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[Icyflamez96]

stealth brag thread

 

[Darksol]

my eyebrow will forever remind me of being 16 and totes punk and green day is the best yo

10 years prior:

gross

i'll take the scar thx

I had a double eyebrow and now I have a double that. I quite like it

 

[Kozak]

I have a cool looking one on my eyebrow

I'd rather not have it though

 

[Red]

I have a two inch scar across the left side of my forehead, partly covered by hair. Another, more visible, an inch and a half crescent moon across the right side of my chin. No one has ever asked me about them or really mentioned them at all, so I have no reason to believe they affect how i appear.

 

[MagnoSauce]

Funny this thread would show up, I just got one (my first) recently. A cut right below my eye, along the "bag" line. It's pretty noticeable. It's also pretty weird and scary thinking this is what I'm gonna see every day for the rest of my life...

Hopefully it fades a bit. At least it doesn't look too bad. It does make me look a bit older though. *sigh* I already miss my old face.

 

[Schwarzbier]

The old saying around the rink is "Chicks dig scars...but they also dig teeth."

These are words to live by.

 

[Stumpokapow]

99.9% of the time people don't notice whatever the thing is about yourself that you notice and are worried about hiding

 

[CaLe]

Got one in diagonal on my upper lips, in the middle or so. Never really cared for it, don't think anyone did either. A vase fell on my head when I was a toddler and cut it open.

 

[BananaPancake]

I feel neutral about them. I don't really notice/care either way.

I'm getting tired. I read the OP as 'fecal scars' and came in to find out what they are.

Lol

 

[Shuggananas]

I had a piece of a window fall on my nose because of my mom about... 8 years ago I guess ? Still have the scar but it's hardly noticeable if you don't look closely

In general it's definitely a malus obviously. Life isn't an anime

 

[Qasiel]

I have a tiny scar in the shape of a "J" by my nose. I was a stupid kid and put my head in my dog's mouth when she was yawning once.

I think it's kinda cool although you have to be quite close up to notice it if you don't already know about it.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

I have a scare in that place where harry potter has one. Its barely visible so I don't think much about it.

 

[El Daniel]

If it looks like this or if you look like him there's no problem.

 

[Littlefang]

I have one that starts at the edge of my right eyebrow and goes up diagonally. Someone pulled down a horse feeder like this onto the top of my head as a kid.

Except it was like the entire length of the stall. It's faded now so you can't see it unless you really look for it. Never really bothered me honestly.

 

[Ayumi]

How do you guys feel about people asking you how you got your scars? I saw someone saying somewhere they found it offensive, and it made me smh.

(I don't mean scars like obvious self-harm.)

 

[Fliesen]

Coolest facial scar ever:

Otto Skorzeny. Hitler's favorite commando and he acquired the scar in the best possible way... a sabre duel.

yeah... no. Not in Germany / Austria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_scar

unless you want to be considered a politically far-right elitist, sure. Go ahead.

 

[BananaPancake]

How do you guys feel about people asking you how you got your scars? I saw someone saying somewhere they found it offensive, and it made me smh.

(I don't mean scars like obvious self-harm.)

That's a tough one. Some people probably wouldn't mind you asking or it might be a funny story. It could also be a sad story or painful memory for someone and make them feel really awkward and uncomfortable. There's no way to know, I'd probably just avoid talking about it or asking unless they brought it up (meaning that they are open to discussing it).

 

[Dusk Soldier]

Was just talking about this with my friends the other day, how cool it would look to have one of the those scars that runs through your eyes and down your cheek.

Like imagine if that became a trend and people were getting plastic surgery to give themselves eye scars.

 

[Transhuman]

I feel like "I was really excited and I was jumping on my bed and then the ceiling fan hit my head" isn't what people want to hear, so I tell them I got it in a knife fight with a drunk vampire.

 

[Always-honest]

To some degree they can be very sexy for reasons i do not know.

 

[Ashes]

I have tons of scars on my face. Nearest and dearest try to count them once maybe twice. But most people don't comment either way.

 

[Gnome]

Ask yourself this: if you're playing a video game and there's a character creator, and there's facial scar options. Are they there to make you look more or less badass?

 

[PayOffWizard]

They make you look like a boss.....A big boss.

 

[SoulUnison]

I've got a scar an inch or so under my lip from a really messy jumping on the bed/landing on the headboard accident when I was about 6, but you can't see it anymore as I've grown and then facial hair covered it.

I don't know why you'd judge someone for a facial scar unless they got it for a *really* stupid reason. Like, stuck their face in a piranha tank with highly visible warning placards, or something.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

They make you look like a boss.....A big boss.

Unless you're Yamcha.

 

[joedan]

 

[Gnome]

I'm pretty sure that's a result of lupus.

 

[Mascot]

None on my face, but I was savaged by a German Shepherd (a dog, before you start) as a young kid so have a meaty one on my chest. I think that bastard was trying to rip my heart out.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Depends completely. Can't really generalize this sort of thing. Need pics.

 

[flatearthpandas]

Depends. Not a big fan of mine. Doesn't look terrible, just a permanent reminder of how dumb I can be. Not a big fan in general though but there are always exceptions.

Edit: I do have an actual eye scar, but almost no one ever notices that except optometrists. That is also not a cool story though.

 

[Zombine]

99.9% of the time people don't notice whatever the thing is about yourself that you notice and are worried about hiding

I've noticed quite a few people that are uncomfortable with their scars and body imperfections will go out of their way to bring them up in conversation as a way to hide it. It has the opposite effect so you're totally right.

 

[SliceSabre]

How do you guys feel about people asking you how you got your scars? I saw someone saying somewhere they found it offensive, and it made me smh.

(I don't mean scars like obvious self-harm.)

Been a while since someone asked me but I do distinctly remember I wasn't offended that they asked.

 

[Bright Side of Life]

Friends with a guy who has a pretty big scar across his right eye (he was blinded by a yandere stalker so he says) and a girl who has facial burn scars on her most of her face and body. Nicest people in the world both avid cosplayers and costume makers.

Really annoying dumbasses still give them shit from to time when they cosplay.

I will admit I find it amusing though that Levi (the guy although I always mispronounced his name as Levy to the point where he gave up on correcting me) is near sighted but has a fear of putting in contacts so when he cosplays as Lavi from D Gray Man he wears an eyepatch and his glasses

 

[DiabolicalBagel]

I have four scars on/around my face. All caused by falling (of me or something else).


1. A nice clean white line down the philtrum (the groove between nose and lip) from where I tripped and landed face first on one of those carpet dividers that you have at doorways. It had a screw not fully screwed in, which ended up going through my face. Not ten seconds beforehand my mum had warned me that my laces were untied so do them up. I replied sure, I'll do them downstairs at the front door. Now I do them the moment I put my shoes on.


2. A bald spot on my chin from when I was pretty drunk at a club with some friends and decided the best way to beat my rugby player friend's high score on the punching machine was to dropkick it. I missed the machine and went chin first into the stone floor. Now I don't try to kick things, jump, or combine the two when drinking.


3. A flattened nose bridge from when I was working with my step-dad electrician at a house under construction. Started to rain at one point so when I came back inside from the van my boots were muddied, slipped on a floor beam and went face first into another. Every time I see it in the mirror it reminds me of how close I came to breaking my neck rather than my nose.


4. Bonus round: bald spot on the crown of my head from when I was playing with some jenga on the floor as a kid, and my older brother was putting some posters up on the wall of the top bunk. Drops selotape dispenser (one of those big, weighted bastards) on bed, it bounces, and lands square on my head.

*One of these, filled with lead, dropping from 6-7 foot onto your head.

Cracked skull, blood everywhere. Lesson learned: be wary of where you sit when your brother is high up with heavy objects.



Scars can look badass or they can be barely noticeable except to yourself, but they usually have interesting stories behind them and people love to hear them. Wear it proudly and enjoy your new talking point. If it's a serious scar? Still wear it proudly and don't take shit from anyone about it.