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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Smell is a powerful sense most of us don't really understand logically. For example; We pick up clues as to a mate's compatibility through kissing, tells us how compatible we are in order to have children with strong immune systems.

https://www.npr.org/2011/02/11/133686008/The-Science-Of-Kissing

And yes, have you ever noticed how hyper-sensitive we are to age? We can dial in someone's age at a glance, gender too! Watch people in traffic, just a peek, see how well you do. But we can fail, and we do, all the time.

Here's a freaky fact I've seen born out over and over. Young women are terrible at guessing an older man's age, usually aiming lower. Older men fail in the opposite direction, thinking a young woman is older. And that's how we tend to like it! Older men want younger women and vice versa.

tl;dr: You all primates, get over yourselves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

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