pipikid wrote:You had me laughing Kirish, what are you on about in this whole thread.
It seems you're on a vendetta to prove that everyone has somehow or rather be in the same category as you; that the intrinsic reason deep down for most people doing jaw surgery is about aesthetic reasons.
Not all, but many (but I admit not as many as I originally thought, as can be seen in the poll thread I started about this issue).
You're right we are in a shallow society, thankfully there are more than one avenues where one can make his or her mark on society except being solely on looks, evidently you don't seem to grasp that part.
Nothing we do in life takes into account *only* our looks (except vary rare examples). But in this shallow society, look can benefit (or hurt) many of the things we do (career, romantic life, etc.).
Even if it was for aesthetic reasons, how does admitting that you conform to the norms of beauty helps? That they massage your sorry ego that you're the only person willing to say so and yet can act like a total schoolboy bully saying that someone is unattractive back then as opposed to now.
I lost you there.
Thankfully, for most people they don't need a validation from you to do their jaw surgery nor do they need you to tell them what good looking is.
Great, I thank for that too (otherwise my life would have been way too busy).
And looking up the literature on the history of beauty, as you suggested you are on the dean's list every now and then I would be inclined to think you're somehow well read. The perception of beauty changes according to historical periods so there's no clear absolute value on it should be.
I'm living at the present, not that past. I wish I lived in a period/place where underbite was considered a feature of beauty by most.
The other thing being normal and being attractive are 2 different issues.
Being abnormal is unattractive.
Most people want to get on with life without being the subject of ridicule or the brunt of jokes from other people
True. But still not all people who do this surgery from aesthetic reasons were the subject of cruel jokes. Some of us live among people who are a bit more tolerant.
why is it not a good reason then as opposed to functional corrections?
Maybe I'm missing something, but who said it's not ?
Dating would clearly be the last thing on their minds.
Dating is usually always on the mind of adult healthy people who are not in a relationship.
Noam.
