100
Dating (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by FatTony@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 117 points 1 day ago

Now try finding someone you find attractive and who also finds you attractive in return (it's impossible).

Honestly if you lower your standards it gets pretty easy.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

People say this all the time, but I've never really understood it. You can't help who you are attracted to. Do a lot of people just have relationships with people they don't find attractive?

I don't find like 99.9999% of people attractive. So I never really bothered attempting to date. I don't blame people for it like an incel would...it's just a slightly unfortunate thing that means I'm incompatible with other human beings. The few times I tried, it felt awkward and bad that I couldn't reciprocate what the other person felt. It felt like lying and I'm not really sure what I was supposed to be getting out of something like that.

Legitimately curious.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 17 hours ago

I will absolutely not.

(Just on a note, looks only are a minor priority, if at all.)

Love is love, you don’t choose it, it happens.

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 17 hours ago

How am I supposed to lower my standards then?

[-] quafeinum@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Give it time. Sometimes they can start out vanilla and warm to the idea of kinks through your relationship. Usually those kind of things aren’t set in stone.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That's the boat I'm in, except that I'm also gay and the popular trend is poligamy. :) Fml

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I did a calculation once about my chances of finding a compatible long-term partner, inspired by the Drake Equation and using many many assumptions. The numbers are not good: ~22 out of 8 billion.

[-] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Wouldn't be a problem if someone took dating as seriously as Skyscanner takes flight tickets.

[-] Atlas_@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

That seems absurdly low. Are you sure that all of your criteria are non-negotiable? And entirely uncorrelated?

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

Look I wasn't completely serious about it, there's no way to actually calculate something like that.
For example what's the fraction of people that find me attractive. It could range from 0.05 to 0.5. I have no way of knowing.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You could work backwards from successful marriage counts.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

As a married man, I gotta say you’re probably selling yourself short or have unrealistic expectations of a partner.

Remember that whoever you’re going to date is a person, not a robot. People are not quantifiable. One day they may be a dick, the next they may be pleasant. Some people are willing to compromise and others aren’t. Man, woman, or other, it doesn’t matter. If you’re not willing to compromise something, you’re never going to find someone.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Post pic or be assumed attractive

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I’d rather be assumed attractive than to remove all doubt.

Go hangout at a Starbucks in a target if you want to meet women, they’re certainly not going to wander into your bedroom.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

Cant drink coffee m8, even the smell makes me throw up

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Ah yes, people love it when another person has such a weak constitution that they can’t handle the smell of incredibly common drinks

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

Glad to see were on the same page. Enjoy your coffee o supreme one.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Not willingly, at least

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

This is weenie shit

[-] WarTowel@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

So you're saying there's a chance

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Yall need to lower your expectations god damn

[-] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago

I like reminding my single friends that 73% of Americans are considered overweight. 41% are obese.

A shocking amount of my male friends are overweight or obese and refuse to date overweight women.

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

We could all lose a few pounds but sharing a meal is a huge thing, take that thicc person out and enjoy meal with another human being you animals. You might even find you have some commonality and you'll feel slightly less isolated when the meal is done.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

"that will be $86"

only kinda /s

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I only need to make 1 assumption to solve that equation for me

0% of people would find me attractive

QE fucking D

[-] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I'm curious about the math you did to come to that final number

this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2024
100 points (66.9% liked)

memes

10696 readers
3226 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS