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The Virtues of Being Ugly

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I was watching an old episode of Seinfeld that proposed the question "What percentage of the population would you say is good looking?" and the characters had a disagreement. One believed that it was about half and the other seemed to think it was roughly 15-20%.

Now granted beauty is a highly subjective matter, I'm curious to know what BMG thinks. How many people out there would you say are beautiful?

Furthermore, would you consider yourself beautiful?

Let's remember that being ugly doesn't have to be a bad thing. I'm a highly unattractive person, but I get by. Let's remember some of the other finer points of being ugly:

1. Uglies are appreciated for their personality. Sure, we're not much to look at but we can be the life of the party ;)
2. Ugly people are funny. If you're laughing with us or at us, we are more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
3. Ugly people are low maintenance. You can brush your teeth, shower daily and exfoliate like crazy, but it's not going to make your ugly go away ;) We get to skip the fuss most people go through.
4. Ugly is inevitable. You can use creams and lotions and exercise everyday, but eventually your looks will fade. People who are ugly from the start get the jump on everyone else >=D

Discuss :D
 
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Wow, what a depressing topic.

I consider myself attractive. For me it was something I had to age to obtain. Until my later years of high school I had a lot of problems with my appearance. I do attribute a lot of my good looks to my hair, which is naturally straight and thick and is very long. I get compliments on it from strangers about once a week.

I do believe that a lot of people who consider themselves unattractive really aren't. But, on the other hand, there are people who are undeniably unattractive.

I don't mean to be shallow saying these things. I don't consider myself hot stuff, but I certainly am not going to degrade myself.
 
Wow, what a depressing topic.
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The world isn't all roses.

I consider myself attractive. For me it was something I had to age to obtain. Until my later years of high school I had a lot of problems with my appearance. I do attribute a lot of my good looks to my hair, which is naturally straight and thick and is very long. I get compliments on it from strangers about once a week.
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This raises another interesting perspective. Who believes that beauty comes with age? I don't think the whole 'ugly duckling becomes a swan' thing always works though.

I do believe that a lot of people who consider themselves unattractive really aren't. But, on the other hand, there are people who are undeniably unattractive.
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We uglies have a more 'honest' view of the world than most people. I believe there's a psych theory known as 'Depressive Realism' that states that depressed people have a better view of the world because they don't see things through rose-colored glasses.

I'm curious to know what people define conventional beauty as? A sense of symmetry to a person's face? Are blue eyes better than brown eyes, etc.?
 
Azure Syaoran said:
I'm curious to know what people define conventional beauty as?
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That, my friend, is a harder question to answer than the meaning of life.
I really don't think I'm anything dazzling on the eyes, but I don't think I'm ugly. I've had a couple of crushes on me in my time at high school, and it's really only the past 2 years I've actually come into my own as far as looks go. Before senior school I was hardly noticable.
 
I don't consider myself omg supah good-looking, but I'm not a horror to look at. I think me looking about 5 years older than my actual age helps alot.
 
I don't consider myself to be particularly attractive, but I don't think I'm that good looking.

My general psychology doesn't allow me to have a set opinion on how I look, and often my self image in general, so I can't exactly say much about this topic. I don't think I'm particularly ugly or attractive, so...
 
I think the percentage varies with age. A good number of the people I see walking around whenever I go into college I would consider attractive. I think as people get older, the percentage drops. For the 18-23(ish) age group I'm in at the moment, it's about 70%, but by the age of, say, 40, I'd guess it'd be more like 40/30%.

I think I'm ok-looking, but I look about six years younger than I am. While this will doubtless be a source of great comfort once I hit middle age, at the moment it's a pain.

Steven Fry's 'The Liar' had a fun passage where the POV character reckons everyone has an age at which they hit their physical 'peak'. For some people it's 14, for others, 65, and so on. It's an interesting idea. I intend to peak at around 35. :p

The sad thing, though, is that whatever the 'attractiveness' percentage is, a much greater number of people get married. So clearly you don't have to be conventionally good-looking to find someone. In fact, the people who have the most luck in my experience are the confident, funny, life-of-the-party types. IIRC, there's scientific evidence that we fall for the people we watch. But people still have huge insecurity complexes over the fact that they don't look like <insert supermodel of choice>.
 
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I'm ugly. But people like me anyway. :B
 
Ok, I may not be the best person to look at in the world, but at the same time I don't know that I am not ugly, and I would never degrade myself like that. To love and be loved in this world you have to first be able to love yourself. Also, I don't really care what anyone else thinks, I like myself and that's what really matters.
 
To love and be loved in this world you have to first be able to love yourself.
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Ah, that's not true in the slightest. You can be an insecure wreck and still get someone to love you. Your family should, at the least.
 
Satoshi-kun said:
Ok, I may not be the best person to look at in the world, but at the same time I don't know that I am not ugly, and I would never degrade myself like that. To love and be loved in this world you have to first be able to love yourself. Also, I don't really care what anyone else thinks, I like myself and that's what really matters.
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Not true. You can admit you're ugly and still love yourself. For the longest while I was really ugly, and yet I loved myself 24/7.
 
I consider myself reasonably attractive, meaning that I don't bark at the moon but I'm no supermodel, either. I guess other people view me this way as well, considering a man in his mid-20s asked me for my phone number recently.
 
I consider myself reasonably good-looking, but not terribly beautiful and certainly not attractive (beauty and attractiveness are related, but they aren't the same).

I don't know what I define as beautiful, but a lack of extremes seems to be important (ie not anorexic or obese, not tiny or huge eyes, etc.)

I also think that everyone looks best with their natural hair color. Highlights are fine, but 98% of the time getting your hair dyed a totally different color just doesn't look right.
 
Looks are severaly overrated, particularly these days ):

I know that I'm not your typical girl - I hardly look like one.
As in, I'm ugly.

However, I don't mind the slightest. I'm me, my looks doesn't determine my life quality and I'm quite happy with myself. It's just the matter of others letting my looks dominate their judgement that worries me because I'm just plain fed up with this godawful discrimination. Then again, I'm not much for overly superficial people, and if they decide not to be with me simply because of how I look, then they sorted themselves away from me beforehand, which is good.

Arh whatever. Beauty or lack thereof is a matter of definition. In my opinion, you're only ugly if your personality is nasty.
Even the stereotypical astonishing beauty will be downright hideous in my eyes if they're a bitch. But duh?
 
Oh come off it people. I hate watching people just wade in pity and self-hate. "Oh, I'm so ugly," just give it a rest. Even if your looks aren't the greatest in the world, that doesn't mean that you are a failure... because looks aren't everything in this world. So, let's just quit insulting ourselves and try to actually find our strong points and our positive points. I see that some in here have done that, but there are some people who are just having a pity party saying "oh, I am so ugly... noone will ever like me." Remember, before you can love someone and be loved back, you first have to love your self.

In other words, grow up guys! What's outside isn't everything... and if you know how to, you can more then make up for it with your personality... just be nice, caring, and good to people.
 
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I think I'm attractive, but it definitely came with me maturing and my hair helped as well . . When I was younger I looked like such a nerd ahhahaha

I don't know, I think how you dress is also an very important factor on how attractive you may or may not be. I try to dress my best, and I'm usually shopping for clothes with my best friend (who recently one Best Dressed for Senior Superlitives out of a class of 700, so . .)

It doesn't mean I don't hang out with people that are not unnattractive. Heck, some of my good friends are . . well, really unattractive.

and when it really comes down to it, people have different opinions on what they like, so you can decide:

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You're a smashing looking fellow, Pianoplaynfool. Here's a picture of me (visual approximation).

*High-fives to Pie, Misty & Chatsy* Ugly peoples unite! >=D

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I think the percentage varies with age. A good number of the people I see walking around whenever I go into college I would consider attractive. I think as people get older, the percentage drops. For the 18-23(ish) age group I'm in at the moment, it's about 70%, but by the age of, say, 40, I'd guess it'd be more like 40/30%.
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Wow. I suppose I can agree with all of that, I'm within the 18-23 age group. There are certainly a great deal of people who are attractive. It feels weird to be in that 30% minority, more isolated.

Jo-Jo said:
Steven Fry's 'The Liar' had a fun passage where the POV character reckons everyone has an age at which they hit their physical 'peak'. For some people it's 14, for others, 65, and so on. It's an interesting idea. I intend to peak at around 35. :p
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Ha XD. Well if that is true, I peaked at about... 5 XD. Which really isn't fair, because everyone is cute when they're little. It's usually puberty that makes or breaks people.

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The sad thing, though, is that whatever the 'attractiveness' percentage is, a much greater number of people get married. So clearly you don't have to be conventionally good-looking to find someone. In fact, the people who have the most luck in my experience are the confident, funny, life-of-the-party types. IIRC, there's scientific evidence that we fall for the people we watch. But people still have huge insecurity complexes over the fact that they don't look like <insert supermodel of choice>.
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Those people probably have money or status or something else working for them. I agree there is a scientific component to things. You can look like the Elephant Man, but if you have money you will be attractive to a woman. Money implies financial security, which is some respects, means physical security (home, shelter, food, etc).

I'm poor too so that blows XD.

Barb said:
I consider myself reasonably attractive, meaning that I don't bark at the moon but I'm no supermodel, either. I guess other people view me this way as well, considering a man in his mid-20s asked me for my phone number recently.
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Well that's really good, but I think it's a great deal easier for women to attract Men than the reverse, regardless of attractiveness.

Women have the advantage of sitting back and "waiting" for offers. Men have to present themselves and be either accepted or (in my case) rejected.
 
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