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#1

Thought this article would do well in the Water Cooler section

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/science/for-couples-time-can-upend-the-laws-of-attraction.html

Short version… people who start dating as soon as they meet tend to be similarly attractive physically. However, our perceptions of who’s attractive and who isn’t changes over time and if people know each other for a little while, the dispersion in relative attractiveness can grow by a lot.

Nothing earth-shattering here, but some of the details in the article are interesting.

#2

So, there is a point to being in the friendzone?

#3

^ Yes!

#4

According to the article, this leads to you marrying ugly chicks.

#5

unless you look like pikachu or a german shepherd, and in that case, you may score a JBrowntown