
gylo
Banned
-
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2017
- Posts
- 785
I naturally find ugly men unnerving, even though I'm often uglier than the men I talk to less on account of their looks. Might be that they remind me too much of my physical shortcomings.
I used to browse lookism.net until I discovered users would naturally boost attractive users to the top of the pack. Even as aware of how biased others can be towards handsome men, they still follow the same sorry path.
It's human nature to create meaning around beauty, for beauty's sake. Thought and regard to how a person looks is never a one time thing, it perpetuates endlessly, making meaning out of its aimless meanders. 99% of people's thinking is this aimless shit, and when noone would choose to casually think about an unappealing image when there is an appealing option. This is the compounding consequence of the halo effect: everything you say or do is filtered through people's mindless bias against your face. This is why handsome quiet men are labeled "mysterious", as it is a genuine pleasure to invent characterizations airbrushed into a pretty mug. The mind has rewarded regard for the attractive, as society benefits with high T, genetically blessed men in charge: they can fight mammoth and weather the winter.
This is also why even small improvements can catapult you upwards socially. It's similar to compound interest, small changes become big when multiplied by time. This is the same, except instead of time it's the waking thoughts of others.
I used to browse lookism.net until I discovered users would naturally boost attractive users to the top of the pack. Even as aware of how biased others can be towards handsome men, they still follow the same sorry path.
It's human nature to create meaning around beauty, for beauty's sake. Thought and regard to how a person looks is never a one time thing, it perpetuates endlessly, making meaning out of its aimless meanders. 99% of people's thinking is this aimless shit, and when noone would choose to casually think about an unappealing image when there is an appealing option. This is the compounding consequence of the halo effect: everything you say or do is filtered through people's mindless bias against your face. This is why handsome quiet men are labeled "mysterious", as it is a genuine pleasure to invent characterizations airbrushed into a pretty mug. The mind has rewarded regard for the attractive, as society benefits with high T, genetically blessed men in charge: they can fight mammoth and weather the winter.
This is also why even small improvements can catapult you upwards socially. It's similar to compound interest, small changes become big when multiplied by time. This is the same, except instead of time it's the waking thoughts of others.