Friday, February 17, 2006
The Beautiful People
Not only are physically unattractive teenagers likely to be stay-at-homes on prom night, they're also more likely to grow up to be criminals, say two economists who tracked the life course of young people from high school through early adulthood.
"We find that unattractive individuals commit more crime in comparison to average-looking ones, and very attractive individuals commit less crime in comparison to those who are average-looking," claim Naci Mocan of the University of Colorado and Erdal Tekin of Georgia State University. - Washington Post
It's kind of funny when you think about it. All the "ugly" kids in the 70's and 80's went on to become gazillionaires, while the so-called beautiful people wound up as cokeheads and insurance salesmen.
We can't find a cure for AIDS. We can't find a cure for cancer. The economy is in the shithole and we have economists working on this?
Why?
"Because that's not the way the media wants to take it and spin it, and turn it into fear, because then you're watching television, you're watching the news, you're being pumped full of fear, there's floods, there's AIDS, there's murder, cut to commercial, buy the Acura, buy the Colgate, if you have bad breath they're not going to talk to you, if you have pimples, the girl's not going to fuck you, and it's just this campaign of fear, and consumption, and that's what I think it's all based on, the whole idea of 'keep everyone afraid, and they'll consume.' " - Marilyn Manson
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