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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:32:19 JST lainy
   Why did people start calling attractive people “conventionally attractive”
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:33:31 JST iced depresso

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     @lain usually said by plain and/or ugly people to refer to people that are generally attractive
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     binkle (binkle@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:36:15 JST binkle

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     @lain it started happening when a bunch of women went crazy over that british fish man
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:45:49 JST lainy

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     @jesu they are just ugly. There’s.m no shame in being ugly
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     jesu (jesu@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:45:51 JST jesu

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     @lain because ugly people are "unconventionally attractive"
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     jesu (jesu@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:47:17 JST jesu

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     @lain there's a lot
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     herag (herag@dobbs.town)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 06:55:46 JST herag

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     Jealousy

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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 08:02:32 JST lainy

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     @bartholin they are busukawaii
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     bartholin (bartholin@fops.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 08:02:34 JST bartholin

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     @lain An opossum is a good example of an unconventionally attractive animal
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     somekindahate3 (somekindahate3@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 23:24:18 JST somekindahate3

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     @lain Because there are many people that did not fit the bill for what TV and mainstream culture thought of as attractive, ie. Hollister, A&F, etc. Nerds are an example of that, nerds used to be thought of as all unattractive for whatever reason, then some attractive nerds got on TV and showbiz, and now nerds are hot.

     Nerds, punk, goth, etc. all have really attractive people. Think of how many people have it for Gerard Way or Peter Steele, although those guys would have never been hired by a A&F or Hollister.

     Not because some ugly person is gonna let their hair grow and put on dark makeup means that they will be attractive though, there are still unconventional and unattractive people. Ugly people aren't unconventionally attractive (although maybe they could find a way to be), they're just unattractive.

     Or think of that (amazing) movie Jennifer's Body. In that movie Megan Fox's character is supposed to be conventionally attractive, while the lead character isn't, yet most people find her very attractive if not more attractive than Megan Fox's character.

     I mean, eventually people create new conventions or represent conventions less represented, but that's what the convention for "conventional attractive" convenes sorta.

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