I agree. I just percieve OP’s post as trying to find a lable because they just want to know whether there is one. It’s ok to want to know and telling them they don’t need it is not helpful.

Yes.

Of course you don’t have to fit a box. But it’s easier to communicate your preferences if there is a lable you can use for yourself. OP is trying to find out if there is such a shortcut they could use. Explaining that they don’t necessarily need to do that is not helpful.

Yep, but sometimes you want to communicate about your preferences, and then you need understandable terminology. Giving names to phenomena is generally useful. Discussing things is useful. Understanding natural diversity is great and important.

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You can listen privately, but you have to speak normally anyway.

People have private conversation face to face in a crowd as well - sometimes some things need to be talked about right away and the anonymity of the crowd makes it feel private enough. If you don’t know the people, then you know the convo is none of your business - so if you join in, yes, you’re viewed as the crazy one, or at least the one with not enough social inteligence.

The car is not facing us. Wrong angle.

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But not like that, please, there are usually other options.

Dating may or may not be, having children is not.

Lime! did? Where? I must have missed that.

Who says they want to meet people. Also, not everyone wants to attract attention every day all day long. It’s a good strategy for many people to be anonymous most of the time. And those who are into extroverted effect can shine.

Why stupid? It sounds thoughtful and realistic, and that impresses me more than being a pick me I’m not like other men.

Do you have to stand or do you have to be compatible with your partner? I’d say the second option is more important. The standing out thing will be taken care of by the hormones - once the brain is ready, it will view anyone compatible as special. If you feel like men around you are not compatible, perhaps you could try to find a societal bubble with higher concentration of people of your kind.

Boring looks mean “I’m normal”, as you said, which is a very comforting thought for many women. Not everyone is into something extravagant. Many people feel like going for the classics is the safer option. Someone can stand out for you without standing out in the crowd.

The fact it doesn’t work for you doesn’t mean it doesn’t work in general.

Well, the whole virgin Mary is later stuff. Joseph was the father probably. If there was any Jesus at all - the “objective” historical mentions we get are not really very first-hand, so it’s all kind of clouded.

I agree, but that doesn’t change anything, right? Even if you are in the 2% most intelligent and you’re somehow immune, you still have to live with the rest who do get influenced by AI. And they vote. So it’s never just a they problem.

The my dad is hotter than yours is surely going on - that’s what it’s all about. It’s not some serious statistics, it’s meant as objectification. Not everything has to be present in the picture.