SCIENCE: HAVING ATTRACTIVE PARENTS WILL BRING YOU MORE MONEY

The National Bureau of Economic Research says that having hotter-than-average parents will earn you more money. Researchers looked at four data sets from the US and China, in which people were shown pictures or videos of parents and their kids and asked to rate their attractiveness. They first found that hotter-than-average parents tend to have hotter-than-average kids. They then cross-referenced this with household income data to put a price tag on it. Having attractive parents amounts to over $2,300 per year, or an extra $106,000 of income over an average working life. The study notes that there are two benefits to having these good-looking genes:
– First, the “direct” benefit: You will likely be more attractive yourself and that enables you to earn more.
– Second, your attractive parents are likely to have earned more money due to their attractiveness — and thus have more money to pass on to you.
* If this is true, then Jeff Bezos’ parents are David Beckham and Posh Spice, cuz that man is UGLY.
* So my kid will be more financially successful if I stop cutting my own hair?
* It’s not all great. Attractive people may end up with more money, but they also get more STDs.
* Any research on ugly people getting more attractive the more money they have?
[Note: you can play these jokes a number of ways… pick on your own mom, your partner’s mom, your mother-in-law… just hope that they have a sense of humor!]
* I get my looks from my mother… Well, let’s just say she wasn’t “comfortable” with her looks. I’m not saying my mother was unattractive, but she once went to an ugly contest and they said, “No professionals!”
– She was so ugly, her parents had to feed her with a slingshot.
– She was so ugly, she had to go trick-or-treating over the phone.
– When she took me to the zoo, they’d tell me, “Thanks for bringing her back.”
– She’s so ugly, she went into a haunted house and came out with a job application.
– She’s so ugly when she looks in the mirror her reflection ducks.
– She went into the woods and Bigfoot started taking pictures of HER.
– They filmed “Gorillas in the Mist” in her shower.
– She once drove up to a Stop sign, and it said Go.
– She’s so ugly, she once made Stevie Wonder flinch.
– She’s so ugly, Bill Cosby gave her a Red Bull.
– She’s so ugly, every day dad wakes up with morning wouldn’t.