lsd_throwaway

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   by lsd_throwaway 5y ago

   > Where do you get the 2% number? Just curious. It's an imperfect number, but it comes from one of the graphs in dataclysm. It was a graph that paired attractiveness vs. amount of incoming messages. For men messaging women it's
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   by lsd_throwaway 5y ago

   I don't think limiting swipes will fix it - the issue is more on the selection side (who women choose to swipe) than on the seeking side. The reason men swipe a lot is because even with that most get few matches (~0). If you limit thei
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   by lsd_throwaway 5y ago

   I think they're fighting an uphill battle because these incentives are sexual selection incentives. There's not much you can do to 'fix' them. I think what happens is that both sexes go through it and come out the other
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   by lsd_throwaway 5y ago

   Online dating is a skewed game (for M/F), if you're in the top 2% of attractiveness for men it's great - otherwise it's not worth it. This is compounded a bit by region, if your dating market is pretty even or skewed whe
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   by lsd_throwaway 7y ago

   Check out my comment history, I’d recommend more caution than most people here do. I’m okay now, but it was tough for a couple years and I still struggle with anxiety.
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   by lsd_throwaway 10y ago

   There's a lot of bullshit - and most people are drawn in by pseudoscience nonsense. I was interested in seeing what people were talking about and the perspective change (also Sam Harris, lots of historical people, Huxley, What the Dor
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   by lsd_throwaway 10y ago

   I don't and as far as I know my family doesn't - I wouldn't have tried LSD if I did (I was already nervous enough even without the additional risk). In general I'm pretty stable. Given all the data I could find it seeme
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   by lsd_throwaway 10y ago

   Without going too far off topic into a boring argument that won't go anywhere - I should say my religion comment includes the idea of a god/faith or supernatural creator etc.
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   by lsd_throwaway 10y ago

   I'm a fairly introspective person and I wouldn't say that it shook my world view - in the sense that I went in with a scientific world view and came out with one. I do have a better empathetic appreciation for mental illness and
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    by lsd_throwaway 10y ago

    For a counterpoint to this - I decided to do 150 micrograms of LSD after reading a lot about it on HN, talking with many friends that had tried it or do it fairly regularly and reading as much as I could find (Sam Harris, Huxley, What the D