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bunga-bunga | 2 years ago

I don’t think many 80-year-olds are objectively good looking. It's not fair to judge the people who stay together for love and not for physical attraction past a certain age.

> that tells random strangers they are ugly

I don't go around telling people my lover's weaknesses, but that's how statistics are made.

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master-lincoln|2 years ago

There is no such thing as "objectively good looking", beauty is a subjective thing based on past experiences.

filoleg|2 years ago

Sure, let's rephrase it to be more accurate, despite everyone knowing what they meant by that phrase anyway, and this just being nitpicking.

"Objectively good looking" means "someone that a heavy majority of people would subjectively find extremely attractive".

snapcaster|2 years ago

Come on man, why do people say this? Do you actually think this? I understand there might be some disagreements or edge cases but it's really pretty close to objective