The Delta Hot Index: Compare your Mate Value at a Glance

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I was asked to review the Hot/Crazy matrix. My re-plotting of the tension between hotness and insanity has, I believe, higher utility than the original because it reminds you to compare your overall value to that of your partner so that you can prepare for your likely relationship dynamics.

Look out for a cameo by one of my favorite video subjects, who explained one of the main points of my work with such perfection that all I had to do was agree with her and I got 2 million views (and she still called me an incel).

[hoe_math]

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[LifeNstuffguy]

It's funny hearing my sister call her boyfriend stupid for cheating on her so many times, yet she kept coming back to him and this basically explains everything.

[Anon-tjfd]

I hope that one day, Hoe Math will be able to combine all his graphs will into a Unified Hoe Theory.

[alberttang]

A friend married a 10 hot who was truly 10 crazy. One night they got in an argument and she destroyed every single thing in their apartment. Everything smashed, crushed, stomped, shattered, torn into unrecognizable pieces. When the husband got in the way, she smashed his head through a window, knocking him unconscious. The police were in awe at the level of physical destruction one woman was able to generate. She was eventually institutionalized after the divorce.

[DEADIKATED]

I showed My Sleeper your Channel.... SHE WAS NOT AMUSED.

[Drugvision]

“Men will go less attractive than themselves, AS LONG AS YOURE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR”
This man never misses I swear

[theSword-]

The original guy that drew this, didn't say that guys "don't" go below the "5 hot", he was just advising them not to.

[gibster]

Remember, if she can't find you handsome, she should at least find you handy.

[legion]

Listening to a hot/crazy complaining about her ex endlessly, i realized i had to get out of the Friendzone so i interjected, "The guy sounds awesome. He got what he wanted and then hit the road". After an initial pause/restart of her brain i was elevated to settling/mistake zone.🧐

[thomasclarke]

During the video I was tempted to comment that the "NOT PEOPLE" zone should actually be much bigger, but then you said it for me. A to-scale index for women would be about 90% covered by the NOT PEOPLE or friend-zone sectors, and then everything else would be crammed into the tiny remaining 10%.

[nickstne]

10 years ago, i hesitated between 2 women. One seemed psychologically stable but had less in common with me. The other looked unstable but had more in common with me.

I underestimated the level of crazy of both.

[EMO_alpha]

Hoe-Math is essentially a post-postmodern artist. He takes the tropes of post modern art; the crudeness, criticisizm, and abstraction. And flipped them inside out creating left critical, functional, art meant to mock absurdity and reinforce traditional understandings. But using what is essentially stick figures, and a borderline parody of male style locker room anthropology haha

[Andyisgodcky]

4:00 this woman keeps saying 'power dynamic' proving she has a WARPED view of what a relationship is. She's going to settle, then ultimately cheat. And, probably berate the poor bastard she 'settled' for until he breaks because everything is some psychotic quest for power for her.

[rhadiem]

This really shows how important looking for signs of crazy is- in the early days when you're not as attached. Hot can really disguise a lot of crazy.

[SPQRxUSAxNUSA]

Hoe_Math is the only youtuber I have to listen to at .75x because the information density is too high.

[Grapheneolic]

As a materials scientist, I appreciate your effort in making these phase diagrams of relationships lol

[thomashowardmd]

Einstein said: "when the solution is simple, God is answering."
This is why the hot/crazy matrix has had such enduring appeal.
Also, DaVinci: "simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication."

[kiloyardstare]

10 hot / 10 crazy is where all the best stories happen. If you survive.

[StudSupreme]

The original hot-crazy matrix is an Einsteinian level stroke of genius.

[Brambrew]

Practical advice: "craziness" for a woman is the exact same as "bad boy behavior" for a man.
If you're lowering your standards to seek hot-crazy women, more decent women _think_ they have to act crazy to attract a man.
Same way how when women lower their standards and actively seek jerks, more men _think_ they have to adopt an asshole facade to attract women.
It's a downward spiral for everybody; keep your standards high, don't be crazy, don't be a bad boy, just be a normal person.
The dating world is so horrible right now _because_ all the normal people have tapped out 💀