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I've been lurking around here for a while but have never worked up the nerve to post.... There are some things I have noticed that I wonder if any of you have even realized and that I would like to understand. I'll ask my first question today: why are so many people so obsessed with attractiveness? So many people talk about being hot, wow, attractive, cute.... Isn't it enough to have a great community of people who understand each other? Is it ever possible to break free from the burden to needing to be attractive?
Just wondering....
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At least 70% of the time it's mentioned, it's in jest, jmj.
People constantly say "Ralphie's hot!" or something... NOT that that's a joke, of course, but it's all in good humor. Nobody really cares what other people look like.
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More seriously, most people here find intelligence and compassion to be attractive. Throw in humor, good grammar, and proper spelling, and yeah, you're gonna see see a lot of friendly flirting. Posts: 2911 | Registered: Aug 2001
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I think it is in part that we are disconnected from each other in a physical sense, so we joke about the way we look because it is a way of mentioning something that is missing here on the Internet.
Also, a lot of people joke about the opposite end of it, about looking like hell.
Other than Kama, I don't know anyone here who really cares...
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quote:I'll ask my first question today: why are so many people so obsessed with attractiveness? So many people talk about being hot, wow, attractive, cute.... Isn't it enough to have a great community of people who understand each other? Is it ever possible to break free from the burden to needing to be attractive?
Random complements = good?
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Just like the human need for social interactivity, humans also have a need to be wanted, or admired, or at the very least respected. That's my thoughts on the subject.
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jmj - Unless you've personally met the people you're talking to, the very fact that you don't know who looks like what on an internet community brings a delicious absurdity to commenting on people's appearance. Which is why it's usually done for comedic purposes. Thank Jebus we aren't a community that starts "Am I Hot Or Not?" threads.
See, for example, I can say I'm hot all I want, and knowing nobody can say I'm not. Except the people who've met me in real life, and those have all been carefully paid off with hush money.
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