Wednesday 4 October 2017

Fork Handle Hefner Adverts


There's a lot of condemnation of Hefner and his choice of women - and the same goes for Trump and indeed any elderly male with lots of money.


When all's said and done, isn't all mate selection based on trade offs? There has to be something in it for both parties, whether that be youth, attractiveness, fecundity, protection or financial security, else what's the point? One of these criteria trigger the flood of oxytocin we call love. The concept of the elderly, rich male with a young female just moves one of the selection criteria somewhat further along the scale into the outliers and condemnation is somewhat hypocritical.

The oxytocin hit may be a little lower though and rational analysis may play a greater role  (unless, according to Hay, the elderly male is Robert Redford). The purpose of the oxytocin, by the way, is to cloud your judgement and mask the fact you may be aligning yourself with someone who looks like a haddock. In that manner, its effect is similar to that of money.

Analyse and discuss.

Got the annual supply of candles from IKEA yesterday. £48, less an IKEA voucher for a tenner from last year.

 

I'm not risking buying them online again, even though I do end up with three times the amount for the same price due to breakages in the post (and the tenner voucher).

Getting full page adverts popping up on my mobile of late, like this one. The logo in the top right is Ad Choices.


Not sure which app is causing it, but I suspect it's Facebook Messenger. Anyone else with similar problems?


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