Be it a personality quirk, something they’re wearing, or just the way they look. What makes them instantly hot?

  • BurgerBaron@piefed.social
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    27 days ago

    I’m attracted to women with a more traditionally masculine personality or presentation. The helpers/protectors. Or non-binary. Bonus points if their whole Look is to deliberately intimidate strangers.

    TL;DR image basically this but in all black.

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    1. That they give a shit about other people, and contribute in some way to their community/society.
    2. Capacity for/evidence of personal growth. This one’s not always easy to see, but it’s amazing when you do.
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    27 days ago

    A good wink. A guy can be medium attractive or not my type, but if they make a little joke and then give me individually a subtle wink, I’m smitten.

    Not talking about a compliment followed by a wink. A joke, and then they let me in on it with them with a wink.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      26 days ago

      How do you feel if someone who is not medium attractive winks at you?

      Or if they just say something weird, like a joke you don’t appreciate, and wink at you?

      I guess there has to be some kind of established not-a-creepy-stranger before risking a wink becomes appropriate.

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        26 days ago

        Physically unattractive, but a good wink would still pique my interest, but it’s never happened to me. Winking is kind of rare. It’s like proof that they’re fast, clever, and confident, and that they desire a rapport with me.

        Yes, the wink has to be paired with something clever, or wise, or nice. Some kind of friendly banter. You’d have to be already attractive to wink out of the blue, but if you’re already attractive and you wink, I’d probably like that too. It’s conveying interest. It’s conspiratorial and playful.

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    26 days ago

    It is confidence. It is always always always confidence. Close the thread there’s your answer for everything.

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      26 days ago

      But then you run into the dunning kruger effect. Way too many assholes and idiots with obscene amounts of it

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    27 days ago

    I’m going to be so shallow as to claim that if they look attractive, I find that instantly hot.

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    26 days ago

    Unapologetic intellectual curiosity! I absolutely love being around people who love learning new things and who get excited to find out more when they discover a new topic.
    It’s one of the first qualities that really stood out when I first met my husband - in a University lecture with 1000 people, he just nonchalantly sat down in the frontmost row because that’s where he could hear the professor the best and ask questions. No shyness or awkwardness about it, which I found incredibly inspiring for some reason! I usually hid in one of the back rows because I was massively overthinking everything and afraid that the professor might call me out when he sees me not paying attention.

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    Unfortunately, I seem to favor the neurotic. It’s not a thing I can control. I know damn well not to act on it, but attraction/infatuation can be a bastard sometimes. On the flip side, on the not-instant side of things, plenty of togetherness and shows of affection and tenderness can also call forth attraction over time.

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        27 days ago

        TBF to the guy, I never believed in instant love either for the longest time. Then a couple really shitty things happened, and I was pretty much left with zero emotional anchors. Then attraction/infatuation suddenly went wild, and I was so not ready to cope with it. Maybe that dude is just not there yet for one reason or another. It’s hard to believe in an experience you haven’t had yet.

        • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          27 days ago

          I believe he’s taking the question literally, as op asking for some universal truth instead of what each one of us finds personally irresistible.

          • ICCrawler@lemmy.world
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            27 days ago

            I mean, that seems like a pretty dumb conclusion for him to jump to, but yeah, it could be the case I suppose.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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      27 days ago

      Doesn’t have to be the same attribute for everybody, but most people will find at least one thing universally attractive.

      (Or two. Booooobies…)