Useless Conversation

[MrHat]

Note, I wasn't using a dating site either. Just myspace.  Wasn't looking for "relationships" either. And I imagine that people who want to go to proper dating sites might be better. Myspace is basically for friends and booty calls. Nothing more.

I was recently told that dating sites are for booty calls too.  One of my buds apparently views it as the holy grail.  No one there is looking for 'friendship' just 'partners'.

[bhodi]

Where's Nerf? :)

[Signe]

Probably off beating up sleepy kittens.

[Salamok]

I think if I was messing around with a dating site it would pretty much be mandatory to place an exact copy of the IT Crowd's "Shut up, I'm a bastard, no dogs please" advert in my profile.

[Yegolev]

So who's done the whole internet dating site thing?

Two friends.  OK, I did not know one of them beforehand, but still I have anecdotal evidence that it works.  They used match.com, went for a coffee on the first date and ended up staying out until 3am.  They are both really cool and are currently married.  Also, their wedding was kickass.

Note, I wasn't using a dating site either. Just myspace.

Oh Jesus, I hope you learned your lesson.

[stray]

I deleted my myspace, so.. yeah.

[voodoolily]

So who's done the whole internet dating site thing?

Two friends.  OK, I did not know one of them beforehand, but still I have anecdotal evidence that it works.  They used match.com, went for a coffee on the first date and ended up staying out until 3am.  They are both really cool and are currently married.  Also, their wedding was kickass.

Yes, this. We know two people with the same story.

[HaemishM]

I've met a few girls from online. One was a bi-polar alcoholic who would see-saw between being highly flaky and then calling me up at late hours wanting to marry me (all within 2 months time); one was a traveling stripper just looking for sex - yet, was oddly shy (and ended up calling me "Eeyore" for not jumping on her right away); another was just looking for sex, but was... actually kind of cool.. but.... pregnant.

I don't know if anyone has ever told you this, but you just might be a weirdness magnet.

[voodoolily]

I was recently told that dating sites are for booty calls too.  One of my buds apparently views it as the holy grail.  No one there is looking for 'friendship' just 'partners'.

One of my single friends says that married guys use them to try to get a little NSA on the side when they have to go out of town for business. She said she's always wary of the guys who want to meet at hotel bars. 

[MrHat]

I was recently told that dating sites are for booty calls too.  One of my buds apparently views it as the holy grail.  No one there is looking for 'friendship' just 'partners'.

One of my single friends says that married guys use them to try to get a little NSA on the side when they have to go out of town for business. She said she's always wary of the guys who want to meet at hotel bars. 

Hah.  That's funny because there's a hotel near work and I just realized that there's always hot attorney ladies there at night.

[Sky]

I'm kinda happy that although I've heard lots of people talk about twitter, I have no idea what it is. I just pretend it's a breast awareness site and titter when they say twitter.

Dating an attorney might be worse than dating an actress.

[tazelbain]

This subject deserves its own thread.

I always wondered those places.  It makes sense to me for the top, but what about people at the bottom half of the attractiveness ladder.

[stray]

I don't know if anyone has ever told you this, but you just might be a weirdness magnet.

[edit] Fuckin A, I can't make a good point here. I'll just agree with you.

[stray]

This subject deserves its own thread.

I always wondered those places.  It makes sense to me for the top, but what about people at the bottom half of the attractiveness ladder.

If you're an unattractive girl, you take pictures at odd angles. Then when the guy meets you, he can't be rude enough to walk away. And then you slut it up like no one else has before in his life, and he sticks around.

If you're an unattractive guy, you make a cool picture of yourself in a tub full of money, laughing with a money hat on your head. You're rich and fun...albeit, with a face like a horse's ass.

[Merusk]

And if you're poor AND ugly there's always the infield at NASCAR races.

[MrHat]

And if you're poor AND ugly there's always the infield at NASCAR races.

Or you pull a Naked Man!

[voodoolily]

And if you're poor AND ugly there's always the infield at NASCAR races.

Just think: you could be the next ShamWow guy!

[Nerf]

Where's Nerf? :)

I've got some great crazy stories from okcupid/plentyoffish, but the chick I'm currently dating I met there and she seems reasonably sane for a redhead.  You've just got to weed through a whole lot of batshit crazy.  I think the highlight of "oh shit" was probably the chick that waited until we met to tell me she was a pregnant stripper, that was a fun evening.

As for the odd angles, spot on, but if a chick looks like she might be cute and only has odd angles, I'll run some shit at her in an email in which case she either a) fucks off because shes a fatty b) sends better pics.  If you've been fooled and show up to a fatty, unless you're in the mood to go hogging, don't stick around, this just encourages them, I've more than once pulled an "Yeah, this isn't happening" and walked the fuck out on them.

[bhodi]

[Draegan]

Well once I talked to this girl she gave me access to her myspace page so I see got a good idea what she looks like and isn't weird looking.

Also I found out her good friend was someone I was friends with.  We both worked in a restaurant back in college for a few years and still run into her from time to time at the gym.  Now that's a fucking coincidence, random chick on the interwebs and she's good friends with someone who I worked a few years with back in the day.  So I have inbuilt references if I turn out to be the weirdo and her the sane one. 

[Yegolev]

Bag it and tag it.

[stray]

Well once I talked to this girl she gave me access to her myspace page so I see got a good idea what she looks like and isn't weird looking.

Also I found out her good friend was someone I was friends with.  We both worked in a restaurant back in college for a few years and still run into her from time to time at the gym.  Now that's a fucking coincidence, random chick on the interwebs and she's good friends with someone who I worked a few years with back in the day.  So I have inbuilt references if I turn out to be the weirdo and her the sane one. 

Well good luck man.


I'll add a somewhat "serious" observation and say that if she is taking her time and getting to know you, then she's already less weird than some I've known. I think that..the more shallow someone is, and the more inclined they are to not care about getting to know other people (and just objectifying the situation), then more than likely, they have a screwed up personality and/or situation themselves. Shallowness goes hand in hand with weirdness maybe.. I don't know. Just a theory. But on the net, your chances of hooking up with someone who's shallow just went up (that might be a good thing though, if you're shallow -and weird- yourself).

[edit] This post is particularly amusing, coming after Yeg's.

[Yegolev]

Wang it and bang it.

[Signe]

Good Grief!  How do you hot men even find time to post here what with all the thin, beautiful super models that are obviously chasing you around town?!?!

[stray]

I think we can all say that geeking out on utterly meaningless bullshit has it's own allure.

[Signe]

I think so, too, and I approve.

[MrHat]

Good Grief!  How do you hot men even find time to post here what with all the thin, beautiful super models that are obviously chasing you around town?!?!

Pocket PCs.

[schild]

Good Grief!  How do you hot men even find time to post here what with all the thin, beautiful super models that are obviously chasing you around town?!?!

We leave a sign on the door that says "beautiful, thin supermodels apply here." And then they just come to us.

[stray]

Oh, and just to add, we're rightly fucked if we like geeking out on shit (and anyone who has hooked up with a fellow geek is a lucky mofo by the way). I get these periods where I try to do other things, but I always resort to this shit. It's my natural state. Being anything else is exhausting.

I recall there being like 2 dozen 80's teen movies about this very thing, but I can't name one of them.

[IainC]

Weird Science.

[MrHat]

Stray has completely lost me w/ this geeking out stuff.

What?

[Lantyssa]

I never met any girls online who wanted to date me.  I must have been doing something wrong.   

Great as he is, husbands complicate things.

[stray]

Stray has completely lost me w/ this geeking out stuff.

What?

I don't know.. Wasn't there like a big geek chart, with cartoony illustrations of different types of geeks? If you fall in any one of those categories, you're fucked. You're immersed in some shit that removes you from society (but makes you personally comfortable). Sometimes in dating, you've got to tap into other sides of yourself -- cater to the other person -- not be such a geek -- and what I'm saying is: "Fuck that." I might find some fun occasionally, but I'm afraid I'll remain single unless I meet someone like me.

[Salamok]

Stray has completely lost me w/ this geeking out stuff.

What?

I don't know.. Wasn't there like a big geek chart, with cartoony illustrations of different types of geeks? If you fall in any one of those categories, you're fucked. You're immersed in some shit that removes you from society (but makes you personally comfortable). Sometimes in dating, you've got to tap into other sides of yourself -- cater to the other person -- not be such a geek -- and what I'm saying is: "Fuck that." I might find some fun occasionally, but I'm afraid I'll remain single unless I meet someone like me.

I don't think i could handle being with someone like me.  Someone who understands me works well though.

[Merusk]

That's called lying, and it means you're just going to end-up divorced and/ or separated in the end.

You're a geek, be a geek. Yes, the women aren't classically hot (as a rule) but they're so much more interesting and don't make you do stupid shit like buy a small dog that you have to put sweaters on so it'll live.  Besides, beauty fades and then you're left with a shallow, high-maintenance bitch who can't stand your hobbies and whose nagging drives you to an early grave.

What color is comedy rhetoric again?