Beauty Standards Have Changed For The Worse

[@TheRealMakani]

"There are now mixed race people who are half human, half filter" Definition of the 2020's tik tok crowd lol

[@PurnimaDas-xk8qq]

0:35 yep

[@EvilCreampuff]

AI's Idea of "plain" women are actually super conventionally attractive women?

[@Rita-kx3yr]

They developed their concept of "plain" from a mass of YA romance novels lol

[@dpeprd8191]

I thought so as well.

[@monbub]

I noticed the "pretty" and "goregeous" women had upturned eyes, but the "plain" women had downturned eyes. Interesting.

[@bo-audhd]

To me these plain faces look like models… if this is plain we’re officially in beauty hell

[@bo-audhd]

@@uhmwhat158 plain also have no make up. Pretty look youuuungerrrr which is gross. Gorgeous have heavy make up… it’s weird bc the younger people now either wear artistic makeup or no makeup at all. From which I assume that thesr ai standards were set by older… men. Ew

[@teya_yaa]

ever since Margot Robbie was called mid,i knew it’s over for me

[@AA-ed6ek]

Majority of people on the planet are average. Americans make it sound like it's a dirty word. The influence the US has is not a good thing. You people do not even know how a normal human being looks anymore. Make up, surgery, filters etc.

[@stephstevens2]

Same. 🥲

[@moonshinershonor202]

Frfr. I'm having fun with mid, that's why girls are the fairer race. These femboys ain't got nothing on mid. Not that Margot Robbie is mid IMHO.

[@GalacticYuki]

No don't say that, don't let nasty gross men online, that would never be good enough for you anyway and they know that and they are just bitter about it; bring your self confidence down like that. Because that's their goal to get woman to tolerate them, don't ever lower your standards.

[@AA-ed6ek]

@@GalacticYuki You're gross. Something is wrong with you Westerners. You could encourage her not behave the way the rest of the world expects you to.

[@AlexHider]

Those Turkish surgeons must be doing some kind of body snatching situation because those lifts are insane

[@flumpyofdoom]

Mankind Redefined. Sounds like they are from the Institute lol 😆

[@kayaikinci9855]

their insta page is full of them, their surgeries are unbelievable.

[@flumpyofdoom]

@@kayaikinci9855 I bet. Sounds horrendous 😐

[@mariya_tortilla]

its partly edited it looks like/

[@wren_.]

that would be a really cool horror story

[@jmarshal]

I feel so sorry for kids growing up nowadays. It was already bad enough just looking up to celebrities, but this is just crazy.

[@pheart2381]

When I was a teenager it was restricted to copying their hairstyle,or maybe their eyeliner and lip colour. Not a full scale head transplant.

[@accaeffe8032]

There are 16 year old girls who have already started with lip fillers and other procedures. The majority of young people are beautiful, because of their youth. What will these people do when they are 60?

[@SBCBears]

I'm an old man now (76) and have seen these changes. To me, the girl at 1:40 is attractive and quite cute before the procedure. Post-op, she looks barely human. Maybe this is just my age and what I saw about me in my youth, but modern make-up styles and facial alterations are repulsive. What are females thinking?

[@Abishhhhh]

It’s demented and sheeple are just taking us further down that hole ….

[@valinorhelena]

@@accaeffe8032 By that age their faces will fall off like Michael Jackson's nose.

[@ruddigers_paws]

WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED HIM MOST, HE RETURNWD ❗️❗️❗️❗️

[@mafty_x]

It was only three weeks 😭

[@ISaBeL17290]

@@mafty_x It was long man I been checking his channel if he made a new video he's the only reason I'm living graaaaaa 🐺

[@cranburrey]

​@@ISaBeL17290Understandable because he was literally the only KZbinr I watched during quarantine 😅

[@lesyeuxsansvisage1157]

Heads up, you accidentally put a w in returned.

[@crackerloaf2281]

When the world needed him moist, he returnwd.

[@aliadrift]

This reminds me of the Snow app, which I used a lot in college. I went through a really bad time with my skin and would only take pictures on Snow because it would hide my acne. I didn't realize it slimmed my face/jaw and made my eyes bigger and overall made me cuter until I tried to take a selfie with my normal camera and HATED how I looked. So I would pretend I looked in real life like I did on Snow and only post selfies (alone or with others) from it. I had to do a full social media cleanse, delete Snow, and not use my camera until I had mentally erased the images it could make of me. I refuse to use filters now for the health of my own body image.

[@yakyuuubueh35]

Omg this happened to me too 😭😭😭 minus the social media part, realizing the app did that was crazy

[@sabrinatruppel6699]

Hmmmhmm. I used filters for some time just for fun, the stupid Snapchat ones with animal ears. But it was always a jump scare to see my real face and I didn’t like my human face so I stopped with the filters completely. I don’t mind the ones that just blur your skin, but they all make your face shape different nowadays so I just don’t use anymore.

[@sushidashi6152]

Exactly what i did! Looking back, all my selfies were pale as fck even though I have tanned skin 😂 and the clearest skin too. It’s so obvious there was heavy filter, I’m so embarrassed

[@moonshinershonor202]

I don't even post selfies. Now I don't know if the older women are actually complimenting me or just being nice.

[@bean1731]

Girllll literally the exact same thing happened to me

[@MonaLisaSarcasm]

Best thing i did for my own mental wellbeing was accept that i am ugly

[@StayArtsy]

Lol same

[@plentyofwinter]

Forreal

[@tR1s4nL0v3R]

I get that but I feel like anybody can be pretty if they take care of themselves yk?

[@MonaLisaSarcasm]

@@tR1s4nL0v3R with a lot of effort and work put into it to do my absolute best i look presentable and that's what i aim for presentable and clean but pretty it will never be

[@chauncygardner123]

You’re not “ugly”, you are you. Celebrate it.🎊

[@augustus7055]

“It doesn’t matter if you can read when you can just eat the books” is NASTY WORK!!

[@kiiltochii1607]

That's exactly how my baby operates

[@-Desire]

​@@kiiltochii1607 Your baby is a visionary

[@lavishlyvice]

Another issue with this that I can't stop thinking about is that your body won't match your face. The only way to "fix" that is to spend even more money. I would just feel more insecure about how my face looks ten years younger than the rest of my body lol

[@nonameface90]

This is exactly why I do not start anything with my face or body, despite being ugly. I know this would mean mortgage-like commitment and having to have money for constant maintenance. So I'm okay with being ugly.

[@pattybr]

The body usually ages much slower than the face and neck because the skin is thicker, it is not exposed to the sun as much, and it has more fat. What usually reveals someone's age is the hands because of sun exposure and thin skin. However, if they take care of their hands with sunscreen and retinol from a young age, then that's not an issue.

[@marcpaulus6291]

@@pattybr Yeah, i work in a physio / massage salon and we have lots of older woman. I you dont see their faces and only the body most of the time you would think that is someone who is 20 years younger.

[@saragodfrey6507]

Thank God, edvasian is here to save me from myself. Getting old is the fucking weirdest

[@MamaMOB]

And every single year it just gets weirder and weirder! My knees hurt all the time now. Like when they don't hurt that's when it's weird.

[@hazellewinter7313]

Omg you are scaring me

[@gwynn2528]

I’m still me but I look like I did meth for 20 years instead of working out and eating salad. lol. I hate it. But it’s fine cus everyone else is either going through it or will go through it.

[@that.sleep.dentist]

I look okay for age 64, but I do miss the face I had before it started to sag. The problem with a facelift is I’d still have crepey skin on my neck, arms, legs. And my hands look more like old lady hands than my 88 year old mother’s hands! What surgery can fix THAT?

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

For me, it's easier to avoid the word 'old'... I prefer the word 'mature' 😅 As we mature, we gain knowledge and wisdom from our experiences. There's no getting away from Mother Nature or Father Time... we can, however, take the opportunity to learn and make the best of whatever comes our way in life... I wish the best of everything to you ❤

[@Sprinklgrl]

How about instead of fighting against beauty standards we make beauty not the standard? its so lowkey misogynistic that people are like "f ur beauty standards i think this is beautiful..." men arent expected to be beautiful to be respected. its so ingrained in our culture to expect women to look a certain way because our culture denies woman full humanity. like can we just all stop caring about what women look like and value them for their selves, ideas and accomplishments like we do with men?

[@jelanilundie1255]

Punching air rn

[@necrosteel5013]

I don't recommend that at all. Most people don't really expect women to be beautiful, if you do your often shamed heavily for it by women and society. Men are mostly disrespected and treated as disposable by most of society already, most of men are already treated as garbage for our ideas and selves... We are only praised for our accomplishments if we actually generate something of value that others can steal for themselves. Men usually don't need much when you remove prestige and self dignity from the equation. And when women hate them, men are easily seen to revert into a state of barely floating by and can do so comfortably and significantly happier till they die. The only men who are praised are the most useful and attractive to women.

[@missAlice1990]

@@necrosteel5013 Sorry you feel that way. But I don't think you realize how many women admire men but never say so. They just don't realize men need to or should hear that. It's usually subconscious but the reasoning is "if I praise him, he will be satisfied and stop caring". Then of course, the internet is full of women who hate on men because they're insecure and jealous of men having unfair advantages over women (whether it's true or not). Many men and women would benefit from talking to the opposite sex, just as friends. Because all this ridiculous hatred between men and women is caused by fear, envy and projections.

[@CatherineIves]

men are expected to be either handsome or rich. It's not any easier for them and women don't respect men that aren't physically attractive either.

[@chungang7037]

@@missAlice1990 I think the larger point is that those men you see how have accomplished something are a minority, so for every 2 who made it there are 8 who didn't, and when you end up in that group you are basically disposable, but continue to hear how you have advantages and should take it like a man, so to speak, and keep grinding. Even within their own peer groups, men will repeat to other men that their opinions don't matter if they haven't accomplished anything, so it can be a vicious circle. But in recent years, those 8/10 men simply remove themselves from the game altogether, and in many ways some of them are probably happier. Whether that is a good thing for society is another question, but it is similar to people who have divorced and choose to focus on other priorities for the rest of their lives. I know plenty of women who have done the same, for various reasons. Sometimes agency can be found this way, or at least the illusion of it.

[@ttilah___]

time and time again i am reminded how the chinese beauty standard perpetuated online is either a one piece woman or a woman who looks like a child with almost no inbetween, and its so concerning

[@verenamenzel8958]

I think that too. There seemes to be a trend in Corea and other asian countries to make adult women look like 12 year old girls: ( faces, bodies superthin with fake breasts, no butts, dressed like dolls). I find that terrible, bc. they are made for pedophiles and its pure hate to normal women. The young men are obsessed to have cute, innocent looking girlfriends. A civilisation who lost reality.

[@shirleymaemattthews4862]

I wonder if it could be related to the Japanese idea of moé anime girls

[@patheticfangirl792]

Old millennial here and I'm SICK of looking at altered faces on the Internet. It's to the point where it's actually refreshing to see natural faces, and I do find them more attractive because of their uniqueness (you don't have to look "perfect" to look attractive. Everyone knows that yet we can't help ourselves because it's become so easy nowadays to get tweaks.) For a moment I considered having injections because I was scared of aging, like most of us. But I'm now firmly on the camp of appreciating what I have and embracing the experience of getting older, and old. In fact, I like my face as it is now better than ever. I was very insecure in my 20s, for reasons that make no sense at all since I was lucky to be born conventionally pretty. I had flawless skin, yet I would never step outside without make up.) It's only society that pushed me into thinking I needed work but *I* don't think I do. I'm still pretty, just older. And one day I'll be a pretty grandma.

[@l.5832]

I was a teen in the 1970s when the 'natural' look was in style. Although straight hair was popular, lots of famous women wore it otherwise (think Barbra Streisand, Carole King ) and it was considered sexy to have a light sprinkle of freckles. I'm really glad I grew up when I did.

[@JustWatchingLilPeople]

Same, I recently saw a 40y/o female model bare faced and spent like 30 mins browsing through her sessions. Meanwhile the comments: "she looks like a man/an old hag/ugly/etc". Seems like people are beginning to forget what a real human looks like, due to all the filters and makeup tricks. To some it was just nice to see a natural woman that takes care of herself.

[@natdivaz]

Best comment. Noone should look like d same as everyone else... I rather have unique features rather than perfect features that others also have... Im also an old millenial and who is very much comfortable in my own skin now compared to last time. 41 and confident, will do my best to prepare myself mentally, physically and spiritually for my golden ages in decades to come! 😊

[@PettyIsMyMiddleName]

Same here, 80s baby! I was so insecure and I had the perfect body in my twenties.

[@melodywong8265]

It will flip over soon, as beauty standards always do

[@gl15col]

A guy from South Africa who lived in China for several years (Serpentza) interviewed women who do nothing but talk to men on line for a fee, and that really good face filter was used by all of them. There are so few marriage age women in China because of the 1 child policy that men will pay just to talk to a woman on line that may not be a woman. These women live in a room provided by the company that pays them and they work 10 hours a day at this. It's incredibly sad.

[@Ella-g2m]

I saw that video, it was great. These guys paying OF might be paying to some old man with a filter lmfao.

[@justacoginthefkery]

What's even funnier is some of them aren't even women!

[@andromedamessier3176]

Some men can stop complaining about OF model making a lot of money. They can do that too now with filters 😂

[@DeadKraken]

@@andromedamessier3176 That dude with the kawaii face filters is playing 4D chess while all the whiny incels that cry about OF models and Twitch streamers are playing Shapes and Colors for toddlers😂

[@gregtaylor9806]

I’ve noticed this from hiring Chinese tutors on italki and chatting with women on language exchange apps. Everyone does it, and I was weird for asking about it 😂. It’s basically guaranteed

[@eyesofwater123]

I thought Hunter x Hunter was a kid's anime too, until I watched the Chimera Ant Ark. It is not, in fact, a kids show.

[@sparkymularkey6970]

Should I keep watching it? I just got through Heaven's Arena and I'm still not very gripped by the story. I dropped it, but everyone keeps talking like it's the best anime ever. Is it worth sticking out?

[@Someguy-lb9tp]

Chimera ant arc was the peak of hunter hunter

[@Someguy-lb9tp]

If you're more into story then right after heavens arena and chimera ant arc are for you, but it's good overall, just other arcs are less story driven (manga post anime has also good plot)

[@1hinita]

full metal alchemist too!

[@emilynam6084]

Most anime is not for kids in the first place 😭

[@sophieledden1961]

The thing that is so fascinating about the “ugly” vs “pretty” AI generated faces is how attractive the “ugly” faces are. Sure they look older and may have seen better days, but the bone structure is crazy. Clearly the algorithm has been trained primarily with models for faces. It’s the ugliest out of the world’s hottest people.

[@somber087]

AI hates bad skin

[@JasminMiettunen]

I also can’t tell the difference between AI generated “plain”, “pretty” and “gorgeous” faces lmao

[@pizzadogma]

Dystopian af

[@spiderlegs157]

"Uglies" by Scott Westerfield was prophetic, apparently.

[@ИапГоревич]

Yeah

[@yesterdayitrained]

Women and girls need to opt out of this mess. Beauty is a shallow measure of a person. What constitutes ‘beauty’ is constantly changing. And beauty fades over time.

[@necrosteel5013]

They can't, because they realise that "shallow" measure is all they have compared to their male counterparts. The only reason they are not as alone and broken as them is because that is the one thing that ensures a good number of people actually tolerate them and like them.

[@rainpooper7088]

@necrosteel5013 If we're going to be a doomer about it, it's more that other qualities just aren't valued in women nearly as much no matter how hard they try. Women's actions and accomplishments (both positive and negative) are usually downplayed in favor of discussing their appearance. Inversely, beauty absolutely is social currency for men as well, it just isn't usually discussed outside of edge cases because a man's value is supposed to lie in his accomplishments. Can we blame people for cultivating the values their society tells them are the things that make them worthwhile? Probably not. Can we still call out our society on its bs and point people's attention towards the harm it's doing? Absolutely.

[@necrosteel5013]

@@rainpooper7088 that's just the consequence of not actually understand what makes something valuable in the first place. They are told to praise and adore things they do not fully comprehend. Society is slop, relying on it for the values you choose to cultivate will enviably lead to failure. It's literally the lowest common denominator. Obsessing over changing that aspect is not going to help much, because it inevitably bastardizes and strawman's every value you could cultivate. Society is like the collective gutter, focusing on it is more likely to drive you insane than it is likely to help because that is exactly what we have been doing for decades and things don't seem to be getting fixed on time. Usually when things do get fixed, immediately there is new BS to whin about and we are back to square one. It's a hamster wheel that isn't worth focusing on, instead might as well introspect and attempt to distance yourself from the cancer as much as possible.

[@telepathicmagicshop]

Preach. I’m going grey in my mid 30s. Fuck dying my hair every 6 weeks. I don’t wear make up either. And I’m kind of fat. Fuck beauty standards.

[@mossyteef]

The thing about getting a facelift and not “lifting” the rest of your body, aka, having wrinkles everywhere else, is actually why dolly parton wears gloves/sleeves to cover her arms and hands lol, also, that one pic of Madonna w/ her hand showing her true age, you are real for wondering about that lmao

[@racheljwallace]

Nah Dollys got tattoos, that's why she has long sleeve

[@mossyteef]

@@racheljwallace i could have sworn I watched an interview with her talking about her aging skin being one of the reasons she wears gloves and sleeves, and in that charming dolly way as well of course lmao, maybe I’m going crazy 😭

[@dollzo]

Dolly Parton used to and actually still does freak me out like she's so uncanny she looks like if Pinocchio was a sex doll instead of a wooden puppet

[@mirailieva8849]

This is truly sad really. They are very off putting. It is clear to me this is some type of mental disease to normalize something like this. Can you imagine actually having to touch their bodies? Just no.

[@cotus2]

This is really creepy. Few years ago I was in a hospital for quite long time and my only contact with the world was SM. Afterwards it was quite a shock how the real world looks like. SM is really dystopian

[@catelynh1020]

The scariest thing for me is that the beauty standards for women is basically "look like a pre teen bit with boobs and a butt" I grew up not getting social media until i was in high school (a myspace account before it stopped being cool then facebook a bit later) and then i stopped using anything by college. No insta, no snapchat, no facebook... Thankfully that means i'm more used to normal faces, but i havw noticed that a lot of celebs are...unattractive isn't the right word, i don't think. Inhuman? Tipped into the uncanny valley? Like the lady who is known for her butt and the whole family is famous - every time i see any of the women of that family in a pic i just have to assume it was "my first photoshop' cuz no human looks like that.

[@adrianabonoli4201]

😂 I love how the comment says "the lady who is known for her butt and the whole family is famous" and I immediately know who they are talking about

[@4rl0ng]

Kim, isn't it? That's crazy lol

[@essennagerry]

I'm one you could classify as "chronically online" but I'm not on instagram or tiktok much at all which I think is where most of the influence comes from, though you definitely have it on youtube and facebook too. So idk how right I am about this but I think the lady you're speaking of and her family - it baffles MANY why they're considered not weird looking. I think they're on the extreme side of the spectrum. It baffles me that there are people unironically talking about how they used to feel shitty about not looking like Kim Kardashian or Kylie Jenner. Like there was a time when they would see these women on TV and on Instagram and wish to look like them, that is surprising to me. I had this obsession specifically with faces but I was fortunate enough to realize how unrealistic what I saught to see was (in my face and in others') before it became so commonplace to photoshop even videos. A lot of the stuff people want to see like see lips look a certain way or noses look a certain way isn't realistic even just in terms of angles - lips look one way from one angle and can look totally different from another angle. I kept learning about these stuff just through deliberate observation. If I was just younger I think there's a high chance I would've been SO caught up in these ridiculously unrealistic standards and not really want to hear about whether it's realistic or not. Why care, it's beautiful, I want it, I don't want to accept it's impossible. But I feel so fortunate that I have come to see and prefer the beauty of natural faces. They're like beautiful sculptures, each with a unique character, each change uniquely when they smile, talk, change with different lighting and angles, it's just beautiful to observe.

[@Birdlegs14]

I wouldnt say look like a preteen. Well maybe in Asia but not in the west. It’s actually a known thing of young girls like middle school girls looking much older. Makeup alone can make a girl look older in person but online theres the makeup and filters that can not only age up a face but also their bodies. I once saw a profile on instagram of an admittedly very attractive woman on instagram. Makeup glammed out hair was flawless great body. I would’ve thought she was 28 and had work done. Nope I found a birthday post and she was definitely NOT 28. I go to her tagged posts and suddenly she actually looks her age. It’s crazy

[@alisonmercer5946]

Uncanny Valley is it. Now I've looked at facelifts or whatever kind of facework and yeah they do look incredible. But the amount of bad or not better looking and not younger looking but just bizarre overdone uncanny Valley is wild

[@pheart2381]

What I find unnerving is when someone goes missing,usually a young female,there isnt a normal picture of the person to accompany the press release asking people for information/ sightings of the missing person. All the family have available are heavily filtered generic images which give little idea of what the person looks like in real life.

[@G36C-556]

Good riddance 🗿

[@adw6894]

They have their ID card photo which are very clear. So stop worrying nonsense about pictures. In reality, most of missing people don't use filter

[@candy-ninja]

@@G36C-556 Wtf is wrong with?

[@G36C-556]

@@candy-ninja the french

[@pheart2381]

@@adw6894 I've seen the heavily filtered photos used on news programmes,so obviously they are not using I.D. photos.

[@hippie1252]

Scrutinizing your face and wishing every single thing was different is so not good for you. I like the way I look and I try to stop myself when I notice I'm staring at the mirror for too long. Criticizing the way I look won't do me any good because I know one day I'll look back and say "I was gorgeous, I don't know what I was obsessing over."

[@Kevin-ok8dj]

Exactly. I feel the same

[@AA-ed6ek]

I'm not pretty at all but it doesn't mean I can't accept that's just the way I am. People who lie and say everyone is good looking in their own way did more harm to me than anything else. If I can accept that I'm not intelligent like Einstein then I can accept my looks. I like your outlook too.

[@Im_here_lol]

Yeeee,last summer i was bored in the middle of night and started looking and pics of me when i was like 12? And I realized that I actually didn’t even look as bad as I thought I was

[@Sohelanthropus]

That's actually a good mindset damn

[@AA-ed6ek]

@userziubwouw I like your attitude but where I'm from if you don't look good you aren't treated well. I'm not even average. I'm below and it's been like that my whole life. It's affected me a lot. Not to this point to these type of people though.

[@xBejia]

out here looking like Zepeto characters

[@skellyszz]

REAL THO 😭😭😭😭

[@janinebelleestrada7096]

It's a nightmare standard

[@jamilateef6392]

find a favorite nature bath soap zero chemicals, steaming/cleanse with warm steam each day.

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

Social media has been bringing out the worst in people. Following the 'crowd', craving approval, acceptance... It's Peer Pressure Gone Insane!

[@justachannel6319]

Tbh ive never rlly understood getting rid of your wrinkles and your older features, even when doing all that you will not remain young forever it's a part of life

[@Greeeenmoss]

Ikr!! To me aging (like wrinkles) is a privilege and some sort of, idk how to said? Uh, A physical proof that you were live long, fighting, and keep going on living as times passes. Not everyone get to be older and had a chance to see their wrinkles 💔.

[@sabrinatruppel6699]

How old are you? Because for me is really hard to find new signs of age on my face when I look in the mirror, specially after I lost 10kg in like six months . I know aging is a privilege and I wouldn’t have surgery but it bothers me and I try keeping up with skincare to not get “worst”

[@hhaannnnaahh222]

I think the more you make peace with, or at least engage with, the fact that we're all going to die then it makes aging seem like less of an issue. I do take preventative measures with spf and look after my skin etc but we're all heading the same way, we don't get to be young forever bc that's not how life works. There's something about just facing the facts of life and pondering that orb while everything around you is compelling you to be self obsessed, shallow and hyperfocused on your looks. I do think it's harder for women though.

[@Homodemon]

​@@sabrinatruppel6699 no one else in the world will care about your wrinkles or how old or young you look beside you. All those details that you get hung up over, don't matter to other people and all this anxiety you got over appearing younger will be literally fruitless at the end of the day because no ine really cares if you managed ti fill back your folds or whatever. Is like gymbros Literally no one but them care about their muscles (and other men that are also gymbros) realistically no one cares or invests time thinking about how you look lol

[@sabrinatruppel6699]

@@Homodemon I am aware of that, but it doesn’t really changes the way I feel

[@opheliamunroe1110]

As someone with moderate body dysmorphia I was super into the concept of surgery to change the way I looked to match what I wanted to look like. But then I realized that it wasn't just an impossible standard I couldn't afford to live up to but that it also wouldn't fix the fact that I have moderate body dysmorphia. And I watched so so many people do it and still never have the body they want even $100k in the hole. There's nothing wrong with being interested in changing the way you look but my god the industry surrounding it will have you straight up thinking you should consider removing your cheek fat just in time to closet cosplay as Jack Skellington. I think I may still want to get a little something done in the future just for me but the climate around getting work done is just way too concerning right now. I legitimately don't even trust a lot of professionals now based on the "trends" I keep seeing. It's very alarming how drastic some of these procedures are. It scares me more than what I look like in the mirror. I can avoid mirrors. I cannot avoid what some of these people might do to me because I don't feel like my body is my own. I'm insecure as shit but if anyone is going to ruin my body it's going to be me personally. 😐

[@segamai]

At this point I *genuinely feel like getting any surgery, however minor, is a gateway drug for anyone with body dysmorphia. My personal advice is that even though therapy is expensive, it’ll still be cheaper and more beneficial than any procedure. The root cause is your mind, not your body, objectively there can be nothing wrong with your body aesthetically because those parameters are societally enforced and extremely fickle, but a troubled mind will latch onto any excuse to cope with whatever pain is plaguing it. Don’t believe the “you should feel free to change something about yourself if it makes you happy”, that’s just industry propaganda.

[@susannpatton2893]

You are perfect just as you are Repeat this everyday you wake up You are perfect just the way you are

[@opheliamunroe1110]

@@segamai Agreed. I'm definitely going to get my mental health sorted before I even consider a consultation. I really don't want to change my appearance due to insecurity because I HAVE seen what that can do to people already struggling. I still struggle with poor eating patterns and shit so surgery is NOT an option for me as far as I'm concerned. Especially not anytime soon. I think it would make it much much worse. I used to watch tons of documentaries about plastic surgery and it was really eye opening. Dr. Youn is actually the reason I paused to reconsider if it was right for me in the first place. And right now it absolutely is not. Between the social climate to get "trendy" operations and finding out BBLs have an INSANE fatality rate I backed off the bandwagon. I stopped asking myself if it was worth it and started asking myself if it was necessary. And it isn't. I appreciate the concern but I definitely don't have any urgency when it comes to that anymore. In fact most of the procedures I used to consider are a hard pass from me now. I may reconsider breast augmentation when I'm much older but for now I'm okay with just not really loving my body all the time.

[@TonyMaynard-SD]

@@opheliamunroe1110 there is nothing wrong with your body the way it is. you do not have to "love" it, you can just tolerate it if that's whats going to keep it safe and healthy for you! and just in case you didnt know, even breast augmentation can have unwanted effects that are rarely talked about, i think i heard about it from the channel alexandrasgirlytalk if you want to hear her experience with that. this is not to say that you shouldnt consider these things at all, its up to you, but surgeries like this can be very difficult on the body and you should know all the info first

[@opheliamunroe1110]

@@TonyMaynard-SD Oh I know. I'm all about body neutrality now. I'm disabled and frankly it's pretty difficult to love a body that actively works against you to even complete a basic task. I've definitely done a ton of research and am aware of the potential side effects. It's part of why I think it's something I may choose to do later in life. I'm only 31 now so it's not exactly something I think I need but I'll keep considering it and keeping up on how the procedure changes over the years. There's tons of progress in these surgeries as doctors work to mitigate the known risk factors. I'm not undereducated or unaware of myself lol I've come a long way and maybe by the time I'm 60 I won't even want it anymore. But that's between me and my 60 year old self. I appreciate all the concern on this thread but it's fairly unwarranted. Even if I were reckless enough to go for an impulse surgery - my God how is that a real thing - I definitely don't have the money to. 💀 And I'm just not that reckless. I was doing tons of research the second I had an interest and watching surgery videos etc Educating myself on the procedures I was considering is literally why I've crossed all but one off the list. And even that's on a major back burner for when I'm genuinely unhappy with my breasts. I'm actually not at the moment and is why I just don't think it's something I want right now. Could I pay to make them look inhumanly fantastic? Yeah sure but I don't actually think there's anything wrong with them now. I may want to lift them a bit when I'm older but otherwise I'm fairly wary of even going in for a consultation because some of these surgeons prey on insecurities and I genuinely don't want that to happen to me. The social climate is really concerning.

[@anjeru4211]

that is so crazyyyyy i can't imagine how much this fucks up your self perception

[@Treesa928]

The one thing my Dad taught me was to embrace the changes you go through growing up. He also taught me that looking different is in and looking the same as others is boring.

[@TheCornDavis]

I don't think you can put buccal fat back but they for sure probably get fillers to fill the spot.

[@Mystic_Paths]

The rise of social media has amplified beauty standards that are often unattainable without filters, editing apps, or cosmetic procedures. This can make people feel inadequate or pressure them to conform to an artificial ideal.

[@GloomyYumi]

I used to ONLY take selfies with the SNOW app when I was younger because you could change your face shape... It was so difficult to stop, I had to slowly reduce the filters because I couldn't handle seeing what I really looked like. It messes with your head to see an idealised version of yourself

[@ms_taree7335]

I can still see the filters but I also have a background in photography, digital editing and makeup. It is just the way the lighting sheen is. It is kinda crazy how much even using a different mm lens can change people's face. Google that if you are bored. It looks like a filter but its just the different lens. If I ever got to go to Shanghai I would love to go to the museum + day trip water boat tour + bullet train tour.

[@art.junk13]

Yes! This comment is so important. I used to see my coworkers during my makeup retail days sell concealer all the time with those who believed they had dark under eye circles. I would pull them to the side and tell them to hold their camera higher, in the light the light and further away from you face to change the lighting and perception from the camera lense. Your confidence sky rockets once you realize lighting and cameras skew us so much. It’s why we feel better about ourselves in the mirror (for some of us obviously not all) so industries can profit off our insecurities. Using cameras and photoshop is something anyone can do now. Remember, real sunsets are prettier in person. Uniqueness is beautiful.

[@swisschaletsauce]

motorcycle dude gotta live life with that orange hair tho

[@opheliamunroe1110]

I mean. It doesn't actually look bad on him though. 👀 I would have followed him without the beauty filter tbh But I guess I get it due to how competitive it can be to get like....any interaction on social media now if you aren't considered attractive by the people viewing your content. Which is a weird and gross social ill in my opinion that we should address beyond beauty filters and surgery. Like it's honestly extremely bizarre that people just can't like...be themselves and interact naturally online with others. I'm just....this is WEIRD. 😭

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

@@opheliamunroe1110he wouldn’t have gotten a lot of the male followers, but he would’ve had a lot of female followers, especially GenX. A ruggedly hot dude with long hair on a bike - yes please!

[@opheliamunroe1110]

@@akaLaBrujaRoja He's very handsome! But I think it's more of an age thing in his specific case. Because I'm American and I think he's honestly super dashing but maybe he struggles to stand out in a sea of like...quasi idols. Especially considering biking is considered more of a niche interest and male bikers get a reputation for being kind of scary even if they literally aren't doing anything. Idk I would definitely be a legitimate fan of his. Unfortunately he will probably never know that 😭 Virality has become such a goal it's kind of nuts. I had a period in my life where I wanted to be popular and well liked but I found the more people liked me the less me I was so it's really disheartening to know these honestly super cool people feel like they have to appeal to a large audience by watering themselves down or outright lying. I can say "I would 100% be his fan!" but that doesn't mean I would ever be shown his content because these algos are straight up destroying the social aspect of the Internet in my very humble opinion. Like the fact that some people are actively buried on some platforms is honestly very gross to me. I think he could even propagate a healthy male following if he broadened his content beyond aesthetic shots and talked about his bikes and stuff. There's a lot people would be drawn to him by even without him being rather handsome. He had clear, well shot videos and was obviously active. With a natural online presence there's no way he wouldn't have gotten thousands or millions of fans worldwide just.... doing what he enjoys doing. I follow tons of people I'm in no way attracted to but I do know that does play a role. Still. This kind of thing makes me sad as hell lmfao I want people to be themselves even if I don't end up liking them.

[@KateTries]

Stop. At night my phone screen turns only black & white (a bedtime setting) and without this comment I just figured he was blonde. This really adds an entire element to the equation. 😭

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

@@opheliamunroe1110 what generation are you? I’m GenX in my 50s, born and raised in the US, and motorcycle dudes with fluffy long hair were hot when I was a teenager. There tons of rock stars riding motorcycles on MTV videos, Rob Halford, the lead singer for Judas Priest rode his on stage, and several of their songs were specifically about riding motorcycles. It’s a “bad boy” image for sure, but in an attractive way.

[@Gyaradosage]

When I had abdominal surgery, I couldn’t stand having a pillow resting on my stomach because it was so sensitive. Flying right after getting a face lift (with even more nerve endings) must be the most painful thing! I can’t even imagine!

[@Yollhowl]

Another banger to listen to while i study for my final

[@klovercoveredkleo2013]

Relatable 😩 Good luck to us and everyone on their finals week!

[@miniorca]

Good luck!

[@delftfietser]

Geez, 30 years since my last finals. Good luck to you!

[@auroraclark6794]

Final? Finals in June?

[@Yollhowl]

@@auroraclark6794 Yep!

[@BuhnyINSANITY]

THE KING HAS POSTED

[@mitchmill28]

8:50 that girl on the first picture in the ugly section is so damn pretty wtf

[@andromedamessier3176]

I also cannot tell what is the difference between plain, pretty, and gorgeous 😂 Also wrinkles are ugly ig.

[@risuyami1468]

i used to use the snow app filters and looked like a completely different person online. Now i only edit/enhance the colours, no more face filters as they make me cringe super hard. it's fun to be a character online but im done with it now.

[@risuyami1468]

with the standard iphone edit features like contrast etc but no warping waists or textureless face.

[@JupiterTao26]

damn can't wait to see edvasians face reveal

[@what_equals_42]

When you're in Singapore, don't drop any litter, graffiti anything, or chew gum. Last I heard, all of those were still very illegal there. You should probably read up on what else is illegal, because it seems to be a lot. 😅

[@rin-cp2mj]

It's honestly not really a lot. I feel like littering and graffiti-ing things anywhere is a no-go.

[@shuu-wasseo]

yeah just remember to be decent lol

[@SombreroPharoah]

Singing in public in that list.

[@lol...]

Chewing gum is fine you wont get caught,just dispose of it responsibly

[@goldenpony822]

Odd way to single yourself out

[@alex-hx4ec]

the outloud "NOO‼️‼️‼️‼️" that came out of my mouth when u said u had to remove j-hope.... you'd think he was enlisting for the second time or smth

[@FULLmodeWOnderland]

...umm.. you know what...it's all insane to me.. I rather stay in the bat cave than deal with all this new world shit happening 😅😂😂😂

[@CraigTravers]

Batman would be on the streets beating up surgeons and reversing the surgeries with some mad tech. You don't deserve a bat cave

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

😂😂😂 That's a great way to say it! Stay in the bat cave 😂😂😂

[@eebee8052]

make sure to stay well hydrated coming to singapore!!! SEA is hit with a really bad heatwave right now!

[@gyuuu-sr6zo]

His bob actually was fye

[@ArrogantDomineeringCEO]

If you’re visiting Singapore, the local street stalls are to die for, and there’s a cat cafe in Bugis somewhere, along with many international cuisine scattered all over. If you’re not interested in going local, just hang around city hall or even the airport lol

[@cake5058]

I started to take photos of myself with no filters in my regular camera app again. I really lost the plot when I realized I was catfishing myself. I don’t have a social media presence that I use my own likeliness on anyway.

[@Strawberry_Angelic]

The bold glamor just Makes me look like a guy 😭 the curse of having your dads face

[@sabrinatruppel6699]

Me too. It made me look like my brother

[@ricebeansrockroll882]

Same, it gives me a 5oclock shadow. It's supposed to be contour i think but.. nah

[@elisemurray5263]

no one will ever be happy basing their happiness on how good they look on the outside. aesthetic perfection is not possible and you'll spend forever chasing it, unhappier and unhappier every step of the way. and this unhealthy focus on external beauty is leading us to subconsciously judge everyone around us and their worth (in the most extreme cases) based on looks. it's dehumanizing, shallow, and just plain awful imo. but i don't blame anyone for falling victim to this, when we see it everywhere online and with being online becoming a large part of everyday life. i'm personally offline aside from youtube or browsing, i use no social media anymore and while i'm still battling depression and anxiety i've never felt more confident in myself. it's just because i've stopped comparing myself to millions of people online that are not even apart of my life so it doesn't even matter if i feel they may have a thinner waist than me or whatever. and even if they do so what? that's awesome for them! but it doesn't mean i'm any less. and no one else is either!!

[@IdreamIsoar]

Cool! Singapore tips. English spoken widely. Though, you might need to get used to the accent. Second languages are spoken, but not necessarily across all racial groups. The zoo, Botanic garden, Sentosa are great touristy places to go; just to name a few. Food is amazing there. Have fun!

[@flipingboredcritic]

Age with grace, maturity and acceptance goes a long way.

[@twilight_noir_]

I already have a ton of problems regarding my perception of the self, J DON'T NEED MORE BS 😭

[@shiopiii]

hello from singapore gardens by the bay is always a good choice, some "street food" places only take cash or cashless payment that requires local bank account and bring an umbrella with you if you're planning on being outdoors, it's been raining a bit here (it also helps a bit when the afternoon sun is very hot)

[@oliviabolivia.2099]

bro jumpscared me with the hisoka cilp 😞🙏 1:00

[@moonpiryohae]

I screamed- every time I forgot that clip, it jump scares my soul 😫

[@lauriepenner350]

I would invest in an app that puts less attractive features on pictures of beautiful people so I can feel better about myself.

[@MisaMisaIsOnTop]

Why not just learn to love yourself instead of feeling the need to drag others down with you?

[@dynogamergurl]

That sounds hilarious 😂

[@mossyteef]

Devious behaviour 😭

[@tonijackson3421]

Sweetie that’s your insecurities to deal with lol. There already are silly filters people just don’t use them and don’t have to “make you feel better about yourself”… you really thought you snapped there.

[@tonijackson3421]

@@MisaMisaIsOnTopthis like girl bye no one has to look ugly because you’re insecure

[@_ishanaa_]

hello, mr. ed vasian. i would like to congratulate you on your return to the video platform known as “youtube”, and would like to bequeath upon you my thanks for your video posts which bring upon me a sense of joy and happiness. again, i thank you mr. vasian, and wish upon you a good morrow, evening, afternoon, or night.

[@sophiabreidfischer6242]

Now I suspect ppl of hving work done even if maybe they dont becaise I know how common it is . It actually makes me feel a bit grossed out seeing how easy it is to alter ppls features. The risk and pain killers seem a high price

[@draco1811]

I'm watching this and I can't stop laughing! Thanks to AI, even your 80 year old grandpa can be a IG thirst trap.

[@jomsies]

I wonder how many more videos from you I need to watch before i stop myself from getting plastic surgery. dysmorphia - 5 from this video thank u edvasian :3

[@pridefall3304]

Seriously. I turned 35 and recently started thinking about a preventative face lift but these videos always make me reconsider if it’s worth the risk

[@ktierarichardson4341]

He’s finally back! It’s been forEVER!! Thank you edvasian for feeding us 😊

[@melomeline]

3:00 BODY BANG

[@coro4ever]

I really think that once you get one surgery on your face, the rest of your face will change and look out of proportion, so you keep getting surgeries and injections until you die. Especially with things like buccal fat removal, people jumped on a trend and didn't wait for research or evidence of how it effects you long term. I will never say that someone can't get plastic surgery, but I don't think people realize that your decision to have plastic surgery is always influenced by something or someone. People should really have to talk to a psychologist and a doctor, not a plastic surgeon, on how these procedures effect them before they even get the procedure done. You are making a decision which will effect you for the rest of your life.

[@zachdak]

I think people really need to hear and understand something: that feature that you don’t like about yourself, someone probably dozens or hundreds of your ancestors, fell in love with that feature. That feature has been loved and appreciated for many generations for it to be passed down to you.

[@MotherEingana]

I noticed this in 2019 when I used Snapchat for a bit. Playing with filters made me start to hate taking regular pictures of my face. I had to stop and get comfortable with my face on the camera again. Now I refuse to use filters that change my face. And I limit my time on social media. Been slowly disappearing from platforms the past few years. This is getting so out of hand for our mental health, and our perception of the world and other people.

[@destinyprice9150]

Edvasian is finally back. I missed you!!😭

[@bluexwings]

Have fun in Singapore! I understand the airport is pretty stunning itself. Be sure to check out the rain vortex!

[@EEsmalls]

I feel so bad for young people nowadays. Not a single real face or body anywhere. Gonna have to teach my daughter to not believe literally anything she sees online or anywhere when she's older 😳

[@TheMagicCrafter]

Singapore? Go to the Fish Bowl for dinner and see Mermaid Syrena and her group perform while you eat! 🥳 The aquarium at Sentosa Island is also very nice. Enjoy your trip and thanks for the video ❤

[@Bellusinlove]

This is so dystopian

[@Shuurinakisame]

Rumor has it Edvasian is the one ahm leavin' you fo'. Cause I need more videos. That's why.

[@mabsie2249]

5:35 help I thought Oli London was cosplaying as an Australian now 😭

[@Iife]

Oli Sydney or Aussie London

[@artmoryoo]

seeing the before and after pictures of people with heavy filters or makeup makes me so sad. it's jarring because they're so different but also they're so beautiful yet they can't see it if they need to change themselves into a whole new person

[@mandylin3783]

FINALLY THE KING IS BACKKK

[@ElliBuzz]

Try the Museum of Ice Cream and Café Monochrome in Singapore! 😄 Universal studios Singapore is also a fun place, the parks all over the city are beautiful, there's a lot to see

[@stormzybanksy]

the boy with the passport photo at 5:52 was perfect before. whyyyyyyyyyyyyy did he get plastic surgery???

[@rhythmrecall]

Don’t miss the Supertrees light show at night in Singapore! I’ve visited Singapore once and reallyyyyyyyyyy want to go back😊

[@Thisismyhandle-m4b]

LOVE YOU’RE CHANNEL ❤ ai is hella scary😭😭😭

[@dishsoap4588]

as a singaporean, honestly hope you enjoy your time at our humble searing part of the world HAHA (being cooked alive fr) as for what to do... depends on what you'd like to do, but shopping is the most common answer since shopping malls are everywhere lmao oh and eating food, that's another one- edit: we usually use English and Singlish so don't worry too much lol

[@jesswilltravel]

For Singapore- the best coffee I had there was at Kurasu! They have two SG shops. Have fun!

[@Heartheart13]

Yassss Singapore ( I honestly did not expect my country to pop out like that💀)

[@chaman575]

Go to Bengawan Solo and try the pandan chiffon cake or kueh lapis ☺️ they’re my favourites from there (but there’s a lot of other amazing snacks!). I also would recommend trying kaya toast and chendol 💚 There’s a lot of amazing food and stuff to do! Have fun!

[@tiffchu]

Nah why did the filter being lifted give me a jumpscare every time 💀💀 we’re fucked

[@margaretleboeuf6765]

I'm so grateful that I was raised with the belief that 'ugly' refers to a person's behavior and not how a person looks. And looks fade. It's what's in a person's heart that make them beautiful ❤

[@monique.x.o.x.o]

HE ACTUALLY POSTS ONCE A YEAR

[@hulda4ever]

I'm so glad I didn't follow the trend of getting plastic surgery!!

[@boop-da-SNOOT]

-song fa bak ku teh -chinatown food court -kaya toast from ya kun and other breakfast chains

[@DLRS1]

I know you’re most likely to have returned from Singapore by now, but tea at Raffles is a great experience. Last time I was there an enormous thunderstorm hit, and it made the atmosphere even more magical 😊. It stopped by the time we’d finished the meal

[@bribreebwi]

yesss i was almost dying of edvasian drought

[@GuardianSpirits13]

Definitely see the gardens in Singapore!!! They're incredible!!!

[@mananababytiff]

EATING DINNER WHILE WATCHING LETS GO EDVASION NATION

[@SonDeter-ry1ct]

the ''i love your confidence'' dug into my heart

[@bleepindeadalienbody]

the montage at 11:10 really puts in stark relief the fact that filters make people who are literally already attractive appear less so just because an insane filter was removed. i wouldn't call any one of those people ugly and the jolt you get when the filter is removed has to be doing crazy psychic damage

[@viralinvestigation]

"Are your parent's name A or I " Ed is too funny 🤣🤣

[@yblou21]

I’ve been bedridden with the most atrocious fever in the world for the past three days and fell into the rabbit hole of your videos. I just want to express how your witty humor and philosophical thinking helped distract me from the misery of being sick. Great video, thanks for the content ❤

[@serchmaabaatarchuluun5761]

10:10 girlie be looking like One Piece female character lmao

[@melinda-elisatatar4253]

Nah even they look more natural

[@BakhitaMeddie]

Please post too often, I really do miss you a lot

[@dirtworm979]

Hear me out on motorcycle guy tho…

[@a-goblin]

WOULD

[@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305]

He's very attractive, 100% would follow him.

[@kamikaze00007]

If you think about it, this is just a prelude to when we reach the time when people opt to get "cyberbodies" as part of the societal norm. At that point, you can pretty much customize every facet of how your cyborg prosthetic body will look like and the parts it'll have.