Would you rather be smarter or better looking?

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

Poll question: Would you rather be smarter or better looking?

It's a simple question really. Or is it?

Mwuah ha ha ha ha! Ah ha ha ha ha!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I'm already smart and good looking...why regress?

[JimmyJazz]

33. I've seen your picture and I know what you do for a living.

I concur. :*

[merwin]

2. I'm already a genious, so I pick door #2

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

6. Would be nice if "taller" were an option

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!

[hfojvt]

46. early mid thirties? But I am forty three.

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.

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Ha, the ironings are delicious

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

10. Hmmmmm.....

Good and starchy. Just how I like 'em.

[iconoclastic cat]

9. genious?

[KitchenWitch]

3. Both

:evilgrin:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

8. Not. An. Option.

Get your own poll! :P

[LastKnight]

4. smarter.

i mean...as long as im not loosin the looks that i got... ill be fine.

[coloradodem2005]

5. Fuck if I know.

I have had people tell me that I am both smart and handsome, so who knows.

[last_texas_dem]

11. Smarter, if I had to choose between the two

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...

[Pobeka]

12. Where's my comb?

Did someone find my comb?

I'll get back to you when I find my comb.

[RandomKoolzip]

13. I'd rather be larger-cocked and I'd like to know more about Hockey.

So this is gonna be a tough choice. I'll get back to you in a fortnight, Destro.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

18. Your insolence is astounding.

Well played, Man-at-Arms.

[BreweryYardRat]

14. How much smarter?

By what factor? 2 times as smart as I currently am? 5 times? 10 times?

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

19. I think it's safe to say

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).

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. Better looking- intelligence is a burden.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

22. ....though obviously it's not a burden you have to bear.

Oh, BtBM, you stepped right into that one. :P

[Kahuna]

16. Smarter. Looks fade after a while... After that smarts come in

real handy. Unfortunately for me, I lost my looks and smarts at about the same time. :eyes:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. Smarter...

No question about it, I'd go for more intelligence.

[Z_I_Peevey]

20. Better looking.

I have that woman-of-a-certain-age thing going, and I wouldn't mind looking a bit better than I do.

[asthmaticeog]

21. I'm smart. I'm good-looking.

I'd eagerly trade both for incredible wealth.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

27. Yes, but you'd be a poor man...

in here. (points to heart)

[asthmaticeog]

30. So?

I'm ALREADY an asshole.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

34. Good point (nt)

[JimmyJazz]

35. and modest....

you forgot to say "modest." :P

[asthmaticeog]

39. Why be modest?

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!

[JimmyJazz]

40. You may be broke, but you have a job that you enjoy.

That beats wearing a pair of golden handcuffs any day of the week.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

43. Hmmmmmm...golden handcuffs?

I like where this is going.

[JimmyJazz]

45. I think you want the Furry ones. Golden handcuffs -

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. :(

[caty]

23. I already know that

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.

[hfojvt]

47. do you really think that being smarter

would necessarily mean you made more money?
Do you think Trent Green and Michael Jackson are smarter than you are?

[caty]

48. No

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.

[Shell Beau]

24. I guess smarter.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

36. 'Cause you couldn't get any purdier...

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

38. Aw, how sweet! That goes for you too!

:hi:

[Redstone]

25. If I had any more of either, I'd be dangerous.

So I'll decline.

Redstone

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

28. I can see you're not greedy...

or humble.

[Redstone]

53. Actually, I'm NOT greedy or egostistical...but let's not tell

anyone, OK? I do have a reputation to maintain, after all.

Redstone

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

26. Better-looking. As a gay you can never look good enough.

:D

[WeRQ4U]

29. If I looked any better, I'd be dangerous........

So I'll take the smarts. ;)

[BeTheChange]

31. Better looking

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.

[Old_Fart]

32. What if you are both? n/t

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

37. Then you are blessed

BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE POLLl!!!!! :)

[Old_Fart]

41. "Its too hard to pick"

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.

[I Have A Dream]

42. Definitely smarter. n/t

[ComerPerro]

44. Better looking. I'm already smart.

But, I suppose, I could be smarter.

[motely36]

49. I admit I am shallow

I would rather be better looking. I think I am smart enough.

:)

[BiggJawn]

50. Better Looking....

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....

[ihaveaquestion]

51. Better looking - I'm already smarter than I need to be.

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:

[SarahB]

52. Smarter.

I'm fairly cute and reasonably smart. I wish I were smarter.

[newportdadde]

54. Have to say Better Looking/Taller

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.

[brentspeak]

55. I know how you feel

As a fellow 5'7" male. And yes, there does seem to be a link between getting promoted to management and one's height.

[Nikia]

56. My intelligence hasn't done anything for me since leaving college

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.

[Dukkha]

57. How about Smarter Looking

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