Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self?

Re:Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self? by ninethirty on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:12PM (#33438187)

I would give myself an understanding of status. Women are attracted to high-status (doctor, lawyer) and thus men spend time attaining status.

But status is affected by subcultures; if I spend 6-months learning how to write an NES emulator or speed-running N64 GoldenEye or reaching 2200 elo in chess -- I'll get status from a small group of gaming enthusiasts but in the larger context its (probably) not a good use of my time.

For example, I got a double major in unrelated fields (I was ambitious and wanted to signal how smart I was), but it would have been better had gotten straight A's and masters degree (a double-major only impresses 1st-year undergrads; in the larger context of academic status, its irrelevant).

It would also teach my younger self about counter-signaling in the status game https://host.kelley.iu.edu/riharbau/cs-randfinal.pdf

Also not too much alcohol and HIIT fitness.

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Re:Ask HN: What advice would you give your younger self? by achenet on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:54AM (#33466710)

> Women are attracted to high-status (doctor, lawyer) and thus men spend time attaining status.

Uh... I think you're vastly oversimplifing it. Women are attracted to men who give them orgasms, see for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmav517MQJc

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