u/Wonderful-Car1336

Please read. Then think. Then learn how to have a conversation.

As someone pointed out earlier, the literacy crisis really does seem to be worsening, and this sub is a spectacular case study.

The Ilsu discussion made it painfully obvious: a post questioning the idealisation of beauty standards was repeatedly misread as “OP thinks Ilsu is ugly/unhealthy and shouldn't be appreciated.” The Season 2 criticism followed exactly the same pattern. Different subject, identical failure: nuance gets flattened, context gets ignored, and people respond to arguments that were never actually made.

And then comes the vicious personal attacking because apparently disagreement and disrespect are now synonymous.

Please develop some reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills before confidently rebutting something you haven't understood. And develop enough emotional maturity to disagree without resorting to personal attacks, pile-ons and attempts to shut down the conversation.

You don't have to agree with me. You don't even have to like what I said. But read it. Understand it. Then argue with it.

Otherwise you're not engaging in discourse, you’re just reacting to a version of the argument you invented in your own head.

The lack of both IQ and EQ on display in some of these exchanges is genuinely remarkable. Jesus freaking Christ! The stupidity of some specific people is shocking beyond words!

Soooooo we are still romanticizing and idealizing extremely emaciated and dangerously thin women with their collarbones and entire skeletal structures visible as the epitome of beauty and attractiveness?? Really?? In 2026? My thoughts in reaction to Ilsu's photos that are being circulated on this sub and her extremely emaciated frame with visible bones underneath her skin being touted as the epitome of "beauty".

For the record, my comment is not to target Ilsu, but to understand the broader public attitude towards women's bodies and what is considered acceptable and desirable by societal standards. Please look up what is happening to Ariana Grande and other women in the Hollywood industry and how their ozempic-pumped, emaciated and starved bodies are being upheld and idealized for public consumption, which also include impressionable young women. This is even more disturbing if you are an educated and well-aware woman upholding these standards and romanticizing extremely problematic "trends".

As someone whose life revolves around academics, my 2 cents to girls is, please please please pay attention to your nutrition. You need a healthy and balanced diet to have a functioning brain. Please do not romanticize these beauty trends and harmful eating disorders established by the entertainment industry. Your health and well-being are of the utmost importance. Please put utmost emphasis on ypur financial independence and building a strong career, because those are the only things you can count on in life. Just a food for thought that I have expressed respectfully.

NOTE: Any hateful or abusive comments will be dealt with firmly.