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The Ugliness Problem- Is it irrational to discriminate against the appearance-challenged?
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| Dan Seligman
Posted on 08/04/2005 1:38:38 PM PDT by Asphalt
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To: Asphalt
Irrational? Not at all.
Un-PC? definitely.
So we probably need a law againt it.
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:45:23 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
To: JimWforBush
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:45:23 PM PDT
by
Asphalt
(Join my NFL ping list! FReepmail me| The best things in life aren't things)
To: Hadean
The appearance-challenged? What the heck does that even MEAN?! Look in the mirror. Just kidding ;^)>
Like I'm one to talk...
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:47:30 PM PDT
by
Junior
(Just because the voices in your head tell you to do things doesn't mean you have to listen to them)
To: Asphalt
LOL!!!
Perhaps I should take two pics of myself.. one with my military BC glasses on, and one with my regular frames..
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:48:25 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
("Just because I have a paper heart, doesn't mean tearing it is okay." -The man with the candy face)
To: Asphalt
Interesting study found that the closer a person's facial features matched this overlay graph, the more attractive they were perceived to be.
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:49:10 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Buzzin' on Birfday Cake)
To: Asphalt
If I continue to scroll down, will there be a picture of Helen Thomas? LOL
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:49:15 PM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Does anyone remember Kelly LeBrock's "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful" ads?
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:49:43 PM PDT
by
najida
(Today AC--- Now I'm living for ice cubes and a phone.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I'll have to stick my BC glasses on to qualify, but...
*chuckle*
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:49:49 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
("Just because I have a paper heart, doesn't mean tearing it is okay." -The man with the candy face)
To: edcoil
"...Beauty is skin-deep but ugly is to the bone 8-)...."
I say, I say the "JAWBONE" that is..... By the way, can I get an order of ribs???
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:51:13 PM PDT
by
JimWforBush
(Alcohol - For the best times you'll never remember)
To: najida
Yeah, it was for shampoo wasn't it?
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:51:36 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Junior
Oh yeah? Well...well...you're "comically-challenged"! So HA! (kidding)
Oh no. Now I'm "comically-challenged" too...
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:51:44 PM PDT
by
Hadean
To: Hand em their arse
Mommy, make it go away
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:51:55 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.)
To: Asphalt
The family founders, in 18th-century Frankfurt, were supremely ugly, but several generations later, after successive marriages to supremely beautiful women, the men in the family were indistinguishable from movie stars.This isn't exactly something that buttresses Seligman's already-fishy argument. There are a number of web sites (to say nothing of the supermarket tabloids like the Enquirer and Star) that routinely publish photos of movie and TV stars without the $1000 makeup jobs or professionally-Photoshopped pictures, and suffice it to say that a very large number of them are no more attractive in real life than anyone else you might pick randomly off the street ... and a sizable minority are downright unappealing.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Pantene I believe, but it was so funny like "well, I didn't hate you before, but now that I know you're VAIN I DO!"
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:52:43 PM PDT
by
najida
(Today AC--- Now I'm living for ice cubes and a phone.)
To: Hadean
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:52:48 PM PDT
by
Junior
(Just because the voices in your head tell you to do things doesn't mean you have to listen to them)
To: Junior
Hey, dont feel bad. Someone told me that they put a pic of me in their basement and it solved their termite problem..........
ba-dum-bum
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:52:57 PM PDT
by
day10
(Rules cannot substitute for character.)
To: Darksheare
Hey it is my week, you can't have it!!
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:53:14 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Asphalt
"...New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, concludes that less attractive children are discriminated against by their own parents...."
Too many potential smart-aleky comments to choose from.
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:53:41 PM PDT
by
mad puppy
( "He's with me!" And I'm with W.)
To: absolootezer0
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posted on
08/04/2005 1:53:44 PM PDT
by
saveliberty
(NYT= all that money and no class)
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