jdthedisciple5d ago

Attractive students no longer receive better results as classes moved online

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517652200283X

Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching

This paper examines the role of student facial attractiveness on academic outcomes under various forms of instruction, using data from engineering stu…

Show threadTrackerFF5d ago

People that have used to be fat, and then lost a lot of weight, will know how brutally different people will treat you. Whereas you'd practically be a ghost before weight loss, random people will suddenly look you in your eyes, smile, even start conversations with you.

Some will of course argue that you losing weight will also make you more confident, and thus you become more approachable. I think there's a lot of bias against fat people, against "unattractive" people, etc.

This also shows in the classroom, work, etc.

Of course, actually being conventionally attractive will come with its own perks. People will go out of their way to help you, and to support you. Over time this could very well boost your ego to also become more confident and decisive.

Show threadelevatortrim5d ago
I think being conventionally attractive gives you a lot more chance practice socialising and my observation is that, people who use that chance get so good at it, they remain very good at relationships even at old age.
Show threadbutILoveLife5d ago

Ive seen the opposite in some people.

I know a ~55ish year old lady who is beautiful, but looks 55. I see her adjusting to her new reality and its painful. I imagine she used to be able to get away with being mean and sarcastic because she was so hot.

Now it just causes office fights. "I wont work with X" is something Ive heard.

The interesting part is that I originally only worked with her on the phone, so I always thought she was mean... Then I saw her in person and everything clicked.

Show threadnorome
plenty of mean and sarcastic ugly people around too
Mar 23 at 1:55pmWeb
Show threadnewsclues5d ago

Some ugly people are mean because they are ugly and take their frustrations out on the world.

Some pretty people are mean because they can get away with it and never learned that it's often counterproductive in the long term.

This is just some people, others act differently.

Show threadbombcar5d ago
They often have "other reasons" people put up with it - even just being the office attack dog you sic on annoying customers will make you a valuable team member.
Show threadwakawaka285d ago
In my opinion, a lot of ugly people start off by trying to be nice, then gradually become more bitter and cynical the more they have to take shit from other people. At least I feel like that has happened to me, and I'm not even so ugly (imho). The amount of gaslighting I've put up with from everyone over the years has really been infuriating and has led me to a lot of misery in my life, and also turned me away from the things that might have actually made a difference.