10-09-2005 02:23									#1
	Why do so many eductaed people wear glasses/contacts? Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

I hear you say it's because they read so much and start so early but guess what so do I, and I started reading when I was 4. I neverneeded glasses in my entire life. Also, many "intelligent" / "educated" people I know are weak and geeky, so why am I not, when at the same time I'm just as clever as they are?

Are geeks really inferior to normal people?

	10-09-2005 02:25									#2
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(insert obvious trolling comment saying that just proves you are not smart)

Nerdy* by the way. Geek is a specialization, nerd is academics/intelligence.

I have 20/20 vision too. Either vision disibility is common among those who are smart, or more likely, those who are intelligent just wear glasses so people can notice they are intelligent.

	10-09-2005 02:27									#3
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Yeah, but we don't really need it right?

I hear you're a bit overweight though. What is it with that one?

Am I the only normal one among clever ones?

	10-09-2005 02:28									#4
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They just don't apply themselves to building up physically like they do building up mentally...

	10-09-2005 02:29									#5
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So what about me?

Andwhat do glasses have to do with building up physically? Do they choose to wear glasses?

edit: and why don't THEY sport Macedonia flags?

	10-09-2005 02:33									#6
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I blame my genes for my poor eyesight. All my parents, grandparents and uncles wore eyeglasses starting from a young age. What chance did I have?

And having my eyes constantly doing something since I was 4 didnt help much.

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I was just about to say: for proof someone should post teh BuildeR pic

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quote: eductaed

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I'm dumb AND have bad eyesight

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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf I'm dumb AND have bad eyesight

I'm dumb, have bad eyesight, AND I'm ugly.

	10-09-2005 03:18									#11
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quote: Originally posted by ColdWizard I'm dumb, have bad eyesight, AND I'm ugly.

and your mother dresses you funny

	10-09-2005 03:29									#12
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Educated people are more likely to need to read often each day, so can't avoid having glasses. Sheetmetal workers or such can avoid buying glasses despite having equally bad eyesight.

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quote: Originally posted by Eli And having my eyes constantly doing something since I was 4 didnt help much.

wow your eyes have been doing something for years, mine too, what a coincidence...!

	10-09-2005 03:36									#14
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Skanky, I've been reading the same amountas most fellow students, yet I don'T look like a geek.

Am I genetically superior to the rest of humanity?

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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Educated people are more likely to need to read often each day, so can't avoid having glasses. Sheetmetal workers or such can avoid buying glasses despite having equally bad eyesight.

Um, unless they're nearsighted...

	10-09-2005 03:38									#16
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<-- Though, as you can tell by my avatar my eyes don't do sh!t...

	10-09-2005 03:39									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Sava and your mother dresses you funny

Only because I'm too fat to dress myself.

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CW = glasses, dumb, fat = NERD

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* ColdWizard feebly throws a pocket protector at Ecthy.

	10-09-2005 03:57									#20
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Yeah, but Skanky, have you ever tried to buy sheet metal recently? It's not even square!

	10-09-2005 04:19									#21
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Etchy- I was just looking at your trip thread and you look like a pretty skinny geek to me

As to the original question-- natural selection-- In general people with worse physical attribute had to be smart to stay alive. This does not preclude smart people with fitness but the weak AND dumb ones generally survived less.

Its not an absolute as is evidence by the weak and dumb that exist to this day

	10-09-2005 04:22									#22
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Also, the association smart = weak is false. I know at my (geek) school, we have the best athletics in the area. Just not in sports like football or basketball - we're better at individual sports like swimming and track and tennis.

	10-09-2005 04:23									#23
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I'm definitely not among the skinniest people. Skinnier than some, but better than most (that I know).

	10-09-2005 04:42									#24
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Average build, last time I saw you anyway.

Kuci, maybe the geek schoolkids learn faster that effort = results.

	10-09-2005 04:47									#25
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Well if you waste all your school time on sports without the requisite talent then you'll end up like the well-built guy at the hardware store who played QB for his school, but was never good enough to make it to college. Women like hunks, sure, but they like money too, and not too many hunks have cash. Maybe that's why they're tempted to play away from home.

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but studying and athletics arent mutually exclusive?? I only wish they had let me cycle at school for PE

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It's all about the size of skull. If you have normal sized skull, the enormous brain required for smartness presses the eyes from behind, and causes shortsightednes. You must have a huge head.

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his head is below his name in the avatar box

	10-09-2005 06:53									#29
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york Well if you waste all your school time on sports without the requisite talent then you'll end up like the well-built guy at the hardware store who played QB for his school, but was never good enough to make it to college. Women like hunks, sure, but they like money too, and not too many hunks have cash. Maybe that's why they're tempted to play away from home.

Because exercise is a great way to stay healthy and relieve stress, and isn't mutually exclusive with academics?

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Hey wait a minute what does this say for me. I know i am not a freak of nature I am very smart, wear glasses most of the time and am good at voleyball and swimming, I am ok at soccer but i really suck at spelling and grammar
Course I dont know where my glasses are at the moment