• @[email protected]
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    1 month 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.

    • @Zron
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      371 month 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.

        • @Zron
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          41 month 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.

            • @Zron
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              41 month 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

    • @WarTowel
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      331 month ago

      So you’re saying there’s a chance

      • @[email protected]
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        171 month 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.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month 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.

          • Midnight Wolf
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            31 month ago

            “that will be $86”

            only kinda /s

    • @Atlas_
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      131 month ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        111 month 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
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          21 month ago

          You could work backwards from successful marriage counts.

    • @edgemaster72
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      101 month 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
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      61 month ago

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

    • @Tehdastehdas
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      61 month ago

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