• @superbirra
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    except you speak for you and no one else, there is no “we”, and a lot of ppl enjoy it

    • Dr. Moose
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      1810 months ago

      I speak for society as a whole. People enjoy dog fights and other unethical and toxic entertainment yet that’s not an excuse to allow it. We’re better off without it objectively speaking.

      • @superbirra
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        cmon, it’s a silly strawman and you know it

        • @[email protected]
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          810 months ago

          Both promote suffering for entertainment. In both cases that means both contestants and societal impact.

          In dog fights, dogs get killed and people seeing them normalized get desensitized towards animal cruelty.

          In pageants, models are incentivized to starve themselves and to subject themselves to cosmetic surgery, and people seeing that normalized feel like they need to do the same because of body image issues.

          I think the comparison is pretty spot on.

          • @[email protected]
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            210 months ago

            This is the first I’ve heard of the cosmetic surgery! I’m surprised they don’t treat that like steroids in major sporting competitions.

        • Dr. Moose
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          510 months ago

          How? I genuinely believe there’s no real value in shallow events like this. I’m from Thailand and their kinda big deal here but nothing positive ever came from one other than some memes. Fortunately pageants are in extreme decline and they’ll be gone without any particular effort from us.

          • @superbirra
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            tbh I’m more afraid of people who speak the truth on behalf of ‘us’

            • Dr. Moose
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              510 months ago

              Sorry for being a part of my community and society I guess?

              • @superbirra
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                -810 months ago

                even if you spoke for all of them (you don’t) your initial comment would still make no sense lol