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Noses are inherently ugly

I can prove to you, linguistically, that noses are inherently ugly. Consider the following two statements:
1) "I like that sweater. It really brings out your eyes."
2) "I like that haircut. It really brings out your nose."

Structurally, the two sentences are identical. They both even state explicitly that they are compliments. The first is a classic 'nice thing to say' to someone. The second would most likely come off as an insult. Why? Because you are saying that attention is drawn to their nose. That can only be considered an insult if the nose drawing attention is inherently a bad thing. It is a bad thing only if the nose is not considered attractive.

Point made.

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