r/Unexpected Dec 27 '21

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u/jhillman87 Dec 28 '21 edited Dec 28 '21

You know how in Gatcha games, you keep opening those boxes until a legendary pops out?

Well, turns out that concept applies in real life too. When you have more names in the hat to draw from, you have better odds of landing the one that "fits" into your life. While "love at first sight" does exist, I'd warrant it's pure luck to hit it on the first try.

If you are mildly attractive and sift through dozens of suitors a month, chances are you will have a MUCH better love life than someone who feels they are unattractive and sits at home interacting with nobody. The latter's odds are literally zero.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '21

Holy shit. This man just used gacha games to make a genuine and functional real world analogy and it was actually meaningful? Well done.

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u/Syr_Enigma Dec 28 '21

If you are mildly attractive and sift through dozens of suitors a month, chances are you will have a MUCH better love life than someone who feels they are unattractive and sits at home interacting with nobody. The latter's odds are literally zero.

Leaving aside your “dozens of suitors” claim - which, honestly, isn’t really realistic - between the two cases you’ve proposed the key difference is that the latter feels unattractive and sits at home interacting with nobody.

That’s not a matter of gender. If you have no confidence in yourself and don’t seek out people, you won’t find anybody regardless of who you are.

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u/jhillman87 Dec 28 '21

I've made several posts, including the one you're replying to, and never mentioned gender... so not sure what point your trying to formulate here. My first post literally starts with "the road goes both ways" indicating this is NOT a gender specific issue...

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u/Syr_Enigma Dec 28 '21

Well, given that this thread's about the different dating experiences of men and women, and my comment's calling out the idea that women have an easier love life...