Would your rather be smarter or better looking?
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Colette Meiji
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06-21-2005 13:08
From: Olympia Rebus Interesting points. While I agree that being smarter exposes someone to unsettling truths, being unintelligent puts you at the mercy of any corrupt creep who wants to manipulate you- be it a powerful polition, a charismatic religious leader, or a crooked salesperson. That being said, if you still wish to lower your intelligence, start watching a lot of soap operas or reality TV. Less painful than smacking yourself in the head with a board  Your right about being at the mercy of corrupt people - but then if someone is ignorant - they dont care about that. It has nothing to do with whats on after Cops. Unfortunately ruining my intelligence now wont restore any naive innocence I had I dont think =p. |
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Beryl Greenacre
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06-21-2005 13:12
I'm with Eggy and Paolo on wanting to be more motivated and less lazy. I'm happy with my looks and intelligence as they are. Or how about just money? With money, I could pay for a plastic surgeon AND go back to school to become more educated/intelligent. 
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Chip Midnight
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06-21-2005 13:27
From: Olympia Rebus That being said, if you still wish to lower your intelligence, start watching a lot of soap operas or reality TV. Less painful than smacking yourself in the head with a board True, but it's not nearly as entertaining for bystanders.
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Siggy Romulus
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06-21-2005 13:30
Neither - I'm currently a perfect Siggy...
I may not be the smartest - but learning new things is something I enjoy doing..
I may not be the prettiest - but some think my rather unpolished and rough looks have character.
All in all I'm rather happy the way I am.
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David Valentino
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06-21-2005 13:36
From: Beryl Greenacre I'm with Eggy and Paolo on wanting to be more motivated and less lazy. I'm happy with my looks and intelligence as they are. Or how about just money? With money, I could pay for a plastic surgeon AND go back to school to become more educated/intelligent. Well..if money was a choice we'd all take it
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Arcadia Codesmith
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06-21-2005 13:39
From: David Valentino Well..if money was a choice we'd all take it We're obviously blessed with an abundance of brains and good looks. All we need now is a smart and beautiful bank balance |
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Garoad Kuroda
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06-22-2005 09:08
Brains are always better, with brains you can get money, with money you get just about everything else.
Motivation and hard work goes a long way too.
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Agatha Palmerstone
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06-22-2005 09:32
Hmm. I don't agree that intelligence will necessarily get you more money. That may have been true once, but in our bureaucratic auto-pilot excuse for an economy, I think looks might do more to get you money these days. And other "social" skills, which might require a certain baseline amount of intelligence, but mostly it's a different kind of ability altogether...
It's all about manipulating people in our corrupt society. So looks would be a good boost. I'm already smart enough to be tricksy. Maybe if that increase in intelligence was in social/emotional intelligence, I'd go for it.
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Frostie Flora
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06-22-2005 09:45
I'd have to say better looks, its looks that once or twice saved me from my horrible social skills  "And on the 85th day the bottle of rootbeer in my hand said: Let thy relitives burst into your house like a hornet nest and never leave untill your mind is picked blank"
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Ellie Edo
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06-22-2005 12:15
I wouldn't change a thing about myself. Not because I'm great, but because I'm used to this particular puny temporary little body, and I took it on, so I should see it through to the end, and do the best with it that I can be bothered to do.
Happiness is acceptance-shaped
Edit - wow, that quote is original, and I like it.
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Garoad Kuroda
Prophet of Muppetry
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06-22-2005 12:29
From: Agatha Palmerstone Hmm. I don't agree that intelligence will necessarily get you more money. That may have been true once, but in our bureaucratic auto-pilot excuse for an economy, I think looks might do more to get you money these days. And other "social" skills, which might require a certain baseline amount of intelligence, but mostly it's a different kind of ability altogether...
It's all about manipulating people in our corrupt society. So looks would be a good boost. I'm already smart enough to be tricksy. Maybe if that increase in intelligence was in social/emotional intelligence, I'd go for it. I see your point. But I was thinking of genious-level intelligence, the type that gets you fame, even. There comes a point where if you're just so brilliant at something that you're able to make a ton of money doing it. Not to mention the fact that you can help others and yourself much better if you're a brainiac. "Perfect" looks are at least partly subjective, and are much less certain to make you successful. Besides, I wouldn't want to be one of those "successful, but entirely incompetent" people anyway.
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WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
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Lupo Clymer
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06-22-2005 13:49
From: Olympia Rebus A genie offers you one of two wishes- you can either become extremely attractive or extremely smart. Which of the two do you pick, and why?
Personally I'd like to be smarter. I'd like to learn and understand new things more quickly. Be smarter then invent something cool making allot of money then get plastic surgery and be better looking. Come on people use your brain…….oh wait you picked better looking and didn’t get a brain. LOL
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Xtopherxaos Ixtab
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06-22-2005 13:50
I wanna smarter & better looking partner...I'm a lost cause.
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Lupo Clymer
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06-22-2005 13:50
From: Garoad Kuroda I see your point. But I was thinking of genious-level intelligence, the type that gets you fame, even. There comes a point where if you're just so brilliant at something that you're able to make a ton of money doing it. Not to mention the fact that you can help others and yourself much better if you're a brainiac. "Perfect" looks are at least partly subjective, and are much less certain to make you successful. Besides, I wouldn't want to be one of those "successful, but entirely incompetent" people anyway. Nobel Peace Prize gets you a few Million is believe.
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daz Groshomme
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06-22-2005 13:51
better looking....
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Colette Meiji
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06-23-2005 06:02
From: Lupo Clymer Nobel Peace Prize gets you a few Million is believe. Looks Like each Nobel Prive is approximatly 1 million dollars. (10 mil of the sweedish currency) Would probably easier if amazingly intelligent to win one of the scientific awards. hehe for the peace prize youd prolly have to be good looking too / or charismatic since those usually go political figures. |
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Willow Zander
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06-23-2005 06:27
There are pitfalls to being either.
I would much rather be me! (most of the time anyways)
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06-23-2005 06:27
many girls have told me that i'm "cute" "good lookin" "HOT!" althought i dont really believe them and think i'm ugly, the fact remains THEY still think it so fuck it, looks can stay as they are i want intelligence, after all intelligence can add to these looks and i'll have smart way of pulling but mainly i need some intelligence so i CAN FUCKING SCRIPT lol heh and higher intel = better chance of brilliant job, and get paid loads then spend it on looks lol
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