Differentiating real and artificial beauty

Humans are so drawn to beauty that they have been trying to imitate it for millennia.
At first, they weren't too good at it.
But now, humans can create artificial beauty that compares with, or surpasses, that found in the natural world.

These days, if we want to evaluate beauty, one has to take artificiality into account.
Fake products, costumes, accessories, and make-up may be beautiful, but their good-looks are lifeless and prefabricated.
They are merely imitations.

So, how should you react to artificial beauty?

Your attraction to artificial beauty is only superficial, and it often shows your naivety.
If you knew how it was fabricated, your evaluation of it would go way down.
Fake beauty does not withstand close scrutiny.
So, every time you encounter artificial beauty, you must mentally devalue it.

Faced with the need and obligation to be beautiful, most people resort to artificial solutions to remedy their situation.
They hide their bodies behind sumptuous clothes and dazzling cosmetics, or worse, they ornate them with sparkling jewelry or colorful tattoos.

If you want to enhance your beauty, any improvements you make should be done by working directly on your body, not by hiding it behind prefabricated accessories.
Grooming provides a natural and free approach to aesthetic correction.

Only the beauty of your nude body and face is admissible.

When you see artificial beauty; you shouldn't appreciate it, you should denounce it.
Say, "This is all fake, I'm not impressed."
On the other hand, savor true, natural beauty when you see it, and seek it out in your personal life.

When it comes to human contact, artificial beauty creates a barrier.
Who wants to kiss lips covered with lipstick?
Who wants to touch skin buried beneath a coat of foundation makeup?

I personally try to boycott people who hide behind fake beauty.

Most women are convinced they become more attractive by following these three rules, and they wouldn't leave home without them.

Generally, women find human eyes unattractive.
They prefer the eyes of the raccoon.

Human lips are unsightly.
They must be covered with colored goo to be pretty.

Even if you disguise your eyes and your lips, you must also hide the skin of your face.
The mask must be thick enough to be obvious and noticeable to everyone you meet.

I find that makeup uglies people more than it beautifies them.

Many men are convinced they become more attractive by following these three rules, and they wouldn't leave the house without them.

Several men think that human hair is unsightly.
They prefer the artificial look of sculpted, dirty hair.

Baseball caps and t-shirts are un-sexy.
I believe they were invented by women who didn't want their partners to be attractive to other women.

Nothing is more servile than wearing a two or three-piece suit with a symbolic leash around your neck.
It proves your artificiality, and your submission.

Wearing a suit and tie transforms you into a fake person.

Even if we go back several millennia, the aesthetics of the masses have been directed by their rulers.
These days, people are bombarded directly by advertising, and indirectly by movies, TV shows, music videos, ...
A small number of people decide our tastes and our fashion.
These profiteers only want to make money, and keep on making it.
Their opinion on beauty has no more value than yours or mine, so stop giving them credibility by buying their products.

Today, aesthetics apply to all aspects of life including the objects that we use in our daily activities, such as: cars, toasters, watches, houses, furniture, ...
This practice has even extended to the world of computing, where people prefer beautiful software to functional software.
Those are domains where aesthetics should be relegated to a less important role.
Functionality is essential, and it should not be sacrificed for the sake of beauty.
We want a control knob to be the right size, in the right place, easy to use, readily visible, ...
Aesthetics should come in last.

I can easily picture humans of the next centuries laughing their heads off when looking at images of the present times.
I sincerely believe that the artificiality in which we currently live will soon become obvious to everyone.
But, to get there, we must first put an end to the brainwashing.