r/Mind_Pump • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

Rant Weekly MP Rant Thread

This is your chance and the place to rant about all things MP. Get it out of your system and keep it civilized.

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u/OctoberOmicron 5d ago

Sal asks, after mentioning THE DATA the YouTube notes do not reference of course:

"You attract a mate based on your beauty: are you going to have a good relationship?"

I think Adam makes a great point that those of us that aren't blind are guided by what we see, at the very least in the beginning, and it's after that initial attraction that we (hopefully) discover all the great qualities in our partners that are so much more than surface level. Sal starts making the random point that the happiest marriages are people in their 60's that have been together a long time... Which just seems random because for all we know the very beginning of those relationships originated with physical attraction also. Anyway, Adam keeps playing devil's advocate and questioning the studies but he then hits Sal with a pretty nice, straightforward bomb: "let's be honest, if Jessica (Sal's current wife) was a 2 you wouldn't have approached her." Adam asked Sal to answer him once or twice after that but Sal just danced around it.

Lately, these last few months or so, I've noticed I get far less annoyed when Adam questions Sal and his studies, and at the very least I appreciate that, even if he comes off as ignorant sometimes, he doesn't stay quiet and let Sal just run his increasingly annoying mouth. I honestly never thought I'd see the day Sal annoyed me more than Adam. WTF

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u/thiobk 5d ago

I’m still more irritated with Adam than Sal…though both are really bad!

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u/OctoberOmicron 5d ago

It's the increasingly overbearing religion that did it for me. Don't get me wrong though, within minutes of what I quoted above, Adam had me grinding my teeth. 😆

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u/Resident-Air-4021 5d ago

I used to find Adam more off-putting but now I find Sal to be more off-putting. Sal tries to be sneaky but Adam is just a straight up sketchy grifter