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No, actually not. There are different standards for different folks. My standards are different. Yet, my standards are still valid.

This is just another example of downsizing. Consider yourself fortunate that they did not bring you a demitasse, and then leave it half empty. I thought that you were a half-full kind of person.

So then, one must ask oneself what one considers to be criteria for judging sexiness. For me, there are several important criteria. And, if you wish to know what my criteria are, then please just take a closer look at Erin Isabelle Burnett.

There ARE NO proven facts in Science, nor in our World that we call "reality". I am sure that you realize this to be true.

Sorry for the typo, and I meant: There is no absolute standard for beauty. Yet, one's preferences are also partially encoded in one's genes.

Alas, I was born too late.

Not drinking black coffee is not the Topic! It is the inability to appreciate Sarah Vaughan's music which is the characteristic that I would find difficult to accept in any friend of mine. And, this is the question posed in the Topic: Could you be close friends with someone who could not?

So then, is it you that has changed or is it she?

And, AGAIN, there is just too much evidence to argue otherwise! So, feel free to dive into the research concerning whether or not culture affects preferences. There is a genetic component to this, as well. And then, what about aesthetics, and choices based on aesthetics? (This is just one article, and there are better ones out there.) https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/51672/1/67052879X.pdf

So, anyway, you are just demonstrating my point that culture is a key influence for deciding one's tastes in women, music, and much more. This cannot be explained by logic; preferences, I mean. There is no absolute standard for beauty. One's preferences are also partially coded in one's genes.

Yes. Lobotomy. This simple procedure should lessen your constant and incessant worrying over how to stop the obsessive-compulsive behavior you see in others.

Well, I guess I would not search in PNG for any attractive individuals. And the reason is that PNG culture is not as appealing to me as what I am used to... Having been raised on The Main Line.

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I hope you will remove that ugly Energy Sticker, the yellow, green and red one, sometime during this long weekend. These are the ugliest stickers in the entire world. Aesthetically speaking, I am very surprised they are allowed in Thailand. Please remove it!

I have about 40 x 1.5 liter bottles of water in my refrigerators. All that water adds thermal mass, and keeps the fridge temps very even. I buy 6 of those 20-liter water jugs from a delivery company. Then I fill up all 40 of the 1.5-liter bottles. And now I am ready for the long holiday. I do not add lemon to the water. Instead, I brew Chinese tea, and add ice to the tea, and then I can top up the ice-tea glasses with 0.5 degree C water from the fridge, as required. This is all that I will be consuming, in the way of beverage, this weekend. Just Chinese Tea from Sichuan, and Ice Water from the fridge. The water delivery company is a good one, too.

Priceless.... Best comeback I've heard this year.

This was NOT a prank This was both a bit of humor... And, this humor was humor with A BARB directed at the idiots at CrowdStrike who actually DID what this comedian only pretended to admit doing. He was saying, only, that the CrowdStrike guys are FOOLS for what they had done.

Fortunately, no BSOD issue for me, today. Knock on wood... CrowdStrike's language is so very Orwellian. CrowdStrike Sucks the Big One. I will never use anything but Linux, ever again.

Crowdstrike has struck! Never go with Microsoft products. Always choose LINUX, and preferably OpenSUSE, or SLE Suse. We ALL love OpenSource!

Dear Folks, The answer is a resounding....YES! Especially from my cultural perspective. Yes, I do believe that Erin is one of the most attractive women alive today. For one thing, she is not too young for me. And, for another thing, she grew up in Maryland, which is not too far from The Main Line. And so, it's all about culture. I believe that our preferences for women, meaning the types of women we find super attractive, says more about us than it does about the women who turn us on. And so, what is the type of woman that you find most attractive? Unfortunately, I never found my Erin Burnett. I know that there is still time. But also, I realize that time is too short in this life. Best regards, Gamma

I say... "NO NO NO" I prefer black music (jazz, jazz instrumental, jazz singing, of the decades 1940s, 1950s. 1960s.)

Meaning a Brit of which period in Britain's cultural history?

There is no single American culture. There are American cultures of different periods in American history. In addition, I have resided outside America for most of my life, and so the cultures that have shaped my preferences are not the same for those who have remained in the American culture of the 50s, as it has continued to evolve until present day.

Again, it is NOT about beauty, superficial beauty. And, what is culturally beautiful to me is not the same for you. And, I choose my friends based upon culture, almost predominantly.

You are exactly correct, and this is the point of this Topic. Culture matters. In my view, Sarah Vaughan is far better than Chapman ever could be. Yet, I still like Chapman, a graduate of Tufts, which is a cultural plus for me.