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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Many moons ago, I heard this idea about Russia, and why they had so many attractive women.

It was posited that due to their substantial wartime losses from WW2, there were far more women than men in the populace, so any dude could snag a hottie. And then they had progeny that also grew up to be hotties, creating a higher density of hot people.

I don't know if this is real, but I think it's interesting to think about.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

noncredibleeugenics (or to be more technically correct, oversimplified and misapplied mendelian genetics).

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know if this is real, but I think it's interesting to think about.

Sure interesting to think about, but it's definitely not that easy, genetics are hella complicated and humans are not peas.

[–] RamblingPanda 17 points 1 month ago

humans are not peas

Speak for yourself, flesh-plant!

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Sounds credible, reminds me of this old Icelandic beer ad where they asked why Ireland has no pretty women and Iceland is full of them. Blame the Vikings

[–] nxn@biglemmowski.win 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Exactly, she’s so hot.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

No, I'm much uglier.

[–] Taalen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Russia has particularly many attractive women? Russia has many women that use silly amounts of makeup, but this is probably the first I hear of Russia considered having an unusual amount of attractive women.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

It has a lot of women in bad economic circumstances ready to enter some kind of sex work. So that's nice.