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i do not believe this, as someone who is 'hot' professionally

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But a big part of your job is acting like you believe you're hot, right?

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acting like i believe i am desirable by them yes. this doesnt work nearly as well for people who aren't above a certain threshhold of hotness

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as in; culturally there's *intense* mockery for unattractive people who behave outside their attractiveness ranking.

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Claiming unearned status is a source of mockery in almost any sphere.

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right, and 'believing youre hot makes you hot' only works if you're not claiming unearned status; i.e., if you are already hot enough to get social backing for claiming it.

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have you never met a relatively unattractive-by-society's standards who you nonetheless deemed to be really hot? I think a good media example is Abigail from girls. You can't quite tell from this picture, but in her final episodes when she falls in love, she becomes very hot

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I haven't seen Girls so idk, but i can't think of an example where culture deemed an unattractive girl 'hot' in a serious way (as opposed to body positivity way)

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Something like this sounds correct

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i don't think so. even in social contexts, maybe even especially so? this seems like what i'm talking about.

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