It's sad, and disgusting, that the mass populous has so little to do that their life is spent not trying to accomplish anything above average, let alone extraordinary. Instead most of the waking hours are spent worrying about, and working on, how they look in their physical appearance to others. That doesnt mean a thing in the grand scheme of things
Most all of the most amazing things ever done, are of course done, by people that would be shunned by today's worth measuring system.
Just a two examples
Socrates
Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, Socrates was also well known for his piggish features. Alcibiades, an Athenian general and student of Socrates, compared his appearance to Silenus. Silenus was a legendary follower of Dionysus that was portrayed as morbidly obese, constantly drunk, and balding.
Attila the Hun
Practically unstoppable, Attila almost wiped out Western civilization until Pope Leo I talked him out of sacking Rome. According to Hollywood he looked like Gerard Butler, better known as Leonidas from 300, since Butler played him in the 2001 television series.
The reality is that he looked more like Shrek. Passages from history describe an extremely short man, built like an ogre, who so hideous that he was “human and yet not.” He is described with a bulbous head, flat nose, moist nostrils, beady eyes, and thin beard. None of this stopped him from marrying 12 beautiful women and dying while devirginizing his last one.
The coup de grace
Leon Spinks
The guy who started the phrase "Ugly American" might have been Spinks who was seen world-wide winning an Olympic Gold medal. Yhea ugly as sin but won a gold medal.
I'm sorry that demands a LOT more respect than MAN she or he is smoking HOT, but as dumb as a box of tinker toys, and just as athletically gifted.
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