Asklemmy

Smart, being beautiful would just get attention from boring people

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Why so many people think being smart means getting phd's and good job/money?

Good job, phd's require discipline not smartness and often being attractive gets you better confidence/charisma, thats far far more important for getting good money or recognition than smartness

I think being intelligent gets you better jobs and more money sooo 🤷

My intelligence makes me depressed, so beautiful.

I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don't have to choose, thank you very much.

Ignorance is bliss, so I'll take beauty. I just want to be happy.

I mean slightly below average is not bad attractiveness wise. Less hassel to some degree, especially if your a woman. below average intelligence though can really hamstring you. Intelligence all the way. Doesn't say gorgeous though or genius. sounds to me like I would basically be asking for the genie to do nothing based on my academic achievements and dating lack of achievements.

I'm studying engineering, so i'll take smarts, we all know that anyone in this field ends up bald by some mystical force anyways

Why am I forced to downgrade if it's a genie wish?

I am the most intelligent person I know. So naturally I would choose intelligence, because christ do I need perspective if that's what I actually believe

If I'm very smart, I could just use my intelligence to make money and then get beauty surgery.

Being smart has only gotten me anxiety. I'll go with attractiveness.

Am already both so...

Appreciate the offer but no thanks.

Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.

i'm already dumb and cute, take a hike genie

Probably smart, because I'm already pretty smart and the prospect of giving up what I already have seems scary.

Plus, I've lived most of my life thinking I was repulsively ugly; part of overcoming that anxiety involved understanding that "you can be the juiciest, ripest peach in the world, but some people just don't like peaches". If there's anything I've learned from that, it's understanding that attractiveness is even harder to "objectively" quantify than intelligence

Beautiful.

If I'm that smart maybe I can work out how to make myself beautiful too.

Long Covid and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis have noticeably lowered my IQ. It's a terrible feeling to be more stupid and know that I normally could do better.

So give me intelligence every day. Physical attractiveness can only go so far.

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.

Smarts.

You could be Hermann Rorschach or Hedy Lamarr, and be both!

I think I'd rather be smart. I'm honestly often so impressed with beautiful people, because that shit takes work.

I can roll out of bed, pull my three week old sauce stained shirt over my gut, and go do smart shit with a terrible haircut and no one gives a fuck.

Beautiful people will have chosen matching outfits worth thousands, spent an hour on hair and makeup, all after a morning gym session, and they'll keep that hair perfect all day, getting their spa session in and finding time to do their nails.

How do they even have time to cook a healthy well balanced meal?

I am already both, so I would tell that genie to EAT ITTTT

Smart. Pretty, dumb people get taken advantage of. Besides, I'm already unattractive, might as well give me something after making me go through high school 😒

Smart... Looks good away but intelligence is forever.

How about slightly below both but with some solid executive functioning and 0 mood disorders? I'll take that.

Honestly, according to IQ tests, I'm already in the 95th+ percentile for intelligence. I'm also on the autism spectrum, and just got diagnosed with severe ADHD late last year. I've accomplished fuck-all by being smart, and it's mostly made me depressed. I'd pick being slightly dumb, but hot.

Being both already I would tell said genie to take a hike.

Beauty I guess, intelligence doesn't make a damn unless you're brave, lucky, or born well

What is the definition of 'beautiful', here? Do I get to decide, or is it up to the genie's interpretation?

Beautiful. I've tried smart, it sucks.

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.

I'm an introvert so I'm going for very intelligent.

Ignorance is bliss.