Smart, being beautiful would just get attention from boring people
But if you're not smart then those would be your people.
I don't want to be boring
The only people you fool are other stupid people though.
That's cool though, there's so many of us that you'll never run out of fools to dupe.
Why so many people think being smart means getting phd's and good job/money?
Good job, phd's require discipline not smartness and often being attractive gets you better confidence/charisma, thats far far more important for getting good money or recognition than smartness
I think being intelligent gets you better jobs and more money sooo 🤷
Ignorance is bliss.
My intelligence makes me depressed, so beautiful.
As someone with below average intelligence I can tell you it really doesn't. Trust me, having a low intelligence doesn't make your life easier it just makes it harder and puts you at a massive disadvantage. It's the most soul crushing experience there is. You can become beautiful but intelligence is forever, be thankful for what you've got.
Ignorance is bliss, so I'll take beauty. I just want to be happy.
Amen brother, beauty all the way
I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don't have to choose, thank you very much.
I mean slightly below average is not bad attractiveness wise. Less hassel to some degree, especially if your a woman. below average intelligence though can really hamstring you. Intelligence all the way. Doesn't say gorgeous though or genius. sounds to me like I would basically be asking for the genie to do nothing based on my academic achievements and dating lack of achievements.
I'm studying engineering, so i'll take smarts, we all know that anyone in this field ends up bald by some mystical force anyways
I am the most intelligent person I know. So naturally I would choose intelligence, because christ do I need perspective if that's what I actually believe
Being smart has only gotten me anxiety. I'll go with attractiveness.
If I'm very smart, I could just use my intelligence to make money and then get beauty surgery.
That's not how any of that works.
Appreciate the offer but no thanks.
Am already both so...
i'm already dumb and cute, take a hike genie
Probably smart, because I'm already pretty smart and the prospect of giving up what I already have seems scary.
Plus, I've lived most of my life thinking I was repulsively ugly; part of overcoming that anxiety involved understanding that "you can be the juiciest, ripest peach in the world, but some people just don't like peaches". If there's anything I've learned from that, it's understanding that attractiveness is even harder to "objectively" quantify than intelligence
Long Covid and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis have noticeably lowered my IQ. It's a terrible feeling to be more stupid and know that I normally could do better.
So give me intelligence every day. Physical attractiveness can only go so far.
I feel this to my core. I had a pretty successful career in army special operations, which ended after ten years with a few years of extremely heavy drinking, which ended with me getting out of the army and getting boatloads of mental health treatment, which is ongoing.
When I was at my peak, though, my most prize characteristic was my intellect. Now, though, my short term memory is measured in seconds, my working memory is like five digits at most, I forget words many times per day, and there's many more examples.
It's been absolutely crushing to remember such high performance, but be incapable of it now.
Beautiful.
Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.
If I'm that smart maybe I can work out how to make myself beautiful too.
Attractive, it's wild how people are more likely to help you in either small or greater acts or be willing to overlook some of your flaws.
Beauty I guess, intelligence doesn't make a damn unless you're brave, lucky, or born well
I am already both, so I would tell that genie to EAT ITTTT
Honestly, according to IQ tests, I'm already in the 95th+ percentile for intelligence. I'm also on the autism spectrum, and just got diagnosed with severe ADHD late last year. I've accomplished fuck-all by being smart, and it's mostly made me depressed. I'd pick being slightly dumb, but hot.
Smarts.
I think I'd rather be smart. I'm honestly often so impressed with beautiful people, because that shit takes work.
I can roll out of bed, pull my three week old sauce stained shirt over my gut, and go do smart shit with a terrible haircut and no one gives a fuck.
Beautiful people will have chosen matching outfits worth thousands, spent an hour on hair and makeup, all after a morning gym session, and they'll keep that hair perfect all day, getting their spa session in and finding time to do their nails.
How do they even have time to cook a healthy well balanced meal?
Smart. Pretty, dumb people get taken advantage of. Besides, I'm already unattractive, might as well give me something after making me go through high school 😒
Beautiful.
I've tried the other way already. Not so good.
Ignorance is bliss.
What is the definition of 'beautiful', here? Do I get to decide, or is it up to the genie's interpretation?
You could be Hermann Rorschach or Hedy Lamarr, and be both!
That guy really looks like Bradd Pitt
It's lonely being intelligent. Maybe I'm just in the wrong social circles.
I like to read books at my construction job when we're not busy. Yet none of my coworkers have read a book since early middle school, and they only skimmed it to half-ass a book report. I can't talk to them about anything except work.
I've never been beautiful my whole life. I'd give myself a 4 out of 10, a little less than average. I never really cared about my looks, I haven't worn makeup in ages.
I'd be interested in giving beauty a trial run, see if it suits me better than intelligence.
How about slightly below both but with some solid executive functioning and 0 mood disorders? I'll take that.
I'm an introvert so I'm going for very intelligent.
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