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Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026

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Basically, the real world would turn into what you see in most MMOs

One piece missing from this conversation seems to be an unstated assumption related to this. Most MMO female characters are hot, statistically speaking most MMO players are not. Attractiveness of biological females with bad nutrition, physical activity, and other habits usually suffer more than males with equivalent habits.

Suppose you maintain life habits that guarantee physical fitness, looks remain a question to ponder. I suspect it is much nicer to live as a man with average to below average facial and other genetically determined attractiveness than as a woman with average to below average equivalents. Unattractive men who have no clear deformations are usually unremarkable and forgettable, unattractive women often stand out.

If the magic button turned men to hot women, perhaps I could see relatively high rate of men doing it. 25% sounds ridiculous if it is permanent. 5%, perhaps. Would drop after the first wave who really want it, get it immediately, then dwindles down after the first reports of menopause, periods, and other unpleasantness of female biology come in. If it is reversible and guaranteed attractiveness, it might develop into a 25%+ tier popular kink.