Lorenzo

Lover of half-truths and purveyor of Twitter high-culture.

[maximus @nuance_enjoyer]

These findings are consistent with a body of research on sex ratios, which finds that a surplus of men tends to produce higher marriage rates, while a surplus of women tends to produce more uncommitted sex.
This can be explained by the rarer sex having more bargaining power.

[maximus @nuance_enjoyer]

Was monogamy successful because it pacified the unmated masses, as a popular view has it?

The logic is simple: polygyny creates a zero-sum marriage market that locks large numbers of men out, forcing them to violently compete for a piece of the pie.🧵

[georgina @somaobscura]

Me making his bed, salting his orange juice, keeping the lights low and generally unspiking his cortisol because I can’t have him stressed and forgetting his type.

[Rolf Degen @DegenRolf]

Men strive for greater physical attractiveness in a mate than the partner market provides, and the pickiest men spent more time in singledom.
Humans seek to spend considerable portions of their lives in long-term mating relationships, yet remain selective about whom they are willing to partner with. We examined whether pickiness (i.e., minimum mate standards) predicts how many years individuals have spent single, in uncommitted relationships, and in committed relationships. A representative Norwegian sample indicated their pickiness...
The sample's pickiness was generally greater than the population could be expected to live up to. When all traits were averaged together, few participants were willing to partner with someone below average, and around a quarter of individuals could be classified as requiring a partner two standard deviations greater in desirability than the expected population average. [In practical terms, being two standard deviations above the population average means an individual or item ranks in the top 2.3% of desirability relative to the rest of that population, assuming a normal distribution, or "bell curve"].
For men, greater pickiness for physical attractiveness predicted more years single, fewer years in committed relationships, and fewer committed relationships overall. Furthermore 85% and 80% of men required their partner to be at least average or above average in facial and bodily attractiveness, respectively. As such, most men reported being unwilling to partner with someone below average in physical attractiveness. These findings may be interpreted as men's expectations for physical attractiveness being excessive, thereby resulting in increased singlehood.
The finding that pickiness for physical attractiveness increased singlehood among men need not reflect that men struggle to set realistic standards. On the contrary, it may be adaptive for men to trade half a year of additional singlehood per increase in pickiness for attractiveness in exchange for acquiring a mate of greater mate value.
Among women, overall pickiness was associated with more years in uncommitted relationships, but not with more years single. At the observed-variable level women's standards for physical attractiveness did not appear excessive, sometimes falling below the expected population average. For bodily attractiveness, more women were willing to partner with someone below average (35%) than required an above-average partner (23%).
Moreover, the greater women's overall pickiness, the more they reported both having been in uncommitted relationships they wished had become committed and being single due to interest in partners unwilling to commit.

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

Muslims who’ve casually dated and entered the Muslim marriage market, how do they differ?

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@oilgulp Love and respect are conditional, and that dynamic is usually short lasting

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@faintlimits Or don’t choose a man at all? Relationships are overrated

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@SonOfJenin Bruh, it’s just the facial hair

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

I am very sorry! #ImSorryWomen

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@HallvardHolte There’s easier ways to get laid my dude

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@HallvardHolte Couples in general make me uncomfy

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@kkeray1 Owning a home is a luxury, not a right. If you are religious and can’t afford a home you must rent. Mortgage is riba according to strongest views. Riba is far worse than drinking

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

Muslims, which is worse?

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@kkeray1 Conventional Mortgage is riba according to most, a major sin. A minority hold ‘sharia compliant’ are more tolerable

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@MT_6226 Disagree. If you’re lean, abs showing, even dimly lit works. Even shirtless gym poses work.

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

People with tattos have a 21% higher risk of malignant lymphoma.

Laser removal was linked to an almost 200% increased risk (possibly from the breakdown of toxic compounds).

[Vero @Vero_Dei]

Diaspora Islam is survival Islam. It asks: "How do I stay Muslim in a non-Muslim land?" It does not ask: "How do I build a civilization?" It cannot. The conditions prevent it. So the diaspora Muslim bcomes an expert in identity maintenance, halal food,Islamic schools, anti-racism

[Lorenzo @TabarrujEnjoyer]

@MT_6226 ‘Will not happen for most people’ That’s a big stretch

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Income and education are usually positively correlated. But sometimes the relationship breaks down. What's the most Democratic voting group in America? People with post-graduate degrees but lower-to-middle incomes.

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Your regular friendly reminder: These four datasets all have the same mean, median, and variance. Moral of the story: Always visualize your data!

https://t.co/p0o2RQcfw9