# "Ugly people are a better calibre of human", aka, ugly dating

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-people-are-a-better-calibre-of-human-aka-ugly-dating/563834>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 12, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-people-are-a-better-calibre-of-human-aka-ugly-dating/563834 "2010-12-12T01:08:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![MattProle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-people-are-a-better-calibre-of-human-aka-ugly-dating/563834/41 "2010-12-13T20:04:37Z")

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> [@Misnomer](#):
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> And has any of the authors ever watched a beauty pageant?

Touche :dubious:

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-people-are-a-better-calibre-of-human-aka-ugly-dating/563834/42 "2010-12-15T14:15:09Z")

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> [@ladyfoxfyre](#):
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> What is it with the attempts to make “attractive” people somehow morally inferior? Less interesting? How do you even say “all things being equal” with a straight face? Like you’ve done some sort of methodological study on the interestingness of pretty vs. ugly people.

I don’t know how far back it goes, but there seems to be a trend over the past several decades of a sort of “role reversal” in what are considered positive and negative qualities. If you look at TV and film, often times good looking, athletic, financially successful people are painted as the villain. Douchebags, shallow, corrupt, entitled, overprivileged or bullies. OTOH, the “loser”, “nerd”, “outcast”, “screwup”, “underdog” or “everyman” is portrayed as more genuine. More heroic. More deserving of reward.

Personally, I think the worst message you can send is any story about the “plucky team of misfits and screwups who end up beating their better talented, better prepared rivals.”

Same thing with ugly people I suppose.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-people-are-a-better-calibre-of-human-aka-ugly-dating/563834/43 "2010-12-15T14:56:06Z")

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I’ve only ever been ugly. And I’m not dating. And I won’t paint with brushes this wide until turpentine comes down in price significantly.

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