"So, I mean, nhere's this obviously incredibly naive version of this where a woman sleeps with literally every possible man who meets her standards and therefore her sleeping with more people is evidence of lower standards, but, first of all, I don't see how that ends up being true in real life because the population size wouldn't -"

"Tiny villages.  Right.  Um."

"Okay but then how does that make any sense about a rumor that you are sleeping with the very busy and picky Queen of Cheliax.  How is that not a case of, 'Hey, you know who I'm fucking?  Carissa Sevar.  And you know who else she's fucking?  Abrogail Thrune.'  Assuming it's true, which, all of the mechanisms here go through the degree to which the rumor is credible and not the mere existence of a rumor so I can tell I am still very confused here."

"So, I mean, there's this obviously incredibly naive version of this where a woman sleeps with literally every possible man who meets her standards and therefore her sleeping with more people is evidence of lower standards, but, first of all, I don't see how that ends up being true in real life because the available population size wouldn't exactly balance -"

"Tiny villages.  Right.  Um."

"Okay but then how does that make any sense about a rumor that you are sleeping with the very busy and picky Queen of Cheliax.  How is that not a case of, 'Hey, you know who I'm fucking?  Carissa Sevar.  And you know who else she's fucking?  Abrogail Thrune.'  Assuming it's true, which, all of the mechanisms here go through the degree to which the rumor is credible and not the mere existence of a rumor so I can tell I am still very confused here."

"So, I mean, there's this obviously incredibly naive version of this where a woman sleeps with literally every possible man who meets her standards and therefore her sleeping with more people is evidence of lower standards, but, first of all, I don't see how that ends up being true in real life because the available population size wouldn't exactly balance -"

"Tiny villages.  Right.  Um."

"Okay but then how does that make any sense about a rumor that you are sleeping with the very busy and picky Queen of Cheliax.  How is that not a case of, 'Hey, you know who I'm fucking?  Carissa Sevar.  And you know who else she's fucking?  Abrogail Thrune.  Damn right that validates my hotness.'  Assuming that claim is credible, which, all of the mechanisms here go through the degree to which the rumor is credible and not the mere existence of a rumor, so I can tell I am still very confused here."

"So, I mean, there's this obviously incredibly naive version of this where a woman dates literally every possible man who meets her standards and therefore her dating more people is evidence of lower standards, but, first of all, I don't see how that ends up being true in real life because the available population size wouldn't exactly balance -"

"Tiny villages.  Right.  Um."

"Okay but then how does that make any sense about a rumor that you are fucking the very busy and picky Queen of Cheliax.  How is that not a case of, 'Hey, you know who I'm fucking?  Carissa Sevar.  And you know who else she's fucking?  Abrogail Thrune.  Damn right that validates my hotness.'  Assuming that claim is credible, which, all of the mechanisms here go through the degree to which the rumor is credible and not the mere existence of a rumor, so I can tell I am still very confused here."

"So, I mean, there's this obviously incredibly naive version of this where a woman dates literally every possible man who meets her standards and therefore her dating more people is evidence of lower standards, but, first of all, I don't see how that ends up being true in real life because the available population size wouldn't exactly balance -"

"Tiny villages.  Right.  Um."

"Okay but then how does that make any sense about a rumor that you are fucking the very busy and picky Queen of Cheliax.  How is that not a case of, 'Hey, you know who I'm fucking?  Carissa Sevar.  And you know who else she's fucking?  Abrogail Thrune.  Why yes that does validate my hotness, you should date me too.'  Assuming that claim is credible, which, all of the mechanisms here go through the degree to which the rumor is credible and not the mere existence of a rumor, so I can tell I am still very confused here."