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Most women won’t date:

• virgins
  
• men who’ve had sex with or experimented with other men
  
• men who’ve visited prostitutes
  
• men with too much experience
  

Surveys and peer-reviewed bear this out. Many an article (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), video (ex. 1, 2, 3), and Reddit thread (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) have been devoted to shaming men who have reconsidered their current relationships or who’ve passed on potential relationships with women that have extensive sexual histories.
Most people care about the sexual histories of prospective partners. Preferences only become an issue when men have them. “The past is the past” only ever applies to women. Men are bullied and reviled for having standards that everyone permits women to have.
.
Women discriminate against promiscuous partners at similar rates as men

Thus, contrary to the idea that male promiscuity is tolerated but female promiscuity is not, both sexes expressed equal reluctance to get involved with someone with an overly extensive sexual history. (pg.1097)

Stewart-Williams, S., Butler, C. A., & Thomas, A. G. (2017). Sexual History and Present Attractiveness: People Want a Mate With a Bit of a Past, But Not Too Much. Journal of sex research, 54(9), 1097–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1232690
.

Targets were more likely to be derogated as the number of sexual partners increased, and this effect held for both male and female targets. These results suggest that, although people do evaluate others as a function of sexual activity, people do not necessarily hold men and women to different sexual standards (pg.175)

Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The Sexual Double Standard: Fact or Fiction? Sex Roles, 52(3–4), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-1293-5
.

Second, we found considerable overlap between the responses of men and women. Men were slightly more forgiving of a large sexual history than women, but this effect was small and tracked the same “pattern” as women. In short, there was very little evidence for a “double standard."

Thomas, A. G. (2021, December 9). How many previous sex partners is too many? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-does-dating/202112/how-many-previous-sex-partners-is-too-many
.

We proposed that sexual promiscuity would negatively affect responses toward both gay and straight men, and tested the effects of sexual promiscuity along with femininity and masculinity—traits directly tied to gender role expectations… women report increased negativity toward sexually promiscuous gay men, mediated by concern for disease threats. We also found support for the influence of gender roles, as heterosexual men reported decreased prejudice toward unambiguously masculine gay men. Both heterosexual women and men consistently reported increased social distancing toward sexually promiscuous straight men (pg.74)

Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2021). You don’t know where he’s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward both gay and straight men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000270
.

It’s not that no one cares about a potential mate’s sexual history; most people do care. But people seem to be about as reluctant to get involved with a man with an extensive sexual history as they are a woman.

Dolan, E. W. (2016, December 20). Study finds your number of past sexual partners has a large effect on your attractiveness. PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2016/12/study-finds-number-past-sexual-partners-large-effect-attractiveness-46594
.

Overall, participants rated those who had 0-14 partners above the mid-point of the scale, which tells us that they were more willing than unwilling to get involved with them. It was only when someone got to 15 or more partners that ratings fell below the mid-point and people were more reluctant to get involved… Men’s and women’s ratings were similar for long-term partners; however, men found larger numbers of partners acceptable than women when looking for short-term relationships.

Lehmiller, J. (2017, October 20). How Do We Rate Sexual History When We Choose A Partner? Kinseyinstitute.org. https://kinseyinstitute.org/news-events/news/2017-10-20-sexual-history.php
.

if it’s 30-40, I’m out.
15 is my cap. That’s a lot of people if you’re in your 20s or 30s.
Anything over 15 makes me nervous that he’s more dirty than experienced
Over 25 for sure. I prefer lower than that; 20-25 is where I start seeing it as a turn off.
I’d say over 15. Of course, women want to be with a guy who knows how to move in the bedroom and isn’t just going to jackhammer and grunt for four and a half minutes. But I know, personally, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my partner or boyfriend having been with tons and tons of girls
20 is my cap. Realistically, a man or woman isn’t getting checked for STDs or using a condom every time they have sex with every new sexual partner.
I think over 10-15.
I think if a guy is 25-30 years old, 15-20 women is the top of the ceiling. I’d want my partner to have been in some serious relationships before me—not cycling through women constantly.
I think it starts to go overboard is 25+.

Smith, B. (2016, August 18). We Asked 20 Women: How many sexual partners is too many? Muscle & Fitness. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/women/dating-advice/we-asked-20-women-how-many-sexual-partners-too-many/ (https://archive.ph/Teucj)
.

Intriguingly, men and women closely agree on the ideal number of lifetime sexual partners – and their opinions weren’t too far off from the reality. Women said 7.5 is the ideal number of partners – only 0.5 partners above their actual average. Men cited 7.6 as the ideal number of partners, which is 1.2 fewer than their own actual average… Our female respondents said they perceive the threshold for being too promiscuous is 15.2 partners, while men consider 14 the defining number when it comes to promiscuity.

Superdrug. (n.d.). What’s your number? Superdrug.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/whats-your-numbe (https://archive.ph/0WoII)
.
Women discriminate against bisexual men and men with same-sex experiences at far higher rates than men

Results indicated that heterosexual women rated bisexual men as less sexually and romantically attractive, less desirable to date and have sex with, and less masculine compared to straight men. No such differences were found for heterosexual and gay men’s ratings of female and male profiles, respectively. These results support previous research findings that indicate more negative attitudes toward dating bisexual men than bisexual women. (pg.516)

Gleason, N., Vencill, J. A., & Sprankle, E. (2018). Swipe left on the bi guys: Examining attitudes toward dating and being sexual with bisexual individuals. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 516–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2018.1563935
.

Sexuality professor Ritch C. Savin-Williams told Glamour that women saying that they would not date a bisexual man "suggests that these women hold on to the view that while women occupy a wide spectrum of sexuality, men are either gay or straight."

Mashego, L. (2018, April 20). Biphobia - why are women afraid of dating bisexual men? W24. https://www.news24.com/w24/SelfCare/Wellness/Mind/biphobia-why-are-women-afraid-of-dating-bisexual-men-20180420
.

63% of women, however, say they wouldn't date a man who has had sex with another man

Tsoulis-Reay, A. (2016, February 11). Are you straight, gay, or just...You? Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-sexuality-survey
.

Thirty-four percent of women anticipated or had already experienced having sex with another woman, compared to only 20 percent of men who desired to have sex with another man. However, women were less willing to consider dating a bisexual person than male respondents.

Sexual Journeys: 1,000 People Evaluate their Sexual Evolution. (n.d.). ZAVA UK. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://archive.is/ZWOXD
.
Women discriminate against inexperienced men far more than the other way around

In association with world-renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and esteemed evolutionary biologist Dr. Justin R. Garcia of The Kinsey Institute… 42% of singles would not date a virgin (33% of men and 51% of women)

Fisher, H., & Garcia, J. R. (2013, February 5). Singles in America: Match.com releases third annual comprehensive study on the single population. Match.com MediaRoom. https://match.mediaroom.com/2013-02-05-Singles-in-America-Match-com-Releases-Third-Annual-Comprehensive-Study-on-the-Single-Population
.

Younger people in their 20s were particularly less likely to say they would date a virgin — even though most virgins were in this age range—and women were more likely to report not wanting to date someone without sexual experience than men.

Basu, T. (2016, April 4). Adult virgins say they don’t want to date other adult virgins. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/adult-virgins-say-they-dont-want-to-date-other-adult-virgins.html
.
Final Thoughts
Body count is the strongest predictor of infidelity, divorce, dissatisfaction, in addition to STDs, substance abuse disorders, mental health issues, etc. Those with unrestricted sociosexual orientations (considered by psychologists to be a stable personality characteristic) tend to separate sex from intimacy, find it more difficult than commit to monogamous relationships, and have higher rates or relationship dissatisfaction, making infidelity significantly more likely. High counts are strongly associated with a desire for alternative partners, variety in partners and a tendency to become dissatisfied in monogamous relationships because a current partner cannot compare in some quality with previous partners.
Men historically avoided committing to partners with promiscuous histories because they represented higher paternity fraud risks. Younger generations of women have higher rates of infidelity than their male counterparts, with female infidelity rates having risen while men’s remained constant. This is a useful heuristic for men to have when deciding whether or not commit to someone in the long-term. This double standard where men are condemned for exercising this preference while women can exercise similar preferences is a pernicious double standard.

Most women won’t date:

• virgins
  
• men who’ve had sex with or experimented with other men
  
• men who’ve visited prostitutes
  
• men with too much experience
  

Surveys and peer-reviewed bear this out. Many an article (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), video (ex. 1, 2, 3), and Reddit thread (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) have been devoted to shaming men who have reconsidered their current relationships or who’ve passed on potential relationships with women that have extensive sexual histories.
Most people care about the sexual histories of prospective partners. Preferences only become an issue when men have them. “The past is the past” only ever applies to women. Men are bullied are reviled for having standards that everyone permits women to have.
.
Women discriminate against promiscuous partners at similar rates as men

Thus, contrary to the idea that male promiscuity is tolerated but female promiscuity is not, both sexes expressed equal reluctance to get involved with someone with an overly extensive sexual history. (pg.1097)

Stewart-Williams, S., Butler, C. A., & Thomas, A. G. (2017). Sexual History and Present Attractiveness: People Want a Mate With a Bit of a Past, But Not Too Much. Journal of sex research, 54(9), 1097–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1232690
.

Targets were more likely to be derogated as the number of sexual partners increased, and this effect held for both male and female targets. These results suggest that, although people do evaluate others as a function of sexual activity, people do not necessarily hold men and women to different sexual standards (pg.175)

Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The Sexual Double Standard: Fact or Fiction? Sex Roles, 52(3–4), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-1293-5
.

Second, we found considerable overlap between the responses of men and women. Men were slightly more forgiving of a large sexual history than women, but this effect was small and tracked the same “pattern” as women. In short, there was very little evidence for a “double standard."

Thomas, A. G. (2021, December 9). How many previous sex partners is too many? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-does-dating/202112/how-many-previous-sex-partners-is-too-many
.

We proposed that sexual promiscuity would negatively affect responses toward both gay and straight men, and tested the effects of sexual promiscuity along with femininity and masculinity—traits directly tied to gender role expectations… women report increased negativity toward sexually promiscuous gay men, mediated by concern for disease threats. We also found support for the influence of gender roles, as heterosexual men reported decreased prejudice toward unambiguously masculine gay men. Both heterosexual women and men consistently reported increased social distancing toward sexually promiscuous straight men (pg.74)

Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2021). You don’t know where he’s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward both gay and straight men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000270
.

It’s not that no one cares about a potential mate’s sexual history; most people do care. But people seem to be about as reluctant to get involved with a man with an extensive sexual history as they are a woman.

Dolan, E. W. (2016, December 20). Study finds your number of past sexual partners has a large effect on your attractiveness. PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2016/12/study-finds-number-past-sexual-partners-large-effect-attractiveness-46594
.

Overall, participants rated those who had 0-14 partners above the mid-point of the scale, which tells us that they were more willing than unwilling to get involved with them. It was only when someone got to 15 or more partners that ratings fell below the mid-point and people were more reluctant to get involved… Men’s and women’s ratings were similar for long-term partners; however, men found larger numbers of partners acceptable than women when looking for short-term relationships.

Lehmiller, J. (2017, October 20). How Do We Rate Sexual History When We Choose A Partner? Kinseyinstitute.org. https://kinseyinstitute.org/news-events/news/2017-10-20-sexual-history.php
.

if it’s 30-40, I’m out.
15 is my cap. That’s a lot of people if you’re in your 20s or 30s.
Anything over 15 makes me nervous that he’s more dirty than experienced
Over 25 for sure. I prefer lower than that; 20-25 is where I start seeing it as a turn off.
I’d say over 15. Of course, women want to be with a guy who knows how to move in the bedroom and isn’t just going to jackhammer and grunt for four and a half minutes. But I know, personally, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my partner or boyfriend having been with tons and tons of girls
20 is my cap. Realistically, a man or woman isn’t getting checked for STDs or using a condom every time they have sex with every new sexual partner.
I think over 10-15.
I think if a guy is 25-30 years old, 15-20 women is the top of the ceiling. I’d want my partner to have been in some serious relationships before me—not cycling through women constantly.
I think it starts to go overboard is 25+.

Smith, B. (2016, August 18). We Asked 20 Women: How many sexual partners is too many? Muscle & Fitness. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/women/dating-advice/we-asked-20-women-how-many-sexual-partners-too-many/ (https://archive.ph/Teucj)
.

Intriguingly, men and women closely agree on the ideal number of lifetime sexual partners – and their opinions weren’t too far off from the reality. Women said 7.5 is the ideal number of partners – only 0.5 partners above their actual average. Men cited 7.6 as the ideal number of partners, which is 1.2 fewer than their own actual average… Our female respondents said they perceive the threshold for being too promiscuous is 15.2 partners, while men consider 14 the defining number when it comes to promiscuity.

Superdrug. (n.d.). What’s your number? Superdrug.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/whats-your-numbe (https://archive.ph/0WoII)
.
Women discriminate against bisexual men and men with same-sex experiences at far higher rates than men

Results indicated that heterosexual women rated bisexual men as less sexually and romantically attractive, less desirable to date and have sex with, and less masculine compared to straight men. No such differences were found for heterosexual and gay men’s ratings of female and male profiles, respectively. These results support previous research findings that indicate more negative attitudes toward dating bisexual men than bisexual women. (pg.516)

Gleason, N., Vencill, J. A., & Sprankle, E. (2018). Swipe left on the bi guys: Examining attitudes toward dating and being sexual with bisexual individuals. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 516–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2018.1563935
.

Sexuality professor Ritch C. Savin-Williams told Glamour that women saying that they would not date a bisexual man "suggests that these women hold on to the view that while women occupy a wide spectrum of sexuality, men are either gay or straight."

Mashego, L. (2018, April 20). Biphobia - why are women afraid of dating bisexual men? W24. https://www.news24.com/w24/SelfCare/Wellness/Mind/biphobia-why-are-women-afraid-of-dating-bisexual-men-20180420
.

63% of women, however, say they wouldn't date a man who has had sex with another man

Tsoulis-Reay, A. (2016, February 11). Are you straight, gay, or just...You? Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-sexuality-survey
.

Thirty-four percent of women anticipated or had already experienced having sex with another woman, compared to only 20 percent of men who desired to have sex with another man. However, women were less willing to consider dating a bisexual person than male respondents.

Sexual Journeys: 1,000 People Evaluate their Sexual Evolution. (n.d.). ZAVA UK. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://archive.is/ZWOXD
.
Women discriminate against inexperienced men far more than the other way around

In association with world-renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and esteemed evolutionary biologist Dr. Justin R. Garcia of The Kinsey Institute… 42% of singles would not date a virgin (33% of men and 51% of women)

Fisher, H., & Garcia, J. R. (2013, February 5). Singles in America: Match.com releases third annual comprehensive study on the single population. Match.com MediaRoom. https://match.mediaroom.com/2013-02-05-Singles-in-America-Match-com-Releases-Third-Annual-Comprehensive-Study-on-the-Single-Population
.

Younger people in their 20s were particularly less likely to say they would date a virgin — even though most virgins were in this age range—and women were more likely to report not wanting to date someone without sexual experience than men.

Basu, T. (2016, April 4). Adult virgins say they don’t want to date other adult virgins. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/adult-virgins-say-they-dont-want-to-date-other-adult-virgins.html
.
Final Thoughts
Body count is the strongest predictor of infidelity, divorce, dissatisfaction, in addition to STDs, substance abuse disorders, mental health issues, etc. Those with unrestricted sociosexual orientations (considered by psychologists to be a stable personality characteristic) tend to separate sex from intimacy, find it more difficult than commit to monogamous relationships, and have higher rates or relationship dissatisfaction, making infidelity significantly more likely. High counts are strongly associated with a desire for alternative partners, variety in partners and a tendency to become dissatisfied in monogamous relationships because a current partner cannot compare in some quality with previous partners.
Men historically avoided committing to partners with promiscuous histories because they represented higher paternity fraud risks. Younger generations of women have higher rates of infidelity than their male counterparts, with female infidelity rates having risen while men’s remained constant. This is a useful heuristic for men to have when deciding whether or not commit to someone in the long-term. This double standard where men are condemned for exercising this preference while women can exercise similar preferences is a pernicious double standard.

Most women won’t date:

• virgins
  
• men who’ve had sex with or experimented with other men
  
• men who’ve visited prostitutes
  
• men with too much experience
  

Surveys and peer-reviewed bear this out. Many an article (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), video (ex. 1, 2, 3), and Reddit thread (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) have been devoted to shaming men who have reconsidered their current relationships or who’ve passed on potential relationships with women that have extensive sexual histories.
Most people care about the sexual histories of prospective partners. Preferences only become an issue when men have them. “The past is the past” only ever applies to women. Men are bullied are reviled for having standards that everyone permits women to have.
.
Women discriminate against promiscuous partners at similar rates as men

Thus, contrary to the idea that male promiscuity is tolerated but female promiscuity is not, both sexes expressed equal reluctance to get involved with someone with an overly extensive sexual history. (pg.1097)

Stewart-Williams, S., Butler, C. A., & Thomas, A. G. (2017). Sexual History and Present Attractiveness: People Want a Mate With a Bit of a Past, But Not Too Much. Journal of sex research, 54(9), 1097–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1232690
.

Targets were more likely to be derogated as the number of sexual partners increased, and this effect held for both male and female targets. These results suggest that, although people do evaluate others as a function of sexual activity, people do not necessarily hold men and women to different sexual standards (pg.175)

Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The Sexual Double Standard: Fact or Fiction? Sex Roles, 52(3–4), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-1293-5
.

Second, we found considerable overlap between the responses of men and women. Men were slightly more forgiving of a large sexual history than women, but this effect was small and tracked the same “pattern” as women. In short, there was very little evidence for a “double standard."

Thomas, A. G. (2021, December 9). How many previous sex partners is too many? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-does-dating/202112/how-many-previous-sex-partners-is-too-many
.

We proposed that sexual promiscuity would negatively affect responses toward both gay and straight men, and tested the effects of sexual promiscuity along with femininity and masculinity—traits directly tied to gender role expectations… women report increased negativity toward sexually promiscuous gay men, mediated by concern for disease threats. We also found support for the influence of gender roles, as heterosexual men reported decreased prejudice toward unambiguously masculine gay men. Both heterosexual women and men consistently reported increased social distancing toward sexually promiscuous straight men (pg.74)

Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2021). You don’t know where he’s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward both gay and straight men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000270
.

It’s not that no one cares about a potential mate’s sexual history; most people do care. But people seem to be about as reluctant to get involved with a man with an extensive sexual history as they are a woman.

Dolan, E. W. (2016, December 20). Study finds your number of past sexual partners has a large effect on your attractiveness. PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2016/12/study-finds-number-past-sexual-partners-large-effect-attractiveness-46594
.

Overall, participants rated those who had 0-14 partners above the mid-point of the scale, which tells us that they were more willing than unwilling to get involved with them. It was only when someone got to 15 or more partners that ratings fell below the mid-point and people were more reluctant to get involved… Men’s and women’s ratings were similar for long-term partners; however, men found larger numbers of partners acceptable than women when looking for short-term relationships.

Lehmiller, J. (2017, October 20). How Do We Rate Sexual History When We Choose A Partner? Kinseyinstitute.org. https://kinseyinstitute.org/news-events/news/2017-10-20-sexual-history.php
.

if it’s 30-40, I’m out.
15 is my cap. That’s a lot of people if you’re in your 20s or 30s.
Anything over 15 makes me nervous that he’s more dirty than experienced
Over 25 for sure. I prefer lower than that; 20-25 is where I start seeing it as a turn off.
I’d say over 15. Of course, women want to be with a guy who knows how to move in the bedroom and isn’t just going to jackhammer and grunt for four and a half minutes. But I know, personally, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my partner or boyfriend having been with tons and tons of girls
20 is my cap. Realistically, a man or woman isn’t getting checked for STDs or using a condom every time they have sex with every new sexual partner.
I think over 10-15.
I think if a guy is 25-30 years old, 15-20 women is the top of the ceiling. I’d want my partner to have been in some serious relationships before me—not cycling through women constantly.
I think it starts to go overboard is 25+.

Smith, B. (2016, August 18). We Asked 20 Women: How many sexual partners is too many? Muscle & Fitness. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/women/dating-advice/we-asked-20-women-how-many-sexual-partners-too-many/ (https://archive.ph/Teucj)
.

Intriguingly, men and women closely agree on the ideal number of lifetime sexual partners – and their opinions weren’t too far off from the reality. Women said 7.5 is the ideal number of partners – only 0.5 partners above their actual average. Men cited 7.6 as the ideal number of partners, which is 1.2 fewer than their own actual average… Our female respondents said they perceive the threshold for being too promiscuous is 15.2 partners, while men consider 14 the defining number when it comes to promiscuity.

Superdrug. (n.d.). What’s your number? Superdrug.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/whats-your-numbe (https://archive.ph/0WoII)
.
Women discriminate against bisexual men and men with same-sex experiences at far higher rates than men

Results indicated that heterosexual women rated bisexual men as less sexually and romantically attractive, less desirable to date and have sex with, and less masculine compared to straight men. No such differences were found for heterosexual and gay men’s ratings of female and male profiles, respectively. These results support previous research findings that indicate more negative attitudes toward dating bisexual men than bisexual women. (pg.516)

Gleason, N., Vencill, J. A., & Sprankle, E. (2018). Swipe left on the bi guys: Examining attitudes toward dating and being sexual with bisexual individuals. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 516–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2018.1563935
.

Sexuality professor Ritch C. Savin-Williams told Glamour that women saying that they would not date a bisexual man "suggests that these women hold on to the view that while women occupy a wide spectrum of sexuality, men are either gay or straight."

Mashego, L. (2018, April 20). Biphobia - why are women afraid of dating bisexual men? W24. https://www.news24.com/w24/SelfCare/Wellness/Mind/biphobia-why-are-women-afraid-of-dating-bisexual-men-20180420
.

63% of women, however, say they wouldn't date a man who has had sex with another man

Tsoulis-Reay, A. (2016, February 11). Are you straight, gay, or just...You? Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-sexuality-survey
.

Thirty-four percent of women anticipated or had already experienced having sex with another woman, compared to only 20 percent of men who desired to have sex with another man. However, women were less willing to consider dating a bisexual person than male respondents.

Sexual Journeys: 1,000 People Evaluate their Sexual Evolution. (n.d.). ZAVA UK. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://archive.is/ZWOXD
.
Women discriminate against inexperienced men far more than the other way around

In association with world-renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and esteemed evolutionary biologist Dr. Justin R. Garcia of The Kinsey Institute… 42% of singles would not date a virgin (33% of men and 51% of women)

Fisher, H., & Garcia, J. R. (2013, February 5). Singles in America: Match.com releases third annual comprehensive study on the single population. Match.com MediaRoom. https://match.mediaroom.com/2013-02-05-Singles-in-America-Match-com-Releases-Third-Annual-Comprehensive-Study-on-the-Single-Population
.

Younger people in their 20s were particularly less likely to say they would date a virgin — even though most virgins were in this age range—and women were more likely to report not wanting to date someone without sexual experience than men.

Basu, T. (2016, April 4). Adult virgins say they don’t want to date other adult virgins. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/adult-virgins-say-they-dont-want-to-date-other-adult-virgins.html
.
Final Thoughts
Body count is the strongest predictor of infidelity, divorce, dissatisfaction, in addition to STDs, substance abuse disorders, mental health issues, etc. Those with unrestricted sociosexual orientations (considered by psychologists to be a stable personality characteristic) tend to separate sex from intimacy, find it more difficult than commit to monogamous relationships, and have higher rates or relationship dissatisfaction, making infidelity significantly more likely. High counts are strongly associated with a desire for alternative partners, variety in partners and a tendency to become dissatisfied in monogamous relationships because a current partner cannot compare in some quality with previous partners.
Men historically avoided committing to partners with promiscuous histories because they represented higher paternity fraud risks. Younger generations of women have higher rates of infidelity than their male counterparts, with female infidelity rates having risen while men’s remained constant. This is a useful heuristic for men to have when deciding whether or not commit to someone in the long-term. This double standard where men are condemned for exercising this preference while women can exercise similar preferences is a pernicious double standard.

Most women won’t date:

• virgins
  
• men who’ve had sex or experimented with other men
  
• men who’ve visited prostitutes
  
• men with too much experience
  

Surveys and peer-reviewed bear this out. Many an article (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), video (ex. 1, 2, 3), and Reddit thread (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) have been devoted to shaming men who have reconsidered their current relationships or who’ve passed on potential relationships with women that have extensive sexual histories.
Most people care about the sexual histories of prospective partners. Preferences only become an issue when men have them. “The past is the past” only ever applies to women. Men are bullied are reviled for having standards that everyone permits women to have.
.
Women discriminate against promiscuous partners at similar rates as men

Thus, contrary to the idea that male promiscuity is tolerated but female promiscuity is not, both sexes expressed equal reluctance to get involved with someone with an overly extensive sexual history. (pg.1097)

Stewart-Williams, S., Butler, C. A., & Thomas, A. G. (2017). Sexual History and Present Attractiveness: People Want a Mate With a Bit of a Past, But Not Too Much. Journal of sex research, 54(9), 1097–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1232690
.

Targets were more likely to be derogated as the number of sexual partners increased, and this effect held for both male and female targets. These results suggest that, although people do evaluate others as a function of sexual activity, people do not necessarily hold men and women to different sexual standards (pg.175)

Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The Sexual Double Standard: Fact or Fiction? Sex Roles, 52(3–4), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-1293-5
.

Second, we found considerable overlap between the responses of men and women. Men were slightly more forgiving of a large sexual history than women, but this effect was small and tracked the same “pattern” as women. In short, there was very little evidence for a “double standard."

Thomas, A. G. (2021, December 9). How many previous sex partners is too many? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-does-dating/202112/how-many-previous-sex-partners-is-too-many
.

We proposed that sexual promiscuity would negatively affect responses toward both gay and straight men, and tested the effects of sexual promiscuity along with femininity and masculinity—traits directly tied to gender role expectations… women report increased negativity toward sexually promiscuous gay men, mediated by concern for disease threats. We also found support for the influence of gender roles, as heterosexual men reported decreased prejudice toward unambiguously masculine gay men. Both heterosexual women and men consistently reported increased social distancing toward sexually promiscuous straight men (pg.74)

Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2021). You don’t know where he’s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward both gay and straight men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000270
.

if it’s 30-40, I’m out.
15 is my cap. That’s a lot of people if you’re in your 20s or 30s.
Anything over 15 makes me nervous that he’s more dirty than experienced
Over 25 for sure. I prefer lower than that; 20-25 is where I start seeing it as a turn off.
I’d say over 15. Of course, women want to be with a guy who knows how to move in the bedroom and isn’t just going to jackhammer and grunt for four and a half minutes. But I know, personally, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my partner or boyfriend having been with tons and tons of girls
20 is my cap. Realistically, a man or woman isn’t getting checked for STDs or using a condom every time they have sex with every new sexual partner.
I think over 10-15.
I think if a guy is 25-30 years old, 15-20 women is the top of the ceiling. I’d want my partner to have been in some serious relationships before me—not cycling through women constantly.
I think it starts to go overboard is 25+.

Smith, B. (2016, August 18). We Asked 20 Women: How many sexual partners is too many? Muscle & Fitness. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/women/dating-advice/we-asked-20-women-how-many-sexual-partners-too-many/ (https://archive.ph/Teucj)
.

Intriguingly, men and women closely agree on the ideal number of lifetime sexual partners – and their opinions weren’t too far off from the reality. Women said 7.5 is the ideal number of partners – only 0.5 partners above their actual average. Men cited 7.6 as the ideal number of partners, which is 1.2 fewer than their own actual average… Our female respondents said they perceive the threshold for being too promiscuous is 15.2 partners, while men consider 14 the defining number when it comes to promiscuity.

Superdrug. (n.d.). What’s your number? Superdrug.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/whats-your-numbe (https://archive.ph/0WoII)
.
Women discriminate against bisexual men and men with same-sex experiences at far higher rates than men

Results indicated that heterosexual women rated bisexual men as less sexually and romantically attractive, less desirable to date and have sex with, and less masculine compared to straight men. No such differences were found for heterosexual and gay men’s ratings of female and male profiles, respectively. These results support previous research findings that indicate more negative attitudes toward dating bisexual men than bisexual women. (pg.516)

Gleason, N., Vencill, J. A., & Sprankle, E. (2018). Swipe left on the bi guys: Examining attitudes toward dating and being sexual with bisexual individuals. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 516–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2018.1563935
.

Sexuality professor Ritch C. Savin-Williams told Glamour that women saying that they would not date a bisexual man "suggests that these women hold on to the view that while women occupy a wide spectrum of sexuality, men are either gay or straight."

Mashego, L. (2018, April 20). Biphobia - why are women afraid of dating bisexual men? W24. https://www.news24.com/w24/SelfCare/Wellness/Mind/biphobia-why-are-women-afraid-of-dating-bisexual-men-20180420
.

63% of women, however, say they wouldn't date a man who has had sex with another man

Tsoulis-Reay, A. (2016, February 11). Are you straight, gay, or just...You? Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-sexuality-survey
.

Thirty-four percent of women anticipated or had already experienced having sex with another woman, compared to only 20 percent of men who desired to have sex with another man. However, women were less willing to consider dating a bisexual person than male respondents.

Sexual Journeys: 1,000 People Evaluate their Sexual Evolution. (n.d.). ZAVA UK. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://archive.is/ZWOXD
.
Women discriminate against inexperienced men far more than the other way around

In association with world-renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and esteemed evolutionary biologist Dr. Justin R. Garcia of The Kinsey Institute… 42% of singles would not date a virgin (33% of men and 51% of women)

Fisher, H., & Garcia, J. R. (2013, February 5). Singles in America: Match.com releases third annual comprehensive study on the single population. Match.com MediaRoom. https://match.mediaroom.com/2013-02-05-Singles-in-America-Match-com-Releases-Third-Annual-Comprehensive-Study-on-the-Single-Population
.

Younger people in their 20s were particularly less likely to say they would date a virgin — even though most virgins were in this age range—and women were more likely to report not wanting to date someone without sexual experience than men.

Basu, T. (2016, April 4). Adult virgins say they don’t want to date other adult virgins. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/adult-virgins-say-they-dont-want-to-date-other-adult-virgins.html
.
Final Thoughts
Body count is the strongest predictor of infidelity, divorce, dissatisfaction, in addition to STDs, substance abuse disorders, mental health issues, etc. Those with unrestricted sociosexual orientations (considered by psychologists to be a stable personality characteristic) tend to separate sex from intimacy, find it more difficult than commit to monogamous relationships, and have higher rates or relationship dissatisfaction, making infidelity significantly more likely. High counts are strongly associated with a desire for alternative partners, variety in partners and a tendency to become dissatisfied in monogamous relationships because a current partner cannot compare in some quality with previous partners.
Men historically avoided committing to partners with promiscuous histories because they represented higher paternity fraud risks. Younger generations of women have higher rates of infidelity than their male counterparts, with female infidelity rates having risen while men’s remained constant. This is a useful heuristic for men to have when deciding whether or not commit to someone in the long-term. This double standard where men are condemned for exercising this preference while women can exercise similar preferences is a pernicious double standard.

Most women won’t date:

• virgins
  
• men who’ve had sex or experimented with other men
  
• men who’ve visited prostitutes
  
• men with too much experience
  

Surveys and peer-reviewed bear this out. Many an article (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), video (ex. 1, 2, 3), and Reddit thread (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) have been devoted to shaming men who have reconsidered their current relationships or who’ve passed on potential relationships with women that have extensive sexual histories.
Most people care about the sexual histories of prospective partners. Preferences only become an issue when men have them. “The past is the past” only ever applies to women. Men are bullied are reviled for having standards that everyone permits women to have.
.
Women discriminate against promiscuous partners at similar rates as men

Thus, contrary to the idea that male promiscuity is tolerated but female promiscuity is not, both sexes expressed equal reluctance to get involved with someone with an overly extensive sexual history. (pg.1097)

Stewart-Williams, S., Butler, C. A., & Thomas, A. G. (2017). Sexual History and Present Attractiveness: People Want a Mate With a Bit of a Past, But Not Too Much. Journal of sex research, 54(9), 1097–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1232690
.

Targets were more likely to be derogated as the number of sexual partners increased, and this effect held for both male and female targets. These results suggest that, although people do evaluate others as a function of sexual activity, people do not necessarily hold men and women to different sexual standards (pg.175)

Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The Sexual Double Standard: Fact or Fiction? Sex Roles, 52(3–4), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-1293-5
.

Second, we found considerable overlap between the responses of men and women. Men were slightly more forgiving of a large sexual history than women, but this effect was small and tracked the same “pattern” as women. In short, there was very little evidence for a “double standard."

Thomas, A. G. (2021, December 9). How many previous sex partners is too many? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-does-dating/202112/how-many-previous-sex-partners-is-too-many
.

We proposed that sexual promiscuity would negatively affect responses toward both gay and straight men, and tested the effects of sexual promiscuity along with femininity and masculinity—traits directly tied to gender role expectations… women report increased negativity toward sexually promiscuous gay men, mediated by concern for disease threats. We also found support for the influence of gender roles, as heterosexual men reported decreased prejudice toward unambiguously masculine gay men. Both heterosexual women and men consistently reported increased social distancing toward sexually promiscuous straight men (pg.74)

Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2021). You don’t know where he’s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward both gay and straight men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000270
.

if it’s 30-40, I’m out.
15 is my cap. That’s a lot of people if you’re in your 20s or 30s.
Anything over 15 makes me nervous that he’s more dirty than experienced
Over 25 for sure. I prefer lower than that; 20-25 is where I start seeing it as a turn off.
I’d say over 15. Of course, women want to be with a guy who knows how to move in the bedroom and isn’t just going to jackhammer and grunt for four and a half minutes. But I know, personally, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my partner or boyfriend having been with tons and tons of girls
20 is my cap. Realistically, a man or woman isn’t getting checked for STDs or using a condom every time they have sex with every new sexual partner.
I think over 10-15.
I think if a guy is 25-30 years old, 15-20 women is the top of the ceiling. I’d want my partner to have been in some serious relationships before me—not cycling through women constantly.
I think it starts to go overboard is 25+.

Smith, B. (2016, August 18). We Asked 20 Women: How many sexual partners is too many? Muscle & Fitness. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/women/dating-advice/we-asked-20-women-how-many-sexual-partners-too-many/ (https://archive.ph/Teucj)
.

Intriguingly, men and women closely agree on the ideal number of lifetime sexual partners – and their opinions weren’t too far off from the reality. Women said 7.5 is the ideal number of partners – only 0.5 partners above their actual average. Men cited 7.6 as the ideal number of partners, which is 1.2 fewer than their own actual average… Our female respondents said they perceive the threshold for being too promiscuous is 15.2 partners, while men consider 14 the defining number when it comes to promiscuity.

Superdrug. (n.d.). What’s your number? Superdrug.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/whats-your-numbe (https://archive.ph/0WoII)
.
Women discriminate against bisexual men and men with same-sex experiences at far higher rates than men

Results indicated that heterosexual women rated bisexual men as less sexually and romantically attractive, less desirable to date and have sex with, and less masculine compared to straight men. No such differences were found for heterosexual and gay men’s ratings of female and male profiles, respectively. These results support previous research findings that indicate more negative attitudes toward dating bisexual men than bisexual women. (pg.516)

Gleason, N., Vencill, J. A., & Sprankle, E. (2018). Swipe left on the bi guys: Examining attitudes toward dating and being sexual with bisexual individuals. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 516–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2018.1563935
.

Sexuality professor Ritch C. Savin-Williams told Glamour that women saying that they would not date a bisexual man "suggests that these women hold on to the view that while women occupy a wide spectrum of sexuality, men are either gay or straight."

Mashego, L. (2018, April 20). Biphobia - why are women afraid of dating bisexual men? W24. https://www.news24.com/w24/SelfCare/Wellness/Mind/biphobia-why-are-women-afraid-of-dating-bisexual-men-20180420
.

63% of women, however, say they wouldn't date a man who has had sex with another man

Tsoulis-Reay, A. (2016, February 11). Are you straight, gay, or just...You? Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-sexuality-survey
.

Thirty-four percent of women anticipated or had already experienced having sex with another woman, compared to only 20 percent of men who desired to have sex with another man. However, women were less willing to consider dating a bisexual person than male respondents.

Sexual Journeys: 1,000 People Evaluate their Sexual Evolution. (n.d.). ZAVA UK. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://archive.is/ZWOXD
.
Women discriminate against inexperienced men far more than the other way around

In association with world-renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and esteemed evolutionary biologist Dr. Justin R. Garcia of The Kinsey Institute… 42% of singles would not date a virgin (33% of men and 51% of women)

Fisher, H., & Garcia, J. R. (2013, February 5). Singles in America: Match.com releases third annual comprehensive study on the single population. Match.com MediaRoom. https://match.mediaroom.com/2013-02-05-Singles-in-America-Match-com-Releases-Third-Annual-Comprehensive-Study-on-the-Single-Population
.

Younger people in their 20s were particularly less likely to say they would date a virgin — even though most virgins were in this age range—and women were more likely to report not wanting to date someone without sexual experience than men.

Basu, T. (2016, April 4). Adult virgins say they don’t want to date other adult virgins. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/adult-virgins-say-they-dont-want-to-date-other-adult-virgins.html
.
Final Thoughts
Body count is the strongest predictor of infidelity, divorce, dissatisfaction, in addition to STDs, substance abuse disorders, mental health issues, etc. Those with unrestricted sociosexual orientations (considered by psychologists to be a stable personality characteristic) tend to separate sex from intimacy, find it more difficult than commit to monogamous relationships, and have higher rates or relationship dissatisfaction, making infidelity significantly more likely. High counts are strongly associated with a desire for alternative partners, variety in partners and a tendency to become dissatisfied in monogamous relationships because a current partner cannot compare in some quality with previous partners.
Men historically avoided committing to partners with promiscuous histories because they represented higher paternity fraud risks. Younger generations of women have higher rates of infidelity than their male counterparts, with female infidelity rates having risen while men’s remained constant. This is a useful heuristic for men to have when deciding whether or not commit to someone in the long-term. This double standard where men are condemned for exercising this preference while women can exercise similar preferences is a pernicious double standard.

Welcome to HHH Listening Club!
This week we'll be listening to This Thing of Ours by Nostra selected by u/tak08810
Background by u/tak08810
Nostra was a rap duo that remains unknown even among the generally unappreciated rappers of the Philly DVD era, the underground scene spanning mainly the early to mid-00s. Not much can be found on them currently outside of footage from the 2 Raw for the Streets archive, the premier DVD series of the era. As far as I can tell they were a duo of Italian American rappers, Dot Dubb (Dillon) and Johnny Quest, from South Philly who started rapping in early 00s if not even earlier. Big Star, the director of the DVD series, refers to them as having amassed a strong local following early on and has the concert footage to support it. They were managed by Far-N-Low management, there’s pretty much nothing I can find of them but it’s clear they managed another duo, Crime Partners featuring future ROC member Peedi Crakk plus Indy 500, as well as another even more obscure rapper named City Council.
This Thing of Ours is Nostra’s debut mixtape/album/demo released originally in 2001 and somehow magically appearing on streaming in 2018. It’s pretty notable as most old mixtapes are not on streaming due to obvious clearance issues or just being lost. A mix of freestyles over established beats and original tracks, Nostra leans heavily into their mafioso image, which reportedly is genuine. Dot Dubb, distinguished by his deeper voice, seems to be set up as the star of the show given that he gets three solo tracks, two named after himself. However I think Johnny Quest is probably the more lyrically skilled one. Dubb’s precise flow and rhymes is standout as well, and overall they complement each other quite. Their fellow Far-N-Low members make a few guest appearances, Peedi Crakk in particular delivering some great verses. Definitely a few nice posse cuts on here.
As is the case for a lot of these kind of mixtapes there’s not a lot of variety in terms of sounds or themes. Almost every track is just dedicated to aggressive verbal flexing. “Fuck E Rich” is a straight up dis track - who E Rich is no one seems to know lol. The one exception is the softer sounding “I Can Make Believe”, a sort of love song although each rappers approached it in a different manner. But there’s a lot of that raw, aggressive no frills pure rapping that I love so much about mixtapes from this scene.
Nostra of course never became successful even in an underground sense. According to this interesting post on the Phila Flava forum Jay Z was gonna sign them but they couldn’t stay out of legal issues - kind of a theme with Philly rappers from that scene unfortunately. The other story I’ve heard is that Jay, when he met them, didn’t really like seeing a white guy with braids lol. Who knows lol. I put them in the same category too as a bunch of other Italian American rappers with a mafia type gimmick who never blew - the LOX affiliate Genovese, JoJo Pelligrino, Shark, and Merlino etc
I picked this album after debating whether to pick another underground classic people would be familiar with like Soul On Ice or Misery Loves Comedy but decided to go with something truly obscure and representing the type of music I’m most into these days. There’s very few that are actually on DSPs, the other notable mixtape from the era on streaming is The Monopoly’s Mville Get Them Killed but I prefer Nostra’s tape more and feel it’s actually more accessible. Enjoy this rare, niche mixtape!
Album: This Thing Of Ours
Label: Far-N-Low Management
Representing: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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• YouTube
  
• Spotify
  
• Apple Music
  
• Tidal
  

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Can someone tell me what type of software this guy uses for the effects and text animations?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0woS9wVk7Mc&t=31s
Can this be done in final cut pro? thanks

copy/paste: https://controlc.com/13f98fdf
Inspired by this +5.6k 2X post condemning men for having standards. Women, like men, discriminate on the basis of sexual history when selecting for romantic partners. Because sexual and relational histories are extremely useful predictors of the future success of relationships, being the best predictors of future infidelity, dissatisfaction and divorce, it would be foolish not to take them into account when considering a long-term relationship with someone. Unfortunately, only men experience societal disapproval (and, sometimes, harassment) for exercising judgement by taking sexual history into account when vetting potential romantic partners. Many an article (ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, video (ex. 1, 2, 3), and Reddit thread (1, 2, 3, 4) have been devoted to shaming men who have reconsidered their current relationships or who’ve passed on potential relationships with women that have extensive sexual histories. When men are told that “the past is the past,” they need to understand that in reality this only intended to be applied where women’s histories are concerned. The majority of men today will still be rejected for being inexperienced, too experienced, bisexual, or for having visited a prostitute. While these preferences of women are completely valid and make sense, what isn’t right is that men are shamed for having similar preferences.
The majority of women discriminate against inexperienced men

In association with world-renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and esteemed evolutionary biologist Dr. Justin R. Garcia of The Kinsey Institute… 42% of singles would not date a virgin (33% of men and 51% of women)

https://i.imgur.com/W3l258m.jpg
Fisher, H., & Garcia, J. R. (2013, February 5). Singles in America: Match.com releases third annual comprehensive study on the single population. Match.com MediaRoom. https://match.mediaroom.com/2013-02-05-Singles-in-America-Match-com-Releases-Third-Annual-Comprehensive-Study-on-the-Single-Population (https://archive.ph/C3XPf)
An OkCupid survey similarly has borne this out, with over 40% indicating “definitely NOT,” and which exceeds 60% when you tack on “probably NOT.”

Younger people in their 20s were particularly less likely to say they would date a virgin — even though most virgins were in this age range—and women were more likely to report not wanting to date someone without sexual experience than men.

https://imgur.com/CQI3Zub.jpg
Basu, T. (2016, April 4). Adult virgins say they don’t want to date other adult virgins. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/2016/04/adult-virgins-say-they-dont-want-to-date-other-adult-virgins.html (https://archive.ph/x4opo)
Most women discriminate against bisexual men and men who’ve engaged in same sex experimentation

Results indicated that heterosexual women rated bisexual men as less sexually and romantically attractive, less desirable to date and have sex with, and less masculine compared to straight men. No such differences were found for heterosexual and gay men’s ratings of female and male profiles, respectively. These results support previous research findings that indicate more negative attitudes toward dating bisexual men than bisexual women. (pg.516)

https://i.imgur.com/vxPgqsh.jpg
Gleason, N., Vencill, J. A., & Sprankle, E. (2018). Swipe left on the bi guys: Examining attitudes toward dating and being sexual with bisexual individuals. Journal of Bisexuality, 18(4), 516–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2018.1563935
.

Thirty-four percent of women anticipated or had already experienced having sex with another woman, compared to only 20 percent of men who desired to have sex with another man. However, women were less willing to consider dating a bisexual person than male respondents.

Only 19% of women surveyed by Zava were willing to date a bisexual man.
https://i.imgur.com/OosQ3yL.jpg
Sexual Journeys: 1,000 People Evaluate their Sexual Evolution. (n.d.). ZAVA UK. Retrieved August 18, 2021, from https://www.zavamed.com/uk/sexual-journeys.html (https://archive.is/ZWOXD)
.

Sexuality professor Ritch C. Savin-Williams told Glamour that women saying that they would not date a bisexual man "suggests that these women hold on to the view that while women occupy a wide spectrum of sexuality, men are either gay or straight."

https://i.imgur.com/d4uUhz9.jpg
Mashego, L. (2018, April 20). Biphobia - why are women afraid of dating bisexual men? W24. https://www.news24.com/w24/SelfCare/Wellness/Mind/biphobia-why-are-women-afraid-of-dating-bisexual-men-20180420 (https://archive.md/Yi9dD)
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63% of women, however, say they wouldn't date a man who has had sex with another man

https://i.imgur.com/hPK8VBs.jpg
Tsoulis-Reay, A. (2016, February 11). Are you straight, gay, or just...You? Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-sexuality-survey (https://archive.ph/sKleE)
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"One girl I was dating suddenly said that the thought of me being with a man made her physically sick. Then she blocked me on everything.

Hunte, B. (2019). The bisexuality dating dilemma. Retrieved 23 June 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49753820 (https://archive.ph/7fbH5)
Men who are too experienced are discriminated against
Now this one was particularly interesting. A lot of women will pass on men with too many partners. In addition to myriad empirical studies which can attest to this, a poignant example was when Muscle and Fitness magazine asked several women in 2017 if they had upper limits to the number of acceptable partners of a prospective partners. Just imagine the feminist backlash if men were interviewed instead of women. Here were some of their responses:

if it’s 30-40, I’m out.

.

15 is my cap. That’s a lot of people if you’re in your 20s or 30s.

.

Anything over 15 makes me nervous that he’s more dirty than experienced

.

Over 25 for sure. I prefer lower than that; 20-25 is where I start seeing it as a turn off.

.

I’d say over 15. Of course, women want to be with a guy who knows how to move in the bedroom and isn’t just going to jackhammer and grunt for four and a half minutes. But I know, personally, it makes me uncomfortable to think about my partner or boyfriend having been with tons and tons of girls

.

20 is my cap. Realistically, a man or woman isn’t getting checked for STDs or using a condom every time they have sex with every new sexual partner.

.

I think over 10-15.

.

I think if a guy is 25-30 years old, 15-20 women is the top of the ceiling. I’d want my partner to have been in some serious relationships before me—not cycling through women constantly.

.

I think it starts to go overboard is 25+.

Smith, B. (2016, August 18). We Asked 20 Women: How many sexual partners is too many? Muscle & Fitness. https://www.muscleandfitness.com/women/dating-advice/we-asked-20-women-how-many-sexual-partners-too-many/ (https://archive.ph/Teucj)
.

Thus, contrary to the idea that male promiscuity is tolerated but female promiscuity is not, both sexes expressed equal reluctance to get involved with someone with an overly extensive sexual history. (pg.1097)

https://i.imgur.com/gRCdahZ.jpg
Stewart-Williams, S., Butler, C. A., & Thomas, A. G. (2017). Sexual History and Present Attractiveness: People Want a Mate With a Bit of a Past, But Not Too Much. Journal of sex research, 54(9), 1097–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2016.1232690
.

Second, we found considerable overlap between the responses of men and women. Men were slightly more forgiving of a large sexual history than women, but this effect was small and tracked the same “pattern” as women. In short, there was very little evidence for a “double standard."

Thomas, A. G. (2021, December 9). How many previous sex partners is too many? Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin-does-dating/202112/how-many-previous-sex-partners-is-too-many
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Targets were more likely to be derogated as the number of sexual partners increased, and this effect held for both male and female targets. These results suggest that, although people do evaluate others as a function of sexual activity, people do not necessarily hold men and women to different sexual standards (pg.175)

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Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The Sexual Double Standard: Fact or Fiction? Sex Roles, 52(3–4), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-1293-5
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We proposed that sexual promiscuity would negatively affect responses toward both gay and straight men, and tested the effects of sexual promiscuity along with femininity and masculinity—traits directly tied to gender role expectations… women report increased negativity toward sexually promiscuous gay men, mediated by concern for disease threats. We also found support for the influence of gender roles, as heterosexual men reported decreased prejudice toward unambiguously masculine gay men. Both heterosexual women and men consistently reported increased social distancing toward sexually promiscuous straight men (pg.74)

Cook, C. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2021). You don’t know where he’s been: Sexual promiscuity negatively affects responses toward both gay and straight men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000270
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Intriguingly, men and women closely agree on the ideal number of lifetime sexual partners – and their opinions weren’t too far off from the reality. Women said 7.5 is the ideal number of partners – only 0.5 partners above their actual average. Men cited 7.6 as the ideal number of partners, which is 1.2 fewer than their own actual average… Our female respondents said they perceive the threshold for being too promiscuous is 15.2 partners, while men consider 14 the defining number when it comes to promiscuity.

Superdrug. (n.d.). What’s your number? Superdrug.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/whats-your-numbe (https://archive.ph/0WoII)
Women discriminate against men who’ve seen prostitutes
Some choice quotes on potentially dating men who’ve solicited the services of sex workers:

A DRY SPELL IS NO EXCUSE
"I worry about the justification when men say, 'It's just sex'. I could be in the biggest dry spell of my life, literally years, and I still wouldn't pay for sex. It wouldn't even cross my mind to pay for sex.” Terri, 28

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NO WAY
"It would massively change my opinion of my boyfriend.” Siobhan, 33

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IT'S OFF-PUTTING
"It's harsh, but it would definitely be a deal-breaker for me. The idea of someone paying for sex is just off-putting.” Robyn, 32

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"If they'd paid for sex within the last five years, I couldn't date them. I find it deeply unattractive. It undermines all of a man's masculinity and is almost pity inducing.” Maria, 27

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I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT
"I'm not sure I could marry or have kids with someone who thought it was OK to pay for sex, or even to pay to watch women get naked.” Erin, 30

Askham, G. (2016, November 1). Would you date a guy who has paid for sex? Glamour UK. https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/would-you-date-a-guy-who-has-paid-for-sex (https://archive.ph/yT0sn)
On Reddit:
https://archive.ph/WJhPX
https://archive.ph/57eWc
https://archive.ph/iDa4w
https://archive.ph/Lhz5r
https://archive.ph/5HBrk
Funnily enough, on a subreddit where most women indicated they wouldn’t date men who’ve been with escorts, a woman posted about her first experience with a male escort receiving +1300 upvotes.
Final thoughts
Men are instructed to overlook women’s histories while women are not, and most women will not overlook men’s histories. When women say, ”the past is the past””, that’s only ever applied to their pasts. Men place themselves at a severe disadvantage when they adhere to this inequitable double standard.

I will start renting a 33 sq. meter studio apartment but with a strange shape.
Here is the floor plan:https://i.imgur.com/diAUiaQ.png (numbers are in milimiters)
As you can see it has a rectangle shape with 2 rooms on top and bottom with kitchen and bathroom in between.
Room 1 and 3 are at the bottom and that is where is the entrance is also. Here's how this room looks: https://i.imgur.com/MmBASxR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/eEMJbYI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7HwB1kD.jpg
Room 2 is at the top with sliding doors and entrance to balcony. Here's how this room looks: https://i.imgur.com/qgM701v.jpg
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Here's my biggest dilemmas. Where to sleep and where to work/play?
Option 1. Work/play in room 2 where all the connections for internet, TV are. Don't want to position TV here as floor plan suggests because then I would need at least a 75" or bigger TV if I were to put couch on the other side of the room. I'm a bit of a cinephile so this is important to me. So I think I have to put it in front of the big window with some black out curtains in case of movie watching during the day and for there to be less distance between TV and seating area. Area 1 and 3 include a murphy bed with dining table or maybe just a murphy bed and then a transformable table like this one. Or maybe a bar table like this one that I can put in the little hallway between room 2 and 1.
Problem here is I would have to sleep right where I enter the apartment and I would need to cover that window next to the main doors with one way window film. But I would get up and have my wardrobe closet right there (right side of room 1).
Option 2.
Main difference is where sleeping takes place. Here it is in room 2. And PC/work station in room 3. But the problem here is I don't have ethernet connections here in room 1 and maybe room 2 would look a bit cramped this way.
So my main question is how should I place my PC/work station, sleep and TV with the smaller dilemmas like where to put dining area.
Where do you guys see advantages, disadvantages of either options?

It may not be perfect, but i uploaded a bass arrangement of Between the Bars by Elliot Smith because its one of my favourite songs.
The chords were very tricky to get around, that guy was a genuis.
Please tell me what you guys think :)

Been watching lots of iPad Pro 2021 reviews on YouTube, and noticed that many reviewers found out the file transfer speed via the new Thunderbolt port on the iPad Pro 2021 is 3x~4x slower than on a Mac (in one example it goes only about 300~400MB/s, whereas on an Mac it goes 1GB+/s).
Here are the videos I saw mentioning slow (or downright failed) Thunderbolt file transfer:

• Max Tech - M1 iPad Pro vs M1 MacBook Pro - Thermal Throttle TEST! 🔥
• Jerry Schulze - Unboxing the M1 iPad Pro and Test - Is Thunderbolt Slow?
• Created Tech - NEW 2021 M1 iPad Pro - Thunderbolt 3 Drive Speeds Tested!

I seem to recall Apple mentioning the internal storage speed of the new iPad Pro is also faster, in addition to the Thunderbolt, so I'm not really sure where the bottleneck is. Do you guys think it's a software limitation that could be fixed in the future? Or have you seen other testings or possible solutions?

DISCLAIMER: After reading all the comments on every x/post, I figured it was a given, but maybe not, that when I say "first semi-viable HL DH", Wild mode is assumed- pretty common knowledge some guy got top 200 Standard with a HL DH last season. Wild OR Standard though, you're definitely looking at the first Legend hit with 10+ cards having to do with "Outcast" keyword. Thanks for the support everyone!!!
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1. Brief Prologue / See my previous guide (my first Hearthstone guide) for my full biography as a pro player.
2. Decklist and Copy Code / A short disclaimer involving viable cards to sub in, followed by my signature TCG-tutorial-calling-card: a short explanation of WHY EACH CARD is included in the deck.
3. "What is Aggro?" / See the aforementioned previous guide for my tutorial on Hearthstone/TCG overall, although some of the best points will be copypasta'd. ***Some form of a mulligan guide is included here, although I hate putting a hard mulligan guide in my TCG tutorials as it can be misleading for novice players.

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PROLOGUE:
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PROOF: BNet to run my analytics yourself = VrdisFelsoul#1447 (I thought heavily about making my BNet name "AceMcNasty", but I don't think most would get the Seth MacFarlane/American Dad reference just from that. Any advice on the subject from someone more adept at social media would be appreciated as I don't yet have a manager.)
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I'm gonna try something different here and now with this new guide. Those who have read my previous 4 text guides/tutorials know I'm probably the most long-winded of those still left who haven't crumbled to the tantalizing offer of becoming a Twitch str*amer. This guide is a lot different though- not a troll, and not a "guide for beginners wording how to do something really easy in a different manner than ever before", sooo...
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...Since I've actually accomplished something real, novel, and challenging for the first time, my goal here is to make this guide a LOT shorter and more readable. After all, those who know they have real strength and are legitimately clouted up are often very curt/quiet with an aura of dignity, aren't they?
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Still after a day, it seems totally surreal that after 5 years of playing Hearthstone (the longest time I've ever spent doing anything in my 27 years, besides working on cars), I can actually now stake my claim to a spot in the bottom-tier of professional players, as one of the first Demon Hunter mains to help pave the way for the game's newest class... So that's another reason I'm gonna make the guide brief, I'm honestly very busy partying and celebrating what I believe to be a huge accomplishment, and I wanna get back to it! Haha.
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First and foremost, as a professional g*mer, I've got to thank my official sponsors!
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HEARTHSTONE- big thanks to:HearthstoneCirclejerk and its moderator u/Stonehearthed, gg/HearthstoneCommunity, and the clan I was adopted into, gg/PointysHearth (also my coach @ Fox, he switched out a couple of cards in this deck that really helped me out- more to come on that in the "Decklist and Copy Code" section).
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DESTINY 2- many gratefulnesses (my browser didn't even flag that as a fake word lol) to:
and gg/ DestinyTheGame; their community mods have been endlessly supportive in helping me start gg/CrucibleCollective, which is now thriving as a public server!
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POKEMON GO- huge ups to:
gg/DragonMonLeague and gg/AmpharosClan, who have been my friends for years! PokemonGoBrag in addition. ( and gg/ PokemonGo has also been very wonderful to me, but I will NOT put them as an official sponsor as I don't want all of the off-color memes on my Reddit profile to sully their name).
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Ululate and lament, TCG players of Azeroth! A new archetype for your most hated class has now come to fruition. I was told by many players better than myself that the deck would actually be more viable in Standard mode, but I've already hit Legend rank there twice so the idea didn't appeal to me so much as punishing an army of Highlander Priests, Secret Mages, and Battlecry Shaman who haven't had an original thought once in their meek lives (just joking with you guys, the wrought accessibility of polished T1 decks definitely hasn't turned this game into a glorified and insanely boring version of rock-paper-scissors at most levels >.>).
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So, that brings me to your first question, that you'll inevitably ask once you peep the list- that question is the main reason this DISCLAIMER SECTION is placed here in the first place:
WhErE iN tHe WoRlD dO yOu GeT oFf ThRoWiNg LeErOy InTo A sTaNdArD dEcK aNd CaLlInG iT a WiLd DeCk YoU cReTiN?!?! REEEEEEEEEEEE
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Well friends, the answer is very simple- I was hard walled at Diamond 3 with the full Wild hero power pack (Garrison Commander and Lowly Squire; couldn't find room for Tour Guide), until the aforementioned coach @ Fox explained to me that Demon Hunter is actually like the worst class to build hero power on, as its hero power is A) already cheap, and B) as such, doesn't do much compared to others. He helped me remove the Wild hero power kit, along with my Arcane Anomaly, and replace them with nice tempo cards like Frozen Shadoweaver, Stiltstepper, and Altruis the Outcast (he also added Acrobatics, which I found to be a tad clunky and was what I ended up switching out for Illidari Studies, the missing piece that SHOT ME FROM RANK 3 TO LEGEND IN A MERE HOUR OR TWO, THE EASIEST CLIMB I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED although it happened during casual time (weekend hours). The bottom line is, most cards that work well with Demon Hunter have come out since DH's inception
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Lemme hit you guys with the EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE matchup spread before we get into it (these are probably much higher than I can report; I'm not as good of a player as I am a homebrewer):
Secret Mage: ~60% wr
Token Druid: ~70% wr
Highlander Priest: >50% wr
Odd Demon Hunter: >60% wr (say hello to your second-ever Wild DH archetype, folks)
Tempo Pirate Face Weapon Rogue: ~57% wr
Pirate Warrior: 0% wr
Battlecry Shaman: 30% wr
***THIS DECK HAS NOT YET GONE UP AGAINST TILLER PRIEST, I HAVE THANKED GOD HIMSELF MANY A TIME ALREADY FOR LETTING ME HIT LEGEND BEFORE THAT FIASCO STARTED (shout out to Priest mains for once again being... jeez I don't even know the word I'm looking for without being too mean... although my comment earlier this month likening Priest mains to USA GOP members has a high upvote % at the moment).
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# Class: Demon Hunter
# Format: Wild
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# 1x (1) Battlefiend - He's your battlefriend. Cards that are mainstays in most aggro DH decks will from now on just be signified with the term **DH BS**
# 1x (1) Blazing Battlemage - **DH BS**
# 1x (1) Consume Magic- I thought this would be a great addition for the Wild ladder as there are more homebrewers and creative players there- I didn't remove it once I realized people follow a meta bible just like Standard; it won me enough games by that point tbth). My point is, you need as many ways to hop a taunt or lifesteal as you can get your hands on if trying to run a versatile aggro deck.
# 1x (1) Crimson Sigil Runner - It's just too funny to drop one off the left on turn 1 (although it's often not your best option). It sure confuses people after they've seen 6 Secret Mage matchups in a row lol.
# 1x (1) Demon Companion - "Let's make Animal Companion but for the Demon Hunter class, as we designed DH to basically take the reigns from Hunter as the garbo aggro class, same as Team 2 did all those years ago" -Team 5
# 1x (1) Guardian Augmerchant - **DH BS**
# 1x (1) Illidari Studies - I swear this card is the key, we will be seeing Outcast decks now. Same as Discard mechanism had a delay in becoming valid as they churned out cards guessing what would stick. I am SO CONFIDENT IN THE ABOVE STATEMENT as I am typing this guide frantically, hoping to still be able to say I was the first to create an Outcast archetype.
# 1x (1) Intrepid Initiate - **DH BS**
# 1x (1) Mana Burn - Most good Aggro DHs know other class' staple board clears, and pop this lil' guy off WITH EXTREME STRATEGY
# 1x (1) Twin Slice - I hate to say **DH BS** on this because it's also a staple in Soul decks in addition to Aggro decks... I was floored to learn that Demon Hunter class' staple card that the class is based around was nerfed and is STILL popular.
# 1x (2) Bonechewer Brawler - **DH BS**
# 1x (2) Chaos Strike - A good tip I wish to give to aspiring homebrewers, after over 4 cumulative years of homebrewing experience: the easiest way to lower the skillcap and heighten the winrate of your pet project is to add a cheap, damage-dealing spell or two.
# 1x (2) Redeemed Pariah - I was on the edge of my seat to see what they were planning to do with the Outcast mechanism when I saw this card announcement- 2x Pariah is gonna be seen as a staple once Outcast DH grows more.
# 1x (2) Sightless Watcher - "Let's make Tracking but for the Demon Hunter class, as we designed DH to basically take the reigns from Hunter as the garbo aggro class, same as Team 2 did all those years ago" -Team 5
# 1x (2) Spectral Sight - Tbth, sometimes you need to run this from the middle of your hand and waste its Outcast effect. There are a couple cards like that below- most of the time you pull wins off without using a deck in a PERFECTLY IDEAL way, unless it's an anti-aggro control deck I feel. It's a really hard habit I'm trying to break as I learn more about this game
# 1x (2) Umberwing - **DH BS** Sometimes you need to trash your second swing if you topdeck your Dreadlord's Bite at the right time.
# 1x (2) Wriggling Horror - One of the final things I got advice about that made the climb really easy- sometimes the right answer is to drop this card when you only have 1 other minion on the board. I know right?! I was surprised too- as I said, the "playing cards without them being fully optimized" is often necessary to win when playing aggro, and the opposite is a habit extremely ingrained into me.
# 1x (2) Zephrys the Great - BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT GENIE! "Your wish, *hair flip, stoney giggle*, is my suggestion!" ********** Notice there's no Dragonqueen Alexstraza in this deck- pretty sure the first incarnation of HL DH a few months back had it though, and THAT'S where that homebrewer went wrong.
# 1x (3) Dreadlord's Bite - **DH BS** If they're gonna nerf Eddie VanQueef to a 4-mana cost after all these years, this card DEFINITELY needs a SECOND nerf.
# 1x (3) Frozen Shadoweaver - It's like having a second Mana Burn that works differently- you can make the turn your opponent needs to win, fall apart right in front of their eyes.
# 1x (3) Line Hopper - It's cool to see him survive for a turn and help you burn your hand, even cooler to see him proc the ever-loving Jesus Christ out of Altruis, but in the end, 4/5 of the time he was just a 3-mana 3/4. "Board meat" is one of my favorite terms. He's gonna be there after you trigger Flame Ward. He's gonna be there after you get Breath of the Infinite smashed way up into your colon past its s-bend. HE'S. JUST. GONNA. BE. THERE. FOR. YOU. Like that guy nobody actually wants to date cuz they know they'll be the first to do so.
# 1x (3) Satyr Overseer - **DH BS** Later in the climb, if I had an amazing opening hand and good board presence like Bonechewer Brawler, sometimes I'd just put him out on turn 3 without proc'ing him. He definitely survived to get proc'd the next turn more often than I would have dreamed!!!
# 1x (3) Stiltstepper - I thought he only worked in Hyperaggro- my coach said "nay". Yeah, I now agree, 10 face damage on turn 9 feels like carving a snowboard through fresh powder.
# 1x (3) Voracious Reader - **DH BS** This isn't pre-nerf Stiltstepper Hyperaggro- you're really only looking for 1 or 2 cards out of her- AND SHE STILL PULLS HER WEIGHT IN THAT RESPECT. Remember, until this deck catches on, people won't know what to do, and wasting a nice spell on her in a hilarious misplay only you are aware of will put a smile on your face.
# 1x (4) Altruis the Outcast - 4/2 for 4 that sometimes clears board **and does face damage**. I still don't really know how to use him- he never survives until the next turn to be proc'd and I'm never sitting on turn 6 with him and 2 1-cost spells at the ends of my hand.
# 1x (4) Illidari Felblade - I don't care about the Immune effect's free trade, I care about how she hard counters both a Lifesteal mechanic AND Explosive Runes, a mainstay in the ever-popular "Darkmoon Wild Secret Mage".
# 1x (4) Kayn Sunfury - I think there's a reason they stopped printing Charge cards 0wO >.< ...
# 1x (4) Vilefiend Trainer - Another one that doesn't need to be proc'd. Why isn't this card a 3/4 for 4?! It seems very underrated to me.
# 1x (5) Leeroy Jenkins - "Hello, you've reached the scheduling service for Dr. G. Roy Lenkins, D.D.S., would you like to make an appointment?"
# 1x (6) Skull of Gul'dan - I thought I'd put a little shoutout to u/Scungabunf (everyone's favorite HSCirclejerk Oger) here, Oger-to-Oger: Skull of Fel'dan (6): Summon 3 2/3 Illidari. Outcast: Summon 5, and if your opponent played any kind of AoE last turn, fill your board with them.
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1. WHAT IS AGGRO?:

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Im gonna make this section brief, as a lot of what I'd like to put here was covered in my last guide featured on HS_Duels. I'm also going to copypasta 1 or 2 overarching points about TCGs overall into this section from that guide, as I feel they're important and this guide has a higher chance of being seen by more players.
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Aggro is not an aggressive deck that SMOrcs face, that's a common misconception. One of my favorite quotes I've created, which really helped the game click for me and allowed me to hit Standard Legend without co-op for the first time when it hit me, is this:
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"Even Face Hunters trade every weapon face swing and every minion that survives to attack."
THE DIFFERENCE IS, for these Face Hunters or Token Druids etc, most of the time the trades start to NOT pay off VERY EARLY in the game. Due to this, you'll find yourself spending 3 turns in a row going face, but as things progress, you might have to trade 1 or 2 minions in on something they lay down. Learning how to handle an Aggro vs. Aggro situation is the key to being able to move up towards higher-skillcap Midrange and Control decks.
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Another question I often get when it comes up in conversation that I'm starting to learn how to be a good aggro player, is this:
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"ttv/AceMcNastyUSAKlaus, how do I know when to push? To be a good Aggro player, you need to know how to play around spells, AoE spells, and Taunt minions you don't necessarily have an answer for, right?"
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Yes, and no. My coach, who used to be on a professional team and is well-respected around the CompHS community, would say yes. MOST *good* players in the CompHS community would agree with him there. I don't think you're reading this section of the guide if you're trying to turn your Top 500 finishes into Top 200 finishes or looking to become a Grandmaster, but I could be being presumptuous. I'm not a very good player, but I CAN tell you that if you just want to hit Dumpster Legend, or even get out of the Dumpster a few hundred ranks with aggro, you will have a fine time merely worrying about the below points:
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A- Know your mulligans. They change for every matchup and every meta- HECK, mine even change based upon my mood. Some cards you only keep if you see a nice line involving other cards your opening hand is showing. FOR THIS DECK, you're generally looking for 1-cost minions (not spells), Bill & Ted's Bogus Genie, or lines like Coin/BonecheweAugmerchant and Coin/Umberwing/Wriggling Horror.
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B- For your first 3-4 turns at least, when playing Aggro you MUST play your cards and execute your lines in a very specific order which allows for optimal trades (your game is basically won or lost by turn 5 I've found). This involves knowing the meta, and knowing your opponent's drops for those turns. This was a tip given to me by CompHS figureheads, and a good chunk of them all seemed to agree in bestowing this tip unto me.
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"Wait ttv/AceMcNastyUSAKlaus, it seems like you're saying the totality of any TCG is based upon evaluating trades, and choosing to make them versus going face? If that's the case, then HOW exactly do I make a good trade?"
Well... The answer to the above question is the part of the guide I'm gonna rip from my last guide, and probably finish with, because I truly feel it's mind-blowing for new and experienced players alike:
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Chess. Poker. Magic. What do all of these games have in common, which has kept them popular throughout thousands/over one hundred/tens of years???
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...They're the game of life. Literally. Not like the Milton Bradley Hasbro board game, come on, I'm actually being grave here- get up out my face with that. What I mean is this, and I'm as serious as can be, no meme, no troll, no /s:
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Think about it this way- how do you "win" a "game" of life? A game being something like... You're in a fight with your best friend, you suspect your s/o is cheating on you (shoutout relationshipadvice, buncha crazy college kids LARPing as yuppies, amirite?), your boss obviously doesn't like you and is keeping you from a promotion, you think your landlord is a common street hustler, etc.?
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You win these situations with only one single cure-all strategy. EVERY tiny, little, minuscule decision or action you make MUST be guided by ALL of the following, simultaneously:
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1. Who they are. Chad and Stacey? Sweatlord McGillicuddy? Karen McBoomerson? Creepy Stoner Uncle Dave?
2. What have they done in the past; what does their code of morals look like?
3. What kind of external stressors are they currently inflicting on you, what's the flavor of the day with the moody douchebag at hand?
4. How many PERTINENT/RELEVANT secrets/bits of information do you believe they're hiding/omitting/withholding from you?
5. If you do nothing about their garbo-level behavior, then for how long, realistically, can they keep this shit up?

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NOW READ THAT BACK TO ME IN TCG TERMS, ttv/AceMcNastyUSAKlaus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!11!!!1!!!1!!!11!11!11
*cheesy budget 70's film time travel/rewind sounds and visual effects *BETTER YET!!!* *Toki, Time-Tinker sfx and backwards-running clock visual effect*
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You win a game of hearthstone with only one single cure-all strategy. EVERY tiny, little card hover, card grab, minion placement, order of cards played, minions traded and faced, or emote button hit must be guided by all of the following, simultaneously:

1. What class are they playing?
2. What have the past turns looked like/what mulligans did they keep/throw?
3. What does their board look like?
4. How many cards are in their hand? What could they be (use an HSReplay-type client to see how long they've held on to each card).
5. How many cards are left in their deck? Did they use all of their assets to assemble a board or a hand?

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So yeah, that's why TCGs are so timeless. The game of life embodied in a pastime/hobby.
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Welp friends, it looks like I'm off to Twitter to try to roll with the momentum of this momentous accomplishment for a couple of weeks- I'll put all my links below, and will be trading follow4follow on all of my social medias until further notice (I will NOT shark you if you're willing to trade a follow with me).
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If you see me around the beautiful land of Azeroth as we all explore its many Hearthstone Taverns, be sure to say hello! I look forward to many more years being a part of this community with you.
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-Ace McNasty, USA Klaus Twitter: https://twitter.com/AceMcNastyHS Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/AceMcNastyUSAKlaus BNet: VrdisFelsoul#1447

What up big heads, got another music thread for you. As always spotify paylist below has everything posted here.
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NEW RELEASES:

• Jack Harlow - "Tyler Herro"

"The ones who hate me the most look just like me" is a fucking hilarious line. Slightly bummed we didn't get a verse from Tyler Herro but still a crazy smooth track with boi-1da production.

• The Wonder Years - "Brakeless"

FINALLY a song that doesn't just sound like Soupy whining over some slow guitars for 3 minutes. This one is released in celebration of the 10 year anniversary The Upsides and Suburbia, so they intentionally made this in the style of those albums. Personally I would love an entire album of this style.

• Ty Dolla $ign album - Featuring Ty Dolla $ign

The feature gawd himself flipped the script and called in a goddamn all-star feature list across the entire album. With that said, this is a very coherent album overall and honestly better than I was expecting. At 25 tracks long, you could say it's a little lengthy, but I recommend at least giving one full listen to see which songs you like. My personal highlights are "Time Will Tell", "Track 6", and "Temptations".

• Jean Dawson album - Pixel Bath

Literally just discovered this dude this morning from the fine folks over at hiphopheads and I'm VERY in on this guy. He legitimately doesn't really have a single genre that he fits in to which is pretty awesome. He reminds me a little bit of Brockhampton almost, just because of the frenzy of sounds he's got going on. Favorite tracks are "06 Burst", "Clear Bones", and "Power Freaks".

• Carlie Hanson album - DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy

Indie pop artist that I've been in to for the last couple years, seems like she went for a little bit of a "heavier" electronic vibe on this one. Favorite track is probably "Is That A Thing?"

• Bring Me The Horizon - "Teardrops"

I'm pretty indifferent on these guys in all honesty, but I know we got a few fans in here so wanted to make sure I threw it in.

• Less Than Jake - "Dear Me"

I listened to LTJ too much in middle school/high school to not include them on this, even if I'm not totally in love with this one...

• Cory Wong album - The Striped Album

Wearing striped shirts and making music, that's what Cory Wong does...No seriously, this dude legitimately does not stop releasing music between Vulfpeck and his solo stuff. Just some good ass funk/bluesy stuff here, bunch of the songs don't even have vocals. Highlights are "Lilypad" and "Massive" feat. Joe Satriani.

• Joe Bonamassa album - Royal Tea

More blues/blues rock for that ass. This dude just doesn't miss and is an actual wizard on the guitar. My favorite tracks are "I Didn't Think She Would Do It" and "Royal Tea".

• Wave Chapelle album - Waves Don't Die

Mentioned him a few times in here and I'll say it again, this dude deserves more attention than he's getting. Just an all around solid rapper, reminds me a bit of Joey Badass. Highlights are "Rainy Daze" and "Headed West".

• Vulfpeck album - The Joy Of Music, The Job Of Real Estate

After releasing practically the entire album as singles, full album is finally here. After you're done with Cory Wong, give this one a listen if you're into funk at all. Personal favorites are "3 On E" and "LAX".

• Peter Frampton Band - "Four Day Creep"

70 years old and still going strong, Frampton didn't hear no bell!

• Nas, Styles P, Ghostface Killah, Dave East, Remy Ma - "The Mecca"

The most New York song ever from the "Forty Year Old Version" movie on Netflix. Great verses all around but Nas still reigns supreme.
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OTHER STUFF:
Been a little bit since I did one of these, but I went on a White Stripes kick the other day after watching my guy Jack White on SNL. Admittedly I feel like I didn't give Icky Thump enough credit when it came out other than the title track, but holy shit is this album good. Specifically, "300 M.P.H Torrential Outpour Blues" is an incredible song that I must've played 100 times in the last week. I'm going skell hunting on anyone who slanders Jack White in this thread.
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That's a wrap for me, have a great weekend everyone

Hey guys, I just wanted to share with you an unofficial lyric video that I made for the song "Pull Up". Check it out :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0AV7by_0Wo

Hey guys,
I want to share with you a fan video that I made for the song "Pull Up" by Travis Scott. I hope you like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0AV7by_0Wo&list=LLyrITtkwzTsGdbj_XsYhE9w&index=2&t=0s

She's really cute and pretty. Charming and friendly. Loving and caring. She's also a Non-Catholic Christian. Basically a God-Girl. I just love everything about her.
Yes, I've confessed. Of course, she didn't reciprocate, but she appreciates me as a friend. She says she's not into guys. And no, she ain't lesbian. She's just the perfect crush material.
I've been looking up hopeless crush on the internet, and it's all about moving on. But I don't wanna move on. I wanna dwell in this amazing feeling of great infatuation.
I just wanna share this here. Get things off my chest. I'll try to improve and be a better version of myself this Christmas Break.
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