Are we deceived by computer generated beauty?

[Human No More]

Originally Posted by redpaintednavi

People have been trying to look good since the stone age, so it is probably a part of being human, but to commecialize beauty (especially the kind of superficial beauty that is obtained by plastic surgery and similar) and put harder and harder pressure on those who do not conforme to the more and more unrealistic standards we are setting up, seems to lead us in the wrong direction.

Again, why the emphasis on plastic surgery? Sounds like you have some kind of personal vendetta here.

People who do not 'conforme' (sic) are making their own choice. If someone makes a choice that impacts themselves negatively, that's their own fault. You're acting as if people have actual problems being accepted if they don't fit some nebulous and nonexistent idea of what you hate. That's not true - take a look around and stop trying to make yourself feel hard done by.

You can't force everyone into some conformity with the lowest common denominator so that their feelings won't be hurt at the expense of everyone else. You really should read Harrison Bergeron.

EVERYTHING is linked to depression, and I find your use of that as a point in an argument belittling to those who actually suffer from it.

[Clarke]

Originally Posted by Human No More

If someone makes a choice that impacts themselves negatively, that's their own fault.

That sounds... almost naively simplistic. Everyone makes decisions for a reason, and the most effective way to change peoples' decisions is to change their incentives. Ideally, you want to do that in a way that means that people are dissuaded from choices which harm them or others.

However, I think redpaintednavi is more concerned with the effect CGI and manipulated images have on peoples' self-esteem. There's a disconnect between the images the media are presenting of what is "hot" and "beautiful" and what is actually healthy, and people aim for the former without being aware of that disconnect. This results in them aiming for an ideal that isn't actually possible, and their self-esteen suffers because they fail to reach it.