The weather is warming up folks; summer is at our throats, which means students will be showing a lot more skin on campus. Now we all like eyeing out a hot pair of assets strutting through the Quad all sexy and fit, but is it possible for someone to be too hot? And if that is true, is there something wrong with being too hot?When I say hot, I am talking about pure and unadulterated visual stimulation. This could include body and facial structure, hair, clothing style, skin and makeup or the way someone carries him or herself. You don’t need to actually meet someone to know they are hot. You could just drool over their picture or stare at them in class thinking, “That is one hot mama jama.” Khoren Hakobian, junior philosophy major, said our ideas of what it means to be beautiful are like fads. Not only have current concepts of “hot” changed from 500 years ago, but even today, different groups have different tastes.Whatever it means to you, “hot” is all in your mind. More specifically, it’s all in the mind, or eye, of the beholder, and it is possible for someone to come off as “too hot.” I’m talking about the, “she’s out of my league” complex, when someone is so physically beautiful that it ceases to be an encouragement and becomes a discouragement to the observer. If beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, as I believe it is, then “too hot” could just mean “too hot for me.”Being “too hot” could also describe a person who has let the pursuit of hotness take over his or her life, becoming so obsessed with it that she or he ceases to work on or value much else. Even if he or she is a very beautiful person, self obsession tends to offend and disgust people.Kari Westerman, junior journalism major, said someone’s deeper qualities can eclipse his or her physical attractiveness. She said traits like narcissism are “an instant turn-off.””You could be at a party or something and see someone and say that’s a really good-looking human,” Westerman said. “Then the first thing out of their mouth is really ignorant or rude, and they instantly become a no-go.” Surprise, surprise. Physical attraction is not all there is to a person.Let me let you in on a little secret.Even if you are smoking hot, if a disproportionate amount of your time and energy has been put into your looks, people can tell.Most people lose interest in you as soon as you open your mouth. They may still try to get you naked, but that’s about all. These deeper qualities I’m talking about compose another type of attraction I call the “ensemble.”All of a person’s traits contribute to this including, but not limited to, physical attraction, sense of humor, intelligence and attitude.”I could be partially attracted,” Westerman said. “But if they’re really intelligent, or funny, or if we have the some goals and interests, I become more attracted to them.”Personality, the same thing that can make a beautiful person seem boring and undesirable, can make an average-looking person exciting and attractive.The kicker is good looks start to expire in a few short years, while the shelf life of someone’s personality is usually much longer.

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