[Jack Of All Trades]

I find that this forum talks a lot about game and self improvement, but I think this just a huge reaction because of the massive shift in global demographics. It determines everything in what's happening now, for instance the whole game movement is based on trying to get girls and laid. But back when the demographics were much better men didn't need to do all the stuff they did now. Everyone here travels abroad and gets girls easier because there's a more balanced demographic. The best example is the Philippines where the population is growing and the population of women is growing. In regards to countries there's also demographic hubs as well, everyone knows china and india has a heavily skewed ratio to men, but in the cities it's much more normal. It's the same with NYC or LA women migrate there for opportunities.

The same could be said about job opportunities and economics, my theory is this is why europe as a whole is stagnating. When you have a developed economy that has a sub replacement fertilty, it creates a cascade of problems. Raw immigration like we're seeing now is not going to help when they can't readily integrate into the workforce like locals.

Here's some old articles about it's importance:
http://www.returnofkings.com/495/why-dem...nger-man-2

http://www.returnofkings.com/5705/why-se...-important

[911]

It's not as much an issue of demographics proper as an issue of incredibly drastic cultural shifts.

If Lindy West were 25yo in 1955, she would have been an 8, a nice tall fair slim tattoo-free gal with a friendly disposition and an unpolluted mindset who would have been raising toddlers as a stay-at-home wife married to a vet.

Today's real-life version of that fictional vintage woman is twice the size, with barely half that grade, and with a toxic social upbringing to boot.

There's your shift.

[Truth Teller]

(04-16-2016 12:57 PM)911 Wrote:  

It's not as much an issue of demographics proper as an issue of incredibly drastic cultural shifts.

If Lindy West were 25yo in 1955, she would have been an 8, a nice tall fair slim tattoo-free gal with a friendly disposition and an unpolluted mindset who would have been raising toddlers as a stay-at-home wife married to a vet.

Today's real-life version of that fictional vintage woman is twice the size, with barely half that grade, and with a toxic social upbringing to boot.

There's your shift.

I disagree. Cultural shifts have played a role, yes, but saying that Lindy West would be a tolerable person in any era is misguided.

Women of the 1950s were often as catty and bitchy as they can be today. They were just better at hiding it.