A math lesson, an honest rating scale & why computers are less hung up about dating than you

Alright class, take a seat. I want to talk to you about math. Humans, with our 10 fingers and 10 toes, have naturally developed a BASE 10 number system. Basically, that means we have 10 digits at our disposal: 0 - 9. When we need to go higher, we append the next highest digit in front of the lowest and start again. So 9 becomes 10, 19 becomes 20 and you see the pattern from here.

Computers on the other hand, don’t have fingers & toes at their disposal. A computer can only sense if a circuit has current running through it or not. Basically one of two states. Call it what you like: on/off, opened/closed, true/false, but for the sake of storing the state of the circuit, the computer designates it a 1 or 0. This is called the BASE 2 system, or as we nerds refer to it: binary.

People’s natural inclination towards BASE 10 surfaces in every numbers game we play, including dating. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve overheard (or *ahem* participated) in the ratings game.

“She’s a hard 7.”
“Fuck off, she’s at least an 8.”

Some assholes even get decimal pointing involved. And evidently a half point is a BIG FUCKING DEAL. Ugh. This is all bullshit of course.

The only real rating needed is: Would you or wouldn’t you?

Yes or no.

1 or 0.

Class dismissed, see everybody next week.

Kyle

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