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[–]lolbifrons 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago (8 children) | Copy Link
Most people's scales seem to range from 6 to 12, for some reason. I prefer to use a less inflated scale. I don't think I've ever seen a 9. I've never seen a 10. I'd call a 7 gorgeous. 5 is average.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link
12? How the hell did that happen? It's 1 to 10.
[–]lolbifrons 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link
Hell even Niel Strauss calls some chicks 11s.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
I think it's "on a scale of 1 to 10, she's an 11". The scale is still 1 to 10.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I have a Mackie mixer. The headphone volume knob goes to 11.
[–]lolbifrons 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
As a pedant, I take exception to that. And technically even if the domain is 1 to 10 it still has a
range from 6 to 12
or 5 to 11 or whatever people seem to stick to.
[–]Lead ModeratorThrowawayPUA 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Haven't you ever done statistics and learned about the Bell Curve? Given a random distribution, the average HB is a 5, there are fewest 1s and 10s, a bit more 2s and 9s, etc. But in this case, the curve is skewed towards the high end. Women spend more effort on being attractive, so the median is probably more like 6 or 7. So there are probably as many 8s as 6s. We just notice the 8s, and ignore the 6s and lower.
Anyway, I get irritated by people who assign irrelevant characteristics to the HB scale. It is purely physical beauty. It has nothing to do with personality or her voice or anything like that.
[–]lolbifrons -1 points0 points1 point 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Because the scale is completely arbitrary, I can assign any number as the median and any number as sigma. And I want a good 86% of women to fall between 4 and 6 on my scale. 12.6% in either direction one more value. etc.
[–]cbraga 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
from here: http://www.fastseduction.com/guide/07_Miscellaneous/bad_jokes.shtml
Rating system explained. This one is quite harsh for a girl and not because of the sex-theme but rather because of the "rating girls" theme. Even while laughing at this joke, she's bound to think "I wonder what she rates ME?". Of course this could have her imagine all sorts of fun stuff like "I wonder if I'm 8 / if he'd eat me?:)" but more probably than not, rating her, even if only hypothetically, is a major turn-off for a girl. So you'd better use quoting if you just have to tell this one ("I can't believe it, my friend just told me this stupid joke…":).
Rating system explained:
7 You'd Fuck Her
8 You'd Eat Her
9 You'd Eat Her After You Fucked Her
10 You'd eat her after your Buddy Fucked Her!
[–]punkerdante182 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
1-10 is subjective. It's how YOU preceive the person. Maybe she's got a great face and body but is dumb as a rock or just doesn't mesh with your personality. The scale adjusts. I also use it as a caliberater.
[–]Fu_Man_Chu 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
Best I've seen is the 3 digit phone number method. Face, would I fuck her, Body.
So for example an 818 means: face = 8, would I fuck her = positive, and body = 8
If the middle digit is a zero that means no you wouldn't fuck her. I often forget to use this system but it's the best one I've seen to date.
[–]Garathon 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
So what would cause a 909?
[–]Free_Soil 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
AIDS
[–]Fu_Man_Chu 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
SuperAIDS, EXTREMELY bad taste, knowledge that she hath fucked something you refuse to share a sexual history with, etc
[–]strongoaktree 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You're probably gay, or she's crazy. Like in an asylum.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
There is no official scale, it's all subjective. Most of the posts on seddit involve talking to HB8's, HB9's, and HB10's, even though they are all extremely rare.
[–]Free_Soil 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
If it's subjective, they aren't necessarily rare. Their rarity is completely dependant on the scale being used.
[–]Lead ModeratorThrowawayPUA 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
There must be standards, we've all seen pictures of the most attractive women in the world, so we do have a idea of how high the scale goes.
I don't think the HB8s are that rare. I live in a college town and I once heard sex columnist Dan Savage rave about college, he says it's the densest collection of the hottest young people you'll ever encounter. I go to one college bar fairly often, I've seen more hot girls there than any place in town, I rarely see anything lower than a HB7, most of these girls are dressed up extra hot. I think I once saw two HB5s talking to each other, they were a bit on the chubby side but otherwise attractive, they left quickly, I bet they felt intimidated by the hotness.
I used to live in LA and I worked around photographers and movie/TV people, I sometimes went to "model parties" where the hosts would actually pay HB10 models to attend, just to spice up the atmosphere. And of course most everyone would go down in flames if they hit on them. But the college age group is unique, all the girls are young and just hitting their prime, a little naive, and just finding their social niche. The groups of Pro HB models was a bit different in mood, they're usually older and had more experience handling being constantly propositioned.
[–]sockmuppet 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Other than boasting there isn't that much point to them. I have seen it said that if someone was a 9/10 you would probably need to treat them slightly differently as they will guys trying it on all the time (or something like that).
Still, I don't mind the HB7, HB8 sort of thing. It doesn't really match with reality but who cares.
[–]Lead ModeratorThrowawayPUA 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Yeah, this is what's important. The HB9 and 10s are superattractive, maybe pros (models, strippers etc) and everyone deals with them differently. So you have to treat them differently. I think it was Mystery who talked about how you have to throw a lot of negs at a HB9 or 10, but with 7s and 8s you can't do it as often, maybe 2 or 3 times max, or they start to shut down and believe the negative things, that they're not attractive.
[–]sockmuppet 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
That must have been it. I've seen Mystery in a lot of things. I think the who negging thing get blown up into something it's not.
I could be completely wrong, as I am a beginner but as I see it there are two types of neg.
playful banter aka flirting, most girls seem to like this. I do it to old friends and new people, guys and girls.
Showing that a HB9 is not on a pedestal. Something I haven't tried but I can see the idea. If everyone tells this girl that she is a goddess then do the opposite. It would establishing dominance and set you apart from the crowd.
very subjective... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgon0YC0f7Q#t=5m0s
[–]fuckshitwank 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You've got to wonder, haven't you?
I personally don't think that that Lisa that Neil Strauss is/was with is all that attractive. Can't remember what or if he rates her in the book but I'd personally say that she's around a 6 (out of ten).
All very subjective.
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