Imagine the reverse

In life we lament many things. Yet if we pause for a moment to ponder what would happen if the reverse of what we lamented was true, we will often find that such a situation would make us far more sad.

Let us investigate a few statements, and their implied reverse:

1. "How come those pretty girls always have an ugly bf? (or handsome guys have an ugly gf)"

If this was never the case, the world would be hard-coded into the state of "beautiful people date each other" and "ugly people date each other". Over centuries, the human gene pool would diverge into two races, a beautiful one and a ogre like one. The two races would then wage war on each other.

A very dreadful thought right?

2. "How come rich kids tend to be useless?"

If rich kids were always extremely capable, the rich would grow richer and richer over time, and us poor people would never have a chance at all. In time the wealth of the world would be in the hands of only a few families.

A very dreadful thought right?

3. "How come girls never appreciate guys who treat them well?"

Say girls all based their choice of boyfriend on the sole criteria of how much the guy pampered her.

That would be the most horrifying thought in existence... all the guys in the world would have to be engaged in a race of "who can pamper the girl more". Soon only 24/7 slave service would qualify you to date a girl.

(the same applies for girls who ask the same question in reverse)

In a nutshell:

Be careful for what you wish for.