• HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I find a much higher percentage of people outside the US as being more attractive. I think it has a lot to do with just being healthier and eating better. Every time I visit someplace, it’s the first thing I always notice. That and how much cleaner they keep places.

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      6 days ago

      Being healthy, of course, does contribute to one’s attractiveness.

      But human beauty is really too subjective.

      We may dislike people seeming familiar. We may like people seeming familiar more.

      We may like people similar to us in appearance. We may particularly dislike people similar to us in appearance.

      Also clothes affect people’s appearance quite a lot. If people in the area you do shopping for clothes are in average less like you in appearance and weight and everything, and people in some other area more, you might find them more attractive simply because the choice of clothes is a bit better, and the habit of wearing better fitting clothes.

      And another very important component is what you expect to see. I mean, “how much cleaner they keep places” … which countries have you visited?

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        6 days ago

        Canada, New Zealand, and Japan. I’m sure plenty don’t apply to the cleaner statement, but these places were really nice.

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          5 days ago

          Well, these don’t surprise me, but trying something outside of the first world might yield different results.