Will I still believe in my wordplay theory of romantic compatibility at end of school year?
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eg name shippability, consonant/vowel/semivowel levels, etc

the wordplay theory has been referred to by me as "like astrology, but ACCURATE". though hey, they also said the titanic was an unsinkable ship

resolves based on a current """test case"""

/hj

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what's the theory

predicted YES

@HannahFox the linguistic factors mentioned are highly correlated with relationship success (at least in some cases)

“Just as math has unreasonably high predictive power for science, linguistic compatibility has unreasonably high predictive power for relationship success.” -@Conflux

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some of y’all have expressed more curiosity about the details of this market. to clarify, I’ve added a tone tag to the description

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@Conflux there’s a good jan Misali video which covers the extent to which it clarifies things

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@Conflux for extra clarity, the market seems to be in the /hj₃ tone!

Uh Linguistics and Sex and love are a very interesting combination of tags...

predicted YES

@enaz Yeah, I’m curious to see if any other market ever has that combo

predicted YES

see ok this feels extending the dorian gray effect but it needs a new name 😭

""test case""

do tell 👀

bought Ṁ10 of YES

@ithildulin only hints are in the market description

bought Ṁ0 of YES

@ithildulin the theory is currently undergoing an exciting test

@Conflux Without any more info, this market is just going to reflect people’s generic expectations about the stability of your beliefs. Do you not want people to argue for or against the wordplay theory here?

bought Ṁ0 of NO

@NathanNguyen arguments for and against would be welcomed! ultimately they will only factor into this market as they apply to the test case however

@Conflux So what is the test case?

predicted YES

@NathanNguyen all that I can say is that it is an exciting test case which exhibits great linguistic compatibility!! its failure would deliver a crushing blow to the wordplay theory

"shit, uhhh, X AE A-XII, your name kind of set you up for failure in dating"

Is this something you actually genuinely believe in or just a trend you find interesting?

Also, how much do you value wordplay compatibility in relation to other factors?

bought Ṁ20 of YES

@puntabulous this is a very serious forecasting question. currently about 50%

@puntabulous He values word play more than almost all other factors…I’m not joking, I’ve spent hours hearing him talk about it…

@Imbens can confirm

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