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?

  • That_Devil_Girl
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    2 days ago

    It’s lonely being intelligent. Maybe I’m just in the wrong social circles.

    I like to read books at my construction job when we’re not busy. Yet none of my coworkers have read a book since early middle school, and they only skimmed it to half-ass a book report. I can’t talk to them about anything except work.

    I’ve never been beautiful my whole life. I’d give myself a 4 out of 10, a little less than average. I never really cared about my looks, I haven’t worn makeup in ages.

    I’d be interested in giving beauty a trial run, see if it suits me better than intelligence.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 days ago

      There are definitely intelligent people in the trade jobs, but the overall mindset is completely different, and a certain lack of soft skills that get developed in other types of careers.