Beautiful people piss me off

There was an Old Navy commercial today, a bunch of people singing, amusing song, good enough, but something was wrong. The dozen or so singers weren't quite... normal. Their eyes too wide... their smile too bright... their faces too symmetrical... and everyone was way too thin.

I put everything together and realized that these singers were physically perfect, all of them. Twelve physically perfect people singing next to each other. Having sung in a number of choirs over the years, I can say with some certainty that people who sing in groups look kind of funny. You might get one or two beautiful people... but all of them? That's like getting a royal flush every time! According to the laws of nature, a perfect looking choir should not physically be able to exist!

I know that television only shows pretty people, but it wasn't until today that I figured out why everyone on TV is so hot. You see, actors across the spectrum of attractiveness audition for these roles. Ugly people generally don't get them -- unless they're fantastic actors, which are not needed for commercials. All commercials need are people to smile and sell the product. So they only need pretty people. All the pretty people get called back, and then of those, only the prettiest people are chosen.

Voila. A beautiful choir.

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In other news, Hank on "King of the Hill" just took the same computer "are you racist" test that I took a few weeks ago! It's where they flash good words and bad words, and white faces and black faces, and you have to hit keys that correspond... it's kind of difficult to explain, but basically the test measures how long it takes you to hit the keys and, from that, determines how much of a preference we have for white faces.

Yep. Here's the link. Click "Demonstration," take the race test, and then let me know how you did!