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> "And within Silicon Valley, plastic surgery has increasingly become a way for male tech workers to reach their physical goals in recent years." I guess getti

by yazzku 4y ago

> "And within Silicon Valley, plastic surgery has increasingly become a way for male tech workers to reach their physical goals in recent years." I guess getting ripped is too mainstream in the bro-tech spheres.

abledon 4y ago
getting ripped takes time out of day and/or steroids, breaking your bones and 'automating' the bone lengthening with a remote control device is way more efficient. and they can still work on their sidehustles/startups.
- Panzer04 4y ago
  "One software engineer told GQ he spent the first three months after his surgery alone in his apartment and ordered delivery food during that time to go from 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9." That does not sound easier than spending the same 3 months with ~4 hours of workouts a week (which is enough to get most untrained people into pretty solid shape lifting), never mind the other health benefits. I don't really think efficiency is a particularly good argument here :P
  - sokoloff 4y ago
    How much lifting is required over the next 25 years vs zero additional time/effort to be taller?
    - asdadsdad 4y ago
      I'd take a better, healthier life over any surgery to break your bones and be more "appealing" to whatever twisted dating pool criteria, If you want more confidence, work for it.
      - abledon 4y ago
        > If you want more confidence, work for it they did, by grinding 1000s of leetcode problems, to get a SV job, to get money, to pay for leg surgery!
RicoElectrico 4y ago
Huh? If you are short, then literally nothing else matters. Sure women take other (like social) cues to judge desirability, but short men are just not considered equal when it comes to physical attractiveness. There's, as far as I know, no such analogous singular deal-breaker trait for women.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  > There's, as far as I know, no such analogous singular deal-breaker trait for women. Age.
  - Koshkin 4y ago
    The age difference, rather. (Measured not in years but in percents. 15% max is a good rule of thumb.)
    - toomuchtodo 4y ago
      Not true, it's not the delta but specific age. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/online-dating-out-of-your-league/567083/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/online-d... (control-f "How Age Affects Online-Dating Desirability Among Heterosexual Men and Women") https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ElYAU3S0hhWWdqoxqv-4DRi1rwU=/0x0:751x802/655x699/media/img/posts/2018/08/Screen_Shot_2018_08_09_at_2.52.05_PM/original.png https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ElYAU3S0hhWWdqoxqv-4DRi1... https://archive.ph/Bhwhe https://archive.ph/Bhwhe (https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-case-for-an-older-woman-99d8cabacdf5 https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-case-for-an-older-woman-99d8...) https://archive.ph/dHvWf https://archive.ph/dHvWf (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/style/dating-apps-online-men-women-age.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/style/dating-apps-online-...) https://archive.ph/HqHNr https://archive.ph/HqHNr (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/8/eaap9815.full.pdf https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/8/eaap981...)
- nonasktell 4y ago
  No you just have have a crappy personality. Being unattractive to idiots is not an issue. >There's, as far as I know, no such analogous singular deal-breaker trait for women. Obesity, smell, creepiness, being disfigured, in a wheelchair.
rajeshp1986 4y ago
I doubt how much of this is journalists fantasizing about tech workers salaries and what they could be doing with it. They might even have say 1 anecdotal evidence they can point but it translates to "male tech workers... "
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  "Male tech worker contemplates funny sounding surgery" sounds better than "Male tech worker buys fancy car, gets tired of it, wonders if working late hours was worth it."
prvc 4y ago
Interesting how it is either the recipient or broader social/cultural attitudes which are blamed, depending on the demographic the recipient belongs to.

by yazzku 4y ago

abledon 4y ago

getting ripped takes time out of day and/or steroids, breaking your bones and 'automating' the bone lengthening with a remote control device is way more efficient. and they can still work on their sidehustles/startups.

Panzer04 4y ago
"One software engineer told GQ he spent the first three months after his surgery alone in his apartment and ordered delivery food during that time to go from 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9." That does not sound easier than spending the same 3 months with ~4 hours of workouts a week (which is enough to get most untrained people into pretty solid shape lifting), never mind the other health benefits. I don't really think efficiency is a particularly good argument here :P
- sokoloff 4y ago
  How much lifting is required over the next 25 years vs zero additional time/effort to be taller?
  - asdadsdad 4y ago
    I'd take a better, healthier life over any surgery to break your bones and be more "appealing" to whatever twisted dating pool criteria, If you want more confidence, work for it.
    - abledon 4y ago
      > If you want more confidence, work for it they did, by grinding 1000s of leetcode problems, to get a SV job, to get money, to pay for leg surgery!

RicoElectrico 4y ago

Huh? If you are short, then literally nothing else matters. Sure women take other (like social) cues to judge desirability, but short men are just not considered equal when it comes to physical attractiveness. There's, as far as I know, no such analogous singular deal-breaker trait for women.

toomuchtodo 4y ago
> There's, as far as I know, no such analogous singular deal-breaker trait for women. Age.
- Koshkin 4y ago
  The age difference, rather. (Measured not in years but in percents. 15% max is a good rule of thumb.)
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Not true, it's not the delta but specific age. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/online-dating-out-of-your-league/567083/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/online-d... (control-f "How Age Affects Online-Dating Desirability Among Heterosexual Men and Women") https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ElYAU3S0hhWWdqoxqv-4DRi1rwU=/0x0:751x802/655x699/media/img/posts/2018/08/Screen_Shot_2018_08_09_at_2.52.05_PM/original.png https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ElYAU3S0hhWWdqoxqv-4DRi1... https://archive.ph/Bhwhe https://archive.ph/Bhwhe (https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-case-for-an-older-woman-99d8cabacdf5 https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-case-for-an-older-woman-99d8...) https://archive.ph/dHvWf https://archive.ph/dHvWf (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/style/dating-apps-online-men-women-age.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/style/dating-apps-online-...) https://archive.ph/HqHNr https://archive.ph/HqHNr (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/8/eaap9815.full.pdf https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/8/eaap981...)
nonasktell 4y ago
No you just have have a crappy personality. Being unattractive to idiots is not an issue. >There's, as far as I know, no such analogous singular deal-breaker trait for women. Obesity, smell, creepiness, being disfigured, in a wheelchair.

rajeshp1986 4y ago

I doubt how much of this is journalists fantasizing about tech workers salaries and what they could be doing with it. They might even have say 1 anecdotal evidence they can point but it translates to "male tech workers... "

vorpalhex 4y ago
"Male tech worker contemplates funny sounding surgery" sounds better than "Male tech worker buys fancy car, gets tired of it, wonders if working late hours was worth it."

prvc 4y ago

Interesting how it is either the recipient or broader social/cultural attitudes which are blamed, depending on the demographic the recipient belongs to.