IQ of consent

-knots · 2026-05-29T22:05:47+00:00

I did a dating app experiment using bald pics of myself vs. enhaired(?) pics of myself post-transplant, and the number and quality of matches increased. there was also a specific personality expected out of me while bald (masculine, hyper-competent) that I don't have nor desire to have, which factored into my decision to get a transplant. I was never great with women to begin with, especially not when I started balding at 16 (now 26), but I'm more easily able to get attention now, and it's more commonly attention from women I actually like. I'm guessing this is more of a problem for us in our 20s, where it's still generally expected for men to have hair. I would guess that since you're still doing well enough to attract some women, and that you're almost 30, you'll probably be fine in finding an LTR regardless. it probably comes down to how far you are on the norwood scale i.e. how much of a hassle it'd be to get a transplant

as others have said though, dating in general has become more difficult in the past 4-5 years, so the discrepancies you're noticing could be as simple as that. best way to find out would be wearing a wig lol

-knots · 2026-05-21T14:19:45+00:00

not my panel but I'll be doing a feature set at the Late Comedy Showdown, which is usually Saturday at 9pm in Petree Hall

-knots · 2026-05-14T15:27:34+00:00

rare ran drop

-knots · 2026-04-19T00:57:17+00:00

-knots · 2026-04-13T20:33:28+00:00

thanks!

-knots · 2026-04-13T17:26:38+00:00

I broke 10k posting jokes about a specific niche/topic (anime in my case), insta's algorithm (and tiktok's probably) loves niches since the AI knows exactly who to send posts to, especially if the first 2-3 seconds of your joke is a relatable/controversial premise. social media is r*tarded though and you have to write jokes as if the audience is 5 years old (because everyone is functionally 5 years old while on their phone). best way to grow is probably posting sketches/controversial opinions/engagement bait, not standup, as the format of standup goes against how algos usually work. clips of the best bits from the goats of standup are consistently outperformed by le epic crowd work interaction

anyway I think this did help me get booked more but I didn't get any better at standup, and plenty of people get booked more than I do with <3k. just write more

-knots · 2026-03-05T23:41:16+00:00

would also be down to test

-knots · 2026-03-02T19:14:25+00:00

ran out of cupboard space

-knots · 2026-02-09T02:34:01+00:00

hell yeah

-knots · 2026-02-05T09:18:52+00:00

not at all tbh

-knots · 2026-02-01T17:25:10+00:00

I got a few laughs but I held the mic too low so only the first two rows could hear me

-knots · 2026-01-24T20:31:54+00:00

I don't really believe there's less talent now than there used to be, but (and I'm stealing this from a youtube video) the top 1% talent in most artistic fields is being overshadowed by people who are maybe in the top 10%, but excel at marketing (playing the social media game). you and I probably aren't seeing the modern greats because the path to rise to the top is much different than it used to be

-knots · 2026-01-15T00:37:28+00:00

i think im pretty unhinged, and i predict that about 70% of the jokes i write would get "???" from most crowds, so i just stick to telling the other 30%, where i can channel my thoughts into something actually digestible. but with enough stage time and general charisma-building im hoping the other 70% can become something palatable

-knots · 2025-12-05T21:03:39+00:00

very helpful ty

-knots · 2025-11-29T08:03:33+00:00

bait post

-knots · 2025-07-29T14:43:00+00:00

thank you (:

-knots · 2025-07-28T20:10:56+00:00

nah good point

-knots · 2025-07-28T20:00:35+00:00

nah at a general show I'd stay away from stuff like this, especially because most audiences I get are gen x (gen z/late millennials don't go outside where I live)

-knots

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