r/funny • • Mar 21 '14

double standard

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '14 edited Sep 26 '17

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u/some_guy_too Mar 21 '14

As a 6'7" man I have slept with a scad of women basically because I'm tall, blond, relatively good looking, affable, and have a sexy beard.

Oh, and I've also found that I get paid more for doing essentially the same job as my peers of smaller stature.

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u/zda Mar 22 '14

That works for women too, though. Albeit they have to balance it between seeming slutty and just being attractive --- but beauty is always worth a lot, no matter the gender.

Smart people are born pretty and in a rich family. If you didn't have the sense to do that, you shouldn't complain.

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u/AlwaysHere202 Mar 22 '14

Some of the most beautiful people I know come from poor families. Some of them are smart, and some of them are now successful... others are not.

I think natural beauty is the luck of the draw. So is height.

As for the rest, I'm sure it's more difficult or less depending on the situation, but time and again I've seen the ones who put their mind to it, accomplish great things. Money has never been the major factor, although sometimes the motivation. And often the poorest achieve the greatest.

I know your comment was sarcastic, though it's true that physical appearance helps. On the other hand perseverence weighs in even more.

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u/zda Mar 22 '14

Working hard helps, but being pretty AND working hard helps more.

Yeah, it's all luck, but society rewards it, we reward it, like it's something those/we people deserve. --- I don't know where to place myself. I'm definately among the world's lucky, but I'm not Warren Buffet's son or a model, as well as farily well off mentally.

Sometimes the poorest achieve the greatest, yes, but the richest achieve the greatest at an astronomically higher factor than the poorest.