"Appropriate" Phone Backgrounds

[Henkie36]

This used to be my lock screen. Not entirely appropriate on a family dinner party, but nothing too indiscrete. (I mean, plenty of friends have images where she wouldn't be dressed at all)

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This is my current phone lock screen. I think it is perfectly appropriate.

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[Legion]

So, after some thought (and a lot of people almost yelling here) I changed it to something else:

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The funny/sad thing is the non-geek world would look down on such a background as much as the geek world seems to look down on the original image. Seeing as it comes from a computer game. Hell, looking at all of the non-sexual images of geeky things people have used as "better" examples, to most people not familiar with or into anime, games or whatnot they'd be considered to be sad too.

People really ought to remember that kind of thing more often when passing judgement on other peoples tastes.

Myself? I am with the "It's your phone do what you like, but don't be surprised when people question/comment on it crowd". Whether or not people have any right to judge you for it is debatable, but people will do so, so you have to be willing to deal with it. Or else choose to avoid it.

Spoiler: My phone background is this:

It's from a show I like, but seeing as it's an obscure one and just a symbol I don't have to deal with people asking irritating questions.

 

[Major_Tom]

Oh, wow. Dear Hagane F, please take some anatomy lessons.

 

[Hagi]

My phone background is without a doubt

Spoiler: the most appropriate phone background in this thread.

It's got additional hipster bonus points as well, you know you want it...

 

[Eamar]

The funny/sad thing is the non-geek world would look down on such a background as much as the geek world seems to look down on the original image. Seeing as it comes from a computer game. Hell, looking at all of the non-sexual images of geeky things people have used as "better" examples, to most people not familiar with or into anime, games or whatnot they'd be considered to be sad too.

People really ought to remember that kind of thing more often when passing judgement on other peoples tastes.

I don't know what it's like where you live, but this really isn't true any more in my experience. Not only is gaming pretty mainstream now, but most game-related backgrounds could be from pretty much any form of entertainment media if you didn't know the specifics anyway.

A weirdly exaggerated sexual image, on the other hand, is immediately and universally recognisable as such, and that sort of thing tends to be much less socially acceptable than gaming.

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

I think as long as you don't violate any work/school policies or any laws, who cares as long as you can explain it to nosy relatives and friends. And you keep the naughty stuff away from young eyes.

Spoiler: My current desktop background

Not really safe for work but it's my home PC.

Spoiler: My current laptop background, had this one for a loooong time on there

I just got a new phone so I'm probably going with

Spoiler: Erza Scarlet for my home screen

Maybe I'll change it to one with her less revealing armors if I get a girlfriend who doesn't appreciate buxom anime girls.

Spoiler: and this for my lock screen

I also got a pic of helmet less Samus looking over the horizon and a fan sketch of Rapunzel and Merida brushing their hair for my old ipad since I lend it to my mom's daycare sometimes.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I just use pictures of my cats. I think if I used some, *ahem* eye candy, I'd have more than just awkward questions to deal with.

I have pictures of my Uncle and Aunt's cats. As my phone is an extension of me, and I don't blurt out my favourite porn star everywhere, I'll not plaster her body on my phone.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Using this as my phones wallpaper (resized):

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And this as my desktop wallpaper, maybe slightly NFSW:

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And to keep it safe, this is my wallpaper in college (we are allowed to have a more personalised enviroment since it is acount bound and not saved to the local PC) :

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It's all for personal(/private) use (only other person I would allow on my laptop is my best friend). I would say, if you're the only one who is using the PC or whatever go nuts, unless it's on your workplace or college.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Oh, wow. Dear Hagane F, please take some anatomy lessons.

Hmm? I'm not sure I see the issue.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Oh, wow. Dear Hagane F, please take some anatomy lessons.

Hmm? I'm not sure I see the issue.

How can you not see the issue?

The issue takes up 2 thirds of the damn pictures.

I didn't realise people were into straight up disfiguration.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

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Not only is that mortifyingly embarrassing, it's pretty obscene. If it was a real woman it would be mildly less embarrassing (though equally obscene) but not enough to qualify it for my phone. It says things about the owner of said device that aren't strictly positive. o.o

I usually use digital art of some sort on my screens. My phone's background is from Litening Wallpapers [https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Litening+Wallpapers] (tho I no longer use the ROM) and my desktop is a cool, digital DNA strand/double helix [http://hdw.eweb4.com/wallpapers/2420/] with some bokeh for good measure.

 

[ForumSafari]

Spoiler: Home PC and Tablet

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Spoiler: Work Laptop

Spoiler: Phone 1

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In all honesty OP I do find your image very crass. I'm as much a fan of the Chinese Little Girl Panty Cartoons as the next well adjusted adult but not on anything you leave lying around. Try to avoid anything sexual, violent or rude.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Oh, wow. Dear Hagane F, please take some anatomy lessons.

Hmm? I'm not sure I see the issue.

How can you not see the issue?

The issue takes up 2 thirds of the damn pictures.

I didn't realise people were into straight up disfiguration.

I'm pretty sure its not dis-figuration.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Oh, wow. Dear Hagane F, please take some anatomy lessons.

Hmm? I'm not sure I see the issue.

How can you not see the issue?

The issue takes up 2 thirds of the damn pictures.

I didn't realise people were into straight up disfiguration.

I'm pretty sure its not dis-figuration.

It kinda is, considering these slithers of women are sporting breasts that would snap them in half. Not to mentions the shape.

You'd have to have a pretty warped view of women to think these stylisations are anything but grand exaggerations, erring on the preposterous and grossly misrepresentative.

Let's draw a male parallel, and the words 'kickstand' or 'duel space hoppers' comes to mind.

 

[Shinkicker444]

^ Well that is a mental image I could have done without... however I think a more accurate comparison would be a torso the shape of a fridge with a washboard attached to the front. Kick stand probably still applies though... doubly so for a dwarf. I don't think *anyone* want's dual space hoppers.

 

[Platypus540]

No problems with pinup backgrounds, but yours is, frankly, pretty tasteless.

 

[Story]

Not gonna lie OP, this thread made me laugh quite a bit. If only because I have a friend who also uses pretty much the same type of pinup anime girls as you do (large breasts/hips, skippy clothes and everything). And he uses them for more than his phone and PC, they can also be found on his Xbox 360 dash board as well. They make me extremely uncomfortable whenever I use his devices, so much so that I always use my things when I can. I called him out on it once, only because he bafflingly stated how 'tasteful' he felt his pinups were...and he was kinda embarrassed when I did. Which only made me wonder why he decided those pictures were a good idea in the first place, especially since we was so sensitive to what others felt about him back in those days.

So, yeah, I'm afraid that I agree with the majority here and say that image is pretty inappropriate. I don't like judging people before I fully meet them, but I can't help but make less than positive judgements of you (and my friend) when I see pictures like that. I rather not know what someone flaps off to by looking at their phone, sorry.

As for me, I usually just have pictures I've taken on my phone, mostly nature pictures, for my tablet and phone background. For my desktop background I usually have official wallpapers or concept art of a game I'm finishing or getting close to finish. Currently it is something from Child of Light. In the past I've had Azura's Wraith, Puppeteer, and Broken Age.

 

[DementedSheep]

It is kinda on the edge of what I would consider appropriate in public. It's not really an issue. If people see it you might just get some odd looks. If your at work and suppose to be acting professionally it might not be wise to pull that out in front of clients (not that you would be likely be doing that anyway). I wouldn't put it on my phone...well I'm not attracted to that anyway but I wouldn't put a half naked guy posing on my phone but do what you like.

My current background is just this

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Its from X-com so nothing riveting. I change them fairly often. Usually its stuff from DA or game related.

 

[Paragon Fury]

No problems with pinup backgrounds, but yours is, frankly, pretty tasteless.

Not gonna lie OP, this thread made me laugh quite a bit. If only because I have a friend who also uses pretty much the same type of pinup anime girls as you do (large breasts/hips, skippy clothes and everything). And he uses them for more than his phone and PC, they can also be found on his Xbox 360 dash board as well. They make me extremely uncomfortable whenever I use his devices, so much so that I always use my things when I can. I called him out on it once, only because he bafflingly stated how 'tasteful' he felt his pinups were...and he was kinda embarrassed when I did. Which only made me wonder why he decided those pictures were a good idea in the first place, especially since we was so sensitive to what others felt about him back in those days.

So, yeah, I'm afraid that I agree with the majority here and say that image is pretty inappropriate. I don't like judging people before I fully meet them, but I can't help but make less than positive judgements of you (and my friend) when I see pictures like that. I rather not know what someone flaps off to by looking at their phone, sorry.

As for me, I usually just have pictures I've taken on my phone, mostly nature pictures, for my tablet and phone background. For my desktop background I usually have official wallpapers or concept art of a game I'm finishing or getting close to finish. Currently it is something from Child of Light. In the past I've had Azura's Wraith, Puppeteer, and Broken Age.

I did change it to this:

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[Vicarious Reality]

I often have lewd porn art on my phone, though mostly cropped
Not sure if i can post my current one here