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MIButterfly

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16. Whatever happened to "it's what's on the inside that counts?"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 10:43 AM

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What about cultivating the qualities that make one a decent human being, such as kindness, compassion, patience, tolerance, etc.? How about developing a good sense of humor? Looks aren't everything. What good is being good-looking if you don't have anything else? What is a girl supposed to do, just sit there and look at you all day? I'd rather have someone nice that I can talk to and share interests with. Besides, looks fade, no matter how much plastic surgery one has. And then what?

Our culture worships looks way too much. I just don't think this "looksmaxxing" is a good use of one's time. But I'm just an old fuddy-duddy, so what do I know? Young people are going to do whatever they're going to do regardless of what I have to say about it.

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