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Based Camp: Is the Hot Crazy Matrix Real?
In today's deep dive, Malcolm and Simone discuss the complex interplay between physical attractiveness and perceived emotional stability. Drawing upon personal experiences and exploring social constructs, they debunk the notorious "hot-crazy" graph and redefine the spectrum as "hot-evil." The conversation expands on how attractiveness and dating dynamics influence people's emotional well-being and self-perception, and how this subsequently impacts their mental health.
As a fascinating twist, Malcolm and Simone reveal their transformation from what they call their "ugly duckling" phase to their current attractiveness, and how this change has influenced their perspective on body image issues. This intriguing discussion delves into the impact of societal pressures and the unrealistic beauty standards set by online spaces. Stay tuned to see how this conversation challenges conventional wisdom about attractiveness and its influence on personality traits.
Transcript:
Simone: [00:00:00] it, is like having everything on a 50% discount.
Simone: Like just not realizing the real price of things, but on a social spectrum, right? So
Malcolm: like is it a little worse than that? So if you're having everyone come fuss over you, every time you cry, every time you lose emotional control in some way, you are being subconsciously emotionally rewarded for losing emotional control for you, losing your composure.
Simone: Oh, wow. So, so it's not just that they're given privileged treatment the whole time, it's also that they're, encouraged to engage in very toxic emotional loops that ultimately harms their emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Simone: Yeah. So it's, wait, so the spectrum isn't hot? Crazy. It's hot evil, yeah. For
Malcolm: guys it's hot, evil if they're still single
Malcolm: And so this is why I think the guys that keep running through, people that stay on these apps that most women are actually exposed to that don't end up settling down. Mm-hmm. Why they ate. That's almost serving for evil guys because you begin to realize after a while is you've noticed.
Malcolm: [00:01:00] Some people who you've hurt.
Malcolm: Normal humans don't feel good when they hurt other people. Even if it was unintentionally,
Malcolm: and so men who do have that emotion, take themselves off the market
Would you like to know more?
Simone: Malcolm. Does being hot make you crazy?
Malcolm: I, I think it just might, and I, I like this at the topic cuz a secret that people don't know about us. And I'm gonna post some picture of this proof because people will doubt this is that you and I were born. Ugly. We were born ugly. We were born ugly. We transformed.
Malcolm: We transformed. You say, you would've always found me cute. I, I look at some old pictures of you and I would've found you cute, but definitely we are dramatically more attractive now than we were 10
Simone: years ago.
Simone: No. Okay. Yeah. One, one. Let's say I, I was an ugly duckling that now I'm normal. I would say you are always pretty cute, but you look better now than you used to.
Simone: Look, you are way hotter now. I
Malcolm: actually think you're delusional about this cause we play this game. I think you are normal if [00:02:00] who you're comparing yourself to is like celebrities and people you watch online. You have to understand, and I think
Simone: this is, this is actually something we were discussing last night when we were watching a show and some, some female character came on who was supposed to be really hot.
Simone: And
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