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PaperclipPerfector  23hr ago (text post)   852 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for September 18, 2026

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Note that she has used AI-generated images in the past, so some of the images here may be AI-generated as well.

  • The Hotness Curve

    I got a bunch of photos, some AI and some real (including a few of myself and friends across different ages)

  • Men's Hotness Scale

    I collected ∽260 images of men’s faces, most of them AI generated. I tried to mostly get images of men who looked like they could be 25-40yo, but with a few outside of this. I collected the AI images from both midjourney (which looked more professional/stylized), and also ‘thisfacedoesnotexist’, which looks more like your uncle’s profile photo on facebook. I also included a few submitted by male friends who wanted to know how hot they were.

  • Women's Hotness Scale

    I collected ∽240 images of women’s faces, most of them AI generated. I just default scraped a bunch of them, with the only stipulation being that they had to look reasonably above 18, and had to be plausibly fertile (with only a few exceptions).

    Some of the non-AI generated ones I took from a public directory of images; a few were submitted by some of my female friends.

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