Your first sentence there is the key.
Yes, our perception of ugliness might manifest as an emotional and/or visceral response. But such a response is wordless, in the gut. To communicate that response in words does usually require definition, and in naming the response we reveal the truth of the situation: I communicate the visceral feeling in terms which we all know and accept to be relative. “Looking at this gave me a bad feeling” necessarily requires knowledge of being able to look at something and get a good feeling, in order for it to make any sense.
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Wed 12 Aug 2020, 14:26,
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Or just stay off the cheese late at night.
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Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y,
Wed 12 Aug 2020, 15:07,
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Words are ugly.
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atomic A-bomb-a-nation,
Wed 12 Aug 2020, 18:20,
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beauty is only skin deep
but ugliness goes right to the bone
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Thu 13 Aug 2020, 1:11,
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No.
Words I like:
Tits
Boobs
Breasts
Funbags
Melons
Pointies
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atomic A-bomb-a-nation,
Thu 13 Aug 2020, 5:04,
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What about tardigrade?
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Thu 13 Aug 2020, 23:16,
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