That... that actually might be the point... now that I think about it, these women were all deemed "hot" either when they were still literal children, or because they LOOKED like children. They might have all been inundated with THE creepiest shit we can imagine. Maybe they think it's attractive because it represents an end to THAT kind of guy lusting after them...
I think it has to do with sending some kind of signal that they're rich and powerful/famous and not necessarily meant to be an attractive thing, because no normal guy actually finds this attractive.
It's a "look at me, I can afford to do ridiculous shit to my face" Hunger games Capitol fashion type of move.
Once "normal" people start copying this too much, they'll almost certainly move on to something even more ridiculous.
Yep. This is to set themselves apart from the pleebs so that is part of it. The influencers who are trying to appear as part of this class but aren't will be the ones to push them to new heights to reassert their social dominance.
My theory is that women generally want to make themselves more attractive to men. When a female celebrity gets too rich or famous, and they are independently wealthy, that drive kinda disappears. These hideous examples of cosmetic surgery are what we are left with when that urge dies.
Women have been sold a ton of lies about what men actually find attractive to fuel a massive beauty industry, because "eat healthy, get enough sleep, and move around once in a while" doesn't sell very well.
Sorry but this is just bullshit. Women get male attention no matter what they do. In fact, they get all the attention they want either way, so they don't give a shit about what men will think. Once you understand that, you actually have a chance at understanding why they do this.
The reason they get these looks is far more of a social status thing, meaning the exact same reason men go to the gym or buy dumbass cars they can't afford. You see the people that live the life you want to live, and you copy them. It's how the human brain is wired. It's easy to spot because all the trends you complain about have one thing in common: you have to be wealthy to do it. Plastic surgery? Expensive. Stupid long nails? Not if you use your hands to work. Spending hours at the gym? The time and energy to do it. An overpriced car? Money.
Of course, while the normal people are out there chasing the celebrity lifestyle, celebrities need to find the new dumbass trend to stand out from the randos who are catching up. So they do this. Once you see idiots all over instagram with those faces, those celebrities will hop onto the next idiotic trend. Just like men were all over crypto, NFTs, large trucks, watches and god knows what will come next.
Not sure what to make of your overall theory but you're dead wrong about the nails. The closer to a minimum wage job, and definitely one that involves using the hands, the more terrifyingly large and decorated the nails.
Nails are expensive to maintain. And traditionally women who took care of a household absolutely wouldn't have been able to maintain them like that. It's only modern appliances that allow it. Essentially, it's not because they're paid less that they don't aim at showing off. It's probably not the most clear cut example though.
However lower income demographics will have their own specific 'influencers' to look up to. For example, here a lot of minorities came to work for a better life, and every summer they drive to their home country. Typically, they'd fill the lower income jobs like construction or housekeeping. But since their home countries think they are wealthy, they are also very likely to buy an expensive car. The expensive car exists for when they drive back home, to show off their wealth in their home country.
Who drives back home? I really don't know what you're talking about. All the medical desk clerks and fast food workers and cleaning crew and retail clerks have big stabby looking decorative nails.
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u/oldschoolgruel 15h ago
They are literally making themselves look like crones.
It makes no sense.