Everyone is guilty of at least one of these major profile picture sins. I will admit to having done a few of these in my online dating history.
The photos you will see in this series are actual photos of match.com members. I tracked all of them down (and more) in less than 20 minutes of profile surfing. That should give you an idea of how common these Deadly Sins crop up.
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Fess up in the comments if you’ve done – or worse yet, ARE DOING – one of these Deadly Sins of Profile Pictures.
Click any picture to see the full-size version in all of it’s… glory?
The First Deadly Sin: The Disembodied Arm
This is an attempt to turn a good picture of you and your ex into a good picture of just you. Unfortunately, we can tell that’s a girl’s arm. We can totally tell it’s a girl’s arm. Since you’ve cropped her out of the picture, we’re going to assume it’s your ex.
Solution: If you’re going to crop a picture of you and your ex, crop extra close and just keep your face.
The Second Deadly Sin: Blurred Out Girl
Those who think through the Disembodied Arm Logic but fail to roll a high enough Intelligence check end up taking their pictures into Photoshop and blurring out the offensive woman. This of course, makes you look even stupider than having a disembodied arm on your shoulder. The same goes for blurring or blacking out the faces of your friends.
The Third Deadly Sin: Blacking/Whiting Out Your Ex or Friends
This looks even stupider than the blurred out friend. It’s one thing to fuzz a face for privacy, but it’s a whole other thing to click the Eraser tool and scratch them out, leaving giant misshapen holes.
Solution: Again, crop to just your face or… *gasp!* find another photo.
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