Why does Truth hurt so bad on this site?

Yeah.. that was like a little rant. lol, I'm kidding.

I hate when people ask for the truth, but they only accept what they want to hear.

I am like that sometimes with my brother.. I'm not going to lie, like when I say
which shirt looks better on me and he says the one that I don't like as much;
i wear the shirt he doesn't like as much anyways so there was no point
in asking him about which one he liked. lol.

As for people getting mad on here.. brush it off your shoulder. Or maybe try the approach by saying: Do you want the truth or do you want me just to not answer? And if they want the truth.. try not to be that harsh but be truthful. If you think they are the ugliest most retarded looking person in the world.. say something like: I personally don't think you are attractive, but I love the color of your eyes.
Something like that makes people feel good rather than bad about themselves. ;)

Good Luck! ;D

This is my first time here but I was thinking that maybe your answers are always sorta on the negative side and that gives people somewhat of an attitude about your answers..

Well I agree that there are harsh answers and in the same time I find it true..anyways I really want to tell guys and girls on this site to say what is true except for the how do I look question because it's a feeling situation..any one wants to know how they look just ask a close friend or something!! but any thing else you have to be truthful because we aren't asking you to give us a positive answer all the time even if it was wrong..cuz then WHY ASK??

If you think this is bad, try going to yahoo answers LOL! The whole reason why I joined this site is because I find most people to be honest and won't just say some PC crap because it sounds good.

Maybe you should be a bit more sensitive with your answers. You can still say what you want but keep in mind your dealing with people's feelings.

Who cares! The more people that vote (good or bad) give you more Xper points anyway!

Once I said somebody wasn't pretty and I got a few negative points for being nasty or something! The girl DID ask to be honest if she was pretty or not! I told her that I personally didn't find her pretty but some people might because everyone's different... what's wrong with that?

Ya. I understand. Some people may accept the truth (no matter what side it's on) and be completely fine with it. But others just want to hear the good side. Just ignore the people who make your answer as a negative one. It's their opinion, so who cares if they don't agree with you. some people on this site may really like your answers.

Another thing to think about, re-read your answers and see if maybe the way you wrote it made it sound insensitive (even though you didn't mean for it to sound that way.) Just a thought.

The truth should never hurt, but the truth should set us free from wrong perceptions. If the "truth" hurts then there are some issues to be dealt with. But the truth should be put in words that are objective or rather complimentary than subjective and offensive.

When answering don't be so blunt. For example if there's a really ugly girl on the site asking how good she looks. You say you aren't really good looking but I bet your personality is great. Or just avoid the the topic. So at least if you've said she doesn't look good you've said something positive or nothing at all.

I understand how its annoying for people not being honest but not everyone here is gonna understand why you answer that way. You've got too be nice too about it.

The truth doesn't hurt. Insensitivity does.

I've gotten some comments that my answers are harsh, but they speak truth, and so far I get more positive points than negative ones....I think I have had 3 or 4 of those....so I think if you are harsh about answering a question, but at the same time you're giving some good pointers, then you won't be getting so many negative points....but if you're just answering harshly without any good feedback, then that could be the difference...

Haha the truth doesn't just hurt. Sometimes it kills, lol. If you are asking the "Am I good looking? question" Then aren't you psychologically trying to get a response that lets you know whether or not if you covered up whatever negative thing, that it is about yourself you don't like (and most of the time it may even be something minor, like the dress) ... it might not look/ fit like before or something, I don't know. But like bad publicity is still publicity. Look at Chuck Norris. People are constantly making fun of him and now it made him a bunch of endorsements like mt. dew, and tv commercials. So I think you should get points for a negative response ... It's what not to do, or at least argue the disagreement. You can't just be like I disagree (anonymous) and that's it. I feel like if you do then raise your point and argue it, or don't disagree, because it's like where did I go wrong ... show me/ tell me so I can fix the mistake for the next time, you know.