[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;48029896]i did and the only argument you really use is "what, no, this can't be, you're insane, i disagree" (etc)
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This isn't at all what I said, please don't disregard my entire argument so you can shift the discussion to your talking points.
[QUOTE=hrak;48029902]This isn't at all what I said, please don't disregard my entire argument so you can shift the discussion to your talking points.[/QUOTE]
i'm not disregarding it i'm saying it's going in the wrong direction; what you said is not what beauty standards are about
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;48029912]i'm not disregarding it i'm saying it's going in the wrong direction; what you said is not what beauty standards are about[/QUOTE]
To begin with, I don't understand why you're saying sexy video game characters create beauty standards.
Video games aren't saying 'this is what you have to look like if you want people to fuck you.' It's not like magazines. They aren't advertising expensive jeans and putting them on supermodels, implicitly correlating attractiveness with worth.
They are characters who happen to be sexy. If they produce envy, if they make people feel inferior - that's legitimately unfortunate, but how are these people who're made to feel inferior by sexy video game characters going to feel when they encounter actual, real-life sexy folks? Are IRL attractive people perpetuating beauty standards too?
[QUOTE=hrak;48029945]To begin with, I don't understand why you're saying sexy video game characters create beauty standards.
Video games aren't saying 'this is what you have to look like if you want people to fuck you.' It's not like magazines. They aren't advertising expensive jeans and putting them on supermodels, implicitly correlating attractiveness with worth.
They are characters who happen to be sexy. If they produce envy, if they make people feel inferior - that's legitimately unfortunate, but how are these people who're made to feel inferior by sexy video game characters going to feel when they encounter actual, real-life sexy folks? Are IRL attractive people perpetuating beauty standards too?[/QUOTE]
You realize that sort of problem is not of [b]individual[/b] pieces but rather a general attitude?
Wait, wasn't there a movie about this?
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