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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 tavavex »

swat535 wrote: post #138
hackyhacky wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I am curious why is height important? It's a common aesthetic preference, similar to liking large breasts. > Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketball players? Some of them certainly do. But there aren't very many professional basketball players.

> I am curious why is height important? Isn't there simpler explanation in terms of evolution: taller men look more intimidating and can provide better safety for their offspring? I think a lot of physical preferences (generally) have some kind of evolutionary roots to it, crude as they are in 2026. I'm not sure how well researched this area is however, since it can be a bit controversial in the modern age.

Aesthetics and societal factors probably factor into this because I find that Americans in particular are absolutely obsessed with height. Yes, it's a factor in the beauty standard of most cultures, but it feels like no other Western country has as much staked on a person's height alone. Whenever I see posts about needing to hit a certain height barrier to be worthwhile, or people openly expressing disdain for short people, or idolizing being tall, you can almost guarantee the poster is from the US.

This is just my own observation, so it's probably biased. But if this correlation is real, that shows this is not just evolution. Subjectively, it feels like there's a lot of societal influence stacked on top of whatever is there initially.

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

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Post by BigTTYGothGF »

rhrhfjfjjr44 wrote: post #70
hackyhacky wrote: post #41

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> 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…

>No one was talking about "body count" (at least not publicly) ten years ago. Why do you think that is? Our great grandfathers were practically guaranteed to be marrying virgins, while today's young men seem to consider themselves lucky if their girl is still in single figures. Things have changed, people are talking about it.

> Our great grandfathers were practically guaranteed to be marrying virgins

They also walked ten miles uphill (both ways) to school every day.

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

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Post by isoprophlex »

antisthenes wrote: post #123
isoprophlex wrote: post #63

So... if you have a 7 inch dick, you can probably just retire.

If you can find a sugar mommy, sure.

don't worry it will just happen, the market will figure it out. a 7 inch dong will automatically find a sugary person to make up for a $357 yearly income. efficient market hypothesis gooooo

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

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Post by bradlys »

I always wondered why 6" dick was put into this. The other variant of 6pack abs made more sense. Most women want to verify things before having sex and income, height, and abs are pretty trivial to verify. The size of a guys dick though really only shows up when you're already getting physical.

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Post by rsynnott »

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 ?

All such data is a _little_ dubious, as it's pretty much always opt-in, and there'd always be a question of whether you have a fair sample.

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Post by BigTTYGothGF »

vovavili wrote: post #44
hackyhacky wrote: post #41

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> 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/

> This is usually based on a selective and wishful interpretation of historical data

My lived experience says they're right. In the 90s one didn't have a "phat ass", one was just a "fatass".

> The best argument I've found is here

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Post by bonoboTP »

anygivnthursday wrote: post #51
bonoboTP wrote: post #30

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It's North when contrasted with the South, like the Mediterranean countries, and West when contrasted with the East, like the old Easter Bloc.

And South when contrasted with the "real" North? Northern Europe is a region and while there can be various definitions the most common ones do not include Benelux countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Europe

Southern Europeans, Italians, Spanish, Greeks also call Germany Northern Europe. It's anything where the weather is generally not as hot (well, this is changing) people are more reserved, more work-focused, or individual, less prominent communal eating, big families etc. It's a real thing that I often hear from Southern Europeans. You could also relate it to Catholic / Protestant split perhaps.

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Post by hackyhacky »

vovavili wrote: post #98
hackyhacky wrote: post #62

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I was alive in the 1990s. "Heroic chic" was definitely a thing. I'm also alive now. It's not hard to find big butts being idolized. Your linked article is not very scientific. For example, it cites porn-store purchasing preference as evidence of actual male taste in partner selection.

>Your linked article is not very scientific. That's the whole point. Due to the touchiness of the subject matter, these kinds of topics would be quite difficult to discuss frankly in a politicized institution guarded by a peer review process.

I didn't mention peer review. The bare minimum for scientific analysis is conclusion drawn from observations based on data points. This article is more like a rant occasionally augmented by pictures of anime boobs. There is no attempt at scientific rigor. A serious presentation could have maintained the rigor even outside the peer-review process (which, despite your assertion, would likely have no objection to the subject matter).
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