“Guys who are 7s are on the hunt for 6s but they’re actually 5s,” Red Pill mathematician explains

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By David Futrelle

One thing almost all online misogynists can agree about is that makeup is a lie — a way for women to hide their true ugliness and capture the attention of men who are objectively better-looking than them on that ten-point scale that these dudes are so obsessed with.

Some misogynists are so jealous and angry about these women supposedly dating above their station, looks wise, that they want makeup banned forever.

It’s easy to see how the allegedly involuntary celibate men who call themselves incels would get worked up about this: they;re convinced their own ugliness has rendered them permanently dateless, while women who are just as ugly as them can (supposedly) slap on a little lipstick and mascara and score themselves some Chad.

It’s a little more puzzling to see men who consider themselves Red Pill pickup artists extraordinaire, who spend much of their time trying to trick women into seeing them as hotshot alpha males, would complain about women “lying” with makeup, but they do.

You can see the full absurdity of this in a post on the Red Pill subreddit asking the question “Has make up made it harder for the average guy to get laid?”

Naturally, the OP, a guy calling himself masamune36, thinks this is so.

“You take two average looking people a guy and a girl,” he begins.

lets say on the looks scale they are both 5/10’s, put make up on the girl and that girl can EASILY become a 8/10, in fact I’m sure many of you have seen even more dramatic transformations where a girl who is way below average becomes quite stunning if she knows how to work that shit they lather all over their face’s right.

So an ordinary gal makes herself look more attractive. Isn’t this what everyone does? What’s the problem here?

As masamune36 sees it, there are two. First, it makes these girls think they’re actually kind of cute.

The girls that do this pretty much have this stuff on their face 24/7 every picture they post to social media will be this ‘masked’ version of themselves, even just going to the shops to buy some milk … I think many of these chicks actually start deluding themselves into thinking that is their true self and they are naturally beautiful and thus believe they deserve a man of similar looks and that 5/10 guy that was her equal is no longer good enough for her.

It’s amazing how often supposed Red Pill studmuffins sound exactly like incels.

Problem two?

The 5/10 man now looks at these women and starts doubting if hes good enough physically…he will probably approach with way less confidence… seriously take all that shit off her face and watch how different the interaction would go.

Meanwhile, there’s apparently nothing these guys can do to make themselves look better.

There is pretty much no way for a man to dramatically change his looks like this, at least not facially, i mean sure you can workout get a tan style your hair etc but that will only change you so much… the makeup these bitches apply is almost like they are walking around permanently photoshopped…

Let’s get the United Nations Human Rights Council to look in on this terrible injustice!

One Red Pill commenter tries to do the makeup math.

Basically guys who are 7s are on the hunt for virtual 6s but they’re actually 5s. A 6 who does not compete with all the fake stuff is then in there in the mix with the 5s who are jacked up. And a 5 who does not choose to jack herself up can’t compete for the 7.

When you get to an 8 guy who might be able to get an 8 girl, she can get to 9 or close to 10 with everything going right: clothes, makeup, hair, photoshop, instagram. 

If that’s all a little confusing for you, this might help:

The commenter then moves from makeup math to makeup economics:

Anything marketed with lies and falsehood is basically going to appeal to a wider range of customers. This means more interest for the product, and so a higher price.

In case you’re wondering, all of this will be on the exam.

This song seems oddly appropriate here: