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beauty as a cultural sickness 

@shoofle I have heard other conventionally attractive friends express a similar sentiment. All of this ambient attention that has so little to do with who you are and isn't even always positive.

it's awkward and complicated.

beauty as a cultural sickness 

@starkatt @shoofle thanks, it sort of just came to me as I was trying to think of a concise way to describe what my toot was

beauty as a cultural sickness 

@inurashii @shoofle Ted Chiang has a good short story about this called "Liking What You See: A Documentary". The premise is that technology to make humans no longer judge others based on beauty exists and is widely adopted.

depression, mental distortions 

@shoofle Yes, the distortions of scale and meaning caused by a depressed brain can really grip onto a fulcrum like that and twist it up bad

depression, mental distortions 

@shoofle basically though it's not something that I experience, I feel like I hear you on this

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