Don't you hate it when you notice a grammatical error in the title just as you click SAVE and have no time to go back and fix it?
And I know this is ridiculous, but bare with me. This is Reddit. And I still have a few procrastination hours left before I REALLY need to start working on Friday's work presentation.
SMV conversations drive me up a wall because because I am going to assume most people have self confidence problems, others might have narcissist traits, others might be selling short/overselling based on ignorance of what it means. It is like the wild west of fantasy football where some asshole leagues were giving Quarterbacks 1 point for a TD and another was giving 6 with a point per reception. No one could compare. Thank you ESPN standard scoring for solving the problem.
But some sort of standard SMV? But what if it was voluntary? And for Dating purposes? Is it that far fetched? And for a fee, you could be evaluated at a point in time, based upon your location, finances, physical attributes. Would it be too distressing for a single mother making $60K a year in her 30's to even opt in? Does anyone really want that level of outside "auditing"? Did anyone do any true dating services before OLD and did these use these sorts of formulas in the ol' archaic days?
[–]quabbicoo1 points [recovered] (10 children) | Copy Link
There’s no objective SMV. Being rated based on my location, finances, physical attributes etc. wouldn’t give me a “sexual market value.” It would just rank me in comparison to other people in my area, that doesn’t necessarily determine someone’s sexual desirability.
For example, in my area the median income is $35,000. Obviously obviously someone making 6-figures, despite their other values will skew the the overall “value” in comparison.
I’m not interested in someone just because they make figures.
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[–]quabbicoo1 points [recovered] (1 child) | Copy Link
A lot of men here are interested in figures. For women, not having certain figures means you’re out, but having certain favorite doesn’t automatically mean you’re “in” because there’s so much more that goes into sexual attraction than checking boxes.
My husband is my perfect partner. I can list everything measurable metric and articulable feature about him - height, weight, income, hair color, eye color, skin tone, shoe size, all of it. You can find me someone who matches that criteria and I can’t tell you with any certainty that I would find them attractive at all.
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There IS a large enough shift in cities though, because you’re going to be compared to a lot more people. If you leave your hometown which has a population of 3,000 residents, obviously you don’t have 3,000 dating prospects (people in your preferred age, income, lifestyle etc. range) since that figure encompasses everyone from birth on. So you might be compared against ~100 people in your age, income, etc. dating range. When you move to a major city like Los Angeles which has 3.9 MILLION people, you’re going to be compared against 5-figures worth of people.
Your overall value is going to change, possibly drastically.
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You’re not interacting with, matching on OLD, and seriously dating people across the world.
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Every woman on this sub: It doesn’t matter what your SMV says, all that matters is that I can convince Chad to dump a drunken load in me at 3am on Sunday morning before he throws me out and blocks my number. That’s my true value.
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Is that a joke or are you serious?
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It’s a joke that women believe it but I’m completely serious that they do.
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