# Would you rather be ugly and tall or short and attractive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186 "2016-06-23T21:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ERON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ERON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ERON)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/1 "2016-06-23T21:47:00Z")
Short and attractive for me. Being tall has its obvious advantages, but I don’t want to look like Shrek. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/2 "2016-06-24T00:47:54Z")
As a woman, I’m going to go with “short and attractive”. But I would gladly take “ugly and rich” or “ugly and super intelligent” over this option. ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/3 "2016-06-24T00:53:04Z")
I’d take “ugly, short, and rich” too. I’d rather be short in general; tall people on average have a shorter lifespan and a harder time finding clothes that fit. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/4 "2016-06-24T00:53:42Z")
Short but attractive And I’d rather have a full head of grey hair than be balding and have brown, black etc colored hair. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/5 "2016-06-24T02:18:44Z")
I’m a female, and already short. So why not be attractive, too! That way I don’t have to buy new clothes. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/6 "2016-06-24T02:34:54Z")
I _am_ ugly and tall … and it’s to die for … a man don’t need to be pretty, just needs to be rich. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/7 "2016-06-24T02:50:40Z")
I’ll take young and rich. Everything else is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/8 "2016-06-24T03:43:10Z")
I want to be immortal with adamantium claws. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/9 "2016-06-24T03:45:40Z")
Short and attractive. Being tall and ugly would just draw a lot of unwanted attention to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/10 "2016-06-24T06:52:40Z")
I wanna be a wizard. No one gives you grief for being plug ugly when you can turn them into toads. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/11 "2016-06-24T08:47:41Z")
“Height” has never been anything I have desired. I am as average as can be in that department, almost statistically so. Whereas “attractive” frequently has been a desire of mine. I was a cute kid, but that did not translate post-puberty nor ever since. I do not “scrub up well” for instance. I am a strange, borderline creepy-looking guy of bland countenance and stooping posture. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/12 "2016-06-24T09:49:13Z")
I’m already ugly and tall, I’ve never thought being short would be fun. Attractive? No, I don’t need the attention. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/13 "2016-06-24T09:57:18Z")
I don’t consider myself tall, it’s just that almost everyone else I meet is shorter. And I am now old enough to past ugly and become "distinguished ". ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/14 "2016-06-24T11:27:44Z")
Dinklage short? Kareem tall? Clint Howard ugly? Helmsworth attractive? How far on the scale you put it would make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-ugly-and-tall-or-short-and-attractive/758186/15 "2016-06-24T12:24:55Z")
I’ll go with tall and ugly. I’d be uncomfortable if I was very attractive.