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I’m being so deadass right now. I was scrolling through my feed today and I think I actually lost a few brain cells. I saw a comment section under a video of a girl who was—by all accounts—absolutely stunning, and half the comments were just: "Yeah, she’s chopped." EXCUSE ME? Are we even living on the same planet? I feel like I’m being gaslit by the entire internet. We’ve reached a point where if someone doesn’t look like a literal Sims character with 40 filters and a face-lift, y’all start throwing that word around like it’s nothing.
The "Filter Blindness" is Real
The problem is, y’all have been staring at "Bold Glamour" and AI-generated influencers for so long that your brains are actually broken. You see a real human face—with, god forbid, pores and skin texture—and you think it’s a flaw.
Being "chopped" used to mean you looked like you just went 12 rounds with a heavyweight champ after getting two hours of sleep. It was a specific vibe. It was for when the lighting hit you so bad you looked like a gargoyle. Now? Y’all are calling people "chopped" for having a nose that wasn’t sculpted by a surgeon. It’s getting weird.
Stop Being Haters for Sport
Half the people typing "chopped" are doing it from behind a cracked screen, sitting in a dark room, looking like they haven't seen sunlight since the Obama administration. It’s become a sport to just tear people down because they don’t look like a polished piece of plastic.
If everyone is "chopped," then the word doesn't even mean anything anymore. You’re just devaluing the slang. You’re calling a 9 a 4 because they have a tiny bit of redness on their chin? Get a grip.
Let’s Bring Back Reality
We need to collectively log off and go to a grocery store. Look at real people. Real people have lines when they smile. Real people have shadows under their eyes. Real people don’t look like they were rendered in a lab.
Being "chopped" is a state of being, not a weapon to use because you’re bored and insecure. Let’s stop acting like anything less than "perfect" is a fail. Because honestly? The most "chopped" thing about this whole situation is the attitude.
Drop a comment below: Are people actually getting uglier, or have we all just forgotten what humans look like? Because I’m tired.
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⚣ maikol
tbh this doesnt matter the beauty standards have always been weird as shit (for example if you say the word fat people immediately think you're talking about somebody that's morbidly obese and about to die, instead of, you know, just someone with a little more weight)
Jynx
"havent seem the sun since the obama administration" is a great sentence lol
also idk why people care so much if someone is ugly... so what? a lot of very cool very important people look hideous
Haha, glad you liked it! Honestly, being a basement-dweller is underrated—plus, it saves us from worrying about whether we're 'pretty' enough for the public anyway. Who has the time? I’ve always felt like people put way too much stock in aesthetics. I'd much rather surround myself with 'hideous' people who are actually brilliant and real than a bunch of cardboard cutouts who look perfect but have nothing to say. Give me character over a skincare routine any day.
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Nana
I completely agree with your statement!! I feel everyone has forgotten how skin is supposed to look like due to all the filters we keep seeing on a regular basis online.
I think a moment that illustrates this well is the recent 'scandal' (not sure if it's the right word) of Katseye (?) members getting hate for their 'bad skin' (aka acne, pores, moles) and the amount of hate comments calling them ugly shocked me when they clearly are very pretty and a few acne on teen girls is completely normal?
Acne isn't a reflection of beauty or hygiene—it’s often just hormones and life. Calling talented girls 'ugly' because they have normal human skin texture says a lot more about our distorted beauty standards than it does about their appearance. They look like real people, and that’s actually refreshing. I promise you, the 'flaws' people are pointing out are the only real things in the photo. If you’re shocked by a mole or a blemish, you might need to step outside and see a human face in 4K. They’re gorgeous; the filters have just ruined our expectations.
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