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Actually, it's a postrat «don't mean-spiritedly dunk on a rationalist» challenge (impossible), as is observable in comments.
Is this what we've come to? Ridiculing weird people for trying to have a consensual relationship they want? I mean, in a sense, a progressive would say that's a big part of what we do…
Regardless, I believe Katie will succeed in finding an agreeable partner, even if not an exact match. People in her social milieu do not really care for stuff like «town bike» or whatever. Age and looks – well, male rats are not movie stars either. Twitter infamy will come and pass.
This may be a genuinely rational move.
Come on in and have a seat. I was getting lonely clutching the pearls all by myself.
I thought you'd have some nits to pick around her hip/waist ratio or bosom size though.
Actually I haven't clicked the link and had no idea how she looks, nor do I care to click and learn that now. I usually presume that LW rationalists are agender textual entities (e.g. who is Kaj Sotala? Male, female, Indian-themed enemy from a roguelike? Sounds vaguely androgynous to me but I do not care).
“I usually presume that LW rationalists are agender textual entities (e.g. who is Kaj Sotala? Male, female, Indian-themed enemy from a roguelike? Sounds vaguely androgynous to me but I do not care).”
Male, I’ve met him. His name is a variation of ‘Kai’, one of those names that I guess is ambiguous to foreigners but unambiguously male in Finland.
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as with other repugnant threads, I'm torn on whether the best solution is to express disapproval, or simply not feed the swarm.
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Agreed... in modern times, the male demand/supply for any female who's not hideously deformed or obese is basically infinite.
Disagree. Generally... Bay Area men, even progressive ones, would prefer their girlfriend, much less a wife, not to be a town bike or a former town bike. Even if such men voice opinions differently for social acceptance-reasons. Men, all else equal, would prefer a chaste girlfriend/wife. However, beggars also can't be choosers.
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Why has she, at 36, not already met someone like this? The Bay Area is full of guys she’s ostensibly describing. The fact that it’s come to this suggests she either (1) doesn’t really want to find someone, (2) has way more stringent standards than she is saying, or (3) has something fundamentally wrong with her and unacceptable to most people. Hints in the profile tell me all three of these things are going on.
Ugly old people still want to date young attractive people.
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