From the point of view of a single raven.
Disclaimers to begin with, methinks...
This list of features is desirable to me, as far as I know.
I could be entirely mistaken, and might possibly fall madly in love with someone possessing entirely different characteristics.
I have my doubts.
While I'm at it, I'll add a few extra columns to the list, indicative of various things, one of which is, I realise, purely pseudo-mathematical, and is only present for its comedic effect upon myself and a few other sad individuals.
| % importance | Characteristic | Proportion of people with the trait | Cumulative probability of person having all traits |
| 100 | Likes me | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 90 | Female | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 80 | Player of games | 0.3 | 0.03 |
| 70 | In tune with puns | 0.33 | 0.01 |
| 60 | Able to understand obscure compliments | 0.3 | 0.003 |
| 50 | Dark hair | 0.33 | 0.001 |
| 45 | Dark features | 0.3 | 0.0003 |
| 45 | Tall+thin or petite | 0.16 | 0.00005 |
| 30 | Quite computer literate | 0.2 | 0.00001 |
| 30 | Vegetarian | 0.1 | 0.000001 |
| 40 | Voice I find attractive | 0.1 | 0.0000001 |
| 40 | Pretty, in my opinion | 0.1 | 0.00000001 |
| 50 | Creature of the night | 0.1 | 0.000000001 |
| 25 | Creative | 0.2 | 0.0000000002 |
| 20 | Interested in random things | 0.1 | 0.00000000002 |
| 90 | Honest | 0.05 | 0.000000000001 |
| 80 | Enjoys sex | 0.2 | 0.0000000000002 |
| 10 | Good taste in music and clothes | 0.1 | 0.00000000000002 |
| 5 | Doesn't dither in supermarkets | 0.05 | 0.000000000000001 |
So, there you have it - the chances of a person picked at random being The Perfect Partner are approximately... (by pseudo-mathematics)... ten million billion to one. (American style millions and billions)
That makes there quite bad odds against such a person existing in the world. So it's probably a good job they're not all requirements, mostly just preferences. Getting half the available points (from the percentage column) is probably quite acceptable, and three quarters is probably pretty good.
All sounds very cold, doesn't it? Well, as with the rest of my page, it's not very serious. The only true way to judge whether I'll fall for someone is to trip me near them.
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