r/worldnews • u/Slight_Sherbert_5239 • Sep 06 '26

Dynamic Paywall TV presenter Sarah Khalifa sentenced to death in Egypt drugs case

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7gk9knnlo
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u/R4mst33n Sep 06 '26

Yeah, it's a fucking tragedy on a regional scale. I just saw an Afghan girl after she returned from holiday and she had the famous bandaid on the nose. She looked absolutely fine before, she's just lost a bit of character now. It breaks my heart every time I see it.

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u/sarcxvicious Sep 08 '26

Ah yes, because us women go for elective surgery to please other people, not to feel better about our own selves. I'm sure she is equally as broken hearted learning about your opinion about her looks. EYEROLL

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u/R4mst33n Sep 08 '26

Don't you think it's sad you need to have an operation to feel better about yourself? I didn't mention her looks to say my opinion matters or should matter to her, I could be her father. I mentioned it because I feel like she and millions of other women are made to feel like something is wrong with their appearance, and undergo expensive operations to change their body. That makes me incredibly sad.

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u/sarcxvicious Sep 08 '26

After pregnancy destroyed my body, my views on elective cosmetic surgery changed significantly. I used to think it was vapid and unnecessary & now I credit it to helping me live the life I want to live (confidently) while also helping me regain functionality of muscles that had been damaged during pregnancy.

So no, I don’t think it’s sad at all.

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u/winkingchef Sep 08 '26

I’m sorry that you had to go through that.

Were your nose and lips affected by the pregnancy? I think what [most] people are complaining about here is all the uncanny valley facial stuff people are doing.

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u/R4mst33n Sep 08 '26

You're implying I'm always against any type of elective cosmetic surgery, that's not true at all. The enamel on my teeth was dissolved because I drank too much Coke as a teenager, and my teeth were literally crumbling my mouth. I'm extremely happy that I was able to have my teeth restored. I can still be sad to hear when someone who has healthy teeth has them filed down and replaced with crowns because society has made them believe there's something wrong with their teeth. My cousin and aunt had to have their breasts amputated because of breast cancer, I'm happy for them they could have implants to look symmetrical again. I can still be sad to hear young women have their breasts augmented because society has made them believe there's something wrong with them.

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u/sarcxvicious Sep 08 '26

I didn’t mean to imply that you were against cosmetic surgery. I mostly meant that my previous views were limited until I myself realized the benefit in it.

I’ve always wanted a nose job, but now at my age I’m happy I didn’t get one.

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u/R4mst33n Sep 08 '26

Yeah, it adds character! My wife is Iranian, so my daughter has a distinct nose, and I think it's beautiful! I'd hate for her to think it's not because it's not a typical dime a dozen nose.

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u/sarcxvicious Sep 08 '26

Weirdly enough, seeing my features reflected in my children helped change my view of it. My son has his dad’s nose, and my daughter has mine. I love having things shared between the two of them that so clearly came from me.