• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    the actual answer is that the curls are brushed which is essentially a minor thing that make some people feel like they’re better than others, hence why the unbrushed version is the version that the guy would cheat on (worse) and the main girl is “better”

    the different ideas in the comments are KILLING me though. I think the ‘tight curls = tight grip on dick’ theory is the funniest one

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Ok, as a man, I can see that these are two different hairstyles. Visually, it’s obviously the same person but with slightly different configurations of hair. Where I’m lost is that this meme seems to imply that one is better than the other. Which is the superior look? I don’t know. That doesn’t mean I cannot differentiate between the two, it means I am out of touch with whatever is stylish at the moment. There’s nothing objectively more or less beautiful in these photos. Maybe one style is easier to maintain, and the difference is supposed to sugest that one of them takes better care of their hair? Or maybe they are too fussy and vain to a fault? This is specialized knowledge that can only be shared via communication. You cannot discover it on your own like some scientific truth. You must learn it from someone else who knows.

    The people who are snarky about people not knowing something like this are the worst sort of snobs. Not only are they mocking people who haven’t been included in the secret, they are wasting an opportunity to share knowledge to do it.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      My read of the meme was that the similarity is the point. “You vs the girl he cheats with”, if one was significantly more attractive than the other would probably imply that it’s the woman’s fault for not being more attractive. But by showing them both basically the same, the message is “if he’s a cheater, he’s gonna cheat, no matter what you do. It’s on him.”

      But maybe I’m putting too much thought into it.

  • Plum@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I am a biological woman. I identify as such. I don’t know what the same person plus 30+ minutes with a curling iron has to do with cheating. Effort? Vanity? This is far, far beyond me somehow. I am also very old so there’s that.

    • tankplanker@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I think you helped me crack it, i think it’s saying that the person who looks like you but puts in more effort to their appearance on the regular is more attractive. That makes sense to me, and would be true in the main for most people, it’s one of the most common things said to people who are struggling to find partners.

      You could take negative connotations from that about that person being vain but really it should be on the cheater for being a fucking cheater.