why can't there be an online dating site that isn't super cheesy?

[recursivelyenumerable]

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.

[Eric P]

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

[recursivelyenumerable]

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

[Eric P]

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

[recursivelyenumerable]

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.

[Eric P]

ah yes, the special thrill when you take your shirt off and a girl doesn't laugh

[recursivelyenumerable]

I couldn't stay with her because she wrote bad poetry 

[Eric P]

well you could have just said "poetry"

[recursivelyenumerable]

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.

[Mupepe]

well you could have just said "poetry"

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.

[recursivelyenumerable]

but I'm looking for someone to write lyrics for my next band!

[Eric P]

write them yourself it's not hard

[Mupepe]

i'm down.  want to see some of my work?

[Eric P]

you could be the person to bring bachata to the white people!

[recursivelyenumerable]

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

[AdmiralViscen]

I used to write crude haikus with a friend of mine in high school

Am I ghey  :'(

[Mupepe]

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.

[recursivelyenumerable]

it has to go with my music and its convoluted and involuted melodies
I like the sound of this, though:

In fact, the original term used to name [bachata] was amargue ("bitterness," or "bitter music")

[Eric P]

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

[Mupepe]

eric, what are you doing?  He sounds like he's down with my bachata lyrics.  don't do this to me

[Eric P]

bitter intellectual depressed music

[recursivelyenumerable]

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

[Mupepe]

i can imitate aventura's lyrics

[Eric P]

perfect

there are so few true intellectuals and more pseudo-self proclaimed intellectuals that you have a built in fan base

[recursivelyenumerable]

there are so many people I just have to meet without my clothes

[Mupepe]

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

[recursivelyenumerable]

I had to look up "exclave"

[Mupepe]

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

[recursivelyenumerable]

those lyrics are kinda dumb, I think I'll go with the amber

[Mupepe]

you're a whore. 

[Eric P]

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

[recursivelyenumerable]

'kay, I just have to run this through HR and get you your keycard and e-mail account

[Mupepe]

i'll be a groupie

[Eric P]

my next song will be called "i'm not bitter, you're just a cunt"

[Mupepe]

can i do the voice over stuff between verses like aventura?

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

[Eric P]

sure you can be "lil' juan"

QUE?

SI!

[recursivelyenumerable]

our genre shall be thrash klezmer

[Howard Alan Treesong]

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.

[Mupepe]

write a song called Horchata Bachata please. It can be to the tune of "Hakuna Matata" if you want a starting point.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

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

[Mupepe]

omg   i'm going to drink some tonight and sing that in the mic

[Bloodwake]

I wish there was a way to filter out anyone that is overweight/annoying.

[recursivelyenumerable]

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

[Eric P]

yes why is no one catering to our demographic?

where is "america's top shut in"?

[Mupepe]

Why would it matter?  We'd still be talking to ourselves.  Just through a different medium

[Bloodwake]

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.

[Mupepe]

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.

[Bloodwake]

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.

[recursivelyenumerable]

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?

[Eric P]

"hitthebooks.com"  People whom you can stand the next day

[recursivelyenumerable]

brilliant, but that domain's taken

[Tauntaun]

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.

  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! 

[Eric P]

brilliant, but that domain's taken

booksboysbabes.com

[Howard Alan Treesong]

glitterati.com

[recursivelyenumerable]

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

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

[Eric P]

singularsingles.com

[Powerslave]

why do you always talk about online dating

[recursivelyenumerable]

shut up, I have an excuse for it now that I'm a budding tycoon

[Powerslave]

recursivelyundateable

[Eric P]

mathsandenglishandyou