Few millimeters of bone

Categories: Meme

[[File:1MnqnOm.jpg|400px|thumb|right|A morph of [[eggman]]. Contrary to what our brain tells us, the guy on the right is not expected to be much healthier or more capable ([[halo effect]])]]
[[File:020knyxtxax01.jpg|400px|thumb|right|"Jeremy Weak" vs. [[Jeremy Meeks]]]]
"'''Few millimeters of bone'''" or "'''A few millimeters of bone'''" is a catchphrase, and a central [[meme]] of the [[incelosphere]] and anti-[[lookism]] activists. This meme pokes fun at the social and sexual advantage [[men]] and [[women]] with just the right [[facial]] proportion are thought to experience. The meme mainly attributes this to bone structure, but cartilage structure, skin texture and hair patterns etc. are of course also involved in giving shape and size to certain facial features. Humans’ [[beauty|aesthetic sense]] is also very sensitive to hair patterns and hairlines.

The earliest "a few millimeters of bone" meme was posted on August 21st, 2016 on Twitter by user @alexlayko (see the picture below).

== Ideal aesthetics ==
The ideal male facial aesthetics include [[hunter eyes]] with little to no upper eyelid exposure, positively or neutrally tilted eyes, prominent high cheekbones, thick eyebrows, a large skull, compact midface, killer long chin, defined squarish jawline, long vertical ramus, gonial angle of approx. 120 degrees, forward growth of the [[mandible]] and the maxilla, a short straight nose, an ideal philtrum to [[chin]] ratio (with the philtrum being shorter), clean exotic skin, healthy bite with white teeth, and lastly, low body fat (below 15%).
== Science ==
Many falsely conclude that good looking people have various positive attributes ([[halo effect]]), but [[beauty#Correlations|studies]] have revealed that physical appearance is actually only very weakly related to health and ability, and accordingly, looks are also only weakly related to socioeconomic status.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223980.1989.10543009</ref>

[[Scientific Blackpill (Summary)|Research suggests]], that good looks open doors and matter especially in the beginning, but there are no particularly strong associations between looks and lifetime sexual success. It is an open question whether just the right facial proportions are preferred because they slightly do signal health or certain abilities ([[good genes hypothesis]]), or due to [[Fisherian runaway|sexual selection]], or whether the human preference for aesthetic appearance is merely a fluke or spandrel of human cognition. Lookism is probably not a main cause of the rise in inceldom, but online dating, social media and the shift of dating opportunities toward short-term encounters in bars etc., possibly did increase the importance of looks.
== Gallery ==
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File:Kkk.png|The first millimeters of bone meme by twitter @alexlayko (August 21st, 2016)
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== See also ==
* [[Chad]]
* [[Beauty]]
*[[Jaw is law]]
*[[Facial masculinity]]
== References ==
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