You look like what?

If you have interacted with enough people on the internet, you know that with the pictures you get from people, what you see is only sometimes what you actually get when it's time to come out of your lair and meet them in real life.
I have figured out an infallible way to determine if pictures are accurate.

If pictures are nothing but angles from the top, beware. There is some fucked up shit below.

Lot's of Photoshop usually equals lots of ugly. Everyone who's photo is done up with a high contrast is probably hiding something.

If the logos of other websites are at the bottom, it's likely they don't have a copy of the original, so they're a faker.

Do they only have 1-3 photos of themselves? No one has that few unless their country has banned the use of cameras. If she or he is mind-blowingly gorgeous, yet can "only show you one or two" then you know they're full of shit. Especially if the explanation is that their scanner/digital camera is "broken".

Do they have the images cropped to just them? They usually do this so they don't have to make up answers about who the other people are in the pic.

If they're gorgeous, yet hounding you for some cyber sex, chances are they're disgusting and hounding you for some cyber sex.

When all the pictures are of the same side of their face, that person is hiding something. The best person to illustrate this is Paris Hilton. She has a wonky eye and therefore she only takes pictures of the left side of her face in order to hide that right eye. Lots of people do this and it is usually to hide a lazy eye.
*Sidenote: Wonky is a great way to describe a lazy eye.

No pics of them smiling? Bad teeth, racked up teeth, missing teeth, stained teeth, possibly chews on rocks. Something is wrong with their teeth.

If it's a guy, and he's posing in front of the camera and the camera is angled slightly up, while his pants are slung really low on his hips and he's looking at the camera with his head cocked to the side, shirtless, wearing a beanie, he's probably considered playing the skinflute more than once in his life.

Out of focus and/or fuzzy pictures are a sure sign of something skin-related that person doesn't want noticed at first glance. Scars, acne, eczema...could be anything. These kinds of pictures are normally taken with digital cameras and in low light.

I've noticed that girls who would be considered below average in person take around 30 pictures of themselves at wacky angles and tons of makeup to convince themselves that they're attractive. On MySpace, these girls usually get a ton of comments that boost their low-self confidence. However, they are still ugly.

Only pics of one part--if her pics are only a head shot, or only pics of her tits, etc, etc--expect whatever part she shows repeatedly to be the only good part of her.

The more pictures that they have of themselves actually out and doing things the better. I never trust anyone who ONLY has pictures of themselves in their room. Sure, I have a couple of those but I can disclose many pictures of me out and about with friends in natural light.

I post many different kinds of pictures of myself to reveal what I really look like. One of me drunk at 3am? Check. One of my face up close while I'm fucked up? Check. Me out and about with friends. Check.

If anyone only has pictures that they took of themselves with no one else there then this is a BAD sign. Run. This person has no friends for a reason.

Also, if all their pictures look TOO perfect then they are ugly. Seriously. I want to see something imperfect. A scar, a hair out of place, SOMETHING!

Last, I'd say make sure you see lots of pictures. Anyone can look good in 5 pictures. But 500? Not likely.

If someone doesn't have an accurate description of you before meeting, you are doing yourself a disservice, as well as the unsuspecting victim.

Think twice people. Next installment will be my explanation of my need to write this. I have met the fuckers with no teeth, peg leg, missing an ear and 57 lbs bigger than previously believed