply 418 | September 6, 2016 10:40 PM |
They seem to wrinkle very fast. Is it the genetic makeup of their skin or the drinking and smoking. Hugh Grant's face looks like a fat person slept on it and he's really not that old.
by Anonymous | reply 419 | September 6, 2016 11:37 PM |
This thread is hilarious!
Is this only about white Brits, are people of colour included?
by Anonymous | reply 420 | September 7, 2016 3:13 AM |
Just the pale-faces R420, now go light up.
by Anonymous | reply 421 | September 7, 2016 3:27 AM |
Styles is exquisite.
One person on here has fully transitioned over the course of the last ten posts.
by Anonymous | reply 422 | September 7, 2016 3:34 AM |
[quote]This thread is hilarious! Is this only about white Brits, are people of colour included?
Why don't you include some, once you get over your hysterical laughter.
by Anonymous | reply 423 | September 7, 2016 10:00 AM |
In the 1960s and 70s, people like Julie Christie and Charlotte Rampling wished they could look ‘beautiful’ like Goldie Hawn and Bo Derek.
by Anonymous | reply 424 | September 3, 2018 4:27 PM |
Bo Derek looks like a leprechaun.
by Anonymous | reply 425 | September 3, 2018 5:31 PM |
In the 60s and 70s, people like Terence Stamp and Roger Moore wish they could have resembled American heartthrobs, like greasy Burt Reynolds.
by Anonymous | reply 427 | September 4, 2018 6:45 PM |
I think that in America most of the Celebs and actors male or female have gotten plastic surgery .and not always for the good . Give me the “the fug “ English people anytime .
by Anonymous | reply 428 | September 5, 2018 6:52 AM |
Brit here, I must say I used to see more unique handsome blokes back home. Americans tend to be quite homogeneous in their looks and style. True beauty is a bit imperfect. No one can make the argument "American Style" is superior, sorry Yanks. IMHO the city where I was overwhelmed by so many almost unnaturally handsome men is Copenhagen. If there realky is such a contest, I do believe the Danes win it. The women are gorgeous too.
by Anonymous | reply 429 | September 5, 2018 5:03 PM |
There’s a lot, I mean a big lot, of potato-faced plainness in the English. Generally, you have to go either to the genuinely working class or right to the other end, to find the attractive ones. The middle? Don’t bother looking. There’s a greater amount of attractiveness once you get to the people who are a mix of Scots, Welsh, Irish. Also, some of the poc are hot, for sure. As for reality TV contestants getting described as ‘attractive’ when they resemble bland suburban fitness instructors, fuck knows what that’s about.
by Anonymous | reply 430 | June 6, 2019 6:17 PM |