ColonParentheses Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

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3	"although non-violent boys are highly preferred to those with a violent profile, we observed that boys with violent attitudes and behaviours are mostly preferred for hooking up, and boys with non-violent traits are mostly preferred for stable relationships." You're right on all counts except the conclusion you draw. How do you know that one needs to be in the top percentile of "immutable attractiveness" to have the confidence required to be both Nice and Strong? Unless you have a source for this, it seems equally possible to me that far more males have ENOUGH "immutable attractiveness" to be ABLE to gain enough confidence to be both Nice and Strong.	/r/BlackPillScience	06/09/20 06:08 PM
6	Do orgasms give women feedback about mate choice? sexual intercourse per week was correlated with the width of her partner's shoulders Is there a proposed mechanism for this? I can imagine a range of possibilities, from shoulder width enabling better health overall to higher confidence in the "wider" partner enabling assertion of sex drive. Do researchers focus more on the female reaction to the wide shoulders (or to what it is a proxy measure for) or what it might signify in the male, or both?	/r/BlackPillScience	13/05/20 08:43 PM
1	Sexual Decision Making in the Absence of Choice: The African American Female Dating Experience If they have, according to you, such poor taste, why do you want them? Surely if you see yourself as deserving of the attention of a black woman, you'd only be interested in one who recognizes the qualities that make you see yourself that way. Is there anything beyond the fact that you apparently can't have them that makes you want them?	/r/BlackPillScience	11/05/20 09:53 AM
14	"Women with tattoos reported greater willingness to engage in uncommitted sexual relations." So in this case, you are a predator that she is trying to avoid, and that effort is effective?	/r/BlackPillScience	13/04/20 09:23 AM
2	Study shows favorable BO ratings were correlated with favorable ratings of the corresponding male faces This isn't halo effect though because the ratings of the faces (or whole bodies in other similar studies) are a composite of scores given by evaluators who aren't also evaluating smell. There is no opportunity for looks to increase ratings of smell because the people rating the smell and the people rating the looks are different groups. The people rating the smell have no idea what the person who produced that smell looks like, and vice versa. And this is the entire point of the study, and this …	/r/BlackPillScience	05/04/20 01:03 PM
11	Women are twice as choosy as men when they go speed dating. Men want to see about five women again, while women only choose to see two men again after the speed dating event. n = 3,600 It doesn't even mean that; we just know that from other sources. It basically says nothing; agreed that this is baaaaad phrasing.	/r/BlackPillScience	02/04/20 11:11 AM
25	Study shows favorable BO ratings were correlated with favorable ratings of the corresponding male faces Rather that a third underlying variable (more fit gene functioning) produces both favourable body odour and attractive faces. It's not that a nice paint job makes the car exhaust cleaner; it's that the better mechanic shop will make both better.	/r/BlackPillScience	20/03/20 09:22 PM
10	Symmetry may not always be beautiful. Well it's not a meme first of all. It's a documented phenomenon. And it isn't that symmetry is the be-all-end-all, it's that all else equal, a symmetrical face will be evaluated as more beautiful. Of course if you have a horrible scar on both sides of your face, that will not make you beautiful. But any random person on the street will theoretically be more beautiful if their face morphs slightly such that it is more symmetrical. But these tests are done with 2D photoshopped faces anyway so thei…	/r/BlackPillScience	03/03/20 06:51 PM
5	"Unpartnered heterosexual men in the U.S. met an average of 2.4 partners for dating or sex in the past 12 months. Unpartnered heterosexual women who were actively dating met an average of 5.1 partners in the past 12 months" Not a logical extension of the findings. This assumes no fatigue effect, that is that after a certain amount of time having unpartnered sex, or a certain number of unpartnered sexual encounters, there will be a decreased desire for more. Of course I don't have any data to suggest that this fatigue is real, but seeing as people generally have unpartnered sex BEFORE they settle down with a long term partner, I would start the hypothesis in favour rather than against it. Funny line about the ARAM g…	/r/BlackPillScience	23/02/20 06:55 PM
1	"Unpartnered heterosexual men in the U.S. met an average of 2.4 partners for dating or sex in the past 12 months. Unpartnered heterosexual women who were actively dating met an average of 5.1 partners in the past 12 months" You don't know if the "discouraged worker" men are actively seeking dates though. It can be assumed that everyone wants a job, but it cannot be equally assumed that everyone wants to be dating (though it can be assumed that a very small minority are aromantic or asexual, at any given time someone might not be actively dating for a variety of reasons regardless of their ability to get a date). So I don't think this comparison to the employment statistics is a good one. But I do agree that the stu…	/r/BlackPillScience	23/02/20 06:47 PM
8	Meta-analysis: physical attractiveness predicts romantic evaluations for both men and women. How did they establish direction of effect from physical attractiveness to romantic evaluation? In other words, how did they rule out the possibility that greater romantic evaluation caused greater physical attractiveness in the eyes of the participant? It wouldn't be unreasonable to suspect that people would perceive their crushes as more physically attractive simply because they have a crush on them. Also, did they discuss how to validate this construct of Romantic Evaluation better? From the …	/r/BlackPillScience	22/10/19 04:42 PM
22	Meta-analysis: Women are substantially more prone to sexual disgust, which may serve as quality control in mate choice Psychology is an infant science. The majority of current research in the social realm can be described as "quantifying the obvious".	/r/BlackPillScience	08/10/19 11:14 AM
6	Men were more likely to engage in binge drinking when there were fewer eligible women - Toe Aung, Susan M. Hughes, Liana S. E. Hone, David A. Puts, 2019 The entire campus does not attend every event. At individual parties, there may still be an excess of males vs females. Anecdotally, it makes sense that male attendance is largely motivated by female attendance, therefore there will always be more males, ceteris paribus.	/r/BlackPillScience	07/10/19 11:52 PM
28	Ovulatory Shifts in Women’s Attractions to Primary Partners and Other Men: Further Evidence of the Importance of Primary Partner Sexual Attractiveness 41 couples were used, each consisting of a woman and a man (we can assume this means female and male). The women rated the sexual attractiveness (SA) of their partners on 2 occasions, one at "low fertility" (far from ovulation) and one at "high fertility" (very close to ovulation). SA was measured as a composite of 4 questions about the partner's sexual attractiveness relative to "most other men" (ie. the women are placing their partners in the hypothetical hierarchy of male attractiveness). Pro…	/r/BlackPillScience	05/10/19 12:37 PM
4	People who use dating apps are more likely to have eating disorders Important to consider that the causal pathway could go the other way instead. The researchers note that this body of literature (eating disorders & dating app usage) is "limited". Possible alternate hypotheses: 1) people with eating disorders are worse at maintaining relationships, so they use dating apps more (as they must start new relationships at a higher rate than average) 2) some other trait causes both eating disorders and pursuit of short-term relationships (hookups); perhaps low Conscie…	/r/BlackPillScience	05/06/19 07:19 AM
2	Would ability to beat a Chad increase smv of someone? But current state of my psyche doesn't allow me to focus on anything but anger, sadness and despair Sounds like this is the root of the problem. Emotional well-being is of utmost importance, and isn't something that should be taken lightly or that you should just "bear through". Consider therapy, talking to friends/family, consulting with religious/spiritual authorities. I am not a mental health professional, and I'm not trying to diagnose you over the internet. But please do seek help. Normal h…	/r/BlackPillScience	17/04/19 10:50 PM
4	Would ability to beat a Chad increase smv of someone? I understand your desperation, but I would encourage less drastic measures. Your physical strength is absolutely something you should be proud of and put on display to people you want to impress. But there are more effective ways to do so which carry less risk. Consider competing in a sport that requires strength, like Olympic-Style Weightlifting. Consider being a bodybuilder. Consider becoming a fitness trainer (your impressive physique will be your most useful marketing tool to attract custome…	/r/BlackPillScience	17/04/19 10:22 PM
8	Would ability to beat a Chad increase smv of someone? Right. I noted this as being a MINORITY of females in FRINGE situations. There are exceptional occurrences in every situation, but my point was that ON THE WHOLE, physically beating handsome men is not an effective strategy. If one wants to try thugmaxxing to the extreme in order to attract these fringe females (who don't necessarily exclude orthodox Chads from their preferences), more power to them. But it seems like a terribly nonsensical plan to me.	/r/BlackPillScience	17/04/19 10:17 PM
30	Would ability to beat a Chad increase smv of someone? In prison or a tribal society or some other such extreme environment this might work. In our modern world, doing so would break so many social standards that any gains from victory would be massively offset by the losses from being branded a feral, raging, uncivilized brute. Remember that the metric of SMV, while rooted in biology, is manifested in culturally variable ways. So any attempts to increase it have to by made within the constraints of the cultural context. You might say that martial a…	/r/BlackPillScience	17/04/19 09:23 PM
2	Pretty Waitresses Earn Bigger Tips, From Women Agreed on all accounts except your last sentence. The point being made is simply an explanation of the evolutionary logic behind the Halo Effect (beauty yielding social benefits). The article goes on to make some further dubious claims ("Maybe women are rewarding other women for the effort they make in trying to look good," he writes, "something which women might know and care more about.") but they're just explaining the evolutionary logic of wanting to associate with beautiful people here. Una…	/r/BlackPillScience	08/04/19 08:54 AM
1	Lesbian and bisexual women more at risk for obesity, study finds Let me rephrase; there isn't really any GOOD logic behind LGBTQ women being fatter. There isn't such a thing as "turning" gay. If there was, anyone who was persecuted for being gay would just "turn" straight.	/r/BlackPillScience	23/03/19 06:05 PM
3	Lesbian and bisexual women more at risk for obesity, study finds Not sure how this is relevant to the BlackPill, but it's interesting nonetheless. I interpret these findings as indications of diverse beauty standards across sexual orientations. There isn't really any logic behind LGBTQ women being fatter, so the most likely explanation would seem to be the removal of body image standards that straight women are subject to. I would be interested in the BMI of bisexual women in relationships with men vs in relationships with women. Is this increased risk of obe…	/r/BlackPillScience	23/03/19 08:03 AM
10	The 10% most antisocial men father 27% of the children (Jaffee et al. 2003) They're cheaters in the iterated prisoner's dilemna of """"Society"""". There is a stable balance of cooperators and cheaters in a group such that the cooperators encounter eachother enough to balance out the losses that they suffer on rare encounters with the cheaters, and the cheaters DON'T encounter eachother often enough to defeat themselves. If there were more cheaters, they would encounter eachother more often and thereby suffer, reducing back to the equillibrium. But they will never go ex…	/r/BlackPillScience	15/03/19 12:09 AM
44	When men are in environments without the presence of women, they do not enforce gender norms Rather, the motivation. Or more accurately, the paper suggests that the mating motive, engaged by the simple presence of women, motivates aggressive behaviour to some degree. This isn't to say that men are inherrently peaceful, and become violent in the presence of women. Rather, the logic would be that displaying aggression by dominating others is an effective way to communicate fitness to women. Very interesting evolutionary implications.	/r/BlackPillScience	06/03/19 06:00 AM
2	Psychopathy and Autism as Male Mating Strategies OP, what journal was this published in? I can't see any of the usual "published in X volume of Y journal" in the link you provided.	/r/BlackPillScience	05/03/19 05:22 AM
1	Woman sneaks up and tries to pepper spray a grown man for no reason, grown man responds accordingly So in the latvian version it's actually the kick that kills him, not the headbutt first? That doesn't make sense; the whole point of the kick is to show that Ender is willing to use whatever force necessary to win a fight, but also that he doesn't know his own strength. One of Ender's flaws is that his strength is not hindered by his humanity. Of course, this is also his greatest strength. By having him kill with the headbutt, but then follow up with a kick because he did not know that the headb…	/r/PussyPassDenied	13/02/18 06:14 AM
1	Woman sneaks up and tries to pepper spray a grown man for no reason, grown man responds accordingly translations is Ender's Game not originally an English Language work? after a quick google, it seems it is	/r/PussyPassDenied	13/02/18 01:17 AM
6	Bitch can't handle the truth safety from a lesser life	/r/PussyPassDenied	07/06/17 05:18 AM
8	Bringing the sub back to its roots. Two women try to assault a grown man and get whooped perfect for the video	/r/PussyPassDenied	11/04/17 05:57 PM