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Is this more your issue though? The "beauty apps" feature are super popular here in Asia. So again subtle colonialism where the west forces their ideal on Asia.

pdntspa 4y ago
As if the east doesn't have its own things it would like to impose on the west. I think self-esteem transcends culture. You can call it colonialism, but I say you want people to suffer. Because culture! Also, unrealistic beauty standards are fairly universal. These awful beauty apps are but one solution, and they are gaining ground here in the west. Is this a case of eastern colonialism? What about TikTok? Empowering people to feel comfortable in their own skin, as they are. How could anyone not want that?
- hungryforcodes 4y ago
  They're not suffering though. And they're choosing it. That's my point. You seem to be projecting your own bias here.
  - pdntspa 4y ago
    Yes, I am projecting my bias. That's my opinion. That is the whole point. If you cut someone, and they heal, that doesn't erase the fact that you cut someone. The important thing is not to cut them. My friends here drive me crazy with their self-conscious body-shaming because they grew up constantly surrounded by impossible images of beauty. They do this so much that it is a nuisance. And what we have here is but a fraction of what it sounds like the east has. People living under your system must be positively insufferable then, without their precious beauty apps. To be clear, I'm against any fake anything. Fake tits, fake lips, fake asses, fake selfies.... unless there are medical reasons it is all garbage.
    - hungryforcodes 4y ago
      OK well at least you are honest about your bias, so thanks for that. Using your analogy though no one is being cut here. You are projecting that they are cut, but they never are. And medical procedures to improve appearance aren't fake, they simply create a new look and in Asia they lead to ALOT of improvements in self esteem. The medical reason is it makes them feel better.

pdntspa 4y ago

As if the east doesn't have its own things it would like to impose on the west. I think self-esteem transcends culture. You can call it colonialism, but I say you want people to suffer. Because culture! Also, unrealistic beauty standards are fairly universal. These awful beauty apps are but one solution, and they are gaining ground here in the west. Is this a case of eastern colonialism? What about TikTok? Empowering people to feel comfortable in their own skin, as they are. How could anyone not want that?

hungryforcodes 4y ago
They're not suffering though. And they're choosing it. That's my point. You seem to be projecting your own bias here.
- pdntspa 4y ago
  Yes, I am projecting my bias. That's my opinion. That is the whole point. If you cut someone, and they heal, that doesn't erase the fact that you cut someone. The important thing is not to cut them. My friends here drive me crazy with their self-conscious body-shaming because they grew up constantly surrounded by impossible images of beauty. They do this so much that it is a nuisance. And what we have here is but a fraction of what it sounds like the east has. People living under your system must be positively insufferable then, without their precious beauty apps. To be clear, I'm against any fake anything. Fake tits, fake lips, fake asses, fake selfies.... unless there are medical reasons it is all garbage.
  - hungryforcodes 4y ago
    OK well at least you are honest about your bias, so thanks for that. Using your analogy though no one is being cut here. You are projecting that they are cut, but they never are. And medical procedures to improve appearance aren't fake, they simply create a new look and in Asia they lead to ALOT of improvements in self esteem. The medical reason is it makes them feel better.