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?

  • Hyphlosion@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    I’m currently neither. Since I’m already used to not being intelligent, I’d go with being beautiful. Then I could always work to increase my intelligence if I wanted.

  • KnightOfOldEmpire@lemmy.ml
    6·
    4 days ago

    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.

  • RiverGhost@slrpnk.net
    5·
    4 days ago

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

    • I'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.mlEnglish
      71·
      5 days ago

      As someone with below average intelligence I can tell you it really doesn’t. Trust me, having a low intelligence doesn’t make your life easier it just makes it harder and puts you at a massive disadvantage. It’s the most soul crushing experience there is. You can become beautiful but intelligence is forever, be thankful for what you’ve got.

  • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Clever but slightly below average attractiveness? Yes, I’ll take that. It would be a double upgrade for me.

  • gazter@aussie.zone
    4·
    4 days ago

    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?

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    4·
    4 days ago

    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.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      What IQ is the 95th percentile?

      Edit: huh, if this chart is accurate then I’m in the 99th percentile based on the score I have repeatedly received from multiple tests. This can’t be right. I’m not that smart!

      • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
        2·
        4 days ago

        I’m officially in the 99th+ percentile, but IIRC your score gets less accurate the farther you deviate from the mean. And a high reasoning ability is absolutely no predictor of success in life.

        Plus, I feel like a douchebag when I say shit like, “oh, my IQ is 140…” as if that’s some kind of achievement or worth something all on it’s own.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          Right? I never talk about it unless someone else brings it up first and doesn’t have an embarrassing score. LOL. I have a friend who took the test when we were in high school, and was bragging about how he got a 98. He wasn’t smart enough to realize that’s not a good score. The rest of us were like “oooh, that’s greeeeat!”.

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
    8·
    5 days ago

    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

  • BigBenis@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days 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.