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What's one beauty standard that you don't agree with?

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    Reminder for those that comment that hate and rude comments are against the community's rules

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      Pure white teeth. I prefer ivory shades- not yellow, just the natural ivory. I've had salespeople approach me offering teeth whitening products and it terrifies me.

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        Mowed lawns. Just let it grow, it's easier and healthier.

        This is literal and an innuendo.

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          Considering how much of human effort is just signaling in different forms, this makes a lot of sense. Losing a visual marker of your hard work messes with your established signaling. This makes me wonder what the new signal will be? Fitness clothing has already been taken... Maybe people will wear their gym memberships on a lanyard all the time or something?

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          Well, Ozempic will make you lean, but it won’t make you fit or muscular - so there’s still that. In that sense, it might be more accurate to say that the people opposing it are likely those who’ve gotten lean through dieting and occasional exercise, rather than bodybuilders.

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            Tabs over spaces, always

            ... wait, you're asking in asklemmy, not programming...

            Uhhh... that thing where people glue little strands of hair to their forehead in an arc

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            I read an article / listened to a podcast where a visually impaired person said that tabs are much better because they can configure how wide they are rendered to better accommodate them and now In would prefer to use tabs. Still all customers i have seem to use only spaces.

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            • notnotmike@programming.devN [email protected]

              I've always disliked plastic surgery, botox and heavy makeup. But that's normal enough

              My real hot take is I am disgusted by long, fake nails. They make my skin crawl. They're so cumbersome, I truly don't understand how people love with them

              Edit: Thread is locked; it somewhat spiraled from what I originally envisioned for the discussion. Just wanted to dump by thoughts in this edit.

              I created the thread from a perspective more of pointing out things people do to their bodies in the name of "fashion" or "beauty" that are invasive, cumbersome, or unnecessary, when people should be proud of the bodies they have. Some took this in the same light but others didn't.

              I would have liked to have a whole discussion about it, communicate my perspective a little more clearly, but by the time I came back after work to view the monster I'd created, the thread was locked. It's a shame that we couldn't have a more mature and nuanced discussion about what it means to follow a beauty trend to everyone, but I suppose it's better that rhetoric not escalate

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              Absolutely yes to the nails. Those are disguising and very impractical

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              • starlinguk@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                My brother is obese and also one of the fittest people I know. He can walk miles without breaking a sweat, no high blood pressure, no high cholesterol, heart is doing fine, no arthritis, etc. ad nauseum. He's fat because he eats a lot, but everything he eats is home cooked with plenty of veg and little meat. He just loves cooking.

                My doc said the other day she prefers it when her patients are heavier, because when people get very sick, it's the "healthy" thin ones who die first in the ICU purely because they don't have any fat to spare.

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                As to your second point, I have a personal hypothesis that cancer is the reason for the middle-aged gut. Hell, guess it could be disease in general. Anyway, with a few extra pounds you have more time to fight.

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                • mothra@mander.xyzM [email protected]

                  Pure white teeth. I prefer ivory shades- not yellow, just the natural ivory. I've had salespeople approach me offering teeth whitening products and it terrifies me.

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                  • fujiwood@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

                    Not everyone is beautiful. Most people are average and many are not attractive.

                    Obesity is not beautiful. It is unhealthy and honestly delusional.

                    Edit: Most people are thinking of this when mentioning obesity.

                    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=real+obese+people+&t=h_&iar=images

                    Not this.

                    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=heavy+rugby+players&t=fpas&iar=images

                    Complaining about the BMI scale is a disservice to those who truly need to lose weight for their health.

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                    Yes, but actually no. I'll not discuss taste because that's very personal, but while as a general rule obesity is unhealthy and most obese people should change their habits, the way we define obesity is with BMI, which is extremely inaccurate for very short or very tall people, not to mention bone and muscle density is different for different people, I have always (since at least 13 YO) have been in the obese category, even when I was training daily and could run a few kilometers at around 5 min per km I was obese, even though I looked only slightly overweight, the reason is because I have dense bones and at the time had lots of muscles (which are lots denser than fat). So while there's a strong correlation between being obese and being unhealthy one should be very careful not to mix the two and assume a 100% correlation or causation effect.

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                    • donuts@lemmy.worldD [email protected]

                      Lol you're catching some votes but we've strayed from what OP was asking.

                      OP asking about beauty standards and people are straight up saying shit like "overalls" and "big boobs".

                      Not bad opinions on their own but far from beauty standards

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                      #102

                      Big boobs are absolutely a common beauty standard. That's why breast enlargement surgery exists. Overalls are not, however.

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                      • ricdeh@lemmy.worldR [email protected]

                        God forbid that people have opinions... Life could be fun, but we don't want that! Seriously, your only reason for existence on social media seems to make other people's day worse. That is miserable.

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                        aww thank you. you just made my day hearing I make incels miserable. i hope you stay that way

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                          I dislike most artificial "enhancements" to boost your attractiveness.

                          Things like fake lashes, hair extensions, fake nails, breast implants, BBLs, lip injections, botox, and so on. This also extends for me to things like overly excessive tattoos, piercing, and makeup.

                          I personally like people who look and feel real. I don't want to date a mannequin. It's a okay to have flaws, nobody is perfect. Your flaws are a part of your charm.

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                            Yes, but actually no. I'll not discuss taste because that's very personal, but while as a general rule obesity is unhealthy and most obese people should change their habits, the way we define obesity is with BMI, which is extremely inaccurate for very short or very tall people, not to mention bone and muscle density is different for different people, I have always (since at least 13 YO) have been in the obese category, even when I was training daily and could run a few kilometers at around 5 min per km I was obese, even though I looked only slightly overweight, the reason is because I have dense bones and at the time had lots of muscles (which are lots denser than fat). So while there's a strong correlation between being obese and being unhealthy one should be very careful not to mix the two and assume a 100% correlation or causation effect.

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                            I hate BMI. I am working on losing weight, but I am gaining muscle at the same rate I'm losing fat, so my weight has hardly changed. None of my clothes fit anymore and I am much slimmer, but still considered obese. I'm not even weighing myself regularly at this point. I'm just going by how I look and feel and my clothes size.

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                              How are overalls beauty standard 🤣🤣🤣

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                              Edit: Also, I think Karen Allen wore overalls at least once in Indiana Jones. Kinda hot, in an unpolished way.

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                              • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldG [email protected]

                                Lip injections make me think of those wax lips they used to give out for Halloween

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                                Thanks. I've been wondering what Marilyn Manson has been up to lately.

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                                  Well, Ozempic will make you lean, but it won’t make you fit or muscular - so there’s still that. In that sense, it might be more accurate to say that the people opposing it are likely those who’ve gotten lean through dieting and occasional exercise, rather than bodybuilders.

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                                  That's a good point, I was lumping too many people together there. Yes, now how will people show they "suffered" with dieting?

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                                  • starlinguk@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                                    I agree. Then again, I'm a certified lesbian.

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                                    I’m bi and I’m attracted to short hair on girls and long hair on guys hahaha

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                                    • fujiwood@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

                                      Not everyone is beautiful. Most people are average and many are not attractive.

                                      Obesity is not beautiful. It is unhealthy and honestly delusional.

                                      Edit: Most people are thinking of this when mentioning obesity.

                                      https://duckduckgo.com/?q=real+obese+people+&t=h_&iar=images

                                      Not this.

                                      https://duckduckgo.com/?q=heavy+rugby+players&t=fpas&iar=images

                                      Complaining about the BMI scale is a disservice to those who truly need to lose weight for their health.

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                                      Same with being underweight. It is also not healthy or beautiful.

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                                        This post is gross af

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                                          I don't think that slimthick looks good

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