No need to go to 1934 for that, just look at David Bowie. His teeth were crooked until he got them fixed in his 50s (and supposedly ruined his vocal signature). Or even more recently, Hugh Grant's teeth were pretty bad…
Eh, kinda. Luther? Sherlock? Global sex-symbol superstars right there. The same forces at play in Hollywood are at work in London, it's just that the best-looking ones move out to California as well.
> The public had infinite access to the sexual equivalent of gourmet food If you think porn is "gourmet", you've not watched enough of it. Porn is the McDonalds of sex: repetitive, predictable, largely "safe" (with…
Man, you wrote down my exact thoughts. 12 months ago, I was a married man and a well-paid and well-respected (or even celebrated) member of a team, with a clear career plan and good personal finances. Today I'm a…
> The purpose of moderating a conversation isn't to try to remove technically incorrect arguments, surely? ... and this is why we can't have nice things. Sadly, mainstream discourse works in exactly the same way. You…
So the fate of a conversation is shaped by the people who are most likely to know absolutely nothing about the topic at hand (or they would have contributed to the thread).
No need to go to 1934 for that, just look at David Bowie. His teeth were crooked until he got them fixed in his 50s (and supposedly ruined his vocal signature). Or even more recently, Hugh Grant's teeth were pretty bad…
Eh, kinda. Luther? Sherlock? Global sex-symbol superstars right there. The same forces at play in Hollywood are at work in London, it's just that the best-looking ones move out to California as well.
> The public had infinite access to the sexual equivalent of gourmet food If you think porn is "gourmet", you've not watched enough of it. Porn is the McDonalds of sex: repetitive, predictable, largely "safe" (with…
Man, you wrote down my exact thoughts. 12 months ago, I was a married man and a well-paid and well-respected (or even celebrated) member of a team, with a clear career plan and good personal finances. Today I'm a…
> The purpose of moderating a conversation isn't to try to remove technically incorrect arguments, surely? ... and this is why we can't have nice things. Sadly, mainstream discourse works in exactly the same way. You…
So the fate of a conversation is shaped by the people who are most likely to know absolutely nothing about the topic at hand (or they would have contributed to the thread).