From Elana Cantor at FunnyBusinessTo me, the issue here is one of perception. We have known for a long time about the UK Pension Gap. We have known that Gen X is not investing in Pension Funds. We have known that the retirement age is likely to increase. However, the media image is of a generation that doesn’t care enough to think beyond Today. It would seem that the exact opposite is true. Maybe Gen X is the most sacrificial and caring Generation of them all…
The article then quotes Gordon Wainwright, author of "Teach Yourself Body Language." who says the way to compensate for a lack of good looks is to "maintain eye contact, act upbeat, dress well and listen well."
Let me get this right.You're earning less money because you're not attractive, but you've got to spend more money on clothing to compensate. That cheers me up.
But my favorite part of this article is the medicine that's recommending for all of us who are not fortunate to be "lookers". Here's what Wainwright says will make everything all better:
"Stand up straight, tuck in your stomach and smile at people."
From D at Under the Palms
New York legend and patron saint of the intellectual, Allen has unwittingly become the hope for every socially-awkward, male Mensa candidate everywhere. All knit-picking neuroses aside, the idea that an ugly little man can transcend life's usual limitations to obtain a tall, beautiful woman by shear wit and intellect--well, it just seems like what it actually is: fiction.
I have heard several female friends describe their experiences with this prototype: the vertically-challenged, chronic complainer who attempts to glorify his miserable existence with mildly insightful, yet ultimately depressing quotes from Proust and Nietzsche. As anyone who's experienced this phenomenon can attest to, if there's anything worse than an ugly little man, it's a whiny, boring, ugly little man.
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