also want to be extra clear that I don't think it's a useful model and is probably wrong too, but that Alex is right it's not worth the effort to properly intellectually refute it when you'd just be saying "it's more complicated than that" lol
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I'm juggling childcare on a snow day and it's not a topic I care a lot about. I'm not *obliged* to do a big complicated thing to reject it
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I think the specific elaboration I gave is more than sufficient basis for someone to properly develop the argument fully
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he has several basic factual assumptions that are wrong and the entire project of trying to reduce bar hookups into a formal model is misguided from the start
this isn't something that could be salvaged with more epicycles
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this whole thing started with the assertion that tattoos = floozy but the woman he posted is literally a lesbian, this isn't me intuiting either you can reverse GIS the picture
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trying to find the original assertion here but this is also v funny to me, i dont really object to the rest of the thread but he's just listing signals that someone is queer-- signals that someone will put out are much much more common
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A slutty woman getting tattoos and piercings and blue hair is like a smart person getting a degree: it's a costly, permanent signal about who they are. [And this applies to men too, but it's somewhat more complex]
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also the tattoos are literally the *least* promiscuity-signaling thing about this woman
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Are there any deep moral lessons to be drawn from this?
I think the lesson is that you should make an interim judgement of a book by its cover.
Does this woman sleep around a lot? Yes, probably.
Is that good or bad?
It depends what you want ...
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> tattoos are literally the *least* promiscuity-signaling
The signals can vary. Maybe now lip fillers and fake boobs are more of a signal than tattoos, or more accurately it's all of the above
If a woman is a natural A-cup and gets fake boobs to a C, that's not super signally
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fillers and tattoos but also this style of makeup and, most importantly, *making a seductive pose*
compare to this woman, who imo does not scream "let's bang!!" despite tattoos + rainbow hair
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I'm sure I could dig up a picture of Aella in a modest dress somewhere, afaik she has no tattoos, and with no disrespect to her she literally was (still is? IDK) an escort.
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o ya part of my reason for no tattoos and long, naturally-colored hair is cause it's more marketable. my friends also tease me for often dressing like an amish homeschooler irl
oh my god lol. i thought more like "cool hippie" but that,, also works
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