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- What I've noticed women seem to find attractive in men is:
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- being tall
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- having a symmetrical face
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- good skin
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- being in shape
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- smiling
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- confidence
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- being well-groomed (clothing)
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- connecting with people
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- sense of humor
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- being seen as the social center of a room
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- having some exciting lifestyle (eg competitive motocrosser, athlete, musician)
Smiling
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- What I've noticed is that there's no great way to fake this; if you're happy you'll be smiling, otherwise you won't be.
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- Things I think I've noticed that make people happy:
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- Getting enough sleep
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- Exercise (eg indoor soccer or lifting). I've found I feel the best during the same day that I do the activity, so for example I'll feel very talkative after playing indoor soccer. Or (as I write this) I feel much more cheerful at work if I worked out that morning.
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- Being in a healthy relationship with someone who makes you feel good / wanted
Connecting with people
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- I should spend some time thinking about exercises that would help someone get better at this.
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- I should also spend some time thinking about how to do this as efficiently as possible (eg not wasting lots of time talking to people all day)
Sense of humor
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- I should spend some time thinking about what makes people 'funny'
- Some thoughts:
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- exaggeration
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- telling funny stories?
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- making fun of yourself?
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- talking about things you have found funny? (eg me relating some video I had seen where the ending to a harry potter novel is revealed to someone waiting in line for the novel)
Clothing
Reddit - PSA: Guide to washing clothes and dry cleaning
http://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvi ... _cleaning/
- This seems like an excellent guide to me.
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eBay - How to Launder a Lacoste Polo
http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-Launder- ... 527/g.html
- very useful
Footwear
Sandals
- These look cool, IDK how comfortable they are: GIANLUCA - HANDMADE SANDALS # 564 U MORO CUOIO
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- The sole looks like it's just a piece of leather. That can't be very comfortable after a day of walking around.
- Birkenstocks are supposed to be really comfortable, but people say they look ugly. I don't think they look ugly, but I haven't tried them on my feet...
Watches
General Tips
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- Consider how heavy the watch is! I bought a Seiko 5 and the weight of the watch is compressing a vein that passes over the top of my wrist, to the point where it's uncomfortable and makes me want to take off the watch.
- Search Google for "nice old wrist watch".
- Beginner's Guide to Major Watch Brands
http://www.chronocentric.com/watches/brands.shtml - NATO strap
http://natostrapsco.com/
http://gearpatrol.com/2014/01/07/icon-nato-strap/
http://themonsieur.com/2012/11/25/the-m ... ch-straps/ - 2012.08.19 - Forbes - A Plea For The Dress Watch
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jackforster ... ess-watch/
- MI: dress watches should be flat and minimalistic: no numbers, no second-hand. Don't wear a Rolex with a tuxedo. - 2012.09.02 - Forbes - Wanna Buy A Watch? Vintage Vs. New: A Guide For The Perplexed
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jackforster ... perplexed/
- "I discovered that half the fun of owning a watch is, like the fulfillment of all desires, about the pursuit –shopping around is fun and ownership is the beginning of something, but also the end." [Nathan: Hmm...that's not good.]
- The "Seiko 5" is a good $75 mechanical watch: "keeps time quite nicely, within reason, and will run gamely for decades even if you ignore its most basic needs for an occasional cleaning and oiling"
- Beware going to a boutique, they will seduce you and you'll end up paying more.
- Look for a good "multi-brand authorized retailer", where the salesperson actually tries to figure out what the best watch for you will be.
- "don’t buy from a salesperson who tries to rush you; don’t let yourself be upsold from your budget; and above all, don’t rush to buy anything –whatever it is that catches your eye, sleep on it."
Rolex
Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/search/jewelry?q=rolex
Tynan's Ebay search:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Wristwatches-/3 ... rmvSB=true
2012.09.03 - The Rolex Problem: A (Semi) Rational Look At The World's Most Recognized Watch
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jackforster ... zed-watch/
MI - People often go through three stages of opinion re: Rolex watches: First they love them, then they learn about other watches and don't like Rolexes, and then they realize over the years that their Rolexes are actually really good watches (reliable).
2012 - Rolexes: Why They're Awesome and How to Get Them Dirty Cheap
http://tynan.com/community/buyrolex
Hair
My hair
It seems like I should probably keep my hair buzzed short or shaved all the way.
- The barber on Uni. Ave in Palo Alto who saw me with my hair grown out and then buzzed it all off thought I looked much better with it buzzed.
- John said he thought I looked better with my hair grown out but with the beard kept short / groomed instead of grown out longer.
- M. thought I looked better with my head buzzed.
- In college, when I was 21, someone thought I looked like I was in my 40s with my hair / beard grown out.
- Dev said he thought I looked much better with my head shaved than with my hair grown out.
Hairstyles (head)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hairstyles
The "regular" style is what I think I prefer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_haircut
- Now I just need to figure out the specifics of how I prefer it to be cut.
- I think if you buzz your head very very short or shave your head to be totally bald, people will notice the shape of your head more than if you have some hair. So whether or not you should buzz your hair all the way off or leave a little hair on your head would seem to be a little determined by the shape of your head
Hairstyles (facial hair)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_facial_hairstyles
Hair cuts
- I asked a 20-something sales guy who is very well-groomed and has his hair looking neat, he said he gets his hair cut every 4-5 weeks, "whenever I can, whenever I remember". The cut costs $18-19 and he pays $20. He says the woman doesn't seem to mind not getting a big tip.
Treating hair loss
Elon Musk has probably the most dramatic reversal of hair-loss that I've seen. It seems that he used follicular unit transplantation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follicular ... plantation
...which is an advanced type of hair transplantation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_transplantation
..which isn't exactly what it sounds like; you don't take the scalp off a dead body and strap it to your head. You remove small units of hair from other parts of your body and move them to the top of your head. Somehow the hair ends up looking like regular head hair instead of leg hair. IDK how it works.
Other related links:
http://www.quora.com/Hair/Where-did-Elo ... transplant
http://www.quora.com/Elon-Musk/How-has- ... s-baldness
http://hollywoodhairloss.com/elon-musk- ... ransplant/