The importance of beautiful people

If there's one thing I don't understand, its the strange distaste of beautiful people.

When I say beautiful people, I mean those really gorgeous-looking, model-class, idol-level, almost perfect, mannequin types~ alternatively, if it were to apply to everyday-people, it would be the 'best looking in the group/class/what have you' people.

There are certain people that automatically shy away and show dislike for these people who are really beautiful, as if they want nothing to do with them.

Why?

Is it because they are jealous? That must be it, right? Some people get so insecure about their looks when they're around people who are way more attractive than themselves that the discomfort that ensues makes them want to hide in a corner, which translates into a dislike for the source of this horrible experience; the beautiful person.

Or is it because it is too mainstream? I know this is a little stretching it, and I think I've mentioned this phenomena sometime ago in one of my blogposts.. When everybody a person knows is fawning over this perfect person, a certain distaste forms because it has become too mainstream. Its a natural human inclination, nobody wants to be the same as everyone, we all want to be unique, even though it means lying to oneself. This can also be related to jealousy actually *scratches back of head* :P

OR, is it because they don't want to admit that they're attracted to the obviously very attractive person? I know it sounds totally ridiculous, but I've done this before (maybe I'm weird). I have denied many times, saying that a girl looks "so-so" or "eehhh, not bad la.." when I actually think that she's pretty good looking. Why? Thinking back, it was because I didn't want to admit it, either because I didn't want to be like every other person I knew fawning over her, or because I didn't want to give the impression that looks matter a lot to me.

I like the last idea, because I think its quite true in a lot of people. Nobody likes to admit that they love looking at beautiful people, even though it is a totally logical and natural thing to feel. We humans are programmed in our jeans genes to love staring at good looking people. Its the way we subconsciously select fertile and suitable mates in order to generate good offspring :D

But why, why do we love to deny our true natures and try our best to cover it up? The same reason why we wear clothes or act nicely to everyone even though we're going like "fuck you fuck you, what the hell? shut up!" in our minds; the judgmental eyes of society.

I'm not saying its a bad thing, I'm just saying this is how things are. Guys are freaking scared to admit that they love oogling at pretty girls because they'll be paint a giant sign on their head saying "hi i'm a pervert lol" :(

I've seen so many girls that have ingrained in their minds that every single guy is a pervert and whenever he looks at a girl, he admires her boobs, her waistline, her butt, and her legs only and nothing else.. wanting to get in her pants at all costs v_v When you know girls have that perception of you, you'd be a little paranoid about showing even a bit of bias towards pretty girls because you don't want to be seen as .. someone who cares about looks, right?

That's for guys, I don't know if its the same for girls, but I can imagine that there should be a parallel somewhere.. you tell me. All I know is that the need to suppress oneself in such a way is bullshit >_< I love looking at beautiful girls! I love SNSD because they're all freaking attractive *o* its not the only reason, but its one of the main reasons! That doesn't automatically make me a pervert, I don't masturbate to them, but why do I get the feeling that my friends (of all people *rolls eyes*) think that I am?! v__v bullshit

*ahem*

Don't people know, that beautiful people are actually really important? Little known fact, beautiful people help drive the economy. To borrow one famous catchphrase, sex sells, while this doesn't mean pornography, but good looking people certainly help sell products :O Just look at 99% of advertisements all around you, actors, performers, singers, they're all visually appealing. You put a nice looking person on a product and people are more likely to buy it @o@

What? I'd never do that. I buy a product because it's good, not because the girl in the advertisement is totally gorgeous.. I'm not getting her, so why should I care?

Then why did the advertising companies continue to bother putting so much money and effort into producing advertisements with beautiful people in it?

I'm here to tell you that subconsciously, it certainly works. It doesn't totally brainwashes people, but there is a significant amount of times where an attractive person can sway a customer to buy a certain product. That's why good looking salesgirls are an important part of any shopping counter. We're subconsciously more likely to let our guard down around good looking people - and its perfectly normal ^^

Ok, maybe you have full control over your senses and you're not materialistic or perverted or whatever. Good for you~ You're awesome and have transcended base human urges *o* I'm jealous .w. I'd love to shake your hand but I wouldn't want to defile it with my unworthy paws ;o;

But for the vast majority of people out there, the sales tactic of using beautiful people to promote products is totally plausible, and you know what is the main driver of economies in large first world countries such as America? Consumer spending. That's how I came up with the bold claim that beautiful people are one of the main drivers of economies *o*

..wait, what is this bullshit? Sure, beautiful people sell certain products, it helps a product stand out from its competitors that don't use beautiful looking packages, but what if nobody makes use of our basic instinct of letting our guard down in front of an attractive person, what if they all used normal packaging?

That would be true, making my point not very strong,.. IF the products that are being sold are things we always need like food, toiletries and (basic) clothes, BUT, most of the products that take advantage of this part of human nature are products that we don't need. That's right, beautiful people not only persuade you to choose certain products over others, but they also persuade you to buy things that you don't necessarily need.

While this might enrage you because it sounds like a whole marketing ploy to siphon all your money (and it is, really :P) it is also ultimately a 'good thing', because the more consumers spend, the more the economy develops ^o^ causing ... good things to happen for a country's economy, preventing stuff like price hikes, wars and.. okay this is obviously uncharted territory for me +_+ someone get this guy into an economics class +o+

Heh.. that's about it, I guess. On a more personal note, attractive people are said to actually make people feel better. If you spend your time looking at attractive people, your brain excretes a certain hormone that makes you happy and ultimately helps relieve stress, avoid heart conditions and helps blood circulation ^^ So don't tell me that fangirling over SNSD is bad for my health >:O The only bad thing that might happen is that I might get smile lines near my eyes and cheeks because I'm smiling too much ^_^ hee

*gets smacked* wokey, that's it for today folks :3 thanks for reading~