Unattractive people overrate their looks

[christiefan915]

Looks don't last, in most cases. So, you have to have more than just looks to get by! [Geeko Sportivo]

Jagger and Richards, OMG. They both look like crypt keepers today.

[Cypress]

Because he's other-focused. Mr. Owl had an even worse one when we first met.

The 1980s were the worst hair decade. I think we all had bad hairdos then. I think I had a mullet!

[christiefan915]

The 1980s were the worst hair decade. I think we all had bad hairdos then. I think I had a mullet!

You and Topspin! And it's manly of you two to admit it.

[Cypress]

Jagger and Richards, OMG. They both look like crypt keepers today.

A cautionary tale about cigarettes and drugs

[Cypress]

You and Topspin! And it's manly of you two to admit it.

The Big Hair and perms women were doing weren't much better than my cheesy mullet!

[Doc Dutch]

Don't forget the women were "gatherers" too.

Gatherers is one thing, taking down a bison with sharpened sticks is another. Different skills involved.

On the subject of choosing mates, "normal" and healthy would be "attractive". Looking further, I searched longevity. Surprisingly, that turned into a dead end, since human beings tended to live into their 70s across ancient civilizations. https://aeon.co/ideas/think-everyone...es-think-again

Then I looked at the other end, infant mortality, and found an answer that would become another variable in "attractiveness". About 25% of all infants died in their first year and about 50% of the survivors died before puberty.

At a guess, the most common cause of death would be disease followed by accident/injury. Survivors would be likely be both healthy and smart enough to avoid getting killed out of stupidity. LOL

https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past

Across the entire historical sample the authors found that on average, 26.9% of newborns died in their first year of life and 46.2% died before they reached adulthood. Two estimates that are easy to remember: Around a quarter died in the first year of life. Around half died as children.

What is striking about the historical estimates is how similar the mortality rates for children were across this very wide range of 43 historical cultures. Whether in Ancient Rome; Ancient Greece; the pre-Columbian Americas; Medieval Japan or Medieval England; the European Renaissance; or Imperial China: Every fourth newborn died in the first year of life. One out of two died in childhood.

[Doc Dutch]

I didn't see him as below average in IQ... IMO he was on the spectrum. He appeared to know a lot about Polish history and other topics, but his social skills were below par.

Possible about the spectrum, not my area of expertise, but he struck me as dimwitted, albeit with a healthy knowledge of Polish history.

[christiefan915]

The Big Hair and perms women were doing weren't much better than my cheesy mullet!

Here you go, an example of big, permed hair.

[ThatOwlWoman]

I think a date with Whoopi Goldberg might be a lot of fun, even if she is not strikingly attractive nor necessarily my personal type.

I'd sure go on a date with her, just to enjoy her wit and humor!

[Cypress]

Here you go, an exmaple of big, permed hair.

Fright night!!

I would have to move seats in a movie theater if those big hair women sat in front of me; I couldn't see around their helmet!

[Geeko Sportivo]

Jagger and Richards, OMG. They both look like crypt keepers today.

They proved they had more than just good looks to get them by.

They became two of some of the most influential people in Music History!

[Geeko Sportivo]

I always thought QEII was strikingly beautiful as a young woman.

Simply Gorgeous!

[ThatOwlWoman]

He doesn't even look like the same guy in this picture below.

Did you steer Mr. Owl to a different look? Several of my friends did that to their guys.

Just said how I liked his hair longer. He's done the rest. lol

[ThatOwlWoman]

The 1980s were the worst hair decade. I think we all had bad hairdos then. I think I had a mullet!

I kept my basic hair style and didn't go in for the Big Bang look, but my sister sure did!

[ThatOwlWoman]

The Big Hair and perms women were doing weren't much better than my cheesy mullet!

Good gods, they were worse! lol