I read that there is pressure on boys to appear nonthreatening for as long as possible. They benefit when the growth spurt from aw cute to damn hot is quick.
I bet MasterCard and the others have profited from literally everything on your list. They are too big not to have.
> My partner, a journalist, has gotten death threats Sorry that happened to your partner. I am surprised that death threats are still around. Is it not actually a crime or is anonymity so good that law enforcement can't…
> businesses like PornHub and MasterCard are terrified of brand association with child porn and sex trafficking With PornHub that makes sense because the type of content they provide is the crux of their businesss. But…
Tasteful softcore like the programmer's test image? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna
> Male mental health is ignored a lot and it's sad. Until it's dangerous. Some intervention between sad and shooter would serve society well.
All cultures accept murder. The ones that didn't were killed by the ones that did.
Are you saying that working retail or construction is about the same as doing porn in terms of how society treats you? That does not match my experience by a long shot. They are qualitatively different. > Religious…
"It takes a village." Extended family care and smaller tight-nit communities were more common than they are now. If you're talking about extra-pair paternity, it's estimated to be only 2% in humans.
> Sex is similar. We are descended from males who mated with as many women as they could. Maybe not all men are like me, but there is a part of my brain that literally wants to mate with every attractive woman I see.…
> Women, in general, don't really have to try to get solicitations. Women put in high effort up front and lower effort per solicitation. Men put in lower effort up front and more effort per solicitation. Women's…
> Those men result in a worse experience for BOTH women and men Someone at Match Group must have worked out that having these users boosts the bottom line more than it reduces engagement and retention. Maybe these are…
> the other party owes you nothing. No, that's an aberration perpetrated by software. The same problem has manifested in interviewing. Maybe you're thinking of "nobody owes you sex" instead? If you greet a person in…
> mass media culture has made people scared or less capable of sharing how they are different from the herd You're right. Everyone is interesting once they open up a little. The goal though isn't to show how you're…
Great response, thanks. I didn't know that was part of the training.
I would say they're different, because it's possible to remove a lot of the triggers associated with video games, gambling, alcohol, and drugs (by not having them easily accessible, for example) but it's not possible to…
What's this emphasis on biological? Are adoptive fathers sub-standard?
Consider that the limited resource may be mental, not temporal. We don't expect everyone to be able to run a 10-minute mile, even though most people can. Likewise we shouldn't expect everyone to be able to hold down a…
That usage of "lived" is a romanticization. It's the grandparent telling the starry-eyed children about the good old times, glossing over the decades of toil and hardship. Many video games similarly skip time to focus…
I get what you're saying, but with just "a job" these days you won't be taking that attractive person out on a date either. Real life's feedback loops and progression mechanics are slow and unreliable when compared to…
Cut them out and allow yourself to be bored. Boredom is intolerable. Humans inevitably become more creative and/or social to escape boredom. See what you're drawn to when you cut out media consumption. You can always go…
Just wait till you see the chart for 2020.
Biology is certainly some of it, but culture also plays a major under-acknowledged role in determining what attractive means.
I'm a male FAANG employee in my 30's living with my parents. It's nice. My dad makes us lunches, my mom cooks dinners, and I do yardwork. My girlfriend lives a few miles away with her parents, who are great. We…
I read that there is pressure on boys to appear nonthreatening for as long as possible. They benefit when the growth spurt from aw cute to damn hot is quick.
I bet MasterCard and the others have profited from literally everything on your list. They are too big not to have.
> My partner, a journalist, has gotten death threats Sorry that happened to your partner. I am surprised that death threats are still around. Is it not actually a crime or is anonymity so good that law enforcement can't…
> businesses like PornHub and MasterCard are terrified of brand association with child porn and sex trafficking With PornHub that makes sense because the type of content they provide is the crux of their businesss. But…
Tasteful softcore like the programmer's test image? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna
> Male mental health is ignored a lot and it's sad. Until it's dangerous. Some intervention between sad and shooter would serve society well.
All cultures accept murder. The ones that didn't were killed by the ones that did.
Are you saying that working retail or construction is about the same as doing porn in terms of how society treats you? That does not match my experience by a long shot. They are qualitatively different. > Religious…
"It takes a village." Extended family care and smaller tight-nit communities were more common than they are now. If you're talking about extra-pair paternity, it's estimated to be only 2% in humans.
> Sex is similar. We are descended from males who mated with as many women as they could. Maybe not all men are like me, but there is a part of my brain that literally wants to mate with every attractive woman I see.…
> Women, in general, don't really have to try to get solicitations. Women put in high effort up front and lower effort per solicitation. Men put in lower effort up front and more effort per solicitation. Women's…
> Those men result in a worse experience for BOTH women and men Someone at Match Group must have worked out that having these users boosts the bottom line more than it reduces engagement and retention. Maybe these are…
> the other party owes you nothing. No, that's an aberration perpetrated by software. The same problem has manifested in interviewing. Maybe you're thinking of "nobody owes you sex" instead? If you greet a person in…
> mass media culture has made people scared or less capable of sharing how they are different from the herd You're right. Everyone is interesting once they open up a little. The goal though isn't to show how you're…
Great response, thanks. I didn't know that was part of the training.
I would say they're different, because it's possible to remove a lot of the triggers associated with video games, gambling, alcohol, and drugs (by not having them easily accessible, for example) but it's not possible to…
What's this emphasis on biological? Are adoptive fathers sub-standard?
Consider that the limited resource may be mental, not temporal. We don't expect everyone to be able to run a 10-minute mile, even though most people can. Likewise we shouldn't expect everyone to be able to hold down a…
That usage of "lived" is a romanticization. It's the grandparent telling the starry-eyed children about the good old times, glossing over the decades of toil and hardship. Many video games similarly skip time to focus…
I get what you're saying, but with just "a job" these days you won't be taking that attractive person out on a date either. Real life's feedback loops and progression mechanics are slow and unreliable when compared to…
Cut them out and allow yourself to be bored. Boredom is intolerable. Humans inevitably become more creative and/or social to escape boredom. See what you're drawn to when you cut out media consumption. You can always go…
Just wait till you see the chart for 2020.
Biology is certainly some of it, but culture also plays a major under-acknowledged role in determining what attractive means.
I'm a male FAANG employee in my 30's living with my parents. It's nice. My dad makes us lunches, my mom cooks dinners, and I do yardwork. My girlfriend lives a few miles away with her parents, who are great. We…