Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking

Re:Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking by seanalltogether on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:31PM (#5610025)

As far as I'm aware being an attractive male doesn't hinder your chances in the STEM fields as it maybe would a female.

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Re:Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking by trustfundbaby on Thursday April 25, 2013 @06:34PM (#5610386)

I think it can work against you, people might not take you seriously as an engineer if you're too goodlooking or well built.

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Re:Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking by Xcelerate on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:09PM (#5611113)

Don't know why you were downvoted. I've noticed this too. Someone who works out a lot (noticeably muscular) is stereotyped in academia or STEM professions.

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Re:Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking by seestheday on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:54PM (#5611241)

I can understand there being an issue for being overly muscular, but I also don't think that being overly muscular equals being good looking. This is probably a very common mistake that men make when pursuing better looks.

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Re:Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking by Xcelerate on Thursday April 25, 2013 @11:15PM (#5611294)

> I also don't think that being overly muscular equals being good looking

I know. I didn't imply that.

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Re:Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking by seestheday on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:14PM (#5611131)

I'm a pretty good looking man by conventional standards. In my n=1 experience the benefits far outweigh any downside. I actually can't think about any downside.

I know this sounds cocky, but I thought it might add to the discussion.

Being good looking is fucking awesome. So is being smart. Both are a combination of genetics and hard work.

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