要变丑有多容易

文◎Alden Tan 译◎丁仔 绘◎也圆

要变丑有多容易

文◎Alden Tan 译◎丁仔 绘◎也圆

This Is How Easy It Is for You to Be Ugly

You know, I've dated a bunch of①a bunch of 一群；一束；一堆pretty girls before. Some of them are hot even, being models and all. I was enamored by them. I'll admit it.

But then it made me realize that looks can only get you so far, for the very fact that it's extremely②extremely 英 [ɪk'striːmlɪ; ek-] 美 [ɪk'strimli]adv. 非常，极其；极端地easy to turn ugly.

When you're angry, you're ugly. Your face is frowning③frown 英 [fraʊn] 美 [fraʊn] vi. 皱眉；不同意vt. 皱眉，蹙额. Your eyebrows are creased. You give off this angry vibe④vibe 英 [vaɪb] 美 [vaɪb] n. 气氛，氛围which people can detect a mile away. People can get scared even.

When you're mad and spewing profanities needlessly from your mouth, you're ugly. No one wants to hear that.

When you're shouting, you're ugly. It's loud, rude, annoying and very barbaric.

When you're disrespectful⑤disrespectful 英 [dɪsrɪ'spek(t)f(ʊ)l]adj. 无礼的；失礼的；不尊敬的towards others, say the cashier or cab driver, you're ugly. It's mean and shows what kind of person you really are.

Way too many people are putting good looking people on a pedestal⑥pedestal 英 ['pedɪst(ə)l] 美 ['pɛdɪstl]n. 基架，基座；(尤指作为偶像崇拜的)显要地位. Then we judge them to be good people because we're attracted to them.

We think that looking good is some feature that is blessed on a lucky few on this planet. We think that they have it all and got an edge in life that the less attractive people here don't get.

But that's all wrong. They can turn ugly anytime.

That is why ultimately⑦ultimately 英 ['ʌltɪmətlɪ] 美 ['ʌltɪmətli]adv. 最后；根本；基本上, character and personality count for a lot, if not for everything.

There's really no reason to be so taken in by people who look good unless you get to know them for who they are.

I can't say I've not been guilty in several of the offences above. I know I look good, that much I'm confident in. But I’ve been ugly as fuck many times before, especially when I

你知道，我以前也约过一些漂亮女孩。有一些很正，做模特之类的。我承认，我为这样的女孩倾倒。

可我又想到，长相也只能帮你这么多了，因为人极易变丑。

你要是生气了，就会变丑。你的脸啊，皱起来，眉毛紧锁，这团怨恨的小宇宙能慑人千里之外，让人只想躲远远的。

你气急败坏的时候，无意义地乱飙脏话，你很丑！没人想听这些鬼话。

你乱喊乱叫时，也很丑！太吵了，粗鲁，烦人，没教养。

你不尊重别人时，比如说，不尊重收银员、的士司机，你也很丑！这太小气了，也说明了你是什么样的人。

有太多人把好看的人放在神坛上，给他们贴上好人的标签，就因为他们很养眼。

我们会觉得长得好看是老天给少数人的恩赐。我们认为帅哥美女们拥有了全部，比长相平庸的人有更多优势。

这全是在扯淡。他们随时都会变丑。

这便是为什么，到最后性格和人品会那么重要，即便不是在所有事上。

除非你认识这些长得好看的人，了解他们，否则你没有什么理由那么看好他们。

说出上面这些可能会冒犯别人的话，我还有点负罪感。我知道自己长得好看，也因此更有自信。但我也丑过无数次，特别是我生气的时候。

天哪，你知道我年轻的时候有多丑吗？那时什么都不懂，跟女孩子说话的时候，我喜欢把造型凹成男生组合的偶像。所以关键从来不在于长得好看，别再神话外表的重要性。get angry.

Heck, imagine how ugly I was when I was younger, not knowing shit when it comes to talking to girls and looking like a boyband wannabe⑧wannabe ['wɑnəbi] n. 想达到目标的人；赶超崇拜者的人adj. 想要成为的；自封的popstar. So it's not about looking good. It never was. Destroy that pedestal.

If you can't back it up with a good attitude, character, values and respect for others, then your looks are useless. If you do continue to attract people with bad character altogether, then you're attracting the wrong people who only see you from the outside, and that'll never make you happy.

If you want to beautiful, then be happy. That's real beauty.

如果你不能用好的态度、性格、价值观和对别人的尊重作为支撑，那么你的外表定会黯然失色。如果你用糟糕的性格配上美丽的容颜来吸引别人，那么你招来的只会是错的人，他们只看得到你的外在，这不会使你真正快乐的。

如果你想变美，那么开心一点，那才是真正的美丽。