Trust me being vain isn't a good look on anyone. The key to beauty is to not fixate on it too much, be gracious and realize all things are temporary so develop a winning personality. Plus, it can be snatched away from you. Just say Alx. One nose injury and its kalas. Baby hairs can fall out. Fat behinds don't take kindly to age. And lips can become even toned.
Yes, arrogance takes away beauty.
I think Somalis have become so fixated on the Somali phenotype because there is nothing else to be proud of right now as Somalia is a mess. It's a genetic coincidence that Somali features fall perfectly in between most phenotypes and are thus pleasing to most people. It's so low- effort to be proud of this, it's like being proud you exist.
This reminds me of seeing how many criminal Somali males are good looking naturally, it's like when people are good looking, they become lazy and entitled due to getting too much superficial attention. Unless your life goal is to be a sugar baby aka prostitute, why obsess over looks? It's temporary and you will only be used, abused and thrown aside once your looks expire.
Kkkkk that entire comment section is projecting their insecurities, or maybe they are subtlety letting us know how other Africans really think of Somalis ? What do you think @Periplus
She has the most basic default xalimoid look everMost somalis don't have her features
Unfortunately I find that this ocd-like obsession with phony "-isms" is a testimony to a self-defeatist worldview by internalising "dominant hierarchies of attractiveness" perpetuated by advertisement etc.However, the minute you praise a feature they don't have and that they covet, they get triggered and start calling people "featurists", "texturist" and any other "ist" they can find. Liking a certain feature doesn't mean you dislike another feature, this thinking is so bizarre.
Most somalis don't have her features
Most somalis don't have her features
I knew your answer before you typed itTbh Somalis care too much about their features.
We need to pipe down and look at our country.
Why don’t we fix that first before making unnecessary TikToks.
Unfortunately I find that this ocd-like obsession with phony "-isms" is a testimony to a self-defeatist worldview by internalising "dominant hierarchies of attractiveness" perpetuated by advertisement etc.
I admit the TikTok post seemed a bit conceited, but when you resort to calling someone out for merely taking pride in their god-given features, on some level you are kind of telling this person to "check their privilege", as they would say, which means you assume those features to have some form of a (supposed) superiority over your own. This is not helpful at all.
Self-love and self-improvement on worthwhile metrics is key, as you and @Sophisticate pointed out. To us it might seem like a weird mindset to have, but it's kind of understandable. So empathy on our part is also necessary, without being patronizing.
most somalis have Hyperpigmentation (different skin tones), some somalis have round noses not Madow nose thoVery typical actually. Are you living under a rock?