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Hetero trilemmas

Man's Quadrilemma :
.Big boobs
.Slender
.Genuine
.Cheap
Sorry, couldn't resist.

@stoneage: Don't forget "Pretty" and "Young", also "Pale" if you are considering world market. They have to keep the "Fair and Lovely" cream behind the counter in the markets in my neighborhood. Earlier this morning, a middle-aged female British friend and I were discussing the economic implications of Brexit on the housing and aesthetic procedures markets in London, Detroit and Dubai. My practice is that if any man who is currently my lover complains more than once about anything about my appearance, then he has to provide financial and/or practical assistance in that specific realm if he wishes to continue to enjoy the pleasure of my company. Not everybody condones this practice, but I find it to be a great improvement over my previous youthful practice of "suffer and express hurt feelings" or my earlier mid-life practice of "offer tit-for-tat retort regarding realms in which he may be lacking."

Complex Adaptive Systems:

1. Initial Conditions

2. An Established Set of Cause-Effect Relationships (i.e., not just correlations)

3. Magnitude/Significance of particular Effects/Events

Note that the one you are missing is often dependent upon whether the event is past, present or future.

Tent: Low Mass - Size - Durability
Backpack: Low Mass - Durability - Comfortability and Features
Laptop: Performance - Portability - Storage
Software: Functionality - Productivity/Efficiency - User Friendly

Houses, given a minimum number of rooms and a max budget: good condition, good location, decent yard/lot size

Those are the three that are important to me anyway. Currently favoring condition (don't have any major repair skills) and yard size (want to do a lot of gardening and other fun yard stuff).

cars, given a max budget :
cosmetic condition, miles per gallon, and mileage

As a student, either struggling:

Academically
Financially
Emotionally

Age wise:

Time
Money
Energy

Brahmachari ashram (student: lit. institution/stage of celibacy, ie. childhood):

Time and energy, no money

Gruhasta ashram (household: "settled life", career, marriage):

Money and energy, no time

Vanaprastha (retired):

Money and time, no energy left.

Transportation:

Cost
Convenience
Time

Wisdom: Experience, Knowledge, Judgement

fiby41 wrote:Transportation:

Cost
Convenience
Time

Bicycle wins every time!

Soccer players:
1. Strength
2. Speed
3. Technique

Two year anniversary?

Mundell-Fleming: A economy cannot simultaneously maintain a fixed exchange rate, free capital movement, and an independent monetary policy.

Concealed Carry Firearms:

Concealablity/Ease of Carry
Capacity
Stopping Power

Monogamy, family, sexual excitement.
It's not from me, i hope it's wrong.

jacob wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:25 am

Clapping Motie: left hand, right hand, gripping hand. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

The Mote in God's Eye
The Gripping Hand
Outies

Jean wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:06 pm

Monogamy, family, sexual excitement.
It's not from me, i hope it's wrong.

Pretty sure if you're excitedly fucking someone, and only that person, they're/you're probably gonna get pregnant eventually.

At which point you can go the Warren Jeffs route, and forego the monogamy.

Clothes: functionality, fashion, cost.

I'll take functionality and cost almost every day.