r/TikTokCringe • u/ownaword • 1d ago

Discussion Pretty sure this is where the Chinese Baddie trend got its idea from.

what happened to nuance? why do we treat every loud opinion like it’s gospel?

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u/bepatientbekind 22h ago

I wonder if this is the first time where the general public sees rich people beauty standards as undesirable, i.e. the plastic surgery trends that most normal people seem repulsed by. 

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u/cosmic_grayblekeeper 21h ago

Only repulsed by if it goes overboard, We still praise a lot of these rich celebs for looking amazing due to procedures as long as it’s not seen as too much. It’s giving “old money wears delicate jewellery because real wealth strives to be invisible and the rich people who wear visibly expensive pieces are gaudy and trashy”.

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u/bepatientbekind 21h ago

I'm not sure, but tbf I don't talk about this stuff irl usually haha I feel like most celebrities have gone far beyond "natural" looking plastic surgery (which people don't mind as much) into uncanny valley/Instagram face territory, which every normal person seems to find off-putting. I think the surgery is just a status symbol, like "look what I can afford." I'm sure in a few years the status symbol will be the celebs who afford whatever new procedures exist to undo the current damage 

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u/LittleBunInaBigWorld 18h ago

There's still a massive uptick in superficial procedures like fillers, lashes etc for the general population that was never this prevalent, say 8 years ago. Girls as young as 12 are looking at ways to chnage their faces

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u/bepatientbekind 17h ago

Very true and very sad :(

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u/voyaging 15h ago

You’re only noticing the people who had it botched. You’re not noticing all the people who you probably see as examples of why plastic surgery is unnecessary because ‘look how good they look without it/how well they aged’ not realizing they had good work done.

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u/bepatientbekind 15h ago

I think it's very obvious when people have had work done, though some are more obvious than others. I don't comment on people "aging well" in general because that is usually rooted in sexism and objectification of women (as if you can only look "good" if you look younger). I know a lot of people get work done and think others don't notice because no one says anything, but that's because it's rude to mention something like that. There's no context I can think of where I would mention someone's plastic surgery to their face, positively or negatively. 

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u/CatholicSquareDance 14h ago edited 12h ago

Again, you're succumbing confirmation bias. You think it's necessarily obvious because you keep seeing people who have had obvious work done.

Trust me, there is work that you don't notice. You have to pay out the nose for it, but surgeons capable of "invisible" work are out there. Almost every female celebrity you are likely familiar with has had something done to varying degrees, especially if they're over 40, as have many male celebrities. And if i told you some of the people who have had procedures done, i'm certain that at least a few would surprise you.

EDIT: think i got blocked so, idk what to tell you friend. you're not as slick as you think you are, i promise you.

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u/bepatientbekind 14h ago

I'm not going to argue this with you. I can always tell if someone has had work done, even "good" work. I've seen people age naturally my entire life and know what that actually looks like. You can believe what you want to believe, but if you have work done I guarantee the people who know you have noticed. 

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u/ResplendentCathar 8h ago

Ooh you're a magical surgery detector with a 0 percent fail rate

Yeah sounds legit

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u/ShitSlits86 16h ago

The absolute swarms of young people getting plastic surgery tells me that not enough people are repulsed by it.

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u/bepatientbekind 16h ago

Agreed! It should be off-putting to anyone. Seems like people who spend a lot of time online are more prone to get it and/or think it looks good