That Internet dating thing

Tankero · 2010-03-12T14:31:24.000Z

Considering the so-called dimensions of compatibility drivel they foist on the TeeVee, one has to wonder… Why does the system think you’d be a good match to superficial horn-dogs that think they have to be convinced?

Obviously, something is amiss here…

Claycw · 2010-03-12T14:37:58.000Z

Mine is easy to find so what the hell Clay

Scrax · 2010-03-12T14:51:11.000Z

Claycw:

Mine is easy to find so what the hell Clay

You’re good looking too, but your second picture totally has that “I’m going to murder you” vibe.

Just so you know…

Claycw · 2010-03-12T14:51:59.000Z

That is the one that every woman I have gone out with has liked the most.

Scrax · 2010-03-12T14:55:02.000Z

Before their body was rolled into the lake?

Haha, your eyes are freaking intense in that one! Maybe chicks dig it more.

Claycw · 2010-03-12T14:57:56.000Z

Scrax:

Before their body was rolled into the lake?

Haha, your eyes are freaking intense in that one! Maybe chicks dig it more.

Ouch Scrax

Robert_Sharp · 2010-03-12T15:43:10.000Z

Looks like fun. You guys are making me want to start an OKCupid profile.

kerzain · 2010-03-12T15:47:55.000Z

I’m going to create one for my wife, to see what I’m up against.

Robert_Sharp · 2010-03-12T15:52:25.000Z

Ooh, good idea! We should test to see if I am compatible with your wife and you with mine. Then we can have some sort of Dionysian festival, if the results are favorable.

kerzain · 2010-03-12T15:53:59.000Z

I don’t think my wife is interested in the QT3 swingers club, so we’ll just have to rely on yours.

Robert_Sharp · 2010-03-12T15:55:31.000Z

Heh. Damn. I’m betting my wife feels the same way. Somehow with just the two of us, it doesn’t seem as interesting.

Claycw · 2010-03-12T16:00:45.000Z

LOL, yeah that would just be a sword fight.

Mark_Asher · 2010-03-12T16:09:31.000Z

Creole Ned:

It’s not even that you’re hurting their feelings necessarily, you’re just being honest about their lack of the same. The reaction on being called on it can vary anywhere from being hurt to resentful to indifference (“Damn, thought the old photos and my smooth charm would work. Oh well.”)

I’ve met a few people who had suspiciously cropped or posed photos and in each case it was because they were overweight – sometimes not by a lot, but it was clear they were trying to hide it. Kind of like people who for the purposes of a dating profile consider obese to be an “average” build (though it’s getting there!)

As for tales o’ sexual conquest and/or tips, just be glad I don’t share mine. :P I think it’s pretty easy for a reasonably attractive adult to find a willing sex partner, so it’s not exactly a feat I am going to ooh and aah over, regardless of the orientation of the individual. Come back ten years later to tell me your relationship is still intact and healthy, then I’ll ooh and aah.

I’ve heard lots of stories about bad pics. I think a lot of people think they can charm the other person once they finally meet. I doubt it works very often. Better to go with no pics if that is the strategy.

Claycw · 2010-03-12T16:17:59.000Z

I have ran into that more times than I can count, at first I would sit there and suffer through the meet in greet but now if I meet someone and they look nothing like their pictures I just leave. My thought process on that is if you’re going to lie to me about something so obvious as what you look like then you will lie to me about things that are not so obvious. I am not going to waste time on someone that is lying right off the bat. My advice is post what you look like and you will have much more success in your league, don’t post your friends pictures or your daughters that’s just stupid.

Siren · 2010-03-12T16:32:56.000Z

John Many Jars:

Siren’s is easy to find if you are monstrously clever. (Sorry, Siren — you’re the only qt3 girl on whom I could test my stalking skills.)

Monstrously clever, indeed.

Just do a search for Qt3. It’s one of the “interests” that is highlighted on my profile. Pretty willing to bet that I’m the only person who has that as an interest.

Forgive the poorly written profile. It’s badly in need of an update.

Scrax · 2010-03-12T16:56:57.000Z

Claycw:

Ouch Scrax

Hey I said you were good looking too!

In a Ted Bundy kind of way.

Mightynute · 2010-03-12T17:28:56.000Z

Siren:

Forgive the poorly written profile. It’s badly in need of an update.

Skimming through, I read one line as “Well, I’m awesomely divorced” and did a simultaneous doubletake and giggle, which I think broke something in my brain stem.

Which reminds me of an old roommate I had who got a letter in the mail one day, walked over to the table, and very deadpan said “Woo, my divorce is final. High five.”

Siren · 2010-03-12T18:43:55.000Z

I think that will be one of the re-writes. I like it! In my case, at least, it’s rather awesome that I am divorced.

Not to get all dramatic, but with the way things were escalating in my marriage, if I hadn’t gotten out when I did, then the words “til death do you part” wouldn’t have meant “til one of you dies of old age”.

Gourmand · 2010-03-12T19:17:17.000Z

Well now that I’ve viewed everyone elses profile, I suppose I’m obligated to post mine.

nixon66 · 2010-03-12T19:39:55.000Z

I suppose I have to see if I’m a good match for people here too. Sigh.