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Title: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 10:39:52 AM
you know, like one that understands you'll probably have about a 10:1 ratio of new friends:actual dating partners and therefore doesn't do shit like pink color schemes and "an intimate message" and horrible IM clients.

I realize that the whole idea of online dating is inherently cringeworthy to some extent, but surely things could be better.
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 10:41:35 AM
consumating used to be pretty good for that

but then the owner sold it to cnet

then it amazingly went straight to hell and has since been shut down
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 10:43:12 AM
actually it might just be that the whole idea of dating is inherently cringeworthy to begin with

that's right, I can't get laid because getting laid is just too tacky for me
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 10:44:57 AM
well dating is really fucking lame and sex is really kind of overrated

you're better off beating off and working on your own projects.

it's was balzac would have you do
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 10:50:18 AM
I actually wasn't too disappointed by sex, which was surprising because I kind of expected a letdown.  tbh though, the amazing feeling came 99.9% from lying naked with a girl and feeling totally accepted and only 0.1% from the actual sex part, which felt pretty much exactly like masturbation.
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 10:51:57 AM
ah yes, the special thrill when you take your shirt off and a girl doesn't laugh
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 10:53:30 AM
I couldn't stay with her because she wrote bad poetry  :(
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 10:54:16 AM
well you could have just said "poetry"
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 10:59:32 AM
this girl I met off OKC appears to be a bona fide edumacated litfag
I dunno if she's a good writer of prose or poetry yet, but she's certainly a good writer of instant messages
my hopes are high.
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Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:02:44 AM
well you could have just said "poetry"
:rofl :rofl :rofl

It's so true.  If anyone tells you they write poetry and they don't make a living off of it, bail the fuck out.
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 11:04:10 AM
but I'm looking for someone to write lyrics for my next band!
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 11:05:35 AM
write them yourself it's not hard
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Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:05:44 AM
i'm down.  want to see some of my work?
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 11:07:10 AM
you could be the person to bring bachata to the white people!

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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 11:08:37 AM
yes it is it's fucking hard.
mostly because I'm too snobbish and neurotic to write simple functional lyrics, but nowhere near skilled enough to write lyrics that are actually subtle and deep instead of obtuse and pretentious and overwrought
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 23, 2008, 11:10:01 AM
I used to write crude haikus with a friend of mine in high school

Am I ghey  :'(
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:11:13 AM
you could be the person to bring bachata to the white people!


hell yeah!

yes it is it's fucking hard.
mostly because I'm too snobbish and neurotic to write simple functional lyrics, but not anywhere near skilled enough to write lyrics that are actually subtle and deep instead of obtuse and pretentious and overwrought
Do you like bachata?  I can write lyrics like that for you.  Come on.
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 11:14:33 AM
it has to go with my music and its convoluted and involuted melodies
I like the sound of this, though:
Quote from: Wikipedia
In fact, the original term used to name [bachata] was amargue ("bitterness," or "bitter music")
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 11:14:58 AM
then make that your thing

you could be like early 90s band Seaweed!

i sit encased in amber
my thoughts in stasis
stuck in loops saying
i can't stand you
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:16:03 AM
eric, what are you doing?  He sounds like he's down with my bachata lyrics.  don't do this to me
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 11:21:25 AM
bitter intellectual depressed music

Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 11:23:02 AM
the thing is I can only write bitter pseudo-intellectual depressed music

also I listen to Leonard Cohen too much not to compare my shit to his, and the verdict on that comparison is rotflmao

CLARIFICATION: I can write bitter intellectual depressed music, I can only write bitter pseudo-intellectual depressed lyrics
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 11:34:07 AM
i can imitate aventura's lyrics :-*
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 11:35:06 AM
perfect

there are so few true intellectuals and more pseudo-self proclaimed intellectuals that you have a built in fan base
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 11:56:30 AM
there are so many people I just have to meet without my clothes
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 12:05:22 PM
First I said it is a sin
To think only about yourself
Second that I cannot but I want to
Give my life to you
Thirdly that in my destiny in love
I risked losing you

And fourthly an exclave in love
He trampled your heart
To anyone who loves but does not prove it
The lover prepare for you to slip away

Love is the most rare thing that could exist
Whoever you are in love with
Most likely you will not pay close attention to them
And another person gives them a flower, a poem
Delivers them to your love
And if it happens, it will disappoint
You lose the essence and faith in love


Come on now, that's pretty bitter.  We can rock out with our cocks out
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 12:16:46 PM
I had to look up "exclave"
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 12:30:50 PM
so am i in?

original lyrics..

Primero me dijo que es un pecado
Pensar solo en ti
Segundo que no puedo ni debo aunque quiero
Dar la vida por ti
Tercero que mi destino en el amor
Corre peligro me adviertr de ti

Y cuarto que un exclavo en el amor
Le pisotean el corazon
Que aquel que ama pero no demuestra
To' el carino se prepara para un desliz

El amor es lo mas raro que ha podido existir
Quien de ti se enamoro
Lo mas probable ni le pones atencion
Y otra persona le das una flor,una poesia
Entregas tu corazon
Y si ocurre una desilusion
Pierdes la esencia y la fe en el amor
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 12:37:48 PM
those lyrics are kinda dumb, I think I'll go with the amber
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Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 12:39:05 PM
you're a whore. 
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 12:45:20 PM
you left me now i'm alone
and amazingly enough i'm better off
without your stupid whore face
to wake up to every day

let me let you in
on a little secret
i was thinking about your mom the whole time

and if you think that's gross
well that's who you're going to be
in like 10 years from now

you're going to be your mom
and i'll be long gone
you're going to be your mom
and i'll have told the world
through this little song

Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 01:07:52 PM
'kay, I just have to run this through HR and get you your keycard and e-mail account
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 01:08:50 PM
i'll be a groupie
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 01:09:39 PM
my next song will be called "i'm not bitter, you're just a cunt"
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 01:11:09 PM
can i do the voice over stuff between verses like aventura?

"mupepe... get used to it!"
"the hitmaker, the king of lyrics"

Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 01:11:46 PM
sure you can be "lil' juan"

QUE?

SI!

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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 01:15:33 PM
our genre shall be thrash klezmer
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 23, 2008, 01:55:15 PM
write a song called Horchata Bachata please. It can be to the tune of "Hakuna Matata" if you want a starting point.

I agree that online dating sites are incredibly terrid. I wish there were one where people try to out litfag each other from the start and it was an obvious e-peen contest as opposed to a passive-aggressive one.
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 01:55:42 PM
write a song called Horchata Bachata please. It can be to the tune of "Hakuna Matata" if you want a starting point.


:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 23, 2008, 01:59:32 PM
Horchata bachata
It's a tangy rice drink
Horchata bachata
I need room to think
It's Hispanic, see?
Get away from me!
Horchata bachata
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 02:14:42 PM
:rofl :rofl

omg   i'm going to drink some tonight and sing that in the mic
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Bloodwake on April 23, 2008, 02:20:46 PM
I wish there was a way to filter out anyone that is overweight/annoying.
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 02:30:49 PM
thing is I'm not a litfag myself, but a litfagosexual mathfag.

I would however support a dating site and/or reality TV show featuring a few dozen Eng Lit grad student chix all vying for my affections with displays of transgressive hermeneutics :drool
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 02:40:04 PM
yes why is no one catering to our demographic?

where is "america's top shut in"?

Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 02:40:57 PM
Why would it matter?  We'd still be talking to ourselves.  Just through a different medium
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Post by: Bloodwake on April 23, 2008, 02:44:22 PM
My ideal online dating site would have skinny girls with decent (not DDs or anything, maybe B cup) sized breasts and dark rimmed glasses who know a shit load about film and can accurately and articulately defend themselves and their opinions on movies with valid arguments. (None of this "I hate the Potter movies because it wasn't like the book" bullshit or "Taxi Driver creeps me out so it sucks" bullshit)

This will never happen, sadly enough.
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Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 02:45:48 PM
Ya know, I don't even mind those arguments.  I think the worst are "they talked too much".  At least the fact that the potter movies aren't like the book is a somewhat valid argument if you're a big fan of the books.  "they talked too much" is not.
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Bloodwake on April 23, 2008, 03:15:48 PM
Ya know, I don't even mind those arguments.  I think the worst are "they talked too much".  At least the fact that the potter movies aren't like the book is a somewhat valid argument if you're a big fan of the books.  "they talked too much" is not.

Believe me, whenever they start saying that Azkaban was the worst movie when it was UNDENIABLY THE BEST, you get fucking pissed quite easily.

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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 03:21:28 PM
Now that I think about it, there really might be market potential in an online dating site that's explicitly for self-proclaimed elitist snobs.  I should do it!  I need a web project anyway.  Not sure I have the writing chops to make the text snarky enough though, anyone want to pitch in?
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 03:23:45 PM
"hitthebooks.com"  People whom you can stand the next day

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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 03:26:03 PM
brilliant, but that domain's taken :(
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Post by: Tauntaun on April 23, 2008, 03:27:01 PM
Ya know, I don't even mind those arguments.  I think the worst are "they talked too much".  At least the fact that the potter movies aren't like the book is a somewhat valid argument if you're a big fan of the books.  "they talked too much" is not.

:duh  Um and what else would they do have words on the screen narrating the movie?  People R Dumb, like the guy who returned KOTOR to me because it "wasn't halo."  DIE IN A FIRE!  :maf
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 03:31:14 PM
brilliant, but that domain's taken :(

booksboysbabes.com

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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 23, 2008, 03:58:56 PM
glitterati.com
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 04:18:50 PM
unfortunately, it kinda has to accommodate quasi-cultured math nerds, seeing as I am one
I realize that this makes it way harder to establish our image, and get women to join, although some CS people have made a stab at this kind of market positioning before, e.g. http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/curriculum-Z-H-2.html

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Yet programming is more than just a vocational skill. Indeed, good programming is a fun activity, a creative outlet, and a way to express abstract ideas in a tangible form. And designing programs teaches a variety of skills that are important in all kinds of professions: critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail.

We therefore believe that the study of program design deserves the same central role in general education as mathematics and English. Or, put more succinctly,

everyone should learn how to design programs.

On one hand, program design teaches the same analytical skills as mathematics. But, unlike mathematics, working with programs is an active approach to learning. Interacting with software provides immediate feedback and thus leads to exploration, experimentation, and self-evaluation. Furthermore, designing programs produces useful and fun things, which vastly increases the sense of accomplishment when compared to drill exercises in mathematics. On the other hand, program design teaches the same analytical reading and writing skills as English. Even the smallest programming tasks are formulated as word problems. Without critical reading skills, a student cannot design programs that match the specification. Conversely, good program design methods force a student to articulate thoughts about programs in proper English.

This book is the first book on programming as the core subject of a liberal arts education.

still a hard sell in today's society tho
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 04:21:12 PM
singularsingles.com
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Post by: Powerslave on April 23, 2008, 04:21:16 PM
why do you always talk about online dating
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 04:22:47 PM
shut up, I have an excuse for it now that I'm a budding tycoon
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Post by: Powerslave on April 23, 2008, 04:25:01 PM
recursivelyundateable
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 04:28:11 PM
mathsandenglishandyou
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 04:32:45 PM
Quote
recursivelyundateable

not clever.  you don't stand a chance of admittance into my exclusive site.

should I ever sneak back into GAF my nick will be "subversivelyremunerable".  clever.  that is why I will let myself into my exclusive site.
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Post by: Powerslave on April 23, 2008, 04:35:36 PM
i am straight up clever mayne, and I dont need your site, or whatever you were talking about. get back to being random mayne.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 04:43:33 PM
this is my favorite thread of any I've ever started.  I'm going places.
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 23, 2008, 04:52:51 PM
baby, will you be mine for today = n and n = (n+1)

spoiler (click to show/hide)
do I get into your exclusive site
[close]
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Post by: tiesto on April 23, 2008, 05:28:27 PM
I'd settle for an online site that bans fatties and girls with kids.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 05:49:56 PM
After a bit more thought, I'm thinking of taking a quasi-Marxist-Leninist angle on this.  We're not just elitist snobs, we're elitist snobs of the people; we are the vanguard who will eventually lead the entire population into the promised land of culturally enlightened mating practices, but for the time being we need to limit our membership to an elite, ideologically pure few so as to resist deviationist tendencies.

but not explicitly Marxist-Leninist as that would limit membership way too much
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Post by: CajoleJuice on April 23, 2008, 05:52:07 PM
yes why is no one catering to our demographic?

where is "america's top shut in"?

i don't know why, but this just got me :rofl
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Post by: Mupepe on April 23, 2008, 05:53:18 PM
I'd settle for an online site that bans fatties and girls with kids.
hey what the fuck
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 06:01:12 PM
This is the most brilliant idea since the last brilliant idea I had.  God bless quadruple espresso.
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Post by: elektrikluv on April 23, 2008, 06:01:49 PM
I am so joining if you take the Marxist/Leninist angle!

It probably won't get you many members though...
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 23, 2008, 06:10:40 PM
cool!  so out of a sample size of 5 or so women on eb, 20% expressed interest in joining.
we can extrapolate from there to deduce that when the site opens its doors to the world, approximately 6 billion / 2 * 20% = 600 million women will apply.
of course the vast majority will have to be turned away pending ideological maturity.

but I'm worried about gender balance since me and Patel constitute less than 1% of the male population I think =(
come on we need more men!
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Post by: Eric P on April 23, 2008, 09:04:00 PM
i'm in a relationship but i'll play that whole "unattainable" angle so you guys can get my detritus



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Post by: pilonv1 on April 23, 2008, 10:55:39 PM
I like the idea of a dating site for smart people.

also :lol @ americas top shut in
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Post by: Vyer on April 23, 2008, 11:58:20 PM
A friend of mine came by work depressed a while back.  Turns out he had tried to sign up for an online matchmaking site and got the 'can't find you a match' answer or something.  Yup, he was rejected by eHarmony.

He didn't know about how infamous that site is for that or why it tends to happen. 

So we didn't tell him.  For like three days.

I did make a joke, though, along the lines of 'well now it's kind of like it's been scientifically proven that you will die alone.'

He didn't think it was funny.


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Post by: pilonv1 on April 24, 2008, 03:28:58 AM
whats the deal with eHarmony? why is it infamous?
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Post by: Don Flamenco on April 24, 2008, 04:10:29 AM
You just have to turn "hikikomori" into a term of endearment in the U.S., like what happened with "otaku." 
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Post by: Eric P on April 24, 2008, 09:03:37 AM
whats the deal with eHarmony? why is it infamous?

it's very skewed to religious conservatives, if i recall correctly

wiki has more

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Once consumers sign up for a one-month trial, eHarmony continues charging month after month. Consumers who think they are signing up for one month are finding they will continue to be charged and eHarmony will not refund the extra months charged to consumers. Other negative comments in various web forums include:

    * The procedure to unsubscribe as a paying member is complex and leads to errors or undesired credit card charges. Some complain the procedure is unfair or misleading.[16]
    * Various problems relating to the matching mechanism used, such as:[17]
          o Matches cannot be filtered by user-defined criteria. For example users cannot require that all matches contain a picture.
          o The only power the user has is to look at the matches brought up by the matching system and pursue or reject them. Therefore a significant amount of trust in the psychological matching system is needed to justify the service.
          o Failure to provide same- sex matching options
    * After answering a 258 question profile, they are rejected without explanation. A public statement from eHarmony claims that the reasons for rejection are usually because of three factors:[18]
          o They are already married (30%);
          o They are under the minimum age of 21 (27%);
          o They provide inconsistent answers during the profile (9%)
          o 34% of rejections are unexplained.
    * Consumers have difficulty finding the company's phone number (1-800-263-6133) to speak to a live representative.
    * The interface for managing matches is limited. Matches that either party has closed are not removed but remain in the list, which can only be ordered by date of match. Managing matches is more time consuming than necessary.

eHarmony states that it has "19 million registered members."[citation needed] However, they do not state how many or what percentage of those members are active members, the term for accounts that frequently participate in any way in the any activities of the site.[citation needed]
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Post by: DJ_Tet on April 24, 2008, 10:50:11 AM
 34% of rejections are unexplained.




Both my gf and I were rejected from eHarmony.  All I can say is thank god!
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Post by: tiesto on April 24, 2008, 10:55:58 AM
Fuck, I just found out from the girl I liked (the one with the health problems) that she felt no chemistry between the two of us... which concerns my worst fear - that I am a quiet, type-B personality, not dominating at all, pretty much doomed to the bottom of the barrel as far as dating goes.  :-\ And what she said that hurt more, is that her friends wouldn't go for me either, and I would be best with a shy girl or something. Shy girls frustrate me...

Although, speaking of smart girls, a Russian Jew doctor emailed me the other day. She's got a bit of meat on her, but she isn't that big or anything, I'll email her back I think, but I have a feeling she is gonna shit-test me till kingdom come.

You guys ever go to gk2gk.com, Geek 2 Geek? It's a site for geeks to hook up, or something... I was browsing through the profiles on there, and the girls were HIDEOUS, out of 100 I looked at there was about 1 that was decent looking. My ex girlfriend was on there too, and she is one of the better looking ones on the site... (in real life she is rather plain, although she has probably played more RPGs than you if you're into that)

I had an eHarmony account, they kept matching me up with really boring girls that I had very little in common with. A lot of them would close me off (usually when they saw my picture, I'm not that attractive  :-\) It's too expensive, and I would rather meet people on Match, where I don't have to go through the step process and can usually see what a girl looks like right away, even though the idea of breaking down chemistry to a numbers and algorithm game is interesting to me.

Next up is me trying chemistry.com I think.
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Post by: Eric P on April 24, 2008, 11:02:32 AM
learn to DJ then get all the hot raver chicks

note, this didn't actually work for me, but i've seen it work for many many others
Title: Re: why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?
Post by: tiesto on April 24, 2008, 11:10:18 AM
learn to DJ then get all the hot raver chicks

note, this didn't actually work for me, but i've seen it work for many many others

Well,  I always hint that I have played at house parties and make my own mixes, but none of the girls I meet seem to give a shit about EDM.  :-\

Actually speaking of which, I am pretty curious if you've ever heard any of my mixes? Most of them are on a commercial house/electro-house tip, but since you've been DJing for a while, I'd be curious to what you think of the technical aspects and structure. http://www.duky.org/mixes.html is the site and the farther you go down, the better the mixing is :P
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Post by: Eric P on April 24, 2008, 11:24:18 AM
looking over your track listing i should shoot you some of the tracks i've collected over the past year which i think would slot in perfectly with your sounds.
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Post by: Eric P on April 24, 2008, 11:25:52 AM
oh and did you see that Erol Alkan is coming to NYC?

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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2008, 01:37:51 PM
please don't turn my one-of-a-kind once-in-a-lifetime classic thread into a generic girl problems thread  :(
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on April 25, 2008, 11:06:22 AM
What is the status of the Marxist-Leninist dating site?

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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 25, 2008, 01:22:44 PM
It's kinda on hold while I try to help my dog not die.