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Author:  pedro2385 [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:44 am ]
Post subject:  Is the HB Scale Pointless (A Crock Of Shit)
When I hear people saying there is a HB9, HB7 etc it irritates me. It is completely irrelevant. Why? When me and my mate go out he may see a skinny girl with big boobs and blonde hair who he would say is a HB9, for me only HB7. On the other hand asian girl at 9 o clock me HB9 him HB7 (this is an example why we don't use the scale surprisingly :D ).

Don't get me wrong I know the importance of social standing. You tend to know who has the most social standing in a bar, club etc by a combination of looks, behaviour and size of group. Get in with them and your off.

Point I am making is supposedly you have to treat women differently due to HB rating. Wrong. This can't be true because we would all treat the same girl completely different due to personal preference. It has nothing to do with looks it is all on their attitude. For example a stripper thinks she is god even if she ain't that hot. So even if you think she is HB7 you have to treat her like a HB10 so to speak.

Therefore the HB sytem does not work and the only reason to use it is to let your wingmen know who you like. Thing is tho why don't we all stop saying HB whatever and just say I like her I am going in . :D
Author:  zhukaching [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:05 am ]
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disagree! rating system allows you to BRAG! lol kidding

i actually think that the rating system is to be used by yourself, because there is really a difference in gaming a 5 to a 9. even if this is your own standard and it might be different from others... its still good to kind of guess how the target's social status is.. but of course the best way to find out is to talk to her...
Author:  KristallNachte [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:15 am ]
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The Rating system helps desensitize the individual using it to help the fact that it's just another girl.

saying 'I like her' means little. plus seems AFC like you're investing more than you're getting back.
Author:  Plethora [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:34 am ]
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I've been saying this for a while, it bugs me too. The # rating system is completely subjective and widely abused by people bragging about "this HB10 I just banged..! anyways my question..." it is lame and dishonest.

I guess you could say I use a rating system, although mine is binary. A girl is either a yes or a no. A no can become a yes if she is really cool (or I've had one too many drinks), and a yes can become a no if she is boring me. I treat 'nos' exactly the same as I treat guys. Girls that are a 'yes' I treat like a bratty little sister who is not quite cool enough to hang with me, but she is cute for trying.
Author:  Buria [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:47 am ]
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I myself support the binary yes/no system. It forces you to be honest with your sexuality and personal preferences, as opposed to applying arbitrary social values to women. I often find the (perceived) 4/5 of nerdy girls, or larger women to be personally attractive to me due to personal tastes. If I applied the decimal system, I would be potentially missing out on a great time by imposing an artificial rating system that would exclude them. (Say if I was only gaming 7+s.) Most women are wonderful, and have the potential for being great lovers or girlfriends, so the only standard that matters, is does she get you aroused?
Author:  Marvel [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:23 am ]
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I posted something similar with a poll too here....

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Didn't have enough posts (30) then to put the post here in this section....(maybe the moderators could move it?)
Author:  antic [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:33 am ]
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Everyone has a different opinion on the HB scale. Even my brother and I rate girls differently. It's a good thing I might add, otherwise we would both end up chasing the exact same girls.

When I talk to a girl my rating usually goes up as I find out more about her. Sometimes I'm only a little interested in a girl but then when I talk to her and I end up obsessed with her and as a result my rating increases.
Author:  Chief [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:19 pm ]
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Anyone who uses the HB rating scale is disillusioned by ego and is therefore severely limiting their own potential.

Fuck the 1-10 rating scale. Listen to your cock and go binary.
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I myself support the binary yes/no system. It forces you to be honest with your sexuality and personal preferences, as opposed to applying arbitrary social values to women. I often find the (perceived) 4/5 of nerdy girls, or larger women to be personally attractive to me due to personal tastes. If I applied the decimal system, I would be potentially missing out on a great time by imposing an artificial rating system that would exclude them. (Say if I was only gaming 7+s.) Most women are wonderful, and have the potential for being great lovers or girlfriends, so the only standard that matters, is does she get you aroused?
QFT
Author:  Flashpoint24 [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:49 pm ]
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I've personally used the scale since freakin' elementary school, so I vote it stays based on personal habits. I do agree it is subjective for everyone...but it at the very least is a good indicator to your friends about how into the girl you are. If you tell your buddy there were some HB7's...he knows you find them attractive, but your jaw didn't drop for them....if you said you sarged some HB9/10s...then your buddies know that you had one hell of a good night....even if THEY don't think she's that high a number.

Whether or not personality should be factored in or not...in my really bad AFC days I used to have a list of 20 or so character traits....face, body, athleticism, family, morals, money, etc......and give a 1-10 rating for each. and then take the average...I some how thought numbers could give me a definite answer for everything....
Author:  imnotghetto [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:13 pm ]
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The HB scale is relative so it's different for every man. But it's obvious what the difference between a UB1 and HB9 is.
Author:  jurupa [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:16 pm ]
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I would say that the scale is "pointless", but I wouldn't say its a pure yes or no either. I say its more a mix of the two. As I think it is something more like this:

No - Girls we would never fuck even if drunk
Maybe - Girls we would fuck if drunk, but maybe not sober
Yes - Girls we will fuck as they are attractive but they lie more in the friend zone attraction area, or don't want fuck right now but if the opportunity came up you would fuck her.
Hell Yes - Girls will would fuck on the spot due to how attractive we find them

As I think we have different levels or degrees of attraction when we see a girl that catches our eye. Just look back at any conversation you had about wanting to fuck some girl. Look back at the words you used to describe how much you wanted to fuck some girl. I bet you used words like; "Heck ya I do her" or "Only if I was drunk", or "She is cute I would do her", etc etc. This and how we find some girls more appealing than others makes me think we have different levels or degrees of attraction. Saying that I don't think it is like the 1-10 rating system either as it doesn't allow any wiggle room or gray area as nothing is absolute when it comes to attraction. Because a girl one day be cute or what ever and the next day be hot as hell as she put more effort in her looks.
Author:  Chief [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:23 pm ]
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:roll: Jeez guys just stop using the fucking scale it's retarded
Author:  Dexie aka Speed [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:32 am ]
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She may have the peachiest ass you have ever clapped eyes on. Even a HB5 or HB6 can become a HB10 ... from behind of course :twisted:
Author:  regulus [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:41 am ]
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i think the scale is a personal assessment and up to the individual who is making it, not a uniformed grade that everyone would agree on. so, it probably shouldn't be used. but some hb's are just ugly and totally undesirable. then, i think everyone could agree. awe...but how ugly is she?...ha.
Author:  smartass [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:55 am ]
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What you tend to find is that once enough votes are placed, it is normally distributed. In other words, an "8" will be an "8" to most men. There will be some that rate her 1 and some that rate her 10, but they are in the minority.

Everyone is someone's 10. There's no doubt about that. But I definitely subscribe to the ladder theory... If you're having fun with a 5 and a 8 comes along and throws herself on you, are you going to say "fuck this! I'm already getting some tail from a 5!" NO! And if you say yes, you're a damn liar!

The rating system is relevant. (Note that I take personality into account here. I'll take a 7 with a 10 personality over a 10 with a 5 personality.) No, guys are always looking for the bigger better deal. The HB rating system is just one metric. Crude and chauvinistic as it may be.
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