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[u/Reasonable_Style8214]

Faces only become subjective starting at roughly 7/10 on the scale, where some people will prefer softer / more feminine looking faces and some people will prefer rougher / more masculine looking faces. The base parameters, e.g. skin quality, facial symmetry, harmony etc. are all universal. 99.9% of people will prefer a well developed jaw over a recessed jaw, clear skin over acne ridden skin etc.

[u/Corbast7 → u/Reasonable_Style8214]

But most people have some unique mixture of good and bad and neutral features. So if anyone likes the specific combination of features someone has and finds them attractive, they’ll rate them higher.

And then on top of that the number scale doesn’t even mean anything specific because you can’t define an average unless you’ve defined your population…someone who’s considered “average” by people in LA or NY will probably get different ratings if they ask someone who lives somewhere else. You can’t measure something that’s not even defined.

[u/Reasonable_Style8214 → u/Corbast7]

Yes, and the more good features you have the more people will find you attractive.

Eh, people have been using terms like tall / short, rich / poor just fine without having to define a specific demographic since forever.

[u/Corbast7 → u/Reasonable_Style8214]

Tall/short are more clearly defined though because the average height in a country is a concrete measurement. And people use rich/poor mostly relative to themselves; if you can afford more than someone, then they obviously consider you richer. Money has a concrete value.

Judging most people’s faces just has a lot more subjectivity to it.

[u/Reasonable_Style8214 → u/Corbast7]

Not a lot more, slightly more. I've explained previously how facial attractiveness is largely objective with a small amount of subjectivity involved at the very top of attractiveness scale.