Burninator05,

44 million live in Asia, 14m in Africa, 7m in Europe, 6m in North America, 4m in South America, 400k in Australia/Oceania

Artyom,

Gives a whole new meaning to “We are the 99%”

starman2112, (edited )
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

I live in a city of about 500,000

Of course, I’m not dating anyone outside my acceptable range, which is about 20 years wide. Assuming an even distribution of people across all ages 1 to 100, this narrows it to 20%, or 100,000 people

Of course I’m more interested in ladies than fellas, so I’m gonna cut it to 51% based on gender, so 51,000 potential matches

We’re pretty evenly split politically, and imma be real I ain’t dating someone who’s gonna vote desantis, so let’s cut that in half again to 25,500

About 7% of people share my dietary preferences, and it’s a strong enough moral conviction that it’s a dealbreaker. That number is higher in people who share my political leanings, though, so let’s consider it 14%, or 3570.

Now I just have to figure out the odds that the <1% of people that I would be interested in would be interested in me. If it is just 1%, then there are around 36 dudes, ladies, and nonbinary maties in this city that I could conceivably go out with

thedevisinthedetails,

To add some more realism to these numbers:

  • Age is not evenly distributed at all.
  • A variety of your other factors likely have significant overlap with each other.
  • 1% mutual interest after already matching on many crucial factors is also exceptionally pessimistic estimating.
The_Lopen,

Assuming half of all women are right-wing is wild lmao

nexguy,
@nexguy@lemmy.world avatar

That means 2.6 people find you attractive in every single square mile of land on Earth. Let’s make that 1 to account for children and elderly.

buzz86us,

They apparently don’t live near me.

And009,

They’re 3 miles away, rule

MeatPilot,
@MeatPilot@lemmy.world avatar

Would that classify me as a “kink”?

MacNCheezus,
@MacNCheezus@lemmy.today avatar

Too bad they all live in China.

baseless_discourse,

Is this how tankies are made?

jaschen,

Men can love men too man! Ya too bad for China. I feel sorry for the people in China under the CCP.

1984, (edited )
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I found two women who find me attractive so that’s nice. I’m happy with that. :)

But in my next life I want to be a guy who gets liked by all girls. Seems fun.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t know, it kind of sounds exhausting.

1984,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I know what you mean actually… Yeah. Maybe it’s not all that fun after a while.

Shellbeach,

Or maybe you could try to be a woman?

1984,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Sure why not :)

stebo02,
@stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Being attractive is both a blessing and a curse. You’re better off being somewhat above average

somePotato,

That’s assuming you’ll meet literally every person on earth

Let’s say you will have a meaningful interaction with 1000 people ever, 1% of that leaves you with 10

If you’re not bi make it 5 before you even start considering wether you also find those people attractive back, if they’re single and in the right age range

So get that confidence back down. Statistics are a bitch

stebo02,
@stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

1000 people ever

for your whole life that seems like a low estimate, but yes it’s gonna take a long time to find that 1%

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

That just sounds like single people need to travel more.

stebo02,
@stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

with what money

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

People can walk across Brazil, up through Central America, through Mexico and cross the Rio Grande into the United States without any money. You’re just not trying hard enough.

kazakhspy,

Yeah, its also not a binary “attractive/unattractive”. Out of those 10 people, they would be some who will find you neither attractive or unattractive, just kinda meh. And THEN add some who might find you attractive, but are either in a relationship themselves or like double or more your age.

I want that confidence back! Give it here, buddy, we dont deserve it!

Dalexios,

Can’t believe all those 75 mil people can have such a wrong opinion

morgunkorn,
@morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

And most of them are your grandma and her friends 👵👵👵

“Such a handsome boy! Have a cookie my dear”

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I’m sure at least some of them are down for pound town.

morgunkorn,
@morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

they can even take off their teeth!

sus,

grandma has a lot of friends

rifugee,

At least you still get a cookie!

Kolanaki, (edited )
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I want all 75 million people to join me in an orgy. It’ll be the ugliest thing on earth.

Gork,

Orgies should really become more normalized in society.

RampageDon,

I mean if you are to believe what some politicians say, we aren’t too far off

stebo02,
@stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

What’s stopping you from organising one?

Gork,

Don’t know the right people :/

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

It’s spelled orgynizing when it’s an orgy

Jimbo,
@Jimbo@yiffit.net avatar

Yeah idk, orgies are cool and all but it’s a bit crowded

Rodeo,

Yeah but I don’t find them attractive.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Not even 1% of them?

Rodeo,

Yeah maybe! That’s still 750,000 so maybe I’ll find someone after all.

Hopefully some of them live nearby.

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