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Nowhere did he say that being an athlete or good looking meant you were dumb. He does say it automatically makes you popular, and I'm not sure I agree with tha
by jraines 18y ago
Nowhere did he say that being an athlete or good looking meant you were dumb.
He does say it automatically makes you popular, and I'm not sure I agree with that. Better make sure you're a good athlete in football if you're south of the Mason-Dixon line.
- rokhayakebe 18y agothey don't waste their time on the dumb stuff you need to do to be popular. This implies that people who are popular spend their time doing dumb stuff. ANd who are those popular ones? If you're good looking, a natural athlete, or the sibling of a popular kid, you'll automatically be popular . So if people who are popular do dumb things then they are dumb , since smart people do not waste time doing dumb things.
- astrec 18y agoPlenty of smart people do dumb things. Every single day.
- imgabe 18y agoBut most popular kids don't get that kind of free ride. They have to work at being popular. ^ The sentence immediately after the one you quoted. Being good looking, a natural athlete, or a sibling of a popular kid is a way to be popular WITHOUT doing anything, that is, without doing all the dumb stuff that all the other people have to do to be popular. Hence he's not implying that good-looking or athletic people are automatically doing dumb stuff, but rather, they get out of doing it based on their looks or athletic ability. The ugly, nonathletic people are presumably the ones who would have to do a lot of dumb things to work their way to being popular.