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Originally Posted by afterthefact
It is messed up to think that because somebody is ugly, we should assume that they are no good at anything. It also goes the other way around. If some chick walks into the American Idol audition room and she is all fixed up like some fake Hollywood hooker-looking Spears/Aguillara wannabe, than everyone assumes she is going to be good, and are shocked when *gasp* SHE CAN'T SING AND HAS BEEN GETTING BY, NOT ON CERTAIN SKILLS SHE POSSESSES, BUT PURELY ON LOOKS! WHO KNEW!
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It works both ways, though. It's true that a nice looking person might not always be the most interesting, but in saying that there is also a certain sentimental way in which people generally tend to portray those blessed with less than Adonis-like looks, and it smacks of patronising hypocrisy. The truth is always in the middle.
Besides, people who have some sort of physical deficiency can be just as irritating when they go on about what they should be doing about their looks as those who have the good genes.