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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The best way to remain beautiful your whole life is being born in a family of (white) millionaires, remain a millionaire through inheritance and by working on your family's cushy business without ever having to worry about nothing for not even a second of your life and also having access and being able to aford the most modern and technological advancements in beauty. If that is not enough and you still feel time is getting close you can create your own fake science and get even more money (maybe that helps?)

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Pretty sure millionaires age better regardless of skin color, don't know why race is involved

[–] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I imagine due to media beauty standards being quite racist

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 0 points 7 months ago

Beauty standards are more classist than racist, they always point to what the powerful perceived as attractive or things that set them apart from their "lessers", the farmhand was hardly considered more attractive than the slaves his boss's neighbor owned. That said race plays a part but it isn't THE answer

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I added that because for black milionaires the "ever having to worry about nothing for not even a second of your life" don't apply

You know they worried at least once in their lifes about a police siren lol

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh let's be real. Every 1%er is worried. Why the fuck do you think Luigi got an 80s action movie perp walk and they're all building bunkers?

[–] Smeagol666@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Eric Adam's perp walk was so fucking clownish, he should be considered part of MAGA.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago

That's not fair.... Plenty of Arab, Indian, Chinese, etc billionares who are selfish idiots. Leave ethnicity out of it. No war but class war.