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A genie appears before you and says you must choose to be very physically attractive, but slightly below average intelligence, or very intelligent, but slightly below average attractiveness? Which would you choose, and why?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I want the intelligence, but could I settle for my current level of attractiveness?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Whats good looking gonna do if you are gonna be suceptable to the simplest scams in the world?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Smart because if I ever started getting into making videos for my fictional PยฒEMG company, would needs the smarts to make a v-Tuber model of my fursona work, alongside some other tools I won't disclose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not beautiful anyway. I'll take the smarts

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Intelligence can be attractive too! And even in the cases where it's not, I think I can always go for surgery or something if it's really that bad.

Intelligence can be learnt, but it's much harder than say, correcting one's facial features or getting into shape imo.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe it would be a more difficult choice if it was between Intelligence or Constitution (i.e. physical health)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

There are other variables the genie leaves wildcard.

Suppose I'm already very intelligent and attractive (and modest), except I'm also a wimp, myopic, have weird metabolism, autistic and with bipolar.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Can I so intelligent as to quickly figure out how to CRISPR-Cas9 my looks or does tge wish prevent me from changing my appearance?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only dudes and weird chicks online seem to care about this metric lol

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The genie does not honor your second wish.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Then smart would be my preference.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I can work on my intelligence but I can't work on my genetics. So, if take physical attractiveness.

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