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		DanielBMarkham on Jan 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Kill Yourself Problem is: ugly sells

yters on Jan 29, 2009 | [–]

Yeah, that is really unfortunate. We care more about shock than aesthetics. It'd be nice to figure out how to combine the two in a way where beauty fixes the ugly.

froo on Jan 29, 2009 | [–]

I think this is the marketing strategy of 4chan and most horror movies.

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