Cyber Ghost to Comradeship // Freechat · 1 year agoWhen people say that someone looks average, what do they mean? What does the average man or average woman even look like?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down16
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareWhen people say that someone looks average, what do they mean? What does the average man or average woman even look like?Cyber Ghost to Comradeship // Freechat · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·edit-21 year agotbh it basically means “neither ugly nor attractive to me” It has nothing to do with actual averages.
minus-squareCyber GhostOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoThe way that I have seen people use it is as “I find you unattractive, but I dont want to hurt your feelings”
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·1 year agoUnattractive, yes, but not ugly. It’s more like “I personally don’t find you attractive, but I guess someone else might”
minus-squareCyber GhostOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIsnt the case that there will always be someone who finds someone attractive?
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoSure, but that doesn’t mean it’s always imaginable. People generally don’t realize how broad the human experience is. So what they actually mean is “I can imagine a hypothetical person being attracted to you”
tbh it basically means “neither ugly nor attractive to me”
It has nothing to do with actual averages.
The way that I have seen people use it is as “I find you unattractive, but I dont want to hurt your feelings”
Unattractive, yes, but not ugly.
It’s more like “I personally don’t find you attractive, but I guess someone else might”
Isnt the case that there will always be someone who finds someone attractive?
Sure, but that doesn’t mean it’s always imaginable. People generally don’t realize how broad the human experience is.
So what they actually mean is “I can imagine a hypothetical person being attracted to you”