The scale of 1-10 is one of those universal truths. Everyone knows how to use it, everyone knows what you mean, and it always leaves room for argument.
AHNT.
No one knows how to use the damn scale. There is grade inflation all over the damn place. People always want to argue about the top of the scale, that is not where the action is people…the real argument should be at the bottom of the scale. I know nobody wants to givea young lady that solid 5, but by definition that 5 is average. That means that there are a lot of them out there, the most common score, she’s the real girl next door. Also by definition, the bottom of the scale holds 40% of the general population. That would be 4 out of 10 people. Someone has to hold the scale up. So don’t get your feelings hurt in here while your boy Brock educated you on the real scale of 1-10.
Like I said, people like to argue about the top. Who really cares if a girl is somewhere between a 7-10, what are we really talking about here? If you’re playing in that ballpark, you’re already in the major leagues. Sure, you’d like to have an all star or a hall of famer, but you should be happy that your playing in the majors and not intramurals brother. Oh, and ladies of Us Versus Them…no men were included in this study. It’s my site…sue me.
Let’s start with the top:
10:
Can’t argue with that. The face, the J’s, the stomach, the legs. Halle has long been held out as the perfect woman. Yes, being famous helps, the loot, the gear, the airbrushing. I think Halle would be stunning just walking through the mall though.
9:
The 9 is the gorgeous girl. Stays in good shape, has a little something unique, everyone sees them and agrees they are pretty. The baddest chick in the club? She’s usually working in this territory, and the club lights and that club gear probably help too.
8:
Eight is where non famous chicks with easily identifiable, uhhhh, gifts operate. I’m talking about cute girls with upgrades. You’ve got to hold together all of the other tools to keep it tight.
7:
Let the debate begin. This 7 doesn’t look different from the 8, does she? We’re well into personal preference territory now. Who knows? They can both get it. She looks like a seven to me because her face is pretty average as far as I’m concerned. This is your average cute girl right here. Good body, good face, above average all around, but if she wasn’t half naked she wouldn’t be stopping traffic.
6:
Now it gets fun. I know what you’re thinking. “Come on Brock, she’s not that bad.” I know, I know, but she’s not that good either. Cute in a sneaky little way, trying to be cute with the gear, pretty little face, all that. She’s also one muffin away from a muffin top down in that waist area. She probably gives great head though. Did I say that out loud?
My boy Funny J, not to be confused with Money J, said that the 5-6 range is where you can run a play, start high-stepping on the 50 yard line…and still score. There is a place in society for these young women.
5:
Hello average girl. She’s not ugly, but she’s not cute either. She’s actually average. Cut her hair and she could pass for her own brother. That’s not exactly hot. That nacho is killing the game right now too.
4:
Here’s where we start getting into trouble. Once we get below average that is where the real work happens. If you look at her face, she’s actually a cute girl, she just isn’t doing the work to hold her position. In another world, where they have treadmills, and ban high fructose corn syrup, she might actually be a 6. That sweater isn’t helping her either. Meanwhile, her hair lets me know that she doesn’t even believe in herself anymore.
3:
It’s about to get ugly people. Literally. These are the people that most of you just look past out here in these streets. I mean they don’t even exist.
Oh yeah, feel the magic. This is potentially photoshopped, but it proves the point. The teeth, the unibrow, the nose game. We’re talking a three here, so we’re getting into extracurricular wildness right now. You’ve damn near got to do something extra to put in work on the low end of the scale. Get your teeth right people. We notice and it matters. Tighten up your personal hygene. Hey, for some people it doesn’t matter. They just aren’t gifted in the looks department. I’m sure they’re smart, or funny or something. Can’t have everything.
2:
Throw a little not cute with a heavy dose of lack of self awareness and you get the infamous 2. What is she thinking? Was she surprised by the camera?
So what, pray tell does that leave. Look, I’m talking toothless freaks down here. They are as rare as the Halle Berry’s at the top of the scale, but they are out there holding down “1″ so everyone else looks good.
1:
Nuff said.
Next week, we’ll cover the rules of the 1-10 and how it really works. The scale comes in handy once you understand how to use the power. Are you alone, can’t find a boyfirend/girlfriend? Maybe you’re working outside of your range.
For instance, where does this girl fall?
With great power comes great responsibility.
-Brock
that last girl..6.8 -.2 for the face..
Powerful blogging right here. Job well done.
Great use of the scale and breaking it down. But you’re right, it got pretty ugly from five down. Hell, I’d argue that you’re 5 is actually a 4. Regarding number one…damn. I’ll just let President Obama do all the talking on that one.
As far as the last pic goes, I dunno. Because by you’re definition, the only thing separating a 7 from an 8 is the upgraded J game. And her J game is definitely ridiculous. But overall, I’d probably go with a 6.
Oh yeah, and that nacho IS looking pretty good.
I would like to note that the whole use of the decimal scale is overated. I find that where a girl places on the scale of 1-10 is largely irrelevant in real life. I really only use it in hypothetical discussions with my friends. In reality, when you’re in the club or out doing whatever, your brain (this is men here) is opperating on a two point scale.
1 or 2, “Yes” or “No”. Every man has a line the falls somewhere on the traditional ten point scale (mine hovers around 4ish), whether a girl falls above or below it is the only pertinent question, all further discussion is uneccesary in my opinion.
As an aside, you know your priorites are fucked when a stale ass nacho is preferable to the girl pictured next to it (it’s not even that close actually). I don’t know, I have always liked nachos…
personal preference is a big deal in these matters… no matter how “pretty” a Samoan girl is, i probably won’t find her attractive…
and Ian is dead on, the decimal scale is underrated – a nice french manicure and pedi can easily bump you up .2 to .4%
and the chick in the last pic is a solid 6… -points for the face and the crabby disposition that comes from everyone addressing your tits and complaining about how they make her back hurt all the time.
oh, and is that 1 for real? that…thing… made me shudder
That last chick is like a 6 at best.
Reason??
Well, assuming that the j’s are fake, that leads me to believe she has some serious attention issues.
And if those joints are real, then they prolly unfold like a neck tie as soon as the clothes are removed.
Which leads me into something I don’t think you touched on Brock…
Where does the personality of the girl rank in the overall scale?
I mean, I would gladly knock out a steady slew of 6’s that were cool to be around as compared to some nasty high maintainence 10…
I mean does a cool chick with some dubs bump up a full point on the scale for being cool? Or for that matter, does talent play into it?
I am definitely more attracted to a girl that can sing, act, play piano, do gymnastics, what have you… as compared to a bird that just looks good for a living…
Please address this issue as it is of great importance in the overall rating of these hoes.
-Ollie Extra Mainey
http://www.nickelplatedbama.blogspot.com
You got it Ollie, there is more to the scale. Stay tuned next week for the plus or minus bonus points and how they operate. You also need to know where you fall on the scale to make life easy.
I like Ian’s two point scale too. I hope you are only operating in 4 territory when you’ve got those beer goggles strapped on tight homey.
Best UvT post ever! While the devil’s in the details, I have to agree with Ian that it really comes down to a two point system. Also, it’s amazing how five minutes of conversation can take a 7 to a 4.
As far as i’ve seen in life, the scale is more like a curve, with the weight from 6 to 10. 1-5 are unused numbers because, either guys are too nice to declare a woman a 3 (have you really ever told a guy “she’s like a 3, brah”?), or because 1-5 is unbangable regardless so the rating system is never used on these women. This creates an uneven slope:
6-bangable when drunk
7-bangable whenever
8- work-for-it bangable
9- hold-on-to-her bangable
10- once-in-a-lifetime
I think we need a revision on the scale, slim it down to five numbers.
1 – never
2 – where’s the keystone?
3 – why thank you
4 – hell yeah
5 – sweet jonas brothers on ice!
Wow you guys are dropping knowledge and comedy. I love this blog. I am looking forward to part II.
I know Lake has beaten into me Rule 1 but I wonder how this would apply in the reverse. There are obviously different criteria’s for men like money, swagger, rhetoric, clothes to some extent but just plain old looks it’s hard to say. Maybe for men it’s a two point scale. Any thoughts…c’mon y’all have lady friends???
Wait, I just reexamined your pictures. What I call a 4 you call a 5+. So my line is at 5ish insofar as any girl above a four’s looks are not a complete deal-breaker. There are always other factors. For example I’m a sucker for a short, brainy, adorable girl that can hold a good conversation. If I could find that in a 5, I’d be set.
At which point does the scale warrant fraternal(no greek life) acceptance? Where do club hoes and hood rats factor in? What about the occasional stripper who you catch in good light after 5 vodka tonics looking through a haze of cigarette smoke?
Damn these extraneous variables!
Well, at the risk of going too far into this, I think the best answer to you your question is a mathematical one.
Stripper’s true looks = L
Every drink increases attraction by roughly 25% of base score, so D = 1/4L
Flattering environmental factors are worth a fixed increase of 1.5.
Now normally being a stripper or “hood rat” is a huge turn off, resulting in a loss of half total score. But in your example you’re tipsy, so you don’t quite give a shit, resulting in only 33% loss of net score.
This yields the equation:
2[L + 5D + 1.5]/3 = TS “total score”
Let’s assume the stripper is a 4. We get 4, plus 5/4ths of 4, on account of the drinks. We now have a score of 9 (mhmmm). Let’s add the fixed increase for lighting and smoke giving 10.5 (Wow!). Now multiply by 2 and divide by 3, to yield the 1/3 score drop for hood-rattitude. Your stripper
scores a 7 Royal. Tip accordingly.
Thank you Dr. Ian M Summers.
I must say that the influx of booze, lowered ‘givingafuckness’, dim lighting, and 2nd hand smoke nicotine buzz all equate to the scale exponentially increasing.
However I now have a 2nd question to pose for our field of internets scholars:
At what point does the scale warrant taking home from the bar? In addition, if you get her in regular lighting how high or low can the scale go? In other words, once you get her home, how do you numerically determine whether or not it’s a go?
Best topic ever.
You could start a new blog on this subject alone.
I’ll and to the fray by saying that it may not matter where she rates, but what your average is. A ‘4′ is not so bad every now and then, but if you are actively scoring ‘3’s like Reggie Miller, you need to change your game.
BTW the last girl is an ‘8′. Why? Because you would put in a little more effort to get it, and given the chance, would hit it like a porn star.
Wow. You really dug deep for this one Brock. i’d have to put that last chick solidly at a 6, though I agree with Ian’s summation that grades numbers 6-10 on a curve. To that I’d like to add that numbers 1-4 also fall on the reverse curve. Hence the plotting a woman’s hotness on the effort vs. bangable-ness curve will yield a graph that looks something like this.
Brock, this is definitely a stand up triple, no question. I do have questions at 7 and 6 though. We may need to unpack that some more. Also, I’ll take your 8 over your 9 any day.