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Is your subordinate at least 25% better than your current wife?

ourania, Melon maxxi @ouranor • Feb 12 Okay, so I want the advice Hey, my subordinate just told me they have a crush on me. I'm married 1.9K 231K ₁ 126 24 semi fungible individual @CyrusOfHearts Is your subordinate at least 25% better than your current wife? ●●● 1:49 PM Feb 12, 2024 · 24.6K Views
ourania, Melon maxxi @ouranor • Feb 12 Okay, so I want the advice Hey, my subordinate just told me they have a crush on me. I'm married 1.9K 231K ₁ 126 24 semi fungible individual @CyrusOfHearts Is your subordinate at least 25% better than your current wife? ●●● 1:49 PM Feb 12, 2024 · 24.6K Views

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OK, here's the thing about this discourse: the reason I can't find somebody 20% or 50% or even 1000% "better" than my wife is that she's the mother of...

wanye @wanyeburkett OK, here's the thing about this discourse: the reason I can't find somebody 20% or 50% or even 1000% "better" than my wife is that she's the mother of my children, which is worth infinite points. Absent children, nobody cares what you do. :
wanye @wanyeburkett OK, here's the thing about this discourse: the reason I can't find somebody 20% or 50% or even 1000% "better" than my wife is that she's the mother of my children, which is worth infinite points. Absent children, nobody cares what you do. :

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that’s basically the ideal

RK (Kate) @rk_wiggs there was a Matt Bruenig comment where he once said something like "if you're married, the idea of looking for a better wife to replace your wife should seem as weird as looking for a better brother to replace your brother" & I think that's basically the ideal Cartoons Hate Her! @CartoonsHateHer Feb 7 Re: finding someone xyz% better than your spouse, I think once you're legally married you have to accept that you may meet someone 500% better than your partner and you are obligated to ignore that person and stay with your partner especially if you have kids. : 11:14 AM. Feb 7, 2024 284.9K Views
RK (Kate) @rk_wiggs there was a Matt Bruenig comment where he once said something like "if you're married, the idea of looking for a better wife to replace your wife should seem as weird as looking for a better brother to replace your brother" & I think that's basically the ideal Cartoons Hate Her! @CartoonsHateHer Feb 7 Re: finding someone xyz% better than your spouse, I think once you're legally married you have to accept that you may meet someone 500% better than your partner and you are obligated to ignore that person and stay with your partner especially if you have kids. : 11:14 AM. Feb 7, 2024 284.9K Views

Finding a 25 Percent Better Partner
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Re: finding someone xyz% better than your spouse, I think once you’re legally married you have to accept that you may meet someone 500% better than yo...

Cartoons Hate Her! @CartoonsHateHer : Re: finding someone xyz% better than your spouse, I think once you're legally married you have to accept that you may meet someone 500% better than your partner and you are obligated to ignore that person and stay with your partner especially if you have kids. 11:07 AM Feb 7, 2024 565.5K Views
Cartoons Hate Her! @CartoonsHateHer : Re: finding someone xyz% better than your spouse, I think once you're legally married you have to accept that you may meet someone 500% better than your partner and you are obligated to ignore that person and stay with your partner especially if you have kids. 11:07 AM Feb 7, 2024 565.5K Views

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He found someone 25% better than you

M @promisebender He found someone 25% better than you Esplin Daniel @growing_daniel. Feb 7 did he do a mass block or am I special B) Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky P(B) You're blocked You can't follow or see @ESYudkowsky's posts. Learn more 4:50 AM. Feb 7, 2024 577 Views ... : ...
M @promisebender He found someone 25% better than you Esplin Daniel @growing_daniel. Feb 7 did he do a mass block or am I special B) Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky P(B) You're blocked You can't follow or see @ESYudkowsky's posts. Learn more 4:50 AM. Feb 7, 2024 577 Views ... : ...

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You shouldn't feel the urge to abandon the woman who has built her life with yours, even if a 79% "better" woman comes along.

Overeducated Gibbon @MostlyMonkey You shouldn't feel the urge to abandon the woman who has built her life with yours, even if a 79% "better" woman comes along. 9:34 PM Feb 6, 2024 190.1K Views NUAL REPORT TOWN
Overeducated Gibbon @MostlyMonkey You shouldn't feel the urge to abandon the woman who has built her life with yours, even if a 79% "better" woman comes along. 9:34 PM Feb 6, 2024 190.1K Views NUAL REPORT TOWN

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Have you considered that if you are in a committed relationship and you meet a totally new person who is "25% better" than your partner, then perhaps ...

Liminal Warmth @liminal_warmth Have you considered that if you are in a committed relationship and you meet a totally new person who is "25% better" than your partner, then perhaps you are not investing enough in relationships and may not really understand what they're about? This is in reference to discourse 2:00 PM Feb 6, 2024 28.1K Views ... .
Liminal Warmth @liminal_warmth Have you considered that if you are in a committed relationship and you meet a totally new person who is "25% better" than your partner, then perhaps you are not investing enough in relationships and may not really understand what they're about? This is in reference to discourse 2:00 PM Feb 6, 2024 28.1K Views ... .

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would you still love me if you found a 75% better worm?

Marmot @MarmotRespecter would you still love me if you found a 75% better worm? 2:01 AM Feb 6, 2024 · 3,934 Views
Marmot @MarmotRespecter would you still love me if you found a 75% better worm? 2:01 AM Feb 6, 2024 · 3,934 Views

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I trade up for a 10% better wife every year, she just happens to be the same human I started dating 20 years ago

M Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv I trade up for a 10% better wife every year, she just happens to be the same human I started dating 20 years ago Meanwhile I keep hearing from people people who underestimated the switching costs when you're trying to migrate your meaning ecosystem to a whole new partner : Eliezer Yudkowsky in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25% /125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers @ESYudkowsky Feb 4 · 2:09 AM Feb 5, 2024 · 327.1K Views .
M Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv I trade up for a 10% better wife every year, she just happens to be the same human I started dating 20 years ago Meanwhile I keep hearing from people people who underestimated the switching costs when you're trying to migrate your meaning ecosystem to a whole new partner : Eliezer Yudkowsky in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25% /125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers @ESYudkowsky Feb 4 · 2:09 AM Feb 5, 2024 · 327.1K Views .

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why would you dump your partner for someone 25% better when you can just slowly nag them into becoming 25% better like a normal person

Béatrice Leydier @BeaLeydier why would you dump your partner for someone 25% better when you can just slowly nag them into becoming 25% better like a normal person 10:39 PM. Feb 5, 2024 · 116.5K Views
Béatrice Leydier @BeaLeydier why would you dump your partner for someone 25% better when you can just slowly nag them into becoming 25% better like a normal person 10:39 PM. Feb 5, 2024 · 116.5K Views

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If you ever find somebody 1% better than your wife you should divorce her immediately for the new girl.

Lukas (computer) @SCHIZO_FREQ If you ever find somebody 1% better than your wife you should divorce her immediately for the new girl. "Love" and "commitment" are demonic lies spread by satan to prevent you from achieving a beautiful new wife who's 1% better 4:55 PM Feb 5, 2024 · 20K Views
Lukas (computer) @SCHIZO_FREQ If you ever find somebody 1% better than your wife you should divorce her immediately for the new girl. "Love" and "commitment" are demonic lies spread by satan to prevent you from achieving a beautiful new wife who's 1% better 4:55 PM Feb 5, 2024 · 20K Views

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um actually the correct way to do it is to reject the first 37% of partners (that's 1/e btw) and then pick the first potential partner you see that's ...

prerat @prerationalist um actually the correct way to do it is to reject the first 37% of partners (that's 1/e btw) and then pick the first potential partner you see that's the better than anyone in that 37% 2:41 PM Feb 5, 2024 190.2K Views .
prerat @prerationalist um actually the correct way to do it is to reject the first 37% of partners (that's 1/e btw) and then pick the first potential partner you see that's the better than anyone in that 37% 2:41 PM Feb 5, 2024 190.2K Views .

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Followed Eliezer’s advice and had this convo. I said 175%, she said 3%.

Deva Hazarika @devahaz Followed Eliezer's advice and had this convo. I said 175%, she said 3%. Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky. Feb 4 in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25%/125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers 11:53 AM. Feb 5, 2024 94.3K Views
Deva Hazarika @devahaz Followed Eliezer's advice and had this convo. I said 175%, she said 3%. Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky. Feb 4 in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25%/125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers 11:53 AM. Feb 5, 2024 94.3K Views

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This is such a cursed worldview

Ruxandra Teslo @RuxandraTeslo This is such a cursed worldview 09:16 Ellezer Yuakowsky @ESYudkowsky 02:00 05/02/2024 From Earth 75K Views in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25%/125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers See Similar Posts 2 Reposts 44 Quotes 136 Likes 60 Bookmarks Post your reply Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudko.... 7h (Marriage makes sense as a promise not to do that period; but if so, you want to make sure that both partners are on the same page about that. Not everyone assumes that marriage means that.) 6 172 4:18 AM - Feb 5, 2024 1.2M Views Follow 口 Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudko... .7h Her: I am never, ever letting you go unless I find someone 75% better. Me: Works for me. 16 124 OO (6 S 53 ₁11K 51 ↑ ₁10K E
Ruxandra Teslo @RuxandraTeslo This is such a cursed worldview 09:16 Ellezer Yuakowsky @ESYudkowsky 02:00 05/02/2024 From Earth 75K Views in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25%/125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers See Similar Posts 2 Reposts 44 Quotes 136 Likes 60 Bookmarks Post your reply Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudko.... 7h (Marriage makes sense as a promise not to do that period; but if so, you want to make sure that both partners are on the same page about that. Not everyone assumes that marriage means that.) 6 172 4:18 AM - Feb 5, 2024 1.2M Views Follow 口 Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudko... .7h Her: I am never, ever letting you go unless I find someone 75% better. Me: Works for me. 16 124 OO (6 S 53 ₁11K 51 ↑ ₁10K E

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Me, a rational agent: Not so fast, buster.

tater tot @parakeetnebula Him, lying in a hospital bed after a catastrophic car accident leaving him paralyzed from the waist down: Thank you for loving me even when it's difficult Me, a rational agent: Not so fast, buster. Our contract clearly states I'm entitled to a tax-free upgrade should I stumble upon someone 10%/25%/125% better than you. And, let's face it, in your current state, practically anyone with a pulse and the ability to walk to the bathroom unassisted is scoring at least 10% higher than you. So, I'm exercising my right to upgrade. It's nothing personal, just trying to maintain my standard of living here. Best of luck with, you know, everything. [I sashay out of the hospital] : CUT TO: parking lot [ the air fills with the sound of tires screeching against asphalt as I peel out of the hospital, racing off to what promises to be a significantly less complicated romantic engagement, only to get t-boned by a Prius. I am sent back to the hospital with severe injuries, culminating in the loss of my lower limbs.] Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky. Feb 4 in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25%/125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers 1:54 AM - Feb 5, 2024 214.2K Views
tater tot @parakeetnebula Him, lying in a hospital bed after a catastrophic car accident leaving him paralyzed from the waist down: Thank you for loving me even when it's difficult Me, a rational agent: Not so fast, buster. Our contract clearly states I'm entitled to a tax-free upgrade should I stumble upon someone 10%/25%/125% better than you. And, let's face it, in your current state, practically anyone with a pulse and the ability to walk to the bathroom unassisted is scoring at least 10% higher than you. So, I'm exercising my right to upgrade. It's nothing personal, just trying to maintain my standard of living here. Best of luck with, you know, everything. [I sashay out of the hospital] : CUT TO: parking lot [ the air fills with the sound of tires screeching against asphalt as I peel out of the hospital, racing off to what promises to be a significantly less complicated romantic engagement, only to get t-boned by a Prius. I am sent back to the hospital with severe injuries, culminating in the loss of my lower limbs.] Eliezer Yudkowsky @ESYudkowsky. Feb 4 in a world of greater legibility, romantic partners would have the conversation about "I'd trade up if I found somebody 10%/25%/125% better than you" in advance, and make sure they have common knowledge of the numbers 1:54 AM - Feb 5, 2024 214.2K Views

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