What would be the best method of making yourself look like you've been through hell? What makes people look at you and say, "damn that guy's having a really bad week"? No sleep for the dark circles under the eyes, I know that, what else? What would achieve paleness, what kind of look makes you look miserable?

Don't shower, wear torn clothes, dirty shoes, don't shave for a while. Always look downwards.

gonna try some panhandling?


If you want to look sick, get sick.. eat some weird ass food or something, roll around in some dirt, get sweaty and dont shower.. some make up can help make you look pale/dirty

do some auto work and get grease under your fingernails and stuff

have the sole of your shoe flapping around by cutting it or something

wear a sling

dont brush your teeth

Not for panhandling, I'd still need to look/smell respectable so it'd need to be mostly actions/facial look. I'd have to be cleanshaven with washed hair.

get sick
wear a bandage over your nose made out of homemade paper ma-shay (sp?) to make it look like you broke your nose


droopy eyes. its all in the eyes

slouch, put your hands in your pockets and look down, and then up at the sky with teary eyes

and have your friend call whoever you're trying to get sympathy from, tell them to 'go easy on him, because his dog died after he gave him the last hot dog he could afford'

Smoke a lot of weed or don't sleep to get circles. Make yourself seem aloof and not 'with it'. Like when someone asks you a question hesitate for a second.

And when someone finally asks "What's wrong there Johnny?" just shrug your shoulders and say "things".

Develop a meth habit and go on a 2yr+ binge

Mind sharing your intentions with this?

I look like this and dont even want to

Make a funny and/or truthful sign. The funnier the better. The better character you got the better... the more authentic you are the better.

Im so sick of pansy emo's prancing around, like you have some sort of grave (non existent) issues.
You are overfed unappreciative scum, trying to look fashionable, by pretending.

I refuse to help until you give us a better explanation.
I have used this type of trick to help, in part, to get 2 write-ups dropped in court.

I'm not an emo. I am actually going through some personal problems, and my work is slipping. Apparently I look no worse for the wear which is causing me to look like I'm making shit up to sleep at work or zone out occasionally.

cut yourself while shaving, and don't clean up any blood. cause you just don't even care any more...(sigh)

Take a nice long jog before work, jog there if it isn't overly far. Then tell your boss "Sorry I'm late, car broke down halfway and I wanted to be on time so badly I said fuck it and ran without calling a tower or anything". Most likely he will be appreciative for that. Carry a bottle of visine, put that in your eyes before work. Visine will actually make your eyes redder if you use too much and if their clear before you use it, it will make them red. This will make it look like you cried on the way there, and hopefully if your bullshit story works he won't think you smoked a couple bowls and forgot you had work. Let your hygiene down more than usual, skip a day or two on your usual routine. Don't let yourself go, just kinda "forget" to do some of your normal things. Hopefully this helps.