[Closed] do good looking people have an easier life?

I've never struggled. I'm stunning. 😉

i had a friend at uni who was really hot.

she would often get stuff for free/ discount.

used to get bogof on parking tickets!

I realy don't think so no, I thnk life can be difficult or easy regardless of looks.

*Puts feet up on desk. Reaches for lovely fresh espresso....*

In the work world at least I think it can help people get through the door. However, if they are not very good they quickly get found out and removed just like the rest of us.

*has someone lift feet on desk and pour espresso into mouth*

I've never struggled. I'm stunning.

Stop talking and just take my money, you handsome brute!

If you looked like this:
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it'd be easier to pull than if you looked like that:
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I bloody hope not. I look like an enormous thumb.

Some very good looking people may get more, but in my experience that's because they expect more.

*asks punkah wallah to up the pace a little. Nibbles on a peeled grape*

it'd be easier to pull than if you looked like that....

The leveller.

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In all seriousness, I'm probably considered OK looking - own hair and teeth, good skin and well groomed, everything in the right place. I've done some modeling work for travel brochures and TV adverts.

I know full well that looking good will get me further in business, which is why I dress and groom accordingly.

In my line of work, I deal with a lot of marketing and PR companies and departments, the majority of which are staffed mostly by women. Looking OK and dressing well certainly opens more doors than if I was less fortunate looking.

I've done some modeling work for travel brochures and TV adverts.

POIDH.

depending on the industry in which you work i think everyone will have different experiences of it, but i've sat in many meetings in which the boss/bosses have discussed using the more attractive people in certain roles.... and in pretty much every situation those roles have been better with regards to pay and promotion opportunities. sales would be a good example of this would it not?

CaptainFlashheart - Member

POIDH.

What does that mean?

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Oh, OK... I've got some of the brochures here somewhere. Gimme a minute...
Or if you're in Blackpool, I'm told there's a 10ft high pic of me somewhere down on the seafront... Oh yeah, classy!

lol lets not get carried away by demanding shibbies fap catalogue... i've got serious questions up there!

OK, purely to dispel The Captain's doubt, I'm the fella in green on the top main pic, and I'm wearing yellow on second r/h pic, also dining with my lovely fake wife on the left...

Sorry about the pic quality, blackberry cam ain't brill...

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I still say this can go either way, 'well groomed and nice clothes is good for business' maybe not, if someone came to service my tractor in a designer suit and hair gel I would be worried!

I have a femal friend who is very, very, atractive but a commited loner and preffers life on her own, she gets sick of men 'hitting on her' (excuse the Americanism) she is always getting inappropriate comments and unwelcome attention.

So for her good loooks are not making life any easier.

Do good looking people have an easier life - Yes. Everything runs more smoothly but it can work against you as well on occasion.

supertramp - Member

I still say this can go either way, 'well groomed and nice clothes is good for business' maybe not, if someone came to service my tractor in a designer suit and hair gel I would be worried!

I can't fix tractors... 😥

One thing I will say, an nice smile wins people over more often than a miserable countenance. Happy, smiling people are usually considered better looking that miserable t***s.

In the work world at least I think it can help people get through the door. However, if they are not very good they quickly get found out and removed just like the rest of us.

Pretty much this I think. All other things being equal I reckon it'll put people a step ahead but it won't necessarily cover for deficiencies.

I'm glad I'm a minger.

Good looking people will never know if they're getting on in life because someone fancies them or because they're actually good at what they do. Luckily for me there's no chance of the former happening and everything I achieve is based on my capabilities.

Which probably explains why I'm such a hopeless failure.

I'd say if you are a woman then definitely, doesn't make too much difference as a man though. For men, money is what counts it seems, looks are irrelevant. How many men do you see, say, driving ferraris, who may be ugly as sin but have a stunning wife/gf etc...

How many men do you see, say, driving ferraris, who may be ugly as sin but have a stunning wife/gf etc...

All the time...

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I don't know about something as subjective as being good looking, but there is considerable evidence that taller people get paid more.

Seems to work OK for me, I'm 6'3" 🙂

And people with all their own hair. Bastards.

Perhaps it's about time all us ugly, balding, bespectacled goppers get together and unite against the tall, good looking stunners of the world with their perfect hair and teeth and their little button noses. We'll even allow shorties in. Come brothers, rise up with me (here's a chair) and we will rebel against this superficial obsession with appearance and drive this curse from our land!!!

How many men do you see, say, driving ferraris, who may be ugly as sin but have a stunning wife/gf etc...

At least nil this last lifetime.

i'd be with you on that one samuri... but i'm waay too sexy to hang around with you lot 😈

interesting about the tall thing if its true!

anybody willing to answer the question i edited into the opening post?

Shib, that's not modelling, you're a background artiste!

The tallest candidate always wins in American presidential elections

Actually, there's a fairly well established research field in Lookism.

Looks help and so does height

Well it worked for my wife...she got me! 😀

CharlieMungus - Member

Shib, that's not modelling, you're a background artiste!

I'm not prepared to post any more detailed shots, or links to any of the TV work... FFS, I've put my head on the block by posting those!

If you're that interested, you can go down to Blackpool Prom and you'll probably be able to count my blackheads! 😀

The tallest candidate always wins in American presidential elections

Did you just make that up? Was Geoerge W. Really taller than John Kerry?

I was about to ask the same, CM!

Answered

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Can anyone see that

And people with all their own hair. Bastards.

I think the main advantage is the added confidence it can give you, but on the flip side, depending on your character, the added attention it can get you could be uncomfortable
on the whole I'd say it's more of a help than it is a hindrance, especially in a society massively swayed by media and their obsession with and perception of beauty

Happy, smiling people are usually considered better looking that miserable t***s.

As brakes says confidence is also very important, it factors in with being happy too.

I'm a model too, I appeared in German Holiday brochure for a hotel. Apparently bookings for the following year were all women and it was booked solid. True story well some of it.

Drac - Moderator

I'm a model too, I appeared in German Holiday brochure for a hotel.

Come on Drac, the same rules apply... POIDH...

indeed brakes.. lets not forget you can hide a beautiful face and body by simply choosing ill-fitted ugly clothes and awful make-up.... but opposite is much harder to achieve!