Re[2]: And the survey said

[Adam L. Beberg]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, carey wrote:

> Assuming that your comment would hold (That women are indeed that
> shallow/instinctual/moneygrubbing, whatever), I would posit that men
> don't ALWAYS smile back at women.  Rather, they smile back only at the
> women they're either fantasizing about at the time, or could see
> themselves having fantasies about in the future -- I.E., the fuckable
> ones.

Yes, women are that bad, but not as bad as men.

And a smart male will always smile, unfuckable women often have fuckable
friends. The male who figured this out first gained a huge evolutionary
advantage - as women decide semi-communially who the alpha male is. Any guy
who has a GF knows this, his alpha-factor goes way up once he's "marked".

> And women, as a general rule don't always smile back at other women, or
> at least that hasnt' been the case in my experiences -- IF there seems
> to be some kind of silly competition going on, over a man or otherwise,
> it usually turns out to be icy glaring stares versus smiles.

Nah, men are sluts, so yes it's silly. The need to compete is recent, when
we left the tribal unit and put up picket fences. Most research on
"primiative" peoples in areas of the world we haven't paved yet shows that
both males and females are completely without this sexual jealousy. It's
only when you pair off that everything goes completely to hell.

> You don't think that there could  be any other motive to smiling past
> those three goals?

4) Wanna come back to my cave? :)

That about covers it... the rest are for after you know someone.

- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
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