Sorry guys, your favorite cargo shorts could be ruining your love life.
Ever wonder what qualities set the hot apart from the not-so-hot on dating apps?
Hater, which cleverly matches people based on their shared distaste for things, has mined its considerable trove of data on what their male users favor and despise to find out. Turns out there are some revealing differences to be found in what topics the hots and nots disagreed on most strongly.
To parse all this they divided the men into segments and looked at topics liked by the 10 percent considered most attractive (meaning they collected the most right swipes) and by the 10 percent who were least attractive (those were swiped left on the most). Obviously this isn’t always about being physically hot, but about having the right combination of ingredients to make you especially right-swipeable.
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The biggest points of contention between the two groups were cargo shorts and PBR. You wouldn't think either would be that controversial, but life is full of surprises. Anyway, where do you stand? Because you're about to either feel really good or really bad about yourself. *drumroll*
It was, spoiler alert, the least attractive 10 percent that was disproportionately fond of cargo shorts compared to their more attractive counterparts. The hotties, for their part, dug PBR considerably more than those at the bottom of the pile did.
As for what else defined the lowest 10 percent, they were very into using data and staying inside on a nice day. They also favored long shorts (what is it with these dudes and their shorts?!), Anime, Pokemon Go, and Windows (the OS, not the thing you look out of). So basically, sorry, all you indoor boys.
Meanwhile, the top 10 percent of guys were most into PBR, superfoods, and hair of the dog. Hmm, that’s a real mixed bag, lifestyle-wise. They also went for Serial (the podcast), “my sex life,” and staying at Airbnbs. As far as their top fashion loves? V-neck sweaters, skinny jeans, and J. Crew. Perfectly irritating, just like your favorite aspirational Instagram account.
Anyway, please don't let any of this information ruin your life. This is only really indicative of what speaks to Hater's 400,000 or so users, and it does not mean you will die alone.
However, for safety's sake, you might want to think about not featuring your beloved shorts super prominently in your next profile pic.
Cassie Murdoch is Mashable's Culture Editor.. Before coming here, Cassie was Senior Culture Writer at Vocativ. She previously wrote for Jezebel and The Hairpin. Cassie spends most of her time thinking about and consuming cheese in all its glorious forms.
