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Confusious

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7. True, standards of beauty have changed
Sun Jun 3, 2012, 04:17 AM
Jun 2012

But they have always been something most people can attain, in a sense. Not everyone could be twiggy or George clooney, but you could look good with a little work.

I highly doubt that we will all be able to afford plastic surgery, which means it will be limited to a few, and they will always look strange. Of course, I'm also reminded of the twilight zone episode.

Another thing is that as humans, we are hardwired to recognize faces. When a face looks strange to us, i.e. not not natural, we notice. Video game makers have been seeing this lately as the hardware allows them to create more realistic faces. There's a point crossed where it just looks "weird" and "not right."

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