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The entire premise is wrong


People who are reckless enough to become literal fat tubs of shit are not 'good on the inside'. They have no forward thinking and take zero ownership for their problems (blame everyone else).

They are the worst kind of person.

Conversely just because you look after yourself and are tidy, doesn't mean you're evil lol.

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"taking zero ownership for their problems (blame everyone else)"

All he or any fat tub has to do is expend more calories than he consumes. It's up to him, entirely his responsibility. Now, watch--the arguments against what I just wrote will prove your statement that I quoted.

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This movie also pushes the message that if you are physically attracted to beautiful, gorgeous women, you’re shallow (even though there is not only nothing wrong with you having standards of what you find physical attractive, it’s biologically necessary). You need to give women who are not your type a chance, even if you find them unattractive. This is wrong, because if people follow this guide in dating the opposite sex, it won’t just be them who are miserable, but the other person involved as well because they don’t have someone who actually appreciates them. The message that you need to seek people who are beautiful on the inside has been twisted to a very toxic degree, as it totally ignores the reality that humans are wired to be physically attracted first in a relationship. That’s just the way it is.

It also pushes the message that ugly people = good people and you should totally date them and beautiful people = bad people and you should totally not date them. I hope I don’t have to explain what’s wrong with that.

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