yeah, that was actually this:
Yeah, that’s totally a matte painting.
The hiiiiii8ils are allllliiiiiiiiiive with the sound of bullllllshiiiiiit…
it’s true, Switzerland is actually a series of matte paintings. I actually live on the parking lot of a Walmart’s, and just put some appropriate background behind me when I want to keep up the fiction of this place existing.
Kalle
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Abilio, the posture is a bit awkward. Like you don’t quite know what to do with your arms.
fire
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Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Right? :-)
fire needs to start a thread up just for examining photos of QT3ers. And get paid in karma dollars (no value at walmart).
Raife
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Karma dollars, however, are redeemable at Babbies R Us.
Matt, terrific idea!
fire, would you be up for that? :)
Gourmand
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Hey, QT3. I need a few of you to summon your inner Emily Post:
How do you politely tell someone you’re not interested? I write a ton of “Hey, I like you!” type messages to try and initiate conversations. I think it sucks that the vast majority of those are ignored.
So, when I get those same “Hey, I like you!” type messages, but I’m not interested in the lady, I like to at least write back. The thing is, I can’t tell if I’m being more of a jerk or not by doing so.
I just got a message along the lines of “Hey! So what are your favorite board games?”. I answered by thanking her for the message, naming a board game or two, and stating again that I appreciated the message but would not be interested romantically.
Felt awww-kward. Would it be smoother to just thank and immediately state my lack of romantic interest? Or, is the depressing truth that ignoring is just the way things go now-a-days? In your online escapades, do you go out of your way to respond or do you also ignore?
Couldn’t you have just said “I prefer Solitaire” or something?
I prefer being rejected, rather than ignored. That way I won’t spend days checking my inbox, waiting for something that’s not going to happen. That said, I’ve heard from girls that if they send “sorry but no” type messages they sometimes get angry replies like “hey screw you, you’re missing out grrrr!!”
I have never ignored someone and prefer not to be, but there can be a pretty wide gulf between letting them down gently and being an insensitive clod. In my experience it’s often not necessary to explicitly state no romantic interest but a lot really depends on what the other person has said already.
Holy shit. How did I miss this thread?
Maybe you should post a few of these conversation starters, because I get responses maybe 60-75% of the time (not that these responses lead anywhere…)
ZekeDMS
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I like the second shot, CH. It says “I like adventure and bargains on quality merchandise.” At least to people who recognize shirt.woot ;)
Zuwadza
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Long time no talk, Internet Dating Thread. As I said a while back, I ended a 7 year relationship semi-recently. Talked to a few women online and even went on a date with one. That date went… ok. I feel like the city I live in is way too small for successful online dating. I’ve already messaged anyone on OkC that’d I’d ever message.
But! Real life dating has gone much better than online dating. Had a mild fling with an awesome girl for a little bit. Got another girl’s number tonight! Seems to work out a lot better than the online thing!
