EmotionalMidnight@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy NSFW@lemmynsfw.comEnglish · 6 days agoWhat's the youngest age you'd date?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the youngest age you'd date?EmotionalMidnight@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy NSFW@lemmynsfw.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVing Thor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoA friend of mine introduced the “creepiness rule”: if ((age_of_older_partner / 2) - 7 > age_of_younger_partner) { let creepy = true; } I think it is a pretty good approximation.
minus-squareMaestro@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoThat’s the XKCD rule. Half your age + 7. See https://xkcd.com/314/
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThis long predates XKCD. It predates the web.
minus-squarejellyfishhunter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIsn’t that supposed to be a ‘+7’ ?
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days ago(your age / 2 + 7) or ((your age - 7) * 2)
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThese yield very different results
A friend of mine introduced the “creepiness rule”:
if ((age_of_older_partner / 2) - 7 > age_of_younger_partner) { let creepy = true; }I think it is a pretty good approximation.
That’s the XKCD rule. Half your age + 7. See https://xkcd.com/314/
This long predates XKCD. It predates the web.
Isn’t that supposed to be a ‘+7’ ?
Yes. Fixed it.
(your age / 2 + 7) or ((your age - 7) * 2)
These yield very different results
Yes, it’s a lower and upper limit