Once again, let’s cool it on the Aella posts, (not that this isn’t a garbage opinion in itself)

I mean I was with her… until the very end. Pointlessly comparing against racism, I mean despite her dislike of the privilege Olympics, she’s a star and clearly believes in it.

Slight story time, I like Dan Harman - yes the Rick and morty guy. I listened to Harmon town his podcast until he cancelled it. He hated racism. His pointed thought is if you’re proud of the color of your skin, then you have nothing else worth talking about. He also put a lot of ego weight into being talented. And white privilege sucks because he wants to be the best because he is, not because someone lowered the bar because of his race. It’s of course more complex than that - feed back loops - and he realizes that. I still like that sentiment: white privilege diminishes his accomplishments.

What warped and stunted experience must a person have for attractiveness to be the biggest unspoken and unseen social motivator.

You’d have to have avoided any form of advertisement, literature, schooling, or human interaction.

Harry Potter, a children’s book series, has multiple main characters facing difficulties due to their appearance. These are among the most popular and widely-read novels ever. The story of the ugly duckling is probably told to every child in the English-speaking world, with cultural equivalents in every other.

Jesus H. Christ. This gormless pillock.

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

Well, okay, I mean, even then we’re dealing with a very basic, very obvious statement and treating it like it’s somehow “unspoken” or “fresh knowledge” (i.e. exactly how rationalists treat anything they didn’t already know).

But yeah, the comparison to racism is just… what

I started with just the highlighted part and was like “oh she must be talking about class disparity”, then I read backward

Seems pretty dumb to post about racial privilege and perceived attractiveness as though those are two totally independent categories that could never interact with each other

I don’t know what other dumb opinions this person may have, but I think this is a good take, tho using a lot to say a little. Study after study has shown that people rated as less attractive receive much longer prison sentences for the same crimes, just as one example of what I’ve heard called “pretty privilege.” You’re not wrong to observe “well, duh” but this is miles ahead of some of the drivel we sneer on here.

edit: ok now I’m sneering. How gross.

Talk about a self aware wolf.

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So let’s say, hypothetically, that hot privilege, hypothetically, was bigger than racial disparity, hypothetically. And then let’s say that you knew this, hypothetically, and made a living, hypothetically, by selling feet pics nudes online. That would mean, hypothetically, that you knew there was discrimination going on, hypothetically, but chose to profit from it instead of fighting it, hypothetically. So, in this hypothetical situtation, what makes you, hypothetically, any better than the runner of a private prison or, hypothetically, a member of the KKK?

Hmm, she’s pretty.