this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2025
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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

When we decided to mind our own business and stop moralizing other people’s relationships based on our personal feelings.

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly, this "rule" is really just equivalent to other forms of snake oil there is. It is baseless and completely made up.

[–] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Found Leo's account.

Seriously though why so hostile about this? Of course it's made up, it's a general rule of thumb, and it describes whether people are likely to look at a couple and say, "ew".

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

What's interesting is this rule apparently originated from the early 1900s.

https://lemmy.zip/comment/21531881