Ceteris paribus, I would regard pedantry as evidence of a vice in favor of truth-seeking, not in the opposite direction. I’m surprised you think otherwise.
when in fact probably ~60-80% of people reading this site have the goal of attracting/keeping a young, attractive, hetero/bi woman.
I find this hard to believe. As of the last survey only 33% are “single and looking”. If we combine that with the 24.2% that were “in a relationship”, assume they were all polyamorous, and that all of both groups were men, we still do not approach the lower bound of your estimate. It fails a basic sanity check.
I would assert that most people here would benefit more from attracting vastly atypical partners, and we are mostly outliers in more ways than one, so your generalizations are even less helpful here than in the world at large. But that belief is irrelevant to my above statements.
I find this hard to believe. As of the last survey only 33% are “single and looking”. If we combine that with the 24.2% that were “in a relationship”, assume they were all polyamorous, and that all of both groups were men, we still do not approach the lower bound of your estimate. It fails a basic sanity check.
You excluded ‘married’ from the check, which is the only thing that allows your “sanity failure” assertion to stand. This is either an error or disingenuous. ‘Married’ applies for the same reason ‘in a relationship’ applies. 24% are single but not looking, not the 57% that you suggest. The “all polyamorous” assumption is not needed given that keeping was included.
Agreed. I was not considering “attracting” and “keeping” as separate states; rather, I read it as “attracting or (attracting and keeping)” which clearly was not warranted. So if we assume everyone not “single but not looking” was male and interested in the sorts of things mentioned above, that’s 76%, which while still a stretch falls well within the range above.
I don’t think that means what you think it means.
Ceteris paribus, I would regard pedantry as evidence of a vice in favor of truth-seeking, not in the opposite direction. I’m surprised you think otherwise.
I find this hard to believe. As of the last survey only 33% are “single and looking”. If we combine that with the 24.2% that were “in a relationship”, assume they were all polyamorous, and that all of both groups were men, we still do not approach the lower bound of your estimate. It fails a basic sanity check.
I would assert that most people here would benefit more from attracting vastly atypical partners, and we are mostly outliers in more ways than one, so your generalizations are even less helpful here than in the world at large. But that belief is irrelevant to my above statements.
ETA: bad sanity check.
You excluded ‘married’ from the check, which is the only thing that allows your “sanity failure” assertion to stand. This is either an error or disingenuous. ‘Married’ applies for the same reason ‘in a relationship’ applies. 24% are single but not looking, not the 57% that you suggest. The “all polyamorous” assumption is not needed given that keeping was included.
Agreed. I was not considering “attracting” and “keeping” as separate states; rather, I read it as “attracting or (attracting and keeping)” which clearly was not warranted. So if we assume everyone not “single but not looking” was male and interested in the sorts of things mentioned above, that’s 76%, which while still a stretch falls well within the range above.