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Interesting article, but I can't believe the writer said "pulchritude rating" instead of attractiveness. I have a pretty large vocabulary and I'm pretty well re
by TipVFL 8y ago
Interesting article, but I can't believe the writer said "pulchritude rating" instead of attractiveness. I have a pretty large vocabulary and I'm pretty well read, but I have never seen the word pulchritude before.
If you combined this research with the "smell dating" phenomenon, where you match based on liking each other's body odor, you could probably do some pretty amazing matchmaking for dating.
- exabrial 8y agoSpeaking of, I always thought 'www.creditscoremeet.com' would be a great dating site theme. But this 'smellmeet.com' is also quite intriguing
- stevenwoo 8y agoIt is a pretty rare word to come across in modern writing. "And a sea of pulchritudinous models would have served as a lesson on how not to choose words: the ugly pulchritude sounds like the opposite of what it means, and it is one of those words that no one ever uses unless they are trying to show off.” https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/40167209-the-sense-of-style-the-thinking-person-s-guide-to-writing-in-the-21st-c?page=2 https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/40167209-the-sense-of-...
- taneq 8y agoOoh, that could be the next evolution of speed dating! Wire up a polygraph to someone then just show them a stream of 1-2 second video clips of different candidates. Shortlist the ones that literally make their heart skip a beat.
- Double_a_92 8y agoWouldn't it be more like showing them random youtube videos and matching the people togheter that had a similar response?
- ajkjk 8y agoI think people who took latin might think, somehow, that it's more common than it is. Pulchr- is a common Latin root for 'beautiful' (at least, I learned it in Latin 1).
- Double_a_92 8y agoWell the autor has to somehow point out that they are smart, right? /s