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Keynes on the influence of furniture on love

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Re: Keynes on the influence of furniture on love

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It is simply a matter of utility. Bed frames do not provide much utility, and cost money, which seperates me from my early retirement. Tech bros are probably making this utilitarian decision more consciously than the woman was considering her own mate evaluation feature detectors. A more intelligent, less shallow woman would have connected the dots. Had the male been percieved as sufficiently physically attractive sh…

A bed frame both increases the lifetime of a mattress, and the general cleanliness. This massive amount of round about thinking is pointless when your initial assessment of what’s going on is wrong. I wouldn’t want to date someone who doesn’t have a bed frame not because not having some arbitrary furniture is weird, but because not having a bed frame is gross. And all these mental gymnastics you’re going on about sav…

I live in Japan. I sleep on on a big futon on the floor with my wife. Additionally our apartment is incredibly clean.

Most devs in the world do not make six figures. Many people who make six figures still unwisely live paycheck to paycheck. That is only in the US. Here in fukuoka the average dev pay is just over 2k a month. I make more than that, but I grew up poor so I save money.

I am not sure why you are so aggressive about bed frames. It is unreasonable to be this judgemental about something as minor as a bedframe.

I would like to reiterate. Any human, male or female, who rejects a mate based solely on their lack of bedframe is shallow. That person should reconsider their values.

Re: Keynes on the influence of furniture on love

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I remember the experiment a while ago with the ban on political topics on HN. What this site more urgently needs is a ban on any discussion of sex or dating. It’s always pretty sick-making.

I do not see this as a political topic. I do not see this as a men versus women topic. I see it as a discussion of value, utility versus aesthetics. I do think people care too much for aesthetics at the expense of their own utility. I do think that condition is aptly called shallowness.

I didn't say that it was a political topic. It's a lot closer to being that than to being what you think it is, though.

Re: Keynes on the influence of furniture on love

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post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do not see this as a political topic. I do not see this as a men versus women topic. I see it as a discussion of value, utility versus aesthetics. I do think people care too much for aesthetics at the expense of their own utility. I do think that condition is aptly called shallowness.

I didn't say that it was a political topic. It's a lot closer to being that than to being what you think it is, though.

Semantics
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