Ugly Thoughts, Ugly Looks; Nice Thoughts, Nice Looks
So, I went to see Howard Dean last night at the Democracy for America meet-up. One thing struck me about the crowd: there were a lot of hotties. Sure, ugly was right and left as well, but the median person was looking pretty good.
Let’s face it. DC is not a good-looking town. In fact, this town is down right homely. It’s not West Virginia or Arkansas homely, but it’s not LA or NY either. In fact, of all the places I have ever lived, DC has to have the ugliest people (even Baltimore beats it out). So, seeing all of the attractive people last night was a bit odd.
Now, why at a Dean event? Are Democrats better looking than Republicans? Well, yes, they are, but why? Are beautiful people more likely to be charitable because they have so much already? Are beautiful people more likely to focus on inner beauty since they already have external beauty? Perhaps thoughts affect looks.
I’m reminded of the book “The Twits” by Roald Dahl. The story was about a very nasty couple that plays horrible pranks on each other. Dahl theorized that even with less-than-perfect and, indeed, even glaringly imperfect features, one can still be attractive if all one's life one has had nice thoughts. The nice thoughts will come through the face like "sunbeams". Ugly thoughts, on the other hand, according to Dahl, eventually fashion one's features into a deservedly ugly face. The Twits became an ugly duo from years and years of evil thoughts.
Now, Dahl theory is, of course, an exaggeration. Poor John Merrick never became handsome even with his gentle thoughts, but perhaps he would have looked even worse with evil ones. On the other side of things, the people that I know that do have evil thoughts do end up looking pretty damn ugly (i.e. Rush, O’Reilly, Coulter, Cheney). In fact, I don’t think I know anyone attractive from the far right.
In fact, all the arch-Republicans I know are straight-up bad looking. They are usually fat, pale and have a sour or pissed off look on their face (which is weird since they are in power). Years and years of hating women, homosexuals, minorities, logic, foreigners, Muslims, science, the poor and the government has apparently left them with permanent physical damage.
With all the time and money people put into getting surgery, putting on make-up and working out, they could invest in having nicer thought. Letting go of hatred and occasionally smiling improves looks much more than any boob job. Of course, all the ass men out there already agree me on this one.
Let’s face it. DC is not a good-looking town. In fact, this town is down right homely. It’s not West Virginia or Arkansas homely, but it’s not LA or NY either. In fact, of all the places I have ever lived, DC has to have the ugliest people (even Baltimore beats it out). So, seeing all of the attractive people last night was a bit odd.
Now, why at a Dean event? Are Democrats better looking than Republicans? Well, yes, they are, but why? Are beautiful people more likely to be charitable because they have so much already? Are beautiful people more likely to focus on inner beauty since they already have external beauty? Perhaps thoughts affect looks.
I’m reminded of the book “The Twits” by Roald Dahl. The story was about a very nasty couple that plays horrible pranks on each other. Dahl theorized that even with less-than-perfect and, indeed, even glaringly imperfect features, one can still be attractive if all one's life one has had nice thoughts. The nice thoughts will come through the face like "sunbeams". Ugly thoughts, on the other hand, according to Dahl, eventually fashion one's features into a deservedly ugly face. The Twits became an ugly duo from years and years of evil thoughts.
Now, Dahl theory is, of course, an exaggeration. Poor John Merrick never became handsome even with his gentle thoughts, but perhaps he would have looked even worse with evil ones. On the other side of things, the people that I know that do have evil thoughts do end up looking pretty damn ugly (i.e. Rush, O’Reilly, Coulter, Cheney). In fact, I don’t think I know anyone attractive from the far right.
In fact, all the arch-Republicans I know are straight-up bad looking. They are usually fat, pale and have a sour or pissed off look on their face (which is weird since they are in power). Years and years of hating women, homosexuals, minorities, logic, foreigners, Muslims, science, the poor and the government has apparently left them with permanent physical damage.
With all the time and money people put into getting surgery, putting on make-up and working out, they could invest in having nicer thought. Letting go of hatred and occasionally smiling improves looks much more than any boob job. Of course, all the ass men out there already agree me on this one.
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