tomhudson's Journal: The math behind "beer goggles"

Researchers at Manchester University, among others, have discovered a mathematical formula for calculating the "beer goggles effect" (where people look more attractive after a few beers).

The factors are: how drunk you are, how dark the room is, your eye-sight, the amount of smoke in the air, and how far you are from your "target" (which also explains all those "good from far but far from good" sightings).

So if you end up having ugly kids, does this mean you can now sue the beer companies?

marketting rubbish, apparantly

[ampathee]

There was a similar story on /. a while back about the "the formula for procrastination" - I found this [slashdot.org] comment particularly enlightening.

Goes without Saying

[bettiwettiwoo]

So if you end up having ugly kids, does this mean you can now sue the beer companies?

Well, of course you can! Especially if both parents are ugly, this will make the most interesting of law suits.