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29 Jan 2018, 5:36 pm

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My avatar is me in 2009. I am of a liberal political bent, though not completely liberal. In some ways, I am even conservative.

Am I attractive? LOL


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30 Jan 2018, 6:45 am

Well, I'm sure glad someone is doing this vital research, and giving us the answer we've been craving for ages.


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30 Jan 2018, 7:07 am

More like conservatives are more prone to fall for stupid crap studies for some kind of need for self-validation. I mean, how stupid are you to have the need to feel superior to others?



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30 Jan 2018, 9:22 am

Aniihya wrote:
More like conservatives are more prone to fall for stupid crap studies for some kind of need for self-validation. I mean, how stupid are you to have the need to feel superior to others?


I don't have a *need* to feel superior...
I just am... 8)



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30 Jan 2018, 11:22 am

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What about all the ugly guys who become right-wing anti-feminists because they think that all women are shallow?

A lot of so-called "incel" guys are like this. Look it up.

Warning: If you read stuff by "incels", you may die laughing.

Too much vitriol for a "bleeding heart liberal". Hypocrisy at its finest.



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30 Jan 2018, 1:13 pm

LOL....I wish a woman would say that.......

A woman with a beret would be cool....



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30 Jan 2018, 10:44 pm

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LOL....I wish a woman would say that.......

A woman with a beret would be cool....


I am very amenable to change...
But not *that* amenable... ;)
Damn that "Y' chromosome!...

Besides...
I'd never get anything done if I went for the change...
I'd be in front of a full-length mirror appreciating myself 24/7... :mrgreen:



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31 Jan 2018, 2:46 am

That is an interesting theory, but I can't say I really buy it.


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31 Jan 2018, 3:05 am

been my experience that the people who were cruelest to me were generally photogenic.



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31 Jan 2018, 3:10 am

^ same


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31 Jan 2018, 3:17 am

it's gotten to the point where if I see an attractive person, I feel wariness based on past experience, IOW I viscerally distrust them unless they show themselves to be trustworthy. the sociopaths I've known were generally physically attractive/athletic, and had charisma and could get people to support them no matter what they did. i'm reminded of the present occupant of the white house who, when he was young, was a better-than-average-lookin' guy.



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31 Jan 2018, 4:44 am

auntblabby wrote:
it's gotten to the point where if I see an attractive person, I feel wariness based on past experience, IOW I viscerally distrust them unless they show themselves to be trustworthy. the sociopaths I've known were generally physically attractive/athletic, and had charisma and could get people to support them no matter what they did. i'm reminded of the present occupant of the white house who, when he was young, was a better-than-average-lookin' guy.


I have come to the conclusion that most attractive people can't help but take themselves too seriously...
Human psychology is extremely egocentric...and very self-serving...

In essence, it is a different form of power...
And we all know the adage:
"Power corrupts...
Absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely..."

It seems to work for them...<shrug>



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31 Jan 2018, 4:52 am

^^^speaking of "power corrupts"... more than one genetic study has concluded that attractive people generally have better genes [evidenced by body symmetry/overall health and life expectancy] than people who are not so attractive, they tend to be stronger/more rugged/athletic/smarter/happier/healthier/more successful in life. psychologist Lewis Terman (early IQ tester and author of a longitudinal study he turned into a book, "The Gifted") from his studies believed the same thing. these stronger people, by dint of their strength, tend to use their increased power to take advantage of people not similarly gifted.



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31 Jan 2018, 4:54 am

life is not fair. news at 11.



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31 Jan 2018, 4:58 am

Well it is a conservative article, but I can see how conservatives are better looking then liberals considering they are more orderly and clenly.



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31 Jan 2018, 5:55 am

also more boring.