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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?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So... the genie offers to make me look better by increasing my looks to only slightly below average? Noice!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Ignorance is bliss.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Beautiful.

I've tried the other way already. Not so good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm already smart and beautiful.

Isn't there a genie out there that cures anxiety?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not really a genie, more of a willo the wisp, but I get it from a bloke called Spider. It's very more-ish.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Anticorp 3 points 1 week ago

Hello beautiful.

[โ€“] BigBenis 3 points 1 week ago

If we're talking 90+ percentile then no question I'd go with smarts and use it to have a big impact on some field of science. Otherwise I'd probably still pick smarts but it's more of a tossup.

[โ€“] whaleross 3 points 1 week ago

Would I be pretty and daft enough to not overthink and complicate everything and to finally be happy?

Ok then. Let me be a himbo. The ladies may take advantage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[โ€“] Bearlydave 3 points 1 week ago

I chose Chameleon from the Xanth universe.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender 2 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] RBWells 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Where do I live? If I'm in a place where people are beautiful, slightly below average attractiveness would be perfect for the rest of the world, make me a genius.

If I live where people are so intelligent and are ugly, please make me better looking and slightly dumber than them, I can make my way through the world just fine.

I think looks are easier to fix, but learning can help fix stupid - I'm sure there are at least some stupid people with more sense than some smart people.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Whats good looking gonna do if you are gonna be suceptable to the simplest scams in the world?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well how long would I have to give one of them up for?

[โ€“] Anticorp 2 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I want the intelligence, but could I settle for my current level of attractiveness?

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