u/Firm_Opportunity3411

Hello all,

I have taken 3 online IQ tests so far. The first and second were from mensa.no, where I initially scored 95 on the first one and self sabotaged the second, and 113 from mensa.dk.

The first two were taken 1.5 months ago while the last one was completed today.

During the third test, I trusted my intuition more than in the previous attempts, but now I'm thinking whether the latest results are just an overrating due to practice effect and pure luck

Which test should I trust more?

Im on oral finasteride and I have a fully developed, thick beard at 19. Is fin shown to cause beard loss?

I have used AI face ratings very often, and Ive come to the following conclusions:
-They always overrate unless told to be brutally realistic: Under normal circumstances, I get rated very highly. When given the specific instruction to be brutally realistic, the ratings are 3-4 points lower.
-AI will rate some genuinely attractive people unattractive and vice versa. I have used objectively hideous pics of myself and I get rated exactly the same as in my best photos in certain models.
-AI will rate individual traits instead of focusing on overall ''beauty''. This means , for example, you might get low ratings because you have a weak jawline, but in real life, you are considered very attractive.
-AI will fluctuate between prompts on the same picture and instructions. I had an experience where grok would rate me a 7.2 and immediately after, when regenerating the response, i got rated a 5/10.

For these reasons, AI face ratings are inaccurate

This is a classic mistake many of us do, myself included. However, it is wrong, not only because it is psychologically damaging, but because its extreme inaccurate.

For example. ChatGPT would rate me a 7.5/10, face wise, but another individual, widely considered hideous, was rated as an 8/10. Grok would be much harsher but also make these miscalculations. A man can be rated as a 5.5/10 and in the next prompt, an 8/10, which is a massive difference, essentially making AI ratings completely useless.

Please, disregard AI opinion on attractiveness, its extremely fallible and inaccurate.

Hello all,

Im seeking advice for a problem I have.

Its unbelievabely hard for me to make friends, for the most part due to being considered socially inferior. I managed to find a guy who includes me in all of his social activities (he's not popular at all) but as time passes, he is treating me in a very paternalistic (with the bad meaning) way, considering my opinion as ''lesser'' and genuinely viewing me as ''lesser man''

But, making friends is so difficult, and I'm stuck on this position. If i confront me about treating me this way, he will just insult me and say im lying, and i cant leave him, because i have no other friends. Plus, I really want to be friends with him because we have similar niche hobbies and interests

Im stuck

Hello all, (19M)
Im seeking advice for a problem I have.

Its unbelievabely hard for me to make friends, for the most part due to being considered socially inferior. I managed to find a guy who includes me in all of his social activities (he's not popular at all) but as time passes, he is treating me in a very paternalistic (with the bad meaning) way, considering my opinion as ''lesser'' and genuinely viewing me as ''lesser man''

But, making friends is so difficult, and I'm stuck on this position. If i confront me about treating me this way, he will just insult me and say im lying, and i cant leave him, because i have no other friends. Plus, I really want to be friends with him because we have similar niche hobbies and interests

Im stuck

That is my story

I'm 19, male, and throughout my high school years I was the failed jester. Tried to make everyone laugh, but was mocked and teased (the bad type) without mercy. I thought it was normal. Now at university, I have found people who respect me and the contrast is extraordinary, it helped me see how brutal my high school years really were.

The truly brutal part is how ridiculously interconnected everything is. My low status was literally gossiped through thousands, and even now, if I try to find a girlfriend from those old circles, I would be character assassinated, even though I've changed significantly over the last year.

I'm not ugly, I'm described as a 6/10, which I find accurate.

But, I still feel a sense of inferiority whenever I see my former high school peers go to elite unis, date attractive people, and generally live a genetically superior life than me.

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What should I do?

It's a well established fact that assortative mating is the default strict rule, and as such, me, as a mid looking guy, cannot be allowed to date an attractive women, since they have better looking men chasing them.

I don't buy into the money and height copes. All that matters, at least as a prerequisite, to date a woman you find physically attractive, is a handsome face.

I am told I have body dysmorphia, and swear my looks are "fine" but that's just polite lies. I would rate my looks as 5/10, since I have a slightly elongated face with a slightly receding chin, and even though beards help me, the cheek line is way too low to actually cover my face. I'm told I'm mid, but I call that just a pity from others, I'm way more hideous.

But here's the deal. I don't have any visible deformity to fix. I don't have a negative cathnal tilt, my jawline isn't that recessed to justify a double jaw surgery, essentially, nothing stands out as visibly unattractive in and of itself

Im also scared of the possible deformities a botched one can induce

It's infuriating. Why can't she just say I'm ugly? Why does she avoid telling the truth? Lmao, she probably considers me a subhuman.

It's quite sad she can't just say that to my face. Instead, I got lectured on "being a good person".

Am I supposed to believe this fuckery?

18M here. I consider myself as a hideously ugly, vomit inducing monstrosity. I'm so unattractive I become physically sick whenever I see my face in the mirror, with the sad part being people swearing im "fine" and "average". Truth be told, I don't buy into their pities.

Yet, as it's normal for men of my age , I'm attracted to attractive (at least to me) women. I know however for a fact, that even if I were rich or of high status, I would still be genetic untermench for any of them.

There are some ugly people who have their "ugly charm". I'm not one of them. I'm probably one of the worst looking men on the planet.

How do I cope?

In sociology, there is this term called ''assortative friendship'', where we almost always end up befriending people of similar attractiveness level, thus, meaning an ugly or mid guy, is essentially barred from ever being friends with a highly attractive man.

And no attractive man would want 'status contagion' by associating himself with a ''lesser''

brutal. blackpill hits in all aspects of life

Throughout all my life, I was told i was intelligent and my relatively low grades didnt reflect poor cognition but rather, laziness.

In primary school, I was a very good student, always taking excellent grades in every class besides math. Though even then, logic puzzles were a nightmare.

In secondary school, I struggled a bit with pretty much every subject besides those I had previous knowledge of. Especially in the later years, I was painfully mediocre, bordeline on below average, though teachers said ''if you specifically study more, you'd excel'' And always coped by saying ''its because im lazy, not because im dumb;;

In reality, i was both

Dont know how i managed to get into a good uni

At uni, Im not the perfect student and Im a bit dissatisfied that study isnt easy.

I just wish I was more intelligent

I know its mostly biological, but can i naturally increase my IQ?

According to evolutionary psychology, most (long) couples are roughly equal in terms of looks, status and intelligence. (Talking strictly for LTRs). This essentially means that even superior resources mean nothing since you end up with yours looksmatch, essentially refuting the long standing belief that becoming rich will attract hot women, in a genuine way.

Let's assume you wake up tomorrow but something feels off. You look at the mirror and for your pleasant surprise, you are a tall, extraordinarily good looking guy. The man you were yesterday is no longer you. What's the first thing you do and how do you move on from this point?

I may sound a bit cringe, but after realizing that most things about dating are genetically predetermined, I have stopped worrying. Knowing plastic surgery would fix virtually all of my social issues, is something that gives me hope for the future