2y ago

How do we feel about "easy on the eyes" as a descriptor of someone

I don't know why but i've had this stuck in my head for a few days. Is it weird creep shit or is it like endearing because old timey

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- She had legs for days. So many legs. Legs until the end of time. Her eyes pierced the veil of reality. My mind fractured upon beholding her visage.
- easy on the eyes has a certain universal elegance (maybe) that this misses I think. what if you don't like crisps
- The bees knees, even!
- Smoother than a bowl of Miracle Whip
Like any descriptor of someone being attractive or good looking, there's a time and a place where it's appropriate or creepy regardless of the actual words and phrases used.
Acceptable if you're a film noir gumshoe
I dont like it, its opposite would be "eyesore" which is tremendously insulting in particular as both terms refer to marks of ones appearance one has little to no control over. And if there are people who are "easy on the eyes" then there are people who are "eyesores".
Also I have never seen it used in a nonsexualizing manner.
"A sight for sore eyes" however is a goat compliment.
makes me feel like i'm listening in to a table of elderly men drool over their teenage waitress tbh
Weird, context matters, but yeah, weird. I've only heard "easy on the eyes" to refer to UI color schemes.
- I've only heard "easy on the eyes" to refer to UI color schemes.
  This is the best use i could have. Or used as a criticism of art. If something is easy on the eyes maybe it's not challenging/interesting enough.
  
  wait why can't art just be nice to look at?
To me it evokes a mentality where other people's appearances are only considered through the lens of how they serve the person speaking. I'm not a fan. Even where complimenting someone's appearance is appropriate, I think it frames the compliment as "you're not like those uggos I hate seeing"
I mean, I've read/heard worse. Context and consent matter and what-not.
Handsome. For everyone, regardless of accordance to beauty standards.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alMFbkjRWCk
not substantially different from "good looking"
Death to America

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