Asklemmy

I’m currently neither. Since I’m already used to not being intelligent, I’d go with being beautiful. Then I could always work to increase my intelligence if I wanted.

Attractive, it's wild how people are more likely to help you in either small or greater acts or be willing to overlook some of your flaws.

I think I'd rather be smart. I'm honestly often so impressed with beautiful people, because that shit takes work.

I can roll out of bed, pull my three week old sauce stained shirt over my gut, and go do smart shit with a terrible haircut and no one gives a fuck.

Beautiful people will have chosen matching outfits worth thousands, spent an hour on hair and makeup, all after a morning gym session, and they'll keep that hair perfect all day, getting their spa session in and finding time to do their nails.

How do they even have time to cook a healthy well balanced meal?

Honestly, according to IQ tests, I'm already in the 95th+ percentile for intelligence. I'm also on the autism spectrum, and just got diagnosed with severe ADHD late last year. I've accomplished fuck-all by being smart, and it's mostly made me depressed. I'd pick being slightly dumb, but hot.

Clever but slightly below average attractiveness? Yes, I'll take that. It would be a double upgrade for me.

I chose Chameleon from the Xanth universe.

How about slightly below both but with some solid executive functioning and 0 mood disorders? I'll take that.

Beautiful.

I've tried the other way already. Not so good.

My intelligence makes me depressed, so beautiful.

Why so many people think being smart means getting phd's and good job/money?

Good job, phd's require discipline not smartness and often being attractive gets you better confidence/charisma, thats far far more important for getting good money or recognition than smartness

So... the genie offers to make me look better by increasing my looks to only slightly below average? Noice!

I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don't have to choose, thank you very much.

I'm already smart and beautiful.

Isn't there a genie out there that cures anxiety?

I am the most intelligent person I know. So naturally I would choose intelligence, because christ do I need perspective if that's what I actually believe

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Smart, being beautiful would just get attention from boring people

If we're talking 90+ percentile then no question I'd go with smarts and use it to have a big impact on some field of science. Otherwise I'd probably still pick smarts but it's more of a tossup.

Beautiful. I've tried smart, it sucks.

Ignorance is bliss, so I'll take beauty. I just want to be happy.

It's lonely being intelligent. Maybe I'm just in the wrong social circles.

I like to read books at my construction job when we're not busy. Yet none of my coworkers have read a book since early middle school, and they only skimmed it to half-ass a book report. I can't talk to them about anything except work.

I've never been beautiful my whole life. I'd give myself a 4 out of 10, a little less than average. I never really cared about my looks, I haven't worn makeup in ages.

I'd be interested in giving beauty a trial run, see if it suits me better than intelligence.

Would I be pretty and daft enough to not overthink and complicate everything and to finally be happy?

Ok then. Let me be a himbo. The ladies may take advantage.

Being smart has only gotten me anxiety. I'll go with attractiveness.

I pick the grilled cheese sandwich.

I think being intelligent gets you better jobs and more money sooo 🤷

The latter. I guess that's kinda what I have already and I have no complaints. I'm aro/ace anyway so I don't really need the stunning looks for dating purposes. My relatively decent ability to learn new things never ceases to entertain me

Smart... Looks good away but intelligence is forever.

Am already both so...

Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.

Appreciate the offer but no thanks.

I mean slightly below average is not bad attractiveness wise. Less hassel to some degree, especially if your a woman. below average intelligence though can really hamstring you. Intelligence all the way. Doesn't say gorgeous though or genius. sounds to me like I would basically be asking for the genie to do nothing based on my academic achievements and dating lack of achievements.

What is the definition of 'beautiful', here? Do I get to decide, or is it up to the genie's interpretation?

I'm studying engineering, so i'll take smarts, we all know that anyone in this field ends up bald by some mystical force anyways

Why am I forced to downgrade if it's a genie wish?

Smart. Pretty, dumb people get taken advantage of. Besides, I'm already unattractive, might as well give me something after making me go through high school 😒

Beauty I guess, intelligence doesn't make a damn unless you're brave, lucky, or born well

Probably smart, because I'm already pretty smart and the prospect of giving up what I already have seems scary.

Plus, I've lived most of my life thinking I was repulsively ugly; part of overcoming that anxiety involved understanding that "you can be the juiciest, ripest peach in the world, but some people just don't like peaches". If there's anything I've learned from that, it's understanding that attractiveness is even harder to "objectively" quantify than intelligence

Long Covid and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis have noticeably lowered my IQ. It's a terrible feeling to be more stupid and know that I normally could do better.

So give me intelligence every day. Physical attractiveness can only go so far.