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A comment on Beauty Is the Greatest Privilege (2020).

Re:Beauty Is the Greatest Privilege (2020) by Minor49er on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:45PM (#29600222)
Beauty is not simply a privilege. There are a lot of things that someone can do to enhance their aesthetic appeal. Broadly, this includes exercising, dressing well, and maintaining a positive demeanor.

I suspect the author fell for this when he was describing how his "beautiful young (friend) in her mid twenties who runs a makeup and lifestyle instagram account" has been "blessed with naturally perfect, glowing, caramel skin, infectious smile," etc. It sounds like he's not seeing her without makeup because she's great at applying it. Granted, I could be wrong, but it seems unlikely.

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Re:Beauty Is the Greatest Privilege (2020) by badrabbit on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:44PM (#29600673)
Those things can reduce ugliness but even moderately attractive people can let themselves go in all those areas and still be attractive. Conversly, if you are unattractive enough those things will only make you look like a monster/villain/creep.
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