The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

In a bar in Tokyo.
The distance has left me observing how out of whack things are in Japan.
The traditional stereotype of it being the land where the ugliest of guys can score with beautiful women is of course a nonsense.
But. There is something to it.
Someone who is a 5 back home might find upon travelling to Asia that they are suddenly a 9. Features like a big nose which give a - 2 at home can give a +1 here. Blue eyes, a neutral at home, is also +1. Ginger hair which is a incel maker in blighty provides "pussy on a plate" as one more vulgar than myself would say.

Equally too a local girl who in Europe would find herself a solid 10 might only be regarded as a 7 here. Their bar for chubbiness is ridiculous (even medically overweight is), the facial features people like are quite different. See the nose thing.
Hence a European 5 and a Japanese 5 will end up together and both will think they're shooting out of their league.

Nonetheless.... I look around and this isn't always so. There are some really pretty terrible looking guys (shorts at night? When out with a girl? Come on. I don't dress well but.... Come on)  with hot girls. And equally some guys who I'd judge to be attractive as best I can with some really rather terrible looking women.

Of course. This is all just shallow surface stuff. There could be an amazing personality match there. Or maybe they're just good friends and not a couple at all.

But really the entire system seems quite upended when it comes to dealing with different races. It's curious. I'd love to see science have a crack at it.

[Eddie Teach]

I wear my shoooorts at night, so I can, so I can feel the breeze on my legs...

[Jacob]

Stowaway cat on light aircraft: https://youtu.be/SNnzNvqumi8

[derspiess]

But really the entire system seems quite upended when it comes to dealing with different races. It's curious. I'd love to see science have a crack at it.

Yeah, it's pretty interesting.  I remember a few years ago in the Netherlands listening to my two Argentine brothers in law ripping on Dutch women for being too tall and not having wide enough hips.  I started arguing with them until I realized the awkwardness of my position.

[Jacob]

But really the entire system seems quite upended when it comes to dealing with different races. It's curious. I'd love to see science have a crack at it.

Perhaps the 1-10 system you use is not objective, but rather a subjective abstraction based on a wide range of cultural, social, and personal idiosyncrasies. Different things are fashionable in different parts of the world.

[Eddie Teach]

I don't think there's any doubt that ratings of people's looks are subjective.

[Habbaku]

Indeed. I'm a 9.5, but the cruelty of the world doesn't accept my totally objective system.

[Jacob]

I don't think there's any doubt that ratings of people's looks are subjective.

Yeah I agree. Which makes it pretty un-mysterious why someone who's a 10 in one place may be a 5 in another and vice versa.

[Malthus]

Not entirely subjective though. Such things as "symmetrical features", "youthful looking" and "unblemished skin" tend to be more or less universally attractive.

[The Brain]

I go to 11.

[alfred russel]

Not entirely subjective though. Such things as "symmetrical features", "youthful looking" and "unblemished skin" tend to be more or less universally attractive.

I'm universally screwed apparently. Maybe I should have worn sunscreen after all.

At least maybe the cancer will come before I get too ugly.

[Admiral Yi]

I thought you were quite pretty Fredo.

[Habbaku]

AR, did you actually end up going through with the hair transplant/replacement thing? How did that go if you did do it?

[alfred russel]

I thought you were quite pretty Fredo.

I guess I blew my chance with the Yister.

Habbaku, Yi can fill you in.

[Admiral Yi]

I didn't even think about hair plugs, so resounding success I'd say.