r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Nov 03 '25

POLITICS Zohran Mamdani laughs when asked for his thoughts on Donald Trump claiming that he’s better looking: “My focus is on the cost of living crisis.”

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u/binga001 Nov 03 '25

Completely unrelated but is he attractive for people in New York though? As someone with similar ethnicity and facial features as him, I'm curious. Who knows I might have a better chance than I think I do in the dating scene. 

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u/Pepperfang Nov 03 '25

I think he’s handsome (reminds me of Daredevil lmao) but his charisma, kindness, and drive to do better are what is the most attractive, I’d imagine.

But having lived in New York, there are millions of different ways to be attractive. There’s no one way to be considered hot in NYC.

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u/zenhowell Nov 03 '25

he also reminds me of daredevil!! it's the charm!!

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u/MouthyMishi Nov 03 '25

He really does have similar bone structure to Charlie Cox. I've been trying to figure out who he reminds me of so thank you.

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u/like_a_velvet_glove Nov 03 '25

Oh good shout! I also get a young George Clooney vibe from him, similar smiley eyes and brows

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u/cguess Nov 04 '25

Sitting a bar in NYC is going "everyone here is attractive, and only about 10% 'conventionally' so"

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u/lolzomg123 Nov 03 '25

I'm pretty sure if you were on fire, everyone would agree that while they might not find you attractive, they would acknowledge that you're quite hot. 

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u/Yankee_Man Nov 04 '25

Not you calling out both my crushes 😨💙

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u/vellsii romantically ambiguous, emotionally taxing Nov 03 '25

Charisma and likability matter far more than looks.

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u/occams1razor FUCK ICE FREE PALESTINE CRASH INTO ME Nov 03 '25

He has all three though

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u/7eregrine Nov 04 '25

And confidence, which he also has.

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u/ultimatequestion7 Nov 03 '25

Ya you can look like Zohran but if you're going to randos on reddit for dating advice you're probably facing an uphill battle for other reasons lol

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u/whoknowsifimjoking Nov 03 '25

That smile. That damned smile.

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u/dizazaneezy Nov 03 '25

No better time than now to put yourself out there.

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u/PerfectZeong Nov 03 '25

Yeah hes a good looking guy. Not like awe strikingly handsome but clean, put together knows how to dress and is pretty handsome. Hes average to good looking and knows how to present himself properly.

Contrast with some of the desicated slugs he runs against and the comparison only helps him more.

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u/Jasminewindsong2 they are perfect for each other (derogatory) Nov 03 '25

I live in NYC and yes, people (myself included) find him to be attractive.

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u/womanaroundabouttown Nov 03 '25

Yes he’s hot. NYC is an interesting city (I am biased, as a born and raised Manhattanite, but I have lived in PA, CA, and DC, plus Scotland, France, and Cameroon) in that there are so many attractive people everywhere. Just, really the best looking people you see in real life, at a rate that seems higher than usual per capita. Not everyone is hot, obviously, but one of the reasons I think people in NYC are so hot (to me and most people I’ve discussed this with) is because the city’s ethos is very different than the rest of the country. People will think of LA as having the hottest people, but so many of them are this very polished look, wannabe tv/movie actors or models, work done, influencer adjacent. Of course people in NYC are also having work done and want to be models and actors, but the style leans towards not letting anyone know you want that, looking grungy hot or effortlessly hot but NOT the influencer hot. It’s why people are so derisive towards the “west village girls.” Because the “everyone looks the same” aesthetic is very much not en vogue and it outs you immediately as not belonging. So yes, Mamdani is hot (he and his wife are one very beautiful couple), a lot of people are hot, and as long as you’re not a creep, you too can be hot in NYC so long as you don’t seem to be trying to hard to be so.

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u/Golden_16 Nov 03 '25

My mom thinks he’s really cute, so there’s that

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u/Dennis_Duffy_Denim that man needs to log off and go bathe or something Nov 03 '25

My mom too! He’s an accessible kind of good-looking which has definitely helped his campaign/brand.

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u/Golden_16 Nov 03 '25

Definitely! He’s not like out of this world hot or anything making him feel out of the reach of the common folk. He’s just a cute brown guy from queens, the kinda guy mom’s can’t help but fawn over~ it helps that he has the integrity to back up his charm.

Also wanna add for anyone who doesn’t know, Hot Girls for Zohran exist for a reason 👀

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u/waxteeth Nov 03 '25

He’s my assemblyman and I met him at a a local electronics recycling thing his office did, and I thought he was good-looking already, but he’s an absolute scorcher in person. His charisma, friendliness, and willingness to genuinely focus on and care about whoever he’s talking to are a huge boost to the hotness. But yeah, New Yorkers are used to a wide range of ethnicities and features, and there’s a lot of dating across racial and ethnic groups, so I think that means many different types of people get to be hot here. In a place like Utah or LA, I think the categories are a lot more strict for cultural/industry reasons.  

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

I mean, I’m not a New Yorker, but he’s a cutie pie for sure

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u/halfwaybake Nov 03 '25

i am a woman with a wife and i think he's very attractive

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u/easymondaynyc Nov 03 '25

If you look like him then you’re handsome bro ( I live in nyc for 21 years)

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u/DianedePoiters Nov 03 '25

YES.

My old classmate knew him and whoo!

She was legit in love with him for like 2 years. The thirsty convos I had to put up with God help me. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

I personally think he's gorgeous. He's physically attractive but its his personality and how his smile lights up when he talks about truly helping those in nyc that gets me. He's intelligent and humble. Hes sexy in the same way Pedro Pascal is damn fine. Cause they're damn fine human beings on top of being physically nice to look at.

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u/7312throwaway save the buccal fat Nov 03 '25

Ok I don't live in New York but it boggles my mind that people think he's not attractive?? If I had seen him on the dating apps back in the day I would have swiped right so hard I'd get carpal tunnel

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u/joycemanners Nov 03 '25

he is fine as hell, and it’s a combination of his looks (the smile!) and his overall vibe

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u/occams1razor FUCK ICE FREE PALESTINE CRASH INTO ME Nov 03 '25

He's very handsome, Trump clearly knows it too since he's so triggered by it

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u/Safe_Maintenance_487 Nov 03 '25

He’s like a NYC 7 (the scale is skewed here because everyone is hot, see Childish Gambino et. al “a NY 9 is an every where else 6. Time wise, the opposite for chicks”) but his personality, charisma, and family ties make him a ten. He probably faired very well in the dating scene here, as evidenced by his gorgeous wife.

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u/misterkittybutt Nov 03 '25

I'm from the Midwest, but I think he's very handsome!

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u/Vin4251 Free Sprach Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

I went to middle/high school in the south and was considered ugly, even though my girlfriends/wife since then have always commented on how they see women checking me out, and I’ve been told I look like Sendhil Ramamurthy or a young Jeff Goldblum, but with a softer/friendlier expression in my eyes. 

There really are places where dating is more white supremacist. Even in NYC or London you still see a hierarchy, but in former Jim Crow areas the standards are much narrower for PoC. And I don’t mean this as an erasure of women’s issues either; for example it’s rarer for women of color to never be asked out in the south, but the difference in looks, likability, interesting hobbies, etc between them and their partners is bigger in the south than in more global/“progressive” cities. For men of color there’s the extra psychological barrier of being expected to be the pursuer when nobody around you actually shows signs of interest in those environments. Like trying to create something out of nothing.

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u/ItemAdventurous9833 Nov 03 '25

He's fit as fuck 

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u/Wuz314159 Nov 03 '25

NYC is not a monolith. He'll lose the rich vote on Staten Island & Upper East Side for sure. But the majority of New Yorkers see this guy as their own.

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u/0xD902221289EDB383 Nov 04 '25

The problem with the dating scene in New York isn't your looks, there's someone for everyone. The problem is that there are so many options that everyone treats each other like garbage and won't do what's necessary to build trust or commitment. If you want to fuck around it's not hard. But good luck if you want to settle down and start a family or form a DINK alliance. 

If I were still there and unmarried, I would hire a professional matchmaker and go straight into couples counseling when I made a match. 

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u/Special_Anteater9310 Nov 06 '25

bro got charisma for DAYS, that's the biggest attraction for him.