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Re:The greatest privilege we never talk about: beauty by bradlys on Monday July 13, 2020 @06:35PM (#23826378)
> nearly everyone can become very attractive if they take care of themselves, dress well, and lead a healthy lifestyle.

You're going to have to define very attractive. No amount of healthy lifestyle will make your breasts bigger. No amount of dressing well will make your face less ugly (short of putting a curtain in front of it).

There are hard limits to what you can do as an individual without surgery. Even with surgery, you still will run into a wall.

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Re:The greatest privilege we never talk about: beauty by anegri on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:45AM (#23845883)
Yeah of course those things are out of control. My point is that the things you can control have a huge impact. Maybe you can never be a 10/10 because of some specific flaw, but you could likely be at least an 8. Also flaws tend to be seen more as quirks in more "attractive" people.
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