tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4938869282390979272..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: "Why the long face?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43244106126339687502012-01-27T18:43:17.088-08:002012-01-27T18:43:17.088-08:00"@charlotte, sweetheart its a fascinating sub..."@charlotte, sweetheart its a fascinating subject comment space doesn't do it justice. but at least some of my commentary above will suffice, sunshine. <br /><br />let's start by changing our conceptions of them - they are often called sacred doorways orthodox dont' pray to them but through them this may seem trivial but it's a huge conceptual difference. <br /><br />Secondly when you contemplate an icon and pray you come into an 'eternal moment' outside time. so if you see a nativity seen you are the eternal moment of the nativity....."<br /><br />Ok. Thanks. Sounds difficult for a material girl but I'll practice.Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26809698199708140312012-01-27T16:19:46.857-08:002012-01-27T16:19:46.857-08:00In the last paragraph of the Slate article, the au...In the last paragraph of the Slate article, the author says "familiarity breeds attraction." <br /><br />Probably more on point to say "familiar breeding is attractive." Birds of a feather flock together, duh. But that's too basic for the over-educated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54615361832350125302012-01-27T16:12:45.477-08:002012-01-27T16:12:45.477-08:00"I'm looking at the "112th Congress ..."I'm looking at the "112th Congress at Your Fingertips" right now, and I'd say they are an overall above-average looking bunch, especially when you factor in that most are old enough to be grandparents of celebrities in entertainment magazines. "<br /><br />Why are you being so silly? The bar isn't very high here. Most groups of people aren't going to be particularly unattractive. Wearing certain styles and colors make most people look rough while just about anyone looks good in business attire. <br /><br />This blog has grown ever more frivolous and tiresome. I must be outgrowing it.i'm too sexy for this blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74497650783394946002012-01-27T15:00:03.449-08:002012-01-27T15:00:03.449-08:00@Anonymous 11:18pm
Nancy Pelosi looked pretty hot...@Anonymous 11:18pm<br /><br />Nancy Pelosi looked pretty hot when she was young, but Michelle Obama, not so much. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin kinda cute. Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Al Gore, Joe Biden were all pretty studly. <br /><br />http://futuremd.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-they-were-young.html<br /><br />Barbara Boxer was a looker, too.Paul Mendeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5513454552435231862012-01-27T14:49:00.033-08:002012-01-27T14:49:00.033-08:00The most appealing thing about any face is its sym...The most appealing thing about any face is its symmetry. This is what most people are referring to when they remark that someone has even or regular features, a huge plus for that person's likeability.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13747344673488123632012-01-27T14:26:45.694-08:002012-01-27T14:26:45.694-08:00"Reality for you iSteve readers is the latter..."Reality for you iSteve readers is the latter."<br /><br />I'm not quite sure, what was the former?<br /><br />Otherwise, a very insightful post, was it a collaborate effort? Or should one of the voices in your head get the lion's share of credit?Defeatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43393249192804671942012-01-27T14:08:18.666-08:002012-01-27T14:08:18.666-08:00I want you to take a good long look at a group pic...<i>I want you to take a good long look at a group pic of congress. Most of them aren't pretty or ugly, male or female..</i><br /><br />I'm looking at the "112th Congress at Your Fingertips" right now, and I'd say they are an overall above-average looking bunch, especially when you factor in that most are old enough to be grandparents of celebrities in entertainment magazines. <br /><br />In fact, almost all of the female Congress-critters look like they would have been fairly attractive at 25. <br /><br /><i>I assure you the congressmen will tend to have better outcomes as parents though few of their children will become actors and models. </i><br /><br />Any proof other than your assurance?<br /><br /><i>There are plenty of odd looking people who have great genes. Look at Bill Gates.</i><br /><br />PUHHHLEEEEEZE! Are you telling me there are genes for being in the right place at the right time? <br /><br /><i>Now look at any one of those Hollywood beauties. Even if their children don't end up drug addicts, do they end up anything special? I'm assuming not...</i><br /><br />Again, any proof other than your assumption?<br /><br />More importantly, Hollywood is not the sole destination of attractive women. In addition to beauty, a narcissistic need for attention is a prerequisite for stardom<br /><br /><i>More of those senators and representatives will be mentioned as the parents of famous, successful children than any of the beautiful people.</i><br /><br />Again, Puhhhhleeeeze! Are you telling me George W. Bush became 43rd president through his genetic inheritance of intelligence and drive? Children of powerful people are successful because of the influence of their family's social position, not because of good genes or good parenting.Paul Mendeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68286634074198360782012-01-27T13:26:48.924-08:002012-01-27T13:26:48.924-08:00Here's the link to the Chinese with a prominen...Here's the link to the Chinese with a prominent nasal bridge and thin width at the bottom (first picture):<br /><br />http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/9247-thai-language-is-sino-tibetan/page__st__150<br /><br />He's from Harbin, part of historical Manchuria, from the province with the greatest number of milk cows and highest milk production in China.agnostichttp://akinokure.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82626816523403140132012-01-27T13:03:51.785-08:002012-01-27T13:03:51.785-08:00Prominent nasal bridges show up all over the UK. L...Prominent nasal bridges show up all over the UK. Liam Neeson, Bertrand Russell, Peter Cushing, Prince Philip, etc.<br /><br />The Tutsi pastoralists of Rwanda have them too, unlike their Hutu farming neighbors.<br /><br />You also find them more among Afghans, Pakistanis, and northwestern Indians than among those indigenous to southeastern India.<br /><br />I saw a picture of a Chinese guy with an aquiline nose once (can't find the site). He wasn't Han, but from one of those cowboy pastoralist groups in the north.<br /><br />The Navajo have fairly projecting nasal bridges, compared to your generic Amerindian (say the Yanamamo). And pastoralism caught on right away when the Spanish introduced sheep and horses. They must have already had the personality / behavior traits for it, they just needed the animals to herd.agnostichttp://akinokure.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59128951128776099702012-01-27T09:56:21.935-08:002012-01-27T09:56:21.935-08:00"There's quite an obsession with cuckoldr..."There's quite an obsession with cuckoldry and its corollary husband stealing on iSteve. Yet as far as I can ascertain, no adventurous, amoral types would want to seduce either member of the typical iSteve couple. Still some of you will go on as if you were part of a sexy, power couple like Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. "<br /><br />LMFAOTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52123370050150645932012-01-27T08:43:10.686-08:002012-01-27T08:43:10.686-08:00"The beak-nosed people I know are Jewish, Ara..."The beak-nosed people I know are Jewish, Arab, Spanish or French."<br /><br />You must not have met many Slavs. Slovaks in particular have been blessed with the big schnoz.Marc Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526121114466617234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75370441821079562632012-01-27T08:01:22.529-08:002012-01-27T08:01:22.529-08:00"There's quite an obsession with cuckoldr...<i>"There's quite an obsession with cuckoldry and its corollary husband stealing on iSteve. Yet as far as I can ascertain, no adventurous, amoral types would want to seduce either member of the typical iSteve couple."</i><br /><br />So you can ascertain not only the obsessions of iSteve readers but the lack of sexual attractiveness of both them and their mates.<br /><br />Do you realize how stupid that seems no question mark.<br /><br /><i>"Still some of you will go on as if you were part of a sexy, power couple like Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore."</i><br /><br />Oh, now it's becoming clear. You have apparently confused the regulars here at iSteve with those of <i>The Daily Mail</i> and <i>HuffPo</i>.<br /><br />Newsflash: That gruesome twosome is only a power couple because idiots like you pay attention to them.<br /><br />Here's something else. Not everyone's sense of worth is grounded in how sexually attractive s/he is to the supposedly sexy young. And telling grownups that they're somehow inadequate because the young-and-too-dumb-to-come set don't want to fuck them is really not much of an insult.<br /><br />Don't bother trying again. We've already taken the full measure of your inadequacy.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88226661390300068102012-01-27T07:55:13.167-08:002012-01-27T07:55:13.167-08:00"lolwut? Linky to posty please. Or even to a ..."lolwut? Linky to posty please. Or even to a couple. You have some strange obsessions and delusions. Even for an isteve reader."<br /><br />Sorry, I had just heard Madonna's "Living in a Psychotic World" followed by Cheap Trick's "You Want me to Want You" and got a little confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16215940003536299122012-01-27T04:01:55.718-08:002012-01-27T04:01:55.718-08:00"hawklike noses"
angel cake sweethearts..."hawklike noses"<br /><br />angel cake sweethearts, keep in mind also that facial distortions you see in icon art - big eyes, nose (and mugal are for that matter) are common among people who have not learned to accurately draw the human figure, darlings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83078077525349799002012-01-26T23:19:22.076-08:002012-01-26T23:19:22.076-08:00"There's quite an obsession with cuckoldr..."There's quite an obsession with cuckoldry and its corollary husband stealing on iSteve."<br /><br />What are you on about? You just, kind of, invented a situation (which has no basis in reality) just so you could let older married couples know that you don't want to have sex with them. Putting my profiling skills to work: you are... a somewhat young woman of average to slightly below average appearance. I'd gladly bet $10k on it.Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86974274230268169252012-01-26T23:18:44.392-08:002012-01-26T23:18:44.392-08:00"I was the only one who said maybe the same g..."I was the only one who said maybe the same genes that make one smart & successful also make one attractive. Maybe the reason we think a certain facial appearance is "pretty" is because over time we've learned that is the look of a person with good genes."<br /><br />I want you to take a good long look at a group pic of congress. Most of them aren't pretty or ugly, male or female. Then flip through an entertainment magazine in which you will notice the often scantily clad people are pretty, even the guys. I assure you the congressmen will tend to have better outcomes as parents though few of their children will become actors and models. <br /><br />Now to dissect ugly. There are plenty of odd looking people who have great genes. Look at Bill Gates. Now look at any one of those Hollywood beauties. Even if their children don't end up drug addicts, do they end up anything special? I'm assuming not since you rarely hear the line "And, he/she was son of a Hollywood star." More of those senators and representatives will be mentioned as the parents of famous, successful children than any of the beautiful people. And most of them attract mates through charisma rather than looks.<br /><br />BTW, no one wants to have sex with you or your wife. ; pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35809173932302932092012-01-26T23:11:00.152-08:002012-01-26T23:11:00.152-08:00There's quite an obsession with cuckoldry and ...<i>There's quite an obsession with cuckoldry and its corollary husband stealing on iSteve.</i><br /><br />lolwut? Linky to posty please. Or even to a couple. You have some strange obsessions and delusions. Even for an isteve reader.robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33581317087941227782012-01-26T17:21:23.268-08:002012-01-26T17:21:23.268-08:00Poor John Kerry. When Al Gore was considering nami...Poor John Kerry. When Al Gore was considering naming him as his running mate in 2000, the press described him as "handsome." Then scarcely three years later, he was considered hideously ugly. <br /><br />My only knock on his appearance is that he's a dead ringer for Dr. Hill, the decapitated villain of the horror movie "Re-Animator." <br /><br />http://www.365horrormovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/reanimator.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78321572836508974602012-01-26T11:17:03.240-08:002012-01-26T11:17:03.240-08:00"Hawklike noses are not uncommon among the Ce..."Hawklike noses are not uncommon among the Celts. Sherlock Holmes was supposed to have it, Doyle modeled him after his Mentor Bell in Edinborough. It is also not unknown among Nordic peoples. Jackson certainly had one, and it is hard to get more Scots-Irish than him."<br /><br />Agreed. I live in a heavily Scots-Irish area and sharp and prominent noses are really common. Not all Celts have them though...Not many Irish Catholics fit that description. They have smallish noses for the most part. The beaklike noses may actually be a Nordic trait brought to Scotland by the Vikings as opposed to the Celts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89993854456715568862012-01-26T09:29:38.506-08:002012-01-26T09:29:38.506-08:00“No, not Miss Piggy, but she has developed deep ma...“No, not Miss Piggy, but she has developed deep marionette lines (they run vertically) on either side of her mouth.”<br /><br />I think it goes beyond marionette lines. Smiling Hillary has that look of absolute self-satisfaction that nevertheless hints she will explode in rage if her reasons for self-satisfaction are questioned. That’s what reminds me of 'La grande cochon.'Henry Canadaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57637864849295190142012-01-26T09:06:13.121-08:002012-01-26T09:06:13.121-08:00So Sarah Jessica Parker walks into a bar and the b...So Sarah Jessica Parker walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Sarah, why the long face?"<br /><br />Ba-da bing.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54637176620711748992012-01-26T06:44:44.641-08:002012-01-26T06:44:44.641-08:00There's probably some pleiotropic gene influen...<i>There's probably some pleiotropic gene influencing both a personality or behavioral trait, plus nose shape. So unlike the "waaah, irrational voters" academics, people may be on to something in judging a book by its cover.</i><br /><br />Years ago, my friends and I used to frequent two very different watering holes -- a Capitol Hill fern bar full of Congressional staffers, and a biker bar in Rockville that later turned out to be a major PCP distribution center. <br /><br />We all noted that the female Hill staffers were uniformly gorgeous, and the biker chicks were uniformly hideous. <br /><br />Some of my friends decided it was because pretty girls grew up pampered and loved, had higher self-esteem, and therefore were more successful in life.<br /><br />Other friends suggested it was because smart women knew how to groom, stay healthy & take care of their looks.<br /><br />I was the only one who said maybe the same genes that make one smart & successful also make one attractive. Maybe the reason we think a certain facial appearance is "pretty" is because over time we've learned that is the look of a person with good genes.<br /><br />My friends all thought I was a nut.Paul Mendeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14216756961913375222012-01-26T06:39:27.428-08:002012-01-26T06:39:27.428-08:00Grover Norquists eyes are hard, squinty, and close...Grover Norquists eyes are hard, squinty, and close together. whenever I see him Im reminded of the Wodehouse's Roderick Spode, leader of the British Union of Black Shorts, with a eye that could open an oyster at 60 paces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75744287383961718162012-01-26T06:18:53.913-08:002012-01-26T06:18:53.913-08:00ut I also think that the convention of smiling for...<i>ut I also think that the convention of smiling for a photograph is a 20th-century idea.</i><br />you nailed it angel cake, with the exception of franz hals portraits smiling was usually reserved for morons and drunkards. a slight close mouth smile was common in the archaic period but in western art, not very common - except on women - but again ,never a teeth bearing grin - that's 20th century idea<br /><br />future generations will correctly see us as shallow morons. <br /><br />@dutch boy sweetheart, read up on icons. <br /><br />@charlotte, sweetheart its a fascinating subject comment space doesn't do it justice. but at least some of my commentary above will suffice, sunshine. <br /><br />let's start by changing our conceptions of them - they are often called sacred <i>doorways</i> orthodox dont' pray to them but <i>through</i> them this may seem trivial but it's a huge conceptual difference. <br /><br />Secondly when you contemplate an icon and pray you come into an 'eternal moment' outside time. so if you see a nativity seen you are the eternal moment of the nativity.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6667806225776325282012-01-26T06:16:41.295-08:002012-01-26T06:16:41.295-08:00An "expressionless" face with raised eye...An "expressionless" face with raised eyebrows looks fearful? Does an expressionless face with a tongue stuck out look impudent?John Mansfieldhttp://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.com