istinetz
10mo ago
If a funny guy is with a beautiful girl, in a way he’s exchanged his jokes for her tits. But I find this far more pleasant and acceptable than if he had used actual dollars (if he’s a successful comedian and she doesn’t find him funny).
Money is the universal medium of value. Can't we say that I exchange my data science skills for her beauty?
istinetz
10mo ago
I feel like this blog post cannot be used to make sweeping conclusions about the failure of western society. While I agree with your general outlook, there is a bit of a misunderstanding here.
When he's listing requirements, those are not requirements to date someone, really; those are requirements to date the actually desirable girls.
Just as >50% of the male population ages 25-45 that don't make the $70k cut, >50% of the female population 25-45 don't make the implicit cut for this blog post.
istinetz
11mo ago
The impartial third party kind of exists already. I use photofeeler, you get ratings on your dating photos, and you can see roughly where you stand.
For example, one insight I got is that it didn't matter a whole lot which photo I think is good and which photo I think is bad - they all get roughly the same ratings. By using your best vs bad photos, you might get 0.5-1 point increase, as opposed to 2-3 points difference.
As a benchmark, I get ratings around 6-7, and very few matches in dating websites (though I am very picky). So you should aim for 8-9.
Having children is expensive and painful and permanent. Does that mean that you consider having children to be antisocial/unaesthetic, by the same token?
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