Physical vs mental retardation, which is worse?

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Would you rather look like Stephen Hawking, but be as smart as Albert Einstein or be stupid like chicken, but hot as world's top model? Which is worse?

I can't imagine how someone like Stephen Hawking can feel comfortable. I can never understand that. So I have to answer dumb as a chicken, hot as a top model.

One of the reasons I'm miserable so much is because of my high intelligence. Sometimes I almost wish I wasn't so smart and didn't know so much about how the world REALLY works. Say what you want about those with mental retardation but most of them are extremely happy and free spirited and nobody will bully them.

Most people who are disabled like Stephen Hawking never get a chance to show how smart they are. But if they actually manage to publish a great book, the public reduces them to "the disabled genius", as good as nobody sees the human and/or the work as itself. This must be very depressing.

Being stupid is not a big problem, as long as you are beautyful enough. I guess when you're really really dumb, you don't even notice that fact. You just feel pretty and happy and don't take much notice of the complicated world around you. If you need help or money, just try to get it for a pretty smile...

I'm a super-cute dumb Harbor Seal.

People seem to respect you more when you've got a physical problem, more than a mental problem. Say if an ambulance came to my house because I was having breathing difficulties, and the neighbours rushed out to see what was going on and my mum told them, they'd probably be like, ''aww, dear, poor girl, hope she'd be OK.'' And I'll probably get lots of sympathy and respect. But if an ambulance came to my house because I was having some sort of breakdown, involving screaming and trying to commit suicide, yes I might get sympathy but I bet there would be more gossip among the neighbours and I'll end up being misjudged as a crazy person and my mum would be embarrassed.