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“What’s something attractive people can do, that ugly people can’t?” posed the Reddit user Routine_Astronaut182.
and it provides an excellent overview of “pretty privilege,” which is the notion that those who are “pretty” have greater chances and lead simpler lives than those who are not.
If you’re not sure whether “pretty privilege” or “thin privilege” actually exist, continue reading to hear examples from others!
1. “Attractive people are far more likely to get assistance from strangers, but anybody can ask. It’s just a horrible, twisted reality of life.
Prior to using the ticket kiosks, I was aware that I had missed a trip to New York. I just told a worker that I didn’t have enough time to make my flight when I approached them directly.
After asking me where I was going, they led me a short distance to a desk. I was given a ticket for a different aircraft that was landing at the same airport and that began boarding in half an hour without any additional discussion.
“To be honest, I’m not a gorgeous woman. I had no phone and no way to contact for help when my car’s battery failed in a Starbucks parking lot.
When I approached a few males in the Starbucks for assistance, they all indicated they didn’t have cables, and one man simply replied, “No, I don’t give people jumps.”
Alright, lost. I return to the parking lot and ask a really attractive woman if she would be willing to jump me.
She claims to have cables, but she doesn’t have any. Let’s go to Starbucks and inquire. She gave me a comforting look and said, “Let’s try,” after I informed her that no one did.
When she enters, she asks the man who informed her he doesn’t provide leaps. He replies yes right away, but he seems really displeased when he sees me behind her.
I will always remember the sensation. However, my car was jumped. The day was salvaged by a stunning woman.
2. “Bargaining for lower prices on anything.” The owner’s son really gave my buddy a discount on petrol at the station. Even though she had a PhD, she played stupid and had a cute baby voice that nearly always worked.
3. People paying for your things: “My wife and I went to the local casino with a friend for that friend’s birthday years ago, and some guys just paid for their entire evening there.”
gave them cash so they could bet with it. There are no conditions. Have no expectations. My wife and her buddy didn’t even kiss the guys, let alone hook up with them.
just loitered while they rolled hundreds of dollars, and the two men indicated they were free to take anything they earned.
“For some reason, she didn’t believe it was unusual for individuals to just invite you and your companion to go spend a lot of money at random.
“Yeah, that means you’re hot,” I said. Like in casino movies, they wanted to feel like big time rollers and walk the floor with two exquisite pieces of arm candy. She still appeared doubtful.
4. Or just receiving things for free: “A friend told a story. His gorgeous coworker arrived to work with a new tablet and phone.
When she upgraded her phone, the sales clerk was so kind that he gave her the tablet for free and even added his number to her phone in case she had any issues. This was quite natural to her.
5. “Artist/singer. despite the fact that talent is not correlated with appearance. It makes me wonder how many incredible voices go unheard because the record label doesn’t believe the musician is attractive.
“Check out Susan Boyle’s Britain’s Got Talent performance. She is essentially fired immediately. The judges simply roll their eyes as she attempts to make a joke.
The crowd rolls their eyes as she declares that she wants to be a singer. The crowd laughs at her when she declares that she aspires to be as well-known as Elaine Paige.
As if someone who they consider unattractive couldn’t have extraordinary skill or be outstanding at anything.
Then she begins to sing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ in such a fantastic way that everyone quickly changes their tune.”
6. “I believe that males should engage with children in a very typical manner. An unattractive person is viewed as a scary pedo if he attempts to engage with a youngster.
“This is my divorced father. Since parks weren’t normally packed or busy, I would frequently take my kids.
There to play on weekday mornings while I was visiting (my ex would never let me into the house she lived in because of the distance; it wasn’t just weekends).
It was awkward the first year because I would frequently, though not always, receive the stink-eye or be carefully observed by other mothers.
That winter, I channeled my post-divorce emotions into something constructive by going to the gym and following a diet, which helped me lose almost 40 pounds and get a four-pack.
The responses I received when I took my children to the parks the next summer were far better. Though not flawless, it is far more favorable.
7. “Achieve dialogue with less effort. It might be isolating when an ugly individual is at a place and doesn’t know anyone.
People will always want to strike up a discussion with you if you are beautiful. Because everyone wants a pretty person around them, I know many gorgeous people who are very uninteresting but have a ton of friends.
“I shed roughly 90 pounds after being overweight for the most of my life due to cancer. Even though I frequently went to pubs by myself (I loved dive bars with live music).
I have never had the experience of being approached by a stranger, generally speaking, not only in a flirtatious manner. Following my remission.
I made an effort to resume my normal life. I was immediately struck by how eager strangers were to chat to me.
In fact, I was first anxious about it. It was such a switch-flip that I nearly believed I was being made fun of.
My weight was the only thing that altered about me. Neither my personality nor my sense of style changed.
Even if I’m thinner, I still appear sicklier because of how I used to look. I just became thinner; it’s not like I became heated.
One of my closest friends, on the other hand, was always thin; she took antidepressants and put on weight, which was the complete reverse of what I went through.
All of a sudden, no one wanted to speak with her. She used to get hit on and I would get ignored when we went to bars together.
It’s the other way around now. I think it’s all really unfair. Not only is she more gregarious and far funnier than.
I am, but it doesn’t matter since I nearly died, which reduced the size of my body, which is evidently more important in some manner.
I suppose I should be happy that people are interested in talking to me now, but it’s embarrassing to know.
That they’re only doing so because your worst life event caused an arbitrary physical alteration in your body.”
8. “Make a complaint. When I was slimmer and more attractive, I could politely bring up any problems in a restaurant, shop, or other establishment.
Now, I could attempt to say something as harmless as “you charged me twice for this cereal” and be as sweet as pie. I’m so sorry.
I’m instantly a Karen after saying the kindest things to lessen the shock of my “complaints” and “perhaps it was my mistake.”
9. “Get good tips as a waitress/waiter without REALLY trying.” “I’m a man who works as a server. Additionally, I think I look quite well myself.
After 20 years of service, I’ve gotten really good at it. I put a lot of effort into my work, I connect with people, I charm them, and I always receive great feedback and comments.
My coworker who works as a model and is a terrible waiter earns the same amount of tips as me. “For a while, I had a buddy who was a pretty waitress and bartender and she was totally unaware of this truth.
‘If you work hard, you will make out extremely well’ was the central theme of her whole universe. Therefore, if someone was whining about poor tips, they obviously didn’t put in much effort.
You didn’t put in enough effort if you were whining about how difficult it was to get a decent job that paid enough to live on.
Every night, she might earn $300 in under-the-table tips just by showing up for work. midway through the week.
She said that one man would tip her $100 and offer to take her on excursions.didn’t realize that other people’s lives weren’t as simple.”
10. “Getting hired is a HUGE one no one talks about.”
“In my college marketing class, I had a group partner…Guy’s work was all at a fifth-grade level, and he looks like an Abercrombie model.
I’m referring to the confusion between “are” and “our.” I discovered him on LinkedIn, and that dumb bell was employed by a few firms.
11. In addition, “Getting a job and then not working.” My coworker went shopping and didn’t say anything, which is why he was absent from work for a few hours recently.
“But because ‘he’s so cool, and you can’t be mad at a guy like that,’ people fall in love with him and let him get away with murder.”