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Re:Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular by nradov on Sunday May 01, 2022 @01:20AM (#31222410)
Obviously those percentages can't be accurate. Just look around. The average person at age 35 is in a long-term heterosexual relationship. That's still the default. Not everyone, but way more than 20%.
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Re:Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular by Emma_Goldman on Sunday May 01, 2022 @03:07AM (#31222851)
These kinds of power law statistics describe sexual attraction and activity, but that selects for different characteristics than long-term relationships - where things like intelligence, honesty, reliability, etc., come to the fore.

It shouldn't need to be said, but Tinder is not representative of all human relationships.

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Re:Limb lengthening surgery is becoming more popular by kortilla on Sunday May 01, 2022 @05:45AM (#31223548)
> The average person at age 35 is in a long-term heterosexual relationship.

Mode maybe, but not the mean.

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