• @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months 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@lemmy.world
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      285 months 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.

    • @Atlas_@lemmy.world
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      105 months ago

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

      • @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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        75 months 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.

      • @flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        125 months 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.

    • @edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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      85 months ago

      I only need to make 1 assumption to solve that equation for me

      0% of people would find me attractive

      QE fucking D