True, but again such efforts are usually physically visible.
Physical appearance vs. Intelligence: A Serious Question.
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True, but again such efforts are usually physically visible.
If playing too much "Arkham Horror" is "settling" then my standards are probably a little unrealistic. There are worse things than a girl who is probably a little too into HP Lovecraft.
Wait until you see her start crowing about her self-produced Arkham Horror expansion on facebook that integrates characters from PG Wodehouse into the Cthulu mythos. And no, that is not a joke.
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I'm referring to your response to moe about one's looks. You said you'd "settle for marginally below average." Why?
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Trout the only explanation I got is pity.
For the mental side I think we all agree if all things are even you really should've found a mentally handicapped companion, with a good chance of some physical handicap like being deaf because I'm sure your talking is 10x worse then your typing.
Now the physical side they'd obviously need to be blind that goes without saying but then one would have to realize they could still feel you or the lack of you so they would also likely have to have congenital insensitivity or at the very least have some kind of moderate nerve damage.
See it is possible to make fun of a persons mental and physical attributes (or lack of them).
For the mental side I think we all agree if all things are even you really should've found a mentally handicapped companion, with a good chance of some physical handicap like being deaf because I'm sure your talking is 10x worse then your typing.
Now the physical side they'd obviously need to be blind that goes without saying but then one would have to realize they could still feel you or the lack of you so they would also likely have to have congenital insensitivity or at the very least have some kind of moderate nerve damage.
See it is possible to make fun of a persons mental and physical attributes (or lack of them).
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I don't want to assume anything but are you saying intellectual ability is based on effort or just that there's a perception of that? I agree there's a perception, but I don't think it's really true. Some people are just naturally smarter than other by no real achievement of their own other than luck of the draw. I also think an attractive physical appearance takes a great deal of work. Working out, eating right, etc. Most "highly intelligent" people could not handle the rigors athletes and celebrities put their bodies through to look good.OneBrow said:
Which of these do you feel is more acceptable to ridicule? Are either of them more acceptable than physical appearance? Why?OneBrow said:
Interesting point. So should it be acceptable for people who can plainly see they have a better physical appearance be free to mock those who are inferior?OneBrow said:
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Careful, he may take that as an insult to his girl freind and have you infracted.SalmonHobo said:
You do realize that I have a voice like Johnny Gilbert mixed with Marty Robbins, the body of Brad Pitt mixed with Matt Harpring, and the brain of Einstein mixed with Andrew Dice Clay -- right? I'm the catch of the century, and you're a bottom feeding pooh finger. Get off my train!
Just for the record, Kicky was not involved in the issuance of that infraction.
He did not vote.
JohnStockalypse
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I bet he whined about it though. He did so to me twice.
I was talking about my own looks. I would settle for getting up to marginally below average. I'm all for the bare minimum.
JohnStockalypse
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I was warning him. Not talking to you, once again.
I wrote a good, well thought out response to this... which culminated with me telling JSL to "quit being a bitch", but the damn thing timed out on me.
I'm kinda pissed off now.
But essentially appearance is on the outside, intelligence is on the inside... you can fake intelligence and hide stupidity. You can't fake ugly.
Your opinion, determines your outlook on your intelligence
Others opinions, determines your outlook on appearance.
Which is why a "stupid joke" is easily jested and shrugged off, and a "fat joke" isn't.
I'm kinda pissed off now.
But essentially appearance is on the outside, intelligence is on the inside... you can fake intelligence and hide stupidity. You can't fake ugly.
Your opinion, determines your outlook on your intelligence
Others opinions, determines your outlook on appearance.
Which is why a "stupid joke" is easily jested and shrugged off, and a "fat joke" isn't.
That there is a perception.
I think you underestimate the rigors required to be extremely knowledgeable.
I don't recall ever endorsing ridicule or people. I only endorse ridicule of ideas, and endeavor to hold myself to that standard.
That would be contrary to every moderator's discussion I've seen where a poster disagreed with sirkickyass. The projection is mile-deep.
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But why does that make one more acceptable to mock and not the other? Are you saying that one person should have to hide thier deficiency but the other shouldn't? Why? This day and age you can certainly hide ugly. Through the interenet you can get anything you need and never leave your house to subject the world to your deficiency in attractiveness.
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But why do you think it is generally more acceptable to ridicule one over the other? Or do you think my whole perception and question is without merit?OneBrow said:
Neither is acceptable to me. Therefore, one can not be more acceptable, as both are unacceptable.
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