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Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by hackyhacky »

vovavili wrote: post #39
codedokode wrote: post #36

I am curious why is height important? Understandably, income affects the lifestyle and opportunities, but what does height affect? What changes if you are several inch taller or shorter? I cannot understand. Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Also, the picture with income graph says "household income", not "personal income".

That's the male equivalent of women asking why men care about boobs and body count. The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not.

> The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not.

Maybe. A lot of what we assume are innate sexual preferences are actually determined socially.

No one was talking about "body count" (at least not publicly) ten years ago.

These days, a full-figure on a woman is considered attractive, but in the 1990s, being skinny was in vogue.

Insofar as an attractive partner is a status symbol, the definition of "attractive" changes with fashion.

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by [deleted] »

api wrote: post #8

Submit this for an IgNobel. It’s also funny cause it’s mocking this BS in such a good natured wonderfully overdone way. Guy in my college house who got laid the most was on the shorter side, poor, and kind of acted effeminate at times to the point that people mistook him for gay. Never saw his wing wong so maybe it was like ten inches but I doubt it. He was also kind and not a jerk and did not act like an “alpha male…

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Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by tclancy »

codedokode wrote: post #36

I am curious why is height important? Understandably, income affects the lifestyle and opportunities, but what does height affect? What changes if you are several inch taller or shorter? I cannot understand. Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Also, the picture with income graph says "household income", not "personal income".

What does weight affect? Breast size? Hair color?

Cultures create an archetype of attractiveness and then everyone feels like they come up short. Tale as old as time.

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by vovavili »

hackyhacky wrote: post #41
vovavili wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the male equivalent of women asking why men care about boobs and body count. The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not.

> The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not. Maybe. A lot of what we assume are innate sexual preferences are actually determined socially. No one was talking about "body count" (at least not publicly) ten years ago. These days, a full-figure on a woman is considered attractive, but in the 1990s, being skinny was in vogue. Insofar as an attractive partner is a status symbol, the definition of "attractive" cha…

>These days, a full-figure on a woman is considered attractive, but in the 1990s, being skinny was in vogue.

This is usually based on a selective and wishful interpretation of historical data. The best argument I've found is here - https://www.jsanilac.com/dispelling-beauty-lies/

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by brettgriffin »

vovavili wrote: post #39
codedokode wrote: post #36

I am curious why is height important? Understandably, income affects the lifestyle and opportunities, but what does height affect? What changes if you are several inch taller or shorter? I cannot understand. Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Also, the picture with income graph says "household income", not "personal income".

That's the male equivalent of women asking why men care about boobs and body count. The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not.

I would liken it more to the male equivalent of facial beauty or weight: most men have a general level of facial beauty and weight they expect in a partner. And if not met, there is really nothing else that can help bind the attraction. For women, that is height. But yes, it is "evolved intuition."

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by Forgeties79 »

vovavili wrote: post #39
codedokode wrote: post #36

I am curious why is height important? Understandably, income affects the lifestyle and opportunities, but what does height affect? What changes if you are several inch taller or shorter? I cannot understand. Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Also, the picture with income graph says "household income", not "personal income".

That's the male equivalent of women asking why men care about boobs and body count. The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not.

You’re going to need some serious sources to back that up man because that flies in the face of our understanding of socially constructed beauty/physical/etc. standards. What we consider “attractive” has historically been incredibly varied and heavily determined by society, class, etc.

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by codedokode »

tclancy wrote: post #43
codedokode wrote: post #36

I am curious why is height important? Understandably, income affects the lifestyle and opportunities, but what does height affect? What changes if you are several inch taller or shorter? I cannot understand. Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Also, the picture with income graph says "household income", not "personal income".

What does weight affect? Breast size? Hair color? Cultures create an archetype of attractiveness and then everyone feels like they come up short. Tale as old as time.

Weight varies much more than height (there is 3x-4x ratio between extreme values) and is instantly noticeable unlike height, so I think this is a bad comparison.

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by globular-toast »

vovavili wrote: post #39
codedokode wrote: post #36

I am curious why is height important? Understandably, income affects the lifestyle and opportunities, but what does height affect? What changes if you are several inch taller or shorter? I cannot understand. Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Also, the picture with income graph says "household income", not "personal income".

That's the male equivalent of women asking why men care about boobs and body count. The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not.

Possibly, but not necessarily.

Your argument is that it's just more attractive. That might be true. That would also mean there's an underlying reason for females finding this attractive. This could be due to taller males being able to protect their offspring from other males, hence more of us are descended from taller males and females that found taller males attractive.

But being taller could also give other advantages like perceived or actual dominance over other males which is, in itself, an attractive quality.

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by throwawayffffas »

operation_moose wrote: post #20

Also of note the income data is combined household income (2 incomes for a married couple) and over the entire population (including 40+ later-career incomes). It's likely significantly over predicting how common $100k yearly income is among the 20-35 year old "dating pool". Though probably balanced out some by being 10 year old data by now.

Buuut it's from 2014, and in case you didn't notice there was quite a bit of inflation between 2014 and now.

Back in 2014 the share of household incomes earning more than 99,999 was 34.5 in 2024 it was 42.8

Re: Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)

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Post by JsonDemWitOster »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #38
itsmemattchung wrote: post #4

This is solid reporting: > A 6" wiener is even rarer than being 6' tall. The average erect penis length is 5.166" with a std dev of 0.654".

The data cannot be right. Is the average penis really that small in the states ?

There is a correlation with average waist size here...
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