Looks are so subjective, I mean, someone mentioned it above that location matters. Women generally like the same thing, so of one woman likes something, they all like it. Go to a new location where people have different tastes. The dude made it seem like he had money.
Yes, looks DO matter. Anyone who says otherwise is a crackpot joker. We tend to look for what we don't have as Pook had once said. If I am 80% masculine and 20% feminine, I will like for a girl who is 80% feminine and 20% masculine. Then there are our own personal tastes as well.
Wealth matters too. Every woman cares about due to it making life easier and because it makes it easier on offspring. This can be very complex and I don't feel like explaining every little detail about it though.
Status, fame, power, the like does help, but it isn't of utmost importance. Cuz finding someone with this attribute(s) is like winning the lottery: it ain't gonna happen.
The thing about status is that you can somewhat mimick it within your social circle. Women tend to like the more extroverted fun types.
The problem with this dude is that he was too logical with this stuff. That's the issue with some people, you need SOME emotion. Too much = bad. Too little = Jeffrey Dahmer. Another problem, this dude based his whole life on women from what it looks like. He didn't have anything going for him that he was planning. That's a big problem. He thought about it too logically and saw nothing going for him. You need spontaneousity to make stuff fun and perhaps he never saw that. Always PLANNED dates, never just bump into somebody and say 'Hey what's up?' Strike a convo and then just hang with them for a little while after that and see what happens. He never just saw where life would take him on the road. That thrill of not really knowing is what makes life more interesting. Just see where life takes you.
This dude is partially right, but offing himself for something so petty is stupid. This is just a person who failed to adapt to society and modern social interactions. Part of it is his fault, the other part is his parents' fault for raising him in such a way to where he couldn't figure it out. But he doesn't have my respect.