Comment by Nancy Lebovitz (nancy-lebovitz) on Social Dark Matter · 2023-11-18T07:17:55.923Z · LW · GW

I suggest thinking about other possible social dark matter.

I think deliberate weight loss makes a lot of people's lives worse-- that being hungry and distracted (possibly chilled and more frequently sick) isn't worth greater social acceptance, and that the current insistence on leanness is about looking right rather than health.

Asexuality could have fit in the article. 

 

Comment by Nancy Lebovitz (nancy-lebovitz) on Social Dark Matter · 2023-11-18T07:10:58.261Z · LW · GW

This might be related to the circular reasoning that gay people shouldn't be trusted with security clearances because they can be blackmailed.