Dating site: No ugly people

[David]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I hate to admit this, but if I had to choose between 1) being exceptionally physically attractive AND stupid, or 2) being exceptionally brilliant intellectually AND hideous (by most objective criteria), I would choose to be pretty and stupid. Sure, being intellectually superior is a great, admirable thing. But at the end of the day, who has the easier/happier life? The person with the looks usually wins in the end. I would rather be adored/worshipped and oblivious to my own stupidity than being acutely self-aware and shunned/ridiculed by people who are beneath me mentally. It's sad but true.

UNLESS ... unless you have the intellect of, say, Sherlock Holmes. Now THAT would rock, regardless of what you looked like. Imagine you could solve all the unsolvable crimes in Los Angeles. Imagine all the detectives running to YOU to help them. What sweet joy to have a brain so adept at induction!

I'd also like to add that we're all ultimately beautiful--when we behave kindly and generously. It's only our deeds that turn our faces into putrid piles of poopoo. The Witch of the North was right: Only bad witches are ugly.