A genie appears before you and says you must choose to be very physically attractive, but slightly below average intelligence, or very intelligent, but slightly below average attractiveness? Which would you choose, and why?
I thought I blocked this shit hole instance a couple days ago. Apparently it didn’t work. Time to add them again!
Why do you keep coming back, OP?
Did you just read through thousands of my comments to find that, or what? To answer your question, this Ask Lemmy community has the most subs according to my app’s search feature, and my question is completely non-political, so I figured I can post it here but not have to deal with the extreme political opinions common to users of this instance.
No, just the first page of the modlog.
I just edited my comment to provide some context, and actually answer your question. I hit submit right about the same time you replied, so you may not have seen it.
I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don’t have to choose, thank you very much.
Easily smart and slightly below average attractiveness. It’s pretty trivial to boost your appearance by 2-3 “points” with some decent fashion choices, makeup, working out, and good grooming.
Worst case, I use my high intelligence to get a high paying job and use some of the money for plastic surgery.
I’m currently neither. Since I’m already used to not being intelligent, I’d go with being beautiful. Then I could always work to increase my intelligence if I wanted.
I chose Chameleon from the Xanth universe.
Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.
if you’re beautiful you don’t need to be smart.
Beautiful but unintelligent people can make far more mistakes than intelligent but not beautiful people.
Appreciate the offer but no thanks.
Attractive, it’s wild how people are more likely to help you in either small or greater acts or be willing to overlook some of your flaws.
What is the definition of ‘beautiful’, here? Do I get to decide, or is it up to the genie’s interpretation?
It will be what the majority of society considers beautiful. So you know, like young Brad Pitt, or young Angelina Jolie, or Jason Momoa, or Gal Gadot, or whomever you consider to be attractive. But! You wouldn’t be Brad Pitt because it says slightly above average attractiveness. So you would be the guy that everyone asks if you’ve ever been told that you kind of look like Brad Pitt.
That’s not a very specific definition, innit? I looked these folks up, and didn’t exactly spot any obvious similarities among them, though maybe that’s just me. I mean, are people gonna see me and be maybe slightly reminded of Jason Momoa but in a dollar store knockoff version, or am I gonna maybe sorta make people unconsciouly be thinking “hmmm… they remind me of someone. I just can’t pinpoint who exactly”, unaware that they’re in fact thinking of Gal Gadot? Cause those are different paths. I mean, what does that even imply? Slightly bigger, a wee bit more muscular, 5 ³⁄₇ pack? Or do I thin out ever so slightly, with a milimiter larger butt or something? So many ways one could change, appearance-wise
I’m sure the genie will be happy to explain all the intricacies… Maybe when you are approached you can just ask him for a picture or a list of options.
Being smart has only gotten me anxiety. I’ll go with attractiveness.
The only people you fool are other stupid people though.
That’s cool though, there’s so many of us that you’ll never run out of fools to dupe.
i’m already dumb and cute, take a hike genie
If I’m very smart, I could just use my intelligence to make money and then get beauty surgery.
That’s not how any of that works.
I’m an introvert so I’m going for very intelligent.
