attractive is indeed subjective, and james misquoted. this was from foo's friend leora. it's actually "sane, good-looking, smart - pick two." of course good looking is also subjective (as are smart and sane really), but it's a more concrete characteristic than attractive - what makes someone attractive is a combination of concrete characteristics like looks, intelligence, communication skills, etc. yeah yeah, i'm being pedantic.
i know both women and men who have all three qualities. though personally i tend to be attracted to the cute, smart, crazy ones on purpose. there are different kinds of crazy though, good crazy and bad crazy. no bad crazy for me thank you.
oh, i thought you might have been around when we were discussing this quote recently. i didn't realize it was so common.
i've gotten better at being able to sniff out drama/bad crazy and avoid it. once you've been exposed to enough you can tell what it looks like from more subtle signs.
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are you saying that women won't hold all three qualities but men will?
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I think I have met more women than men who qualify. Of course, "attractive" is entirely subjective.
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i know both women and men who have all three qualities. though personally i tend to be attracted to the cute, smart, crazy ones on purpose. there are different kinds of crazy though, good crazy and bad crazy. no bad crazy for me thank you.
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I first saw this on a Usenet post in the 90s. Some version of it has probably been circulating on the net for years.
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i've gotten better at being able to sniff out drama/bad crazy and avoid it. once you've been exposed to enough you can tell what it looks like from more subtle signs.
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