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Someone Asks People What They Think Is Easier If You’re Unattractive, And Here Are 23 Eye-Opening Answers
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The gene lottery is a tricky business. You don't have any control over it, yet it determines so many aspects of how other people perceive you.
Interested in what perks come from losing it, Redditor u/trajop asked other people on the platform: "What's easier when [you're] unattractive?"
I guess this discussion would be a real minefield face-to-face, but on Reddit, where users are anonymous and nobody has to worry about hurt feelings, it actually turned out to be quite interesting and provided many surprising insights. Continue scrolling to check out what everyone had to say and upvote your favorite answers.
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#1
Knowing which men are bad people. I have really attractive friends who men will put on a whole show and brand-new angelic personality for, but I see right away how they treat women they don’t want to bang. You’re not a good person if you’re only good to people you want something from. And sooner or later, the truth comes out for everyone to see
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#4
Getting old. This is the most important example. Beauty is fleeting, and I see a mental health crisis with so many people unable to cope with aging. What's worse is how it is even exploited
#5
Being friends with the opposite sex. I love having some guy friends. If you're not attractive, you won't make their girlfriends jealous
Serial pacifist 3 years ago
Jealousy can make even your partner's lizzard friend look attractive.
#6
Finding a partner who actually cares about you, not just your appearance
Burs 3 years ago
I think that it’s also because unattractive people on average tends to value looks less than other traits. I have met some gorgeous people that had such high standards that they never find good partners. A friend of mine is like that, he is charismatic, fit and good looking but he always goes for the guys for their looks not personality and guess what? Most are not suitable for him.
#8
Drinking alone in a bar, undisturbed.
Karl Baxter 3 years ago
Nothing wrong with drinking alone. Sometimes it’s good to read a book and get nicely smashed in the process.
#9
Being shy, when you're unattractive people will understand that you not waiting to socialize is just shyness but if you're conventionally attractive they will think you're arrogant for not talk to them
Softsquatch 3 years ago
it annoys me that people interpret being quiet as either shyness or arrogance. what about those who just don't feel like expressing their every thought or emotion at all times? i think that shows real confidence.
#10
Making genuine connections with people. Something about them not finding you threatening
#11
As a woman who has aged out of the attractive category, just going through the world day to day has become so much easier and without the constant haze of menace it always did before from leers, comments, honks, grabbing, etc.
#12
Bettering yourself at the gym. I'm not attractive but in previous years I made a real effort to get in great shape and I did (I've since let myself go, hopefully I'll rectify that but I did enjoy my time having a good physique.)
Being unattractive allows you to train without looking arrogant or like a show off. People are more supportive of your gains when you don't already look like Channing Tatum (I'm older, I had to Google "handsome male celebs" and then scroll through until I found someone who wasn't called The Rock.)
Stanley Judd 3 years ago
When alone in a bar, unattractive folks will know that a flirting attractive person only wants something from you, usually involves money
#13
This may be unpopular, but — love. Everyone who has a happy love life I know is unattractive. Beauty attracts people who are only interested in your looks. It's like money. Real love and happiness are not related to money or beauty
#14
Literally everything. I can go to the store without worrying that I’m going to be hit on or anything like that. I haven’t dated in 17 years, so I don’t have to worry about significant others or dating
Tuna Fish 3 years ago
I see a lot of down votes for the truth on this one. As a woman who was unattractive (fat) all through high school, I can attest to this. It was not as you think Adam C. It was very easy to get laid because most guys felt like Mile leva and figured I didn't have any other options so I would be easy(wrong. no sex is an option!) But as Brian Bennett said the people who were just as unattractive as I was but came from wealthier families had no trouble finding "love" (usually from more attractive people from poorer families). So don't down vote someone for saying something uncomfortable when it's the truth. The truth might be as ugly as I was in high school but it ain't a lie.
#16
Being unbothered. If I'm in a baggy hoodie with the hood up and sweatpants, no one bothers me at a bus stop. If I have a dress on, 7 times out of 10 people either get too close or start chatting. My solution is just pretending I don't speak English
Liam Farranree 3 years ago (edited)
When strangers bother me I just start talking Irish, it's the only practical benefit I've got from having to study the Irish language at school. Ár n-Athair atá ar neamh, Go naofar d'ainim, Go dtagfadh do ríocht,
#17
Being funny. Lots of material to work with
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
You betcha! I always used my non-attributes- to get a laugh and still do!
#18
for women, being seen as who they really are. When you are attractive you get more harrassed, get undesired attention. But when you are unattractive people who want you actually want you for who you are, who you have become.
#19
Honestly, not remembering people and getting forgotten. I used to obsess over this when I was younger, but now I just forgot about it honestly. I have met both very attractive people and very unattractive people, and to be honest I go by the old saying from my region (The Balkans): 'We are all bloody under the skin.' What makes me special is that I am not special, and when you accept that truth, life just gets easier because at the end it's your life and you are the one in control.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Ugly or attractive life is what you make it - the majority if us attractive and unattractive - are gonna be just as they used to say "common folk" accept it. Ain't none of us gonna get out alive no matter what we look like!
#20
Not having fake friends
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
got one word for that Bullshit - if you are unattractive you surely can have fake friends by the bus load!
#21
Dealing with people who pretend to be you friend but just want you in their bed or want to improve their "aura" by hanging out with an attractive person.
#22
People don't bother you while you're out, sales people don't stop you to talk, you don't have to interact with men
#23
If you are a girl and your interviewer is another girl - you will more likely be hired.
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Firstly, almost every photo shows a definitely attractive person, and secondly the title is stupid because it's the people who are shallow and think they're attractive who have the problems, people who don't preen themselves to make a show are the ones who get through life easily, not necessarily "unattractive"
Sonia Bailey 3 years ago
Also beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one person sees as attractive will be different in another.
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
There aren't a lot of benefits of being unattractive except for not having to worry about being cracked onto or treated like an object. Instead we get treated like lepers or invisible most of the time. It's like we don't deserve respect or happiness.
Burs 3 years ago
Yeah. Like relatives or doctors ignoring the health problems of others solely for being overweight.
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Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Firstly, almost every photo shows a definitely attractive person, and secondly the title is stupid because it's the people who are shallow and think they're attractive who have the problems, people who don't preen themselves to make a show are the ones who get through life easily, not necessarily "unattractive"
Sonia Bailey 3 years ago
Also beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one person sees as attractive will be different in another.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
There aren't a lot of benefits of being unattractive except for not having to worry about being cracked onto or treated like an object. Instead we get treated like lepers or invisible most of the time. It's like we don't deserve respect or happiness.
Burs 3 years ago
Yeah. Like relatives or doctors ignoring the health problems of others solely for being overweight.
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