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Advice Goddess: "Comedians ugly."

Amy Alkon, whose Advice Goddess column is syndicated to several dozen alterna-rags throughout America, fields the following question in her latest installment (spotted in this week’s Reno News & Review):

I’m an unattractive guy who’s overweight and socially awkward. When it comes to talking with women, I just clam up. The only thing I have going for me is a huge penis… Am I crazy to think some women would look past my faults if only they knew what I was packing?

The opening of the second paragraph of her response caught our eye:

Probably half the successful male comedians look like they fell face-first out of the womb onto the ugly stick. These guys turned their shortcomings into a living and, in turn, a way to get girls…