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It is a rude awakening for all of us, but I think the point is that one who heavily depends on looks has a much tougher time than someone not dependent on looks

by aik 16y ago

It is a rude awakening for all of us, but I think the point is that one who heavily depends on looks has a much tougher time than someone not dependent on looks. Naturally not every beautiful woman has a heavy dependence on looks, but in general people tend to flaunt whatever extra-ordinary attribute they have, be it a natural and short-lived or learned and life-long.

jacquesm 16y ago
I'm pretty sure that those that are beautiful are well aware of how fleeting it is, I just can't see it is a justification to put them down like that. Should people that are born in to money discard it so they can live an average life in order not to offend? Should those that are beautiful spend their lives in burlap sacks lest they give offense to those less fortunate (Burka's?). People don't 'depend' on their good looks, people simply use the tools that they've got and beauty in a society so focused on beauty is a very powerful tool. The interesting thing here is that everybody else makes it in to a powerful thing, not the person having it, they just use the power granted.
- mdda 16y ago
  It is well known that people rate the opinions of those that are taller/prettier higher than others. So, to adjust for that natural bias it might make sense to treat attractive people's opinions with greater scrutiny. But maybe attractive people have better minds too? That's a possibility - however (IMHO) outward attractiveness is more to do with genetic fitness (in the procreation sense), than creative fitness (in the meme generation sense). The evolution of ideas is whether the action is now... (at least that's what I'd like to believe)
- sliverstorm 16y ago
  I can see wanting to 'get back' at them if they are really abusing their beauty. Though chances are most men who want to 'get back', including the original parent, were just jilted suitors.
- wallflower 16y ago
  > Should those that are beautiful spend their lives in burlap sacks lest they give offense to those less fortunate (Burka's?). My brother-in-law's sister was in Heathrow airport. She was in the bathroom with a woman who was initially dressed in a burka. She says that the woman she saw was was one of the most beautiful women she had ever seen in her lifetime. Beauty can hide - if it hides, is it still beauty? Or not as political?
- aik 16y ago
  Specifically what I was referring to was power being used with little foresight and little wisdom. When it is used without the foresight that it will someday disappear, that's when the rude awakening can happen. As you say, really it's no different than any other undeserving attribute that can disappear, it just needs to be used wisely and seen for what it is. Money, looks, power - it can all be a gift or a curse depending on how you handle it.

by aik 16y ago

jacquesm 16y ago

I'm pretty sure that those that are beautiful are well aware of how fleeting it is, I just can't see it is a justification to put them down like that. Should people that are born in to money discard it so they can live an average life in order not to offend? Should those that are beautiful spend their lives in burlap sacks lest they give offense to those less fortunate (Burka's?). People don't 'depend' on their good looks, people simply use the tools that they've got and beauty in a society so focused on beauty is a very powerful tool. The interesting thing here is that everybody else makes it in to a powerful thing, not the person having it, they just use the power granted.

mdda 16y ago
It is well known that people rate the opinions of those that are taller/prettier higher than others. So, to adjust for that natural bias it might make sense to treat attractive people's opinions with greater scrutiny. But maybe attractive people have better minds too? That's a possibility - however (IMHO) outward attractiveness is more to do with genetic fitness (in the procreation sense), than creative fitness (in the meme generation sense). The evolution of ideas is whether the action is now... (at least that's what I'd like to believe)
sliverstorm 16y ago
I can see wanting to 'get back' at them if they are really abusing their beauty. Though chances are most men who want to 'get back', including the original parent, were just jilted suitors.
wallflower 16y ago
> Should those that are beautiful spend their lives in burlap sacks lest they give offense to those less fortunate (Burka's?). My brother-in-law's sister was in Heathrow airport. She was in the bathroom with a woman who was initially dressed in a burka. She says that the woman she saw was was one of the most beautiful women she had ever seen in her lifetime. Beauty can hide - if it hides, is it still beauty? Or not as political?
aik 16y ago
Specifically what I was referring to was power being used with little foresight and little wisdom. When it is used without the foresight that it will someday disappear, that's when the rude awakening can happen. As you say, really it's no different than any other undeserving attribute that can disappear, it just needs to be used wisely and seen for what it is. Money, looks, power - it can all be a gift or a curse depending on how you handle it.