Jack’s take on the Green Line Test.

Readership: All;
Theme: IOIs and Vetting
Length: 950 words
Reading Time: 5 minutes

Introduction

The Green Line Test is a common technique used in architecture, design, and engineering to help visualize the shape, orientation, and proportion of objects.

The Green Line Test was first applied to human physiognomy in 2004 and has been touted around the Manosphere ever since, although not frequently.  Rivelino and Rollo are the most famous for employing the Green Line Test.  However, it originated long before them.

The Green Line Test went mainstream in April 2022 when TikTokers began sizing up celebrities using the Green Line Test.

Liberal MGM outlets (e.g. Dazed, Newsweek) are quick to dismiss it as hearsay, superstition, “toxic” Red Pill theory, or claim “expert opinion” that it is meaningless — so it must be true! Libs have to debunk this somehow, because it exposes the everyday reality of gynocentric pedestalization to the core.

img-1783682388-6a50d5548581d6.23354019.pngLiberal Feminists have used this image to claim the Green Line Test is hogwash. However, anyone with discernment can detect that the woman is in love and the man leaning in expresses masculine protection. Context is everything.

More recently, another concept of The Green Line Test is taking root in business culture, as it is a method of reviewing job applicants to determine if a candidate’s personality, values, and sense of business culture fit within the company in an effort to reduce turnover rates and promote a positive work environment. The Green Line is a hypothetical line that separates behavior that aligns with the company culture from behavior that doesn’t. The Green Line Test consists of a set of interview questions that assess a candidate’s alignment with the company culture. Criteria may include things like communication style, problem-solving approach, and team dynamics.

How to Apply The Green Line Test

The most obvious application of the Green Line Test is when one person is leaning towards the other.  Submissive women lean into the man, while dominant men do not lean in to the woman. TikToker Jack Mac (@jackmacbarstool) has a playlist on his page with several videos explaining why this is true.

However, a lesser known fact is that the Green Line Test can also be used to visualize relative openness.  For example, certain body parts of the submissive person, such as the head, chin, hands, legs, knees, and toes, will point towards the dominant person.  The hands, legs, knees, and toes of the submissive person are spread open to the dominant person.  Also, the more submissive person will appear more informal, animated, gleeful, and often using hand gestures.  The Green Line test can sometimes be applied to these tells as well, for example, fingers pointing at, or hands extended to the dominant person.

img-1783682390-6a50d556423573.71930940.jpgWe all know how this went.
Image Source: X: Rivelino

Interpreting the Meaning of The Green Line Test

We know that Headship / successful relationships require a dominant male and submissive female, and this can be clearly observed from the Green Line Test.

In general, if the Green Line Test is positive, and appears in conjunction with other IOIs, then it is to be taken seriously.

However, it is more important to note that The Green Line Test reveals subconscious non-verbal communication.  It can be an IOI or a “tell”, but not always. Like all communication, it is only valid and meaningful in that particular context at the time it is expressed.  IOW, we can’t look at a photo of a couple that was taken 10 years ago and accurately conclude that they have a good relationship now.  Also, the person may behave that way towards everyone, not just a significant other.

As Scott once pointed out, you have to take in the whole picture, not just green lines, but also open body posture, enthusiasm, the focus of their attention, the general mood of the moment…  Like how we often see photos of couples, but the focus of the woman’s attention is on the camera man, not the man she’s with, who is suddenly transformed into her orbiter in her mind and in that moment.  It is obvious that the woman is more interested and perhaps turned on by having her photo taken (or by the photographer himself) than she is about the guy she’s with.  Another example is how my wife’s coworkers will act flirtatious around me.  All the IOI signs are there, including some very obvious verbal innuendos, but it is clearly understood that it’s just for fun.  Green lines may not matter much in these cases.

img-1783682392-6a50d55837d8e7.04447241.jpgGreen Line Test Fail. The exaggerated monkey grins are for the media camera, not for the marine hero.

Case Study — Open Toes for the Boss

Tomorrow’s post applies The Green Line test on a girl’s feet to reveal how open she is to two different men — one is a handsome peer, and the other is her boss.  My theory is that women are more emotionally (and perhaps sexually) open to men who have genuine authority over them (i.e. the owner of the company where she works) than men they are simply attracted to (i.e. the handsome guy in her peer group).  In addition to being her employer, I think money and power are also forms of authority.  This also explains why women are willingly submissive to authorities more than their husbands.  Most husbands don’t have much authority over their wives, and if they do, they’re ignorant of it.

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