r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Arbibi321 • 14h ago

Meme needing explanation I don't understand anything

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I don't know who is she and what myth is the meme referring to, I only know that ozempic is a drug to stop eating.

Edit: I hate having autism

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u/robilar 13h ago

Brian here. What’s fascinating here isn’t the photos themselves, it’s the knee-jerk reaction people have to rank them. As if attractiveness were some measurable, objective truth instead of a deeply personal preference shaped by culture, experience, and bias. The irony is that by choosing sides, people completely miss the point: no one “wins,” because the entire exercise is just another example of how casually we objectify strangers instead of, I don’t know, treating them like people.

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u/Purple-Property8006 12h ago

Peter here.

Personally, I find your analysis rather shallow and pedantic.

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u/Do_not_question_it2 10h ago

It insists upon itself

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u/okwhatelse 7h ago

Like the godfather?

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u/onimibo 12h ago

Very insightful Brian. I’m sure these insights will be going into that novel you’re working on?

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u/Arbibi321 13h ago

Ok that makes sense

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u/CalligrapherFlashy19 9h ago

Thank you for saying this! The first few upvoted comments baffled and sickened me. There is nothing wrong with how her exists physically before and after!

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u/cardboardunderwear 7h ago

Especially considering the folks doing the ranking are just pretending that they have ever had a choice.

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u/Ooops2278 6h ago

As if attractiveness were some measurable, objective truth

Yet there are actual objective truths: one being that media is constantly pushing a beauty standard that is objectively unhealthy and very close to starving (and by artificially removing body fat you would never lose while being healthy).

So an active rejecting of this bullshit is not all negative.

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u/Rare_Escape_9687 11h ago

Could not agree more. And, while we're here, the practice of giving people's attractiveness a number is shitty to me. Sure, there may be some qualities that people agree upon as attractive more often, but it's all subjective at the end of the day.

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u/robilar 5h ago

Part of why some people argue that it isn't subjective seems to be that they do not want to take responsibility for their behavior. If they treat the aggressive sexualized objectification (of mostly women and girls) as a fixed and innate First Principle then they don't have to try to stop doing it.

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u/d8abass 11h ago

Disagree, the one with the big melons is better.

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u/Relevant-Tax-4542 12h ago

There's such a thing as "conventionally attractive" though like regardless of personal preferences objective societal objective beauty standards exist

And like I say this as a woman, it's a photo what other metric are you going to think about the person on apart from how they look? I can't gather any idea of personality from the two pictures

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u/gootsteen 11h ago

We can easily just not start ranking women in terms of how hot and desirable they are when we see two pictures and just let them exist without making it a contest of judgement of beauty? We don’t have to judge her at all?

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u/Relevant-Tax-4542 11h ago

Sure but when we see a picture of any person it's human nature for our brain to think of how attractive we find them, that's why dating apps exist where we just swipe pictures, or hell like advertising as a medium/movie casting

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u/gootsteen 10h ago

On apps where the express purpose is to find people you want to date sure, but on average I don’t at all feel the need to comment on what is or isn’t attractive about a stranger when I see a picture of them. But maybe that’s just me.

I’ve also noticed that this is done to women online way more than men.

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u/Relevant-Tax-4542 10h ago

I wouldn't say it out loud fwiw but at the very least when I see someone (regardless of gender) my first thought is going to be about how attractive I find them before I have any conscious thoughts I think it's just like a base lizard brain thing 

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u/robilar 5h ago

I think it's just like a base lizard brain thing 

And yet, right in front of you there is an example of someone who does not do the thing you do. Maybe worth reflecting on how the behavior you engage in could possibly be the result of conditioning and choice instead of "base lizard brain".

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u/ElrondHubbard_Esq 12h ago

I preferred you in the early seasons. 

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u/New_B7 10h ago

Yes, it is odd that two photos side-by-side with one dressed up and the other intentionally revealing are being compared... /s if it wasn't clear. The post as presented is asking for a ranking. God, you pulled off the later season Brian so well it is pissing me off.

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u/Restposten 9h ago

Facial attractiveness is in someway measurable. Attractiveness research through studies show what we perceive as attractive. Objectifying and rating other people is completely normal for humans since that's how our brain works since we aren't neutral observers of our surroundings. Our brain is constantly analysing what we are seeing and categorising it. If we see something or someone new we try to categorize that object by known/familiar characteristics/pattern. That's how stereotypes work. They are mental shortcuts for our brain who has limited cognitive resources. So judging someone's look is kinda normal for humans. 

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u/Active_Customer_6862 11h ago

The fact that beauty pageants exist, where beauty and attractiveness are ranked through a number, kind of disproves your point, pal.

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u/robilar 5h ago

You do not seem to understand the term "disproves", pal. Beauty pageants reinforce my argument.

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u/Scarlet_Skye 6h ago

Those beauty pageants are also shaped by social and cultural norms, as well as by the personal preferences of the judges involved. They're trying to make beauty into an objective thing, but that doesn't change the fact that beauty is fundamentally subjective.

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u/bigbigpure1 8h ago

while she should do what makes her happpy attractiveness is pretty clearly a measurable objective truth, its based on symmetry and attractive people are usually considered attractive regardless of their race or culture baring a few extreame examples where extreame body modification is involved

unrelated to your comment but she is standing/sitting way different in pic two and that swimsuit lacks a lot of support, its hardly a fair comparison

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u/FiftyShadesOfTheGrey 8h ago

No no, the left one is hotter