SouthoftheBorderPaul
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:29 PM
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Poll question: Would you rather be smarter or better looking? |
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It's a simple question really. Or is it?
Mwuah ha ha ha ha! Ah ha ha ha ha!
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 PM
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1. I'm already smart and good looking...why regress? |
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:00 AM
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33. I've seen your picture and I know what you do for a living. |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 PM
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2. I'm already a genious, so I pick door #2 |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:31 PM
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6. Would be nice if "taller" were an option |
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but I thought I'd keep it simple. I'm choosing smarter--Looks will fade in time but the mind stays sharp well into your early mid 30s!
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:47 AM
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46. early mid thirties? But I am forty three. |
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I was always haunted by that scene where Charly runs from the rat in "Flowers for Algernon". So now I am sitting on a swing humming Def Leppard songs, no longer the angry genious I was at age 20. Face it, I am just not that good, Will Hunting.
How about if I choose "rich" then I can enhance my looks with surgery and everyone will suck up to me and proclaim my beauty and intelligence. I must be a genious, I am the richest man in America, and if I am not good looking, then why am I married to a super-model.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:32 PM
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7. Ha, the ironings are delicious |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:34 PM
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Good and starchy. Just how I like 'em.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:34 PM
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 PM
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:33 PM
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 PM
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i mean...as long as im not loosin the looks that i got... ill be fine.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 PM
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I have had people tell me that I am both smart and handsome, so who knows.
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:35 PM
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11. Smarter, if I had to choose between the two |
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However, if I were able to choose anything to change about myself, it would be to be less shy and less anxious. I think I'm a decent looking person and smarter than the majority of people, but my life would be significantly different if I weren't insanely shy...
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:37 PM
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Did someone find my comb?
I'll get back to you when I find my comb.
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:13 AM
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13. I'd rather be larger-cocked and I'd like to know more about Hockey. |
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So this is gonna be a tough choice. I'll get back to you in a fortnight, Destro.
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Wed Aug-03-05 09:39 AM
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18. Your insolence is astounding. |
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Well played, Man-at-Arms.
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:33 AM
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By what factor? 2 times as smart as I currently am? 5 times? 10 times?
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Wed Aug-03-05 09:44 AM
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19. I think it's safe to say |
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that doubling any normal person's intelligence would probably make them *too* smart. 10 times smarter than your current intelligence would make you a fucking god. Let's say 10% smarter (and no, I don't know who to quantify that).
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:33 AM
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15. Better looking- intelligence is a burden. |
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:19 AM
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22. ....though obviously it's not a burden you have to bear. |
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Oh, BtBM, you stepped right into that one. :P
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Wed Aug-03-05 03:28 AM
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16. Smarter. Looks fade after a while... After that smarts come in |
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Edited on Wed Aug-03-05 03:28 AM by Kahuna
real handy. Unfortunately for me, I lost my looks and smarts at about the same time. :eyes:
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Wed Aug-03-05 03:34 AM
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No question about it, I'd go for more intelligence.
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:00 AM
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I have that woman-of-a-certain-age thing going, and I wouldn't mind looking a bit better than I do.
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:14 AM
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21. I'm smart. I'm good-looking. |
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I'd eagerly trade both for incredible wealth.
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:43 AM
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27. Yes, but you'd be a poor man... |
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in here. (points to heart)
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:49 AM
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you forgot to say "modest." :P
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:08 AM
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I'm broke and I live in CLEVELAND, I've gotta hang on to whatever validation I can scrape up, be it hubris or not!
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:18 AM
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40. You may be broke, but you have a job that you enjoy. |
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That beats wearing a pair of golden handcuffs any day of the week.
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:38 AM
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43. Hmmmmmm...golden handcuffs? |
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I like where this is going.
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:42 AM
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45. I think you want the Furry ones. Golden handcuffs - |
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when you work at a job you really hate, but since it pays the bills, you are resigned to working there until you drop dead. The handcuffs are usually part and parcel with an oppressive mortgage and/or hefty car payment. :(
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:27 AM
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I'm intelligent. However, if I were smarter I would make more money. I already know that I'm fairly good looking. But, with more money, I could pay to be more good looking--not that I would though. I really wouldn't change a thing.
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:01 PM
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47. do you really think that being smarter |
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would necessarily mean you made more money? Do you think Trent Green and Michael Jackson are smarter than you are?
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:08 PM
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I was just kidding around to get to the part about paying to be better looking. Some of the most intelligent people I know have mid income jobs and some of the least intelligent have high income jobs.
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:03 AM
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36. 'Cause you couldn't get any purdier... |
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:05 AM
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38. Aw, how sweet! That goes for you too! |
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:31 AM
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25. If I had any more of either, I'd be dangerous. |
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:47 AM
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28. I can see you're not greedy... |
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Wed Aug-03-05 02:25 PM
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53. Actually, I'm NOT greedy or egostistical...but let's not tell |
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anyone, OK? I do have a reputation to maintain, after all.
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:34 AM
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26. Better-looking. As a gay you can never look good enough. |
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:48 AM
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29. If I looked any better, I'd be dangerous........ |
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So I'll take the smarts. ;)
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:57 AM
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Im not a genius or anything but Im doing okay..
I really think that as a woman in this society trying to get somewhere past the glass ceiling it does not hurt to be easy to look at.
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Wed Aug-03-05 10:59 AM
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32. What if you are both? n/t |
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:04 AM
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BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE POLLl!!!!! :)
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:18 AM
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41. "Its too hard to pick" |
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If you are ugly and dumb you can become the unelected president. :rofl:
If you are dumb and good looking you can make a movie with Tommy Lee :think:
I would prefer to be blessed.
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:36 AM
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42. Definitely smarter. n/t |
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Wed Aug-03-05 11:39 AM
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44. Better looking. I'm already smart. |
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But, I suppose, I could be smarter.
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:10 PM
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I would rather be better looking. I think I am smart enough.
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:13 PM
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Hey, I'm already a member of this place and I don't watch FAUX NOOZ. How much smarter do I need to be?
If I was better looking, maybe I'd get hit on once a while....
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:14 PM
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51. Better looking - I'm already smarter than I need to be. |
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Or so I must conclude from those folks who've called me a "know-it-all" or rather a "fucking know-it-all."
They just don't appreciate knowledgeable folks, I suppose. :shrug:
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Wed Aug-03-05 12:16 PM
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I'm fairly cute and reasonably smart. I wish I were smarter.
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Wed Aug-03-05 02:44 PM
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54. Have to say Better Looking/Taller |
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Just taller would be fine. At 5'7'' its just enough to be really annoying. I'm not asking for 6' so I can go into upper management, 5'9'' would be good.
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Wed Aug-03-05 02:51 PM
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As a fellow 5'7" male. And yes, there does seem to be a link between getting promoted to management and one's height.
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Wed Aug-03-05 03:10 PM
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56. My intelligence hasn't done anything for me since leaving college |
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Unless the smarts that I got were specifically about getting a better job, I'd rather be better looking. I was in the gifted program in elementary school, got straight As in high school, and got above average grades at a top tier liberal arts college that I did graduate from, but I cannot make above $30,0000/year or get a job requiring above average intelligence. This has left me feeling frustrated and upset. That's why I do want to be better looking. Being smart isn't working. I need something that works.
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Wed Aug-03-05 03:57 PM
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57. How about Smarter Looking |
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