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Given the choice, would you rather be smart or beautiful?

Which would you choose if you couldn't choose both?

(A slight reworking of http://surveycentral.org/survey/9053.html)



VotesAnswer
27I'd rather be smart
7I'd rather be beautiful
1If I couldn't choose both, I'd rather be dead
2Don't know
0Don't care
2Other

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Amanda
posted 1-Mar-2002 3:52am  
I would not choose either of these. I would rather stay as I am. This is assuming that if I choose to be smart, then I would be dog ugly and if I choose to be beautiful I'd be dumb as a bad of hammers. If that were the case, being who I am now is perfectly fine. Average looks and a little above average brains works just fine for me.
skylark
posted 1-Mar-2002 6:52am  
I'd want to be smarter, if that didn't mean I would be uglier.
Dino
(reply to skylark) posted 1-Mar-2002 7:42am  
WRONG answer!!!
Dino
posted 1-Mar-2002 7:44am  
I think I strike a nice balance as I am. This is a super difficult question! No, I really thought about it and am happy as I am. I do want to be smarter and I do want to be more good looking but not at the expense of the other.
skylark
(reply to Dino) posted 1-Mar-2002 7:52am  
Eh... was it the wrong one? OK, pretty boy.  * wink *
Lahdee
posted 1-Mar-2002 8:24am  
I's rather be smart. Being plain looking seems more appealing the older I get. LOL I love being both but if I could do without one it would be my looks.
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
posted 1-Mar-2002 8:25am  
this has been done more than once as well............ smart
autumnlight
posted 1-Mar-2002 10:35am  
I'm more smart than I am beautiful at the moment, so I would stay as I am.
msgman Silver Star Survey Creator
posted 1-Mar-2002 11:06am  
Looks fade, smart lasts.
Cain
posted 1-Mar-2002 11:14am  
Smart, I think. I don't know. Perhaps smart isn't the best term, I think I'd rather be wise than beautiful. Smart people don't always have common sense. Don't know - good question though.
mandy
posted 1-Mar-2002 11:22am  
Beautiful and dumb as a post. I'd rather get laid than talk to people anyway.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 1-Mar-2002 11:47am  
Smart.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to mandy) posted 1-Mar-2002 12:14pm  
Last night, I was having pre-dreams (Those images that come into your head before falling asleep) I was in a loft with a bare floor (no tile, no carpet) but on the floor was a fake tigerskin rug (sprawled out like those bear rugs) but the coolest thing, is it was a cartoon tiger, like Tony or Tigger. I laughed and thought of you, because I thought you might find it amusing.
mandy
(reply to LindaH) posted 1-Mar-2002 12:31pm  
Was I naked when you "thought" of me?
 * laughing out loud *
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to mandy) posted 1-Mar-2002 1:05pm  
 * laughing out loud * no. silly mandy.
mandy
(reply to LindaH) posted 1-Mar-2002 2:41pm  
damn.....
Biggles Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 1-Mar-2002 3:47pm  
Smart.
confetti
posted 1-Mar-2002 4:40pm  
I am beautiful and smart and would like to be smarter. But if I were just this shapeless, faceless and mindless blob that had to choose (although how could I do that without a mind?) I would choose beautiful.
darkshadowsseeker
posted 1-Mar-2002 8:48pm  
Beauty fades, smart is forever (as long as you don't allow yourself to atrophy).
Maxell
(reply to darkshadowsseeker) posted 2-Mar-2002 12:25pm  
Providing you don't get a serious head-injury or Alzheimer's disease.
darkshadowsseeker
(reply to Maxell) posted 2-Mar-2002 12:50pm  
True, but I've never really been hung up on physical looks. I would much more prefer someone with whom I can have an intelligent conversation.
lion
posted 2-Mar-2002 12:58pm  
Other: wise. I know of lot of smart people who are stupid.
juliw
posted 2-Mar-2002 2:39pm  
Smart, but not beautiful (I already am smart, but not beautiful).
juliw
(reply to lion) posted 2-Mar-2002 2:44pm  
That is so true! I used to work with a woman who bragged about being in MENSA, but she didn't have an ounce of common sense.
Oscar
posted 3-Mar-2002 12:40pm  
I want beauty, but I'll live with smarts.
mandy
posted 3-Mar-2002 3:35pm  
U have beauty!
 * smile *
Lex
posted 4-Mar-2002 9:33am  
I'd be smart. Wait a minute. I AM smart. Well fancy that.
twiggys_bitch
posted 7-Mar-2002 1:05am  
im smart now and ugly so ill be dumb and pretty, it works for everyone in hollywood!
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