I could try to dissect the male's train of thought here. Well, okay, "dissect" might not be a good verb for trains; maybe "decompose"?

Anyway. Being a male for 50+ years, I think I'll give it a try.

The noted "compliment," from the male's perspective, has the following advantages:

1. It's short. Assume: male sitting on a toilet and browsing his Instagram feed. One would not like to spill out a long explanation when one sees a pretty woman. After all, so many others are coming just below from the endless scrolling. "You're so hot." I assume one does not use the "you're" only because tapping `'` on a mobile keyboard requires more effort than just autocorrecting "You are".

2. It's a known phrase. But it is! Blame Hollywood for that! Males are practical human beings (well, most of them), and we resort to the simple rule, "If it works, don't touch it." I've seen countless movies where that phrase... worked. Well, thinking about this now, these might not have been "Hollywood" movies (maybe they could have been the xxx-rated ones, but who remembers anyway?), but still, the phrase got the male saying it somewhere.

The author correctly notes that the most important thing, in the end, what matters is to grow old together and (at the very end) one to bury the other one. But growing old together is a very long-term team effort for which both partners must make miles and miles of talk and compromises. And that's probably why it rarely happens. "You're so hot" is quick, much like "I'm done with you" (no matter which half of the couple [first] says that).

I'd assume none of these advantages of "You're hot" are likable by a woman, but that's just yet another proof that men and women are different.

Thank you for reading until here; I'm sorry for boring ya that much, so I'd better stop!