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minus-squareLemming6969@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down15·2 days agoIt is specifically reductionist and true almost always, so I don’t consider that demeaning. Everyone wants to think they are more complex or considering but most innate decisions just aren’t. People just are delusional and not introspective at all.
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI could see your criteria there as a generalized filter for a second date, but nobody is making decisions about life partners based on that.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoUnlike you, the smartest of the intellectuals.
minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoIt sounds like you have let your negative experiences taint your worldview. It’s not uncommon. My wife was cheated on a bunch, so it’s very hard for her to accept that I have no interest in other women. If you’ve experienced a bunch of rejection by men over your looks, it would also very hard to not assume that every man thinks this way. Both are mostly just confirmation bias, though.
It is specifically reductionist and true almost always, so I don’t consider that demeaning. Everyone wants to think they are more complex or considering but most innate decisions just aren’t. People just are delusional and not introspective at all.
I could see your criteria there as a generalized filter for a second date, but nobody is making decisions about life partners based on that.
Unlike you, the smartest of the intellectuals.
It sounds like you have let your negative experiences taint your worldview.
It’s not uncommon. My wife was cheated on a bunch, so it’s very hard for her to accept that I have no interest in other women.
If you’ve experienced a bunch of rejection by men over your looks, it would also very hard to not assume that every man thinks this way.
Both are mostly just confirmation bias, though.