Be honest - would you be put off by a female ‘Colin Hunt’?

[The1976]

When I was 12 and just started high school I developed a ‘Colin Hunt’ - think ‘not 3 bad’ ,

“im mad me” and comedy Disney tie!

well I wasn’t literally wearing a comedy Disney tie especially at school etc but I was wearing one in a figurative sense iyswim.

I developed this persona to compensate for being introverted and having low self esteem in primary school.

I was very very unpopular- I was a fat, spotty female Colin Hunt!

So I just want to know - what would you honestly think of this type of character? What would you think projecting this kind of persona would say about a person in a broader sense ?

I am trying to visualise - do you mean a young Su Pollard type?

I'd avoid you like the plague

This is complete gobbledygook to me OP

Honestly? I would find you irritating. I would probably assume it says you are someone who likes attention. I don't think I would make any judgement beyond that i.e. your morals or intelligence or whatever.

Maybe a tiny bit

Nope, no idea what you are on about op, lol, sorry. Elaborate?

Looking back at my old self I’d avoid me too !

IYSWIM?

I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

A reference to The Fast Show might have helped explain what you are asking @The1976

It'll be an age specific query! I know Colin well.

Are you still like that now? I'm not sure it matters what you were like at 12.

Who or what is Colin Hunt? Is it rhyming slang for cunt?

In any case, kids are often irritating as fuck when they are working out who they are and how to behave, especially teenagers IME. Don't beat yourself up for it.

If you just did this for a period of time when you were 12 though you should give yourself a break. I certainly did some daft, uncool, even mean things as a kid. My lack of self esteem came out as being a sarky little bitch to people.
Presumably you have moved on now - you certainly sound self aware.

What's/who is Colin Hunt?

I would think someone with this personality had poor social skills and poor self awareness.

"Developed a "Colin Hunt"" sounds like a horrible growth appeared on your neck or something.

The whole premise of the sketches was that those caricature types are irritating and eye-roll inducing. It's not something I would aspire to personally.

Which probably describes many 12 year olds to be fair!

I was trying to figure out if it meant cunt to start with too 😂

I like to swim, its good exercise and being able to swim might save your life one day

If you see what I mean.

Some of us have very busy lives. And sore thumbs. Not me, but some people.

I'd find it a real barrier to connecting with the person. Because not only would I find the performance annoying (it's really not the sort of thing that amuses me) but I'd find it disingenuous and hiding the real personality of the person. I don't want a clown or a performing seal and I don't want to be your audience. I want to be with genuine people who engage with me as an equal, giving something of themselves and showing interest in me.

If it's helpful feedback, i find your post annoying mainly because i have no idea what it is about.

That sounds incredibly annoying - like a kids tv presenter!

Colin Hunt was a character from the 90s BBC1 Sketch show ‘The Fast Show’ , played by Charlie Higson who had an OTT comedy persona which realistically most people can see is likely fake and he’s doing it to overcompensate.

Someone mentioned a young Su Pollard but now I think about it - the character’s more like Timmy Mallett in his Wacaday! era I think