It seems like many wouldn't want to for moral and ethical reasons.
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She uses her appearance to one-up people, as we saw her do against Turquie when they were duking it out (followed by drooling men saying Peach already won the battle by just being hot). It's otherwise come up in lesser forms more than once and I think it's gross. Her using her appearance as a weapon like that demonstrates a shallow expression of an insecure, competitive urge, one where she sees how nice she looks as if it were criteria for being better than someone else.
Combine this with her fixation on makeup and it sells me further insecurity. Makeup when worn for more than just art-reasons is done from a believed status quo over the modern state of women in today's society; That women need makeup to be anything in this world, to be accepted by their peers. We often see the very same mentality extend to staying in shape, fashion choices, and other aesthetic elements in ways that men in the same society are not held to the same standard for. This mentality overall is one of the many things that keeps women shackled down as a "secondary gender"; the idea that they need to work harder to be in the same position as others who don't.
These two factors together sell me the idea that she feels the need to keep up aesthetic appearances for a sense of value and worth, and that others showing lesser expressions of it can be squashed through that venue. She shames people for being "ugly" because of how that would be a horrible thing for her to hear about herself, and people confirming how hot she looks enables and reinforces the behavior.Interesting analysis TC
The interesting part about it to me is that it's extremely rare that you leverage appearance against people, and if you do it's in the context of soured relations with the person. Per norm SC culture, insults get tossed around. TC is trying to make it sound like you have a fixation on appearance because of makeup threads, etc., as if an interest in something implies a superficial personality.
I think she is blowing things out of proportion. While it's an interesting narrative, it's hyperbolic. She has a fondness for Turqie and that's probably where most of this comes from.
The interesting part about it to me is that it's extremely rare that you leverage appearance against people, and if you do it's in the context of soured relations with the person.
I wouldn't really call it rare, but I wouldn't say it's as In-Your-Face as the Turquie thing was.
Doing things over "soured relations" can still show themes, and I'd already stated she wasn't doing it as some sort of social ranking for who's allowed to be around her or things of that sort. It's not like I was suggesting that she does this in every direction aimlessly.
Per norm SC culture, insults get tossed around. TC is trying to make it sound like you have a fixation on appearance because of makeup threads, etc., as if an interest in something implies a superficial personality.
Per norm nothing, this wasn't shooting the shit this was me discussing a pet peeve. I also didn't say she was superficial, but rather that she'd use aesthetic to attack those uglier than her.
Where I was wrong was over extrapolating it to being about insecurity, when it was really just about shaming someone she perceived as delusionally ugly for other reasons.
I think she is blowing things out of proportion. While it's an interesting narrative, it's hyperbolic. She has a fondness for Turqie and that's probably where most of this comes from.
To what extent do you figure this goes though, and what do you figure motivates the fondness?
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She uses her appearance to one-up people, as we saw her do against Turquie when they were duking it out (followed by drooling men saying Peach already won the battle by just being hot). It's otherwise come up in lesser forms more than once and I think it's gross. Her using her appearance as a weapon like that demonstrates a shallow expression of an insecure, competitive urge, one where she sees how nice she looks as if it were criteria for being better than someone else.
Combine this with her fixation on makeup and it sells me further insecurity. Makeup when worn for more than just art-reasons is done from a believed status quo over the modern state of women in today's society; That women need makeup to be anything in this world, to be accepted by their peers. We often see the very same mentality extend to staying in shape, fashion choices, and other aesthetic elements in ways that men in the same society are not held to the same standard for. This mentality overall is one of the many things that keeps women shackled down as a "secondary gender"; the idea that they need to work harder to be in the same position as others who don't.
These two factors together sell me the idea that she feels the need to keep up aesthetic appearances for a sense of value and worth, and that others showing lesser expressions of it can be squashed through that venue. She shames people for being "ugly" because of how that would be a horrible thing for her to hear about herself, and people confirming how hot she looks enables and reinforces the behavior.
I dont even think its a competition that the most insecure person on the forum is you, Nathan. Between your nihilism, suicide attempts, and unhealthy obsession with being the "smartest" in the forum because you are a failure in real life. You care more about the forum "hierarchy" more than peach, at least.
Peach has her own issues but makeup and looking pretty is something shes passionate about. Meanwhile you know that no matter what you do to your body, you will always look hideous.
Meanwhile you know that no matter what you do to your body, you will always look hideous.
I agree with this part.
Ę̵̚x̸͎̾i̴͚̽s̵̻͐t̷͐ͅe̷̯͠n̴̤̚t̵̻̅i̵͉̿a̴̮͊l̵͍̂ ̴̹̕D̵̤̀e̸͓͂t̵̢͂e̴͕̓c̸̗̄t̴̗̿ï̶̪v̷̲̍é̵͔
She uses her appearance to one-up people, as we saw her do against Turquie when they were duking it out (followed by drooling men saying Peach already won the battle by just being hot). It's otherwise come up in lesser forms more than once and I think it's gross. Her using her appearance as a weapon like that demonstrates a shallow expression of an insecure, competitive urge, one where she sees how nice she looks as if it were criteria for being better than someone else.
Combine this with her fixation on makeup and it sells me further insecurity. Makeup when worn for more than just art-reasons is done from a believed status quo over the modern state of women in today's society; That women need makeup to be anything in this world, to be accepted by their peers. We often see the very same mentality extend to staying in shape, fashion choices, and other aesthetic elements in ways that men in the same society are not held to the same standard for. This mentality overall is one of the many things that keeps women shackled down as a "secondary gender"; the idea that they need to work harder to be in the same position as others who don't.
These two factors together sell me the idea that she feels the need to keep up aesthetic appearances for a sense of value and worth, and that others showing lesser expressions of it can be squashed through that venue. She shames people for being "ugly" because of how that would be a horrible thing for her to hear about herself, and people confirming how hot she looks enables and reinforces the behavior.Interesting analysis TC
The interesting part about it to me is that it's extremely rare that you leverage appearance against people, and if you do it's in the context of soured relations with the person. Per norm SC culture, insults get tossed around. TC is trying to make it sound like you have a fixation on appearance because of makeup threads, etc., as if an interest in something implies a superficial personality.
I think she is blowing things out of proportion. While it's an interesting narrative, it's hyperbolic. She has a fondness for Turqie and that's probably where most of this comes from.
Yeah exactly wtf. Turncoat is applying steriotyping to traditional feminine qualities cus tc is jealous of real women
I make a thread with good vibes to thank people and you all shit it all up with your theatrical bullshit.
My grandiose delusions are better than yours.
I make a thread with good vibes to thank people and you all shit it all up with your theatrical bullshit.
This