Yesterday I had a revelation that blew looks theory completely out of the water. I know you guys will ridicule me for this, but it literally is just confidence and personality (being fun to be around).
So, I was walking through a local park, and saw some teenagers (16 or 17) making out. Three pairs. The guys were literally sub-5s, manlets, and dressed horribly. I'm telling you these guys were objectively ugly and twig skinny. If they weren't outside with females than I would take them for 4chan neckbeards any day.
So, the thing is, they were all making out with objectively 7/8 girls. Like I'm talking blonde/blue-eyed cute girls in yoga pants with pretty hot bodies.
Looks literally do not matter now.
* And this is not a one-off, I've been increasingly seeing more ugly dudes coupled with girls way out of their league