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I made a free account on match.com just to see what was out there, and I can now say that im truly disgusted with online dating. are we so jaded that we cant just talk to people anymore? what are the odds that the person your looking for will fall into such narrow specs? that and for some reason most of the people that show up in my profile are catholic, and im almost certain that I specified that's what im NOT looking for. but hey.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 15:30

Quote: "anybody else think online dating will be the downfall of society?"

No, I think that online dating will be the downfall of nerds. Nerds, rather than focusing on computers and getting rich, will find other nerd women online. They'll hook up and make ugly nerd babies. Then, they'll never get rich.

Imagine if Bill Gates had online dating. He'd have accidentally propagated by the time he was 20, and Microsoft would never have happened. He'd have been working on the phone lines for IBM and have been outsourced to Indian slaves years ago. Then, instead of being able to use the fragile and buggy MS Windows, I'd be forced to use the secure and stable Macintosh. Thank goodness...

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 16:10

It's a great tool for the socially hopeless and tragicly ugly.

One of my friends does a lot of online dating, they all end up being bunny-boilers, like making a dude cycle 50 miles just for some, that's both cruel and unusual. Damn he got some amount of stick for that desperate journey. My uncle is on his second American affair, where he buggers off to the US to meet some internet bunny-boiler, got married this time, and doesn't have the money to stay. A cousin did the same thing except it was in Spain, and she didn't turn up!.

So when I said...

It's a great tool for the socially hopeless and tragicly ugly.

I actually meant it's creepy, don't do it, and if you do, don't tell anyone, and if you get lucky and people start asking where you got the GF, just tell them it's an internet shemail who's operation you've sponsored, that'd be less embarassing.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 16:14

It will only be the downfall of the downfallen. Maybe this will lead to another evolution-split, where online daters meet, procreate and ultimately become a sub-species.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 16:28

Quote: "It will only be the downfall of the downfallen. Maybe this will lead to another evolution-split, where online daters meet, procreate and ultimately become a sub-species."

that idea ran across my mind too

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 16:45

no, the downfall to society is normal guys sleeping with fat chicks. If guys would stop this then fat chicks might just start loosing weight, and start wearing make-up!!!

Same goes for guys who buy hot women drinks, to try and 'buy' their affection my gawd.. grow some balls

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Online dating...yeah I guess I can't judge as I've never been in the position to need it but its always seemed a bit pathetic.

If anyone on here does try it, take this word of advice an unlucky friend of mine gave me:

"If their profile only shows their face, something is up"

I guess he learned the hard way

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 17:45

Quote: "If guys would stop this then fat chicks might just start loosing weight, and start wearing make-up!!!"

Excuse me while I stare at the screen, stunned by your phenomenal neaderthalism.

/stares

Personally, I believe that people should be happy as they are. If they're unhappy, they should change. But it's no-ones right to make someone feel bad about how they look. Also, as a personal feeling, I think makeup is a horrible thing, and a waste of time. If your skin isn't good enough to show, then you really shouldn't be putting layers of chemicals on it to hide behind.

So, I suppose what I'm trying to say is - shut it, you shallow numpty. But in a nice way.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 17:52 Edited at: 24th Mar 2006 18:25

Quote: "Excuse me"

I excuse you

haha, I take it with you getting overly defensive you are 1 of 3 things at least:
1.) Fat
2.) Ugly
3.) Watched too many chick flicks thinking guys look for a woman's personality...

*Pats tinkergirl on the head*

ALL GUYS relie on looks in women, it's no secret. If a guy doesn't think the woman is sexy he will NOT go out with her.

Women on the other hand are built differently yes the relie on a tiny bit of looks in a guy for the first impression but that's it. It all boils down to the guy's personality after that.

Me shallow? no, i just know what I like in a woman.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 18:39

Quote: "ALL GUYS relie on looks in women, it's no secret."

All women rely on looks in men too, it's just that different people are attracted to different things, weight tends to only be a problem in the extremes. The trick is to disregard everyone elses personal opinions, if you like someone then the psychology behind that is beyond what anyone can really comment on.

People have a weird view on larger women, like it's assumed that they have a nice personality, or their standards are lower, really it should be known that fat bottom girls can be bitches too.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 18:54

what's sexy is in the eyes of the beholder. Ive seen girls that I thought were a 9/10 and some of my friends thought they were quite ugly. but hey, its what appeals to the person.

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Well its true that everyone is shallow to some extent or another. Whether you look for a good body or a pretty face, both are equally shallow. You have to be at least somewhat attracted to a person to gain initial interest, after that its personality. As a good female friend of mine once said: Looks attract you, personality keeps you.

Some guys like fat chicks just like some girls like skinny nerds. They are the exception but hey if they're happy good for them. Of course the guy has to be prepared to get made fun of by his friends. Is that fair? No. But most of life isn't.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 19:00 Edited at: 24th Mar 2006 19:08

This is all getting very personal.

So I'm going to stick my pennysworth in as well.

Here are my basic rules about dating:

1. men are basically honest in their dating habits. Most men will admit that they go primarily for fit birds. When they fail to get fit birds, they'll go for a less fit bird. Often you can watch this process happening many times in the same evening / drunken crawl. For most men, finding a woman who is both fit and has a great character is an incredible result akin to winning £100 on the lottery. Men then settle down with the woman in question and after a while, depending on the amount of pressure put on them, will get married.

2. women are basically dishonest in their dating habits. Most women will claim that they are only interested in men who are funny, intelligent and have a great character. In truth, they are actually only interested in men who they think are fit (and if they have money, this is a smaller factor). Again, if the man happens to be fit AND has a great character, this is an amazing plus for any woman. After a reasonable interval, the woman will marry the bloke.

The proof of this is what is known scientifically as "the Friends test". Ask all the women you know who they'd prefer to date - Chandler or Joey. The overwhelming majority of women will say Joey.

From these basic parameters we can draw certain proven conclusions:

1. people (male or female) who can't get a date are probably overweight and/or out of shape and/or present themselves badly and/or have a self-confidence problem. To increase the chances of getting a date, they need to shed some of those excess pounds, take a bit more care of themselves, stop dressing like a dork, get a better haircut and get rid of the self confidence issues (although most of the foregoing steps will help with this). They will see their prospects of success in the dating arena increase exponentially. I've seen it happen with people I know. Trust me - it works.

2. if you want to get out of the dating scene, start bingeing on McDonalds,

3. if you are offered a blind date on the basis that the person has a "great personality" rather than is "super fit", refuse immediately. The blind datee will be someone who has adopted the bingeing advice in point 2 above.

4. women are very self conscious about their looks. If you flatter them outrageously, amazingly this earns you lots of affection and passports to attend boys drinking outings.

Thats my input. Incidentally, don't nobody tell my GF that I posted this otherwise I will have the crap kicked out of me.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 19:07

Quote: "haha, I take it with you getting overly defensive you are 1 of 3 things at least:
1.) Fat
2.) Ugly
3.) Watched too many chick flicks thinking guys look for a woman's personality...

*Pats tinkergirl on the head*"

Thanks for the patronising. Oh actualy, no, I don't thank you, I thought I should make that clear because you obviously don't understand sarcasm.

I wouldn't have considered my earlier comment as overly defensive. Overly agressive, possibly, but only because I saw what I believed to be a terrible view on life and those of my gender. You're essentially saying that 'fat chicks' don't have a right to have boyfriends. Well, that's not your decision to make. If I were able to make the descisions, then I'd probably blind the human race because at least then people would be less likely to judge on appearances.

No, I'm not ugly, nor am I fat, and I despise 'chick flicks' - I find it amusing that you automatically assumed I must be one or all of these purely because your chauvanistic comment got a reaction out of me. I have no problems with people saying that appearances matter, men in particular are very visual creatures (and women only slightly less so), but there are (as someone else commented) different views on beauty. Eye of the beholder and all that.

I hope that whoever you finally (if you're single just now) end up with, can see past your 2-dimensionality to your no-doubt stunning good looks and stylish dress sense, because your personality won't help you at all.

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@General Sephiro: I must agree, I don`t think tinkergirl knows exactly what you mean by fat (you come across a little heavy), I don`t have a problem with plump

, but some people go way beyond sensible, for example some of our local "girls" are seriously scarey, a sumo wrestler would get off the path to let em past, they are in no danger of getting run down by a truck, all they are doing is pigging out with no restraint, no self disipline, and no self respect, NOBODY has the right to be that fat, it`s just gross, I was reading the other day where doctors claim this is going to be the first generation where the majority of kids die before the parents, thats just tragic and sad, all for the lack of some self restraint.

hell! I like food, theres a lot of tasty stuff out there in the shops, but I don`t eat to the point where I need help to get out of bed, use the toilet or get dressed, there are probably some reasonably pretty girls buried in those oceans of fat and stretch marks, but all you see em doing is wandering around with a Mac lardburger clutched in their podgy, sweaty hands, fat from their ankles nearly dragging on the ground and 30cu/ft of "midriff" showing

, please, theres nothing wrong with em that a famine wouldn`t cure, they eat just because they can, they are gross, they should get a grip, all the "explanations" you hear are just weak excuses, if you don`t eat you don`t get fat, the guys who did slave labour for the Japanese in Burma during the war where all about 2 to 5 stone lighter than they should have been, reason, they didn`t have hardly anything to eat, food makes for gross bloaters, end of story.

just in case you wonder why the rant, well this strikes a chord with me cos I had one hell of a time avoiding a senior employee (dept manager) who could have made my working life a misery if she had got annoyed with me, she developed a crush on me

(she mistook polite for "interested") and I had an unpleasant year before she latched onto another poor sod, she was not only seriously fat but stunk of stale sweat and had hairy armpits

(and why do people like that always seem to own realy small cars too?

), gets me upset just to think of it, especialy when I think of when I was cornered in the store room and she "just had to squeeze past"

...try getting out of that emotionaly intact

(you lot can laugh, you`re still young, wait untill you`ve had a few years of life under your belt

).

{edit} @ tinkergirl: go easy on me...I`m only a mere male

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 19:12 Edited at: 25th Mar 2006 15:18

I'd say thats game, set and match to Tinkergirl. Incidentally, on the mental image front, I've always imagined her as having red hair and looking like that naturalist who does the Coast series (Alice Roberts?). Dunno why. Its a bit like I imagine IanM as having a large black evil face mask, although in that case this is despite the fact that I've met him.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 19:29 Edited at: 24th Mar 2006 19:34

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Since we're all programmers here and probably like numbers, I'm going to break it down that way. This is just my idea on how the whole relationship game plays out. Its totally arbitrary so sorry if it ticks someone off

I submit that in long term relationships (not casual dating) each person ends up with someone of equal Dating value. Someone's dating value would basically be the sum of their Looks (1-10, average 5) and their Person (1-10, average 5). Person could include anything from personality to money to fame.

Take myself as a test case. Being about as honest as someone can be about themselves with this sort of thing. I'd give myself:

Looks: 7
Person: 8

So that gives me about a 15. Meaning I could potentially date someone who was really hot (looks 10) but she probably would have just an average personality and vice versa. And I sure enough I have been with both types.

My long time girlfriend (soon to be fiance

) would be probably a 15 or 16 objectively (of course she's a 20 to me, but I'm a bit biased).

Of course different people probably weight things a little differently (maybe .75*Looks and 1.25*Personality) but I think everyone uses the same basic system.

That's my take on it

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 19:34

I like Philips rules. But I'll throw some advice myself.
1) Be egoistic and assinine. Your ego is your freind, if you don't love you, nobody else will. Girls care alot about what other's think. If you show that you don't give a sh!t, it will seem like you've shown them a new way to act.

2)Don't be afraid to knock 'em a bit. You want to make them want you, so dangling yourself infront of them, then moving it out of reach really get's them rilled up(I'm aware that that sounds very naugty).

3) Unless, your the size of an apartment block, you can probably down play your fatness by walking a ceratain way, or dressing a certain way.

4) Find something to talk about! Uncomfortable silence is not sexy.

As for online dating, I figure it's just some marketing scam to milk a whole bunch of losers. Now I'm going to go talk to Sheila, my Portorican Britney Spears look alike girl friend on Lava-Life(she says the photo's real).

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 20:11 Edited at: 24th Mar 2006 20:15

Quote: "2)Don't be afraid to knock 'em a bit"

finally someone who gets it.

Quote: "because your personality won't help you at all"

Me! tinker, -> I dissagree. That is a terrible ideal to give guys, pretending that being a nice-guy will get them laid.

Here's a scenario to open your minds:
Few months ago I was sitting down with a few friends at a local bar. Couple women started making EC(eye contact) so I went over started conversing with them, a friend of mine Kevin walked over started buying them drinks being nice and giving them tons of compliments. Whilst I kept messing about making fun of them in a fun way, just being myself. Who do you think went home that night with a woman?

I'm not the best with women and i'm certinally not the worst. Being a bad-boy or being a nice-guy it's your choice.

Me! -> Almost impressed with your message until you caved at the end.

Phillip -> I'm not rich, I'm not Brad Pit either but I can still easily get a woman if she meets my standards.
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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 20:12 Edited at: 24th Mar 2006 20:17

Conversations about dating on nerd forums are sources of boundless humor.

Tinkergirl and Philip have a clue though.

I'll add that not everybody is shallow, but I think everyone does, in a way, want the 'best' they can get (looks and class-wise). Except for the asexual, of course. A lot of people who are fairly low on the social ladder consider themselves to be superior because they'll never reach the higher leagues and like to pretend that they chose to date less attractive girls or guys - but they'd just as soon start if they actually could. Despite this, a solid quantity of people, in all leagues I believe, consider personality as well as appearance. It's not really binary though, you don't just 'go for' one or the other.

I also have to disagree that women are dishonest. Ask a chick straight up if she'd rather date a good looking guy with an unimpressive personality or an unimpressive looking guy with a good personality and most of them will (honestly) pick the handsome one. If anything I think more guys like to style themselves as more thoughtful or emotional than they really are, because they think women go for that - which they actually don't. Which is a rather amusing little circle.

Anyway, I think it's stupid to be bitter about how it all works, because I firmly believe that at the end of the day if you're a decent person with passable social skills, decent hygene and balls (figuratively speaking, ladies), you will be able to date other people with decent attributes. Selfishness and/or believing that you should be able to 'do better' are some of the biggest reasons a lot of people completely flunk the dating game.

Oh, and about online dating: What's the big deal? Maybe it is for the shy and/or desperate, but it's not different than phone services that have been around for decades. Everybody has their own way of dating. Well, at least, most people do. I think. Hmmm.

And general, Tinkergirl was talking about that one person's specific (unimpressive) personality, not making a blanket statement, if I'm not mistaken.

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I talked to a girl online for nearly 5 years before we decided to meet, from across a 500 mile distance between us. I've known her for about 8 years now and are great friends.

I live in Ohio, where about 9/10 people are just plain fat! I believe there was even a census that said ohio had the largest (excuse the pun) obesity problem. Fortunately, I'm that 1/10 people. Getting dates around here is no problem for me, its a matter of whether I want the particular date or not.

But truthfully, I've made good friends (some gf's) with some people online that I probably wouldn't normally have talked to in person. Meeting people online helps establish an emotional link where it might not have had a chance to form before due to pre-judgement on looks.

Quote: "men in particular are very visual creatures (and women only slightly less so)"

Nah, I think women are more so, men are just more open to being jerks rather than trying to hide it and pretend to be proper like the ladies.

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mmm. Just my two cents.....
Something I´ve always wondered is why so many people defend fat people. They keep saying "Fat people can be beautiful too bla, bla, bla". It´s a lie. But that´s not the bad part. It´s the fact that no one thinks about thin people who happen to be ugly. The message people should send out is:
"It´s ok to be ugly aslong as care for yourself and the people around you"
Then again. My definition of fat is probably heavier than most people´s. In my opinion there are levels. Normal, over weight, fat extremly fat, and freak of nature. It´s ok to be over weight but there´s no excuse to be fat.
I hope I´ve explainde myself properly. Probably not but I tried.

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 20:25

I dunno, im in stunning shape, but Im still single. Im quite picky though... if a girl is reasonable (140-230lbs / 4'9 - 6'2) ill try to talk to her, but if she's stupid, reguardless of what she looks like, there will never be any kind of long term relationship, and its unlikely that there will be a short term ?

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 20:42 Edited at: 24th Mar 2006 20:42

Quote: "hy so many people defend fat people. They keep saying "Fat people can be beautiful too bla, bla, bla". It´s a lie. But that´s not the bad part. It´s the fact that no one thinks about thin people who happen to be ugly. The message people should send out is:
"It´s ok to be ugly aslong as care for yourself and the people around you""

Ok, what is going on here? We've gone from a talk about online dating, to trying to offend/insult people with weight problems

I'm sure that we all have bad points about ourselves that can be streteched to the extremes also. So stop with the constant attacking of overweight people, for pete's sake.

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David R do u have an over weight girl friend?

haha random note, i'm trying out a new look now, shaved my head to see how it affects how many women I can get per week =D

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Posted: 24th Mar 2006 21:41

Or is he an overweight girl?

At least farting ferrets are better than stinky stoats.

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Ironically, neither. I just think its extremely shallow just to keep constantly going on and on and on.... about people who have weight problems. Its not as if they don't actually know they have weight problems - so they don't need the entire world to keep constantly reminding them of it. That's what I think at least.

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i think looks get you noticed, but then you need the personality if you want something even semi-serious

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I just love the way this forum gets so side tracked from the topic at hand.

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Quote: "haha random note, i'm trying out a new look now, shaved my head to see how it affects how many women I can get per week =D
"

If your a black guy it might look pretty good, else, it varies severly... especially if you have an odd shaped head, then it might not look too good on you, additionally if you'r scrawny with a bald head, people might think that your recovering from cancer or something

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Quote: "No, I think that online dating will be the downfall of nerds. Nerds, rather than focusing on computers and getting rich, will find other nerd women online. They'll hook up and make ugly nerd babies. Then, they'll never get rich."

Without question, that was the single funniest thing anyone has ever said in these or any other forums in the history of the universe. Even on other planets, where I've never been. I laughed for a few minutes after reading that... thank you Curtis for bringing some light into the dark hole that was my pathetically aweful day!

Quote: "ALL GUYS relie on looks in women, it's no secret. If a guy doesn't think the woman is sexy he will NOT go out with her."

Uh, wrong. When I'm single and looking for a potential girlfriend, I judge her in this very specific order, always, with no exceptions:

1. What sort of music does she like, because if a girl likes Dave Matthews and hates Radiohead, she isn't worth my time no matter how hot she is. Period.

2. Is she "mentally sufficient," IE, if I randomly feel like talking about the wartime exploits of Alexander the Great, will she know what I'm talking about, or at least care to learn so she can carry out a conversation about it (not just that, but in general).

3. Is she a "clubber." I don't date chicks who go to bars all of the time or smoke pot with their friends. I'm 100% sober, and in 26 years of life I've never tried smoking pot, and not because I'm religious or a republican or something (I'm the opposite of both of those), but because I never felt like my life was so pathetic I needed to blur the lines of reality... ever. If a girl feels the same way, we're one step closer to being together.

4. Does she have a sense of humor: If a girl can't sit through "freddy got fingered" and giggle with me, then I can't waste my time with her. And before anyone says ANYTHING about this, YES, I realize how much that limits my dating options

5. THEN I look at aesthetic qualities... usually how she dresses first, then how "refined" she is, then the actual physical traits.

Yeah, it's an annoyingly lengthy process but hey, it works... I'm not single right now and happy as hell with my girlfriend because I used this system, and yes, she's hot

Quote: "Also, as a personal feeling, I think makeup is a horrible thing, and a waste of time. If your skin isn't good enough to show, then you really shouldn't be putting layers of chemicals on it to hide behind."

I agree 100%. Makeup is stupid. Especially on goth kids but the rule applies to everyone almost as much. I live in New York, and here, 99.9999% of the women walking down the street are plastered in makeup and if anything, it makes me look away. Especially in Queens... ugh, the girls in Queens...

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Cash Curtis II

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 02:15 Edited at: 25th Mar 2006 04:27

Quote: "I excuse you
haha, I take it with you getting overly defensive you are 1 of 3 things at least:
1.) Fat
2.) Ugly
3.) Watched too many chick flicks thinking guys look for a woman's personality...
*Pats tinkergirl on the head*"

Wow, that is the worst thing I've ever seen on these forums. It's completely and without question mean, condescending, and sterotypical. We don't know what Tinkergirl looks like. Insulting her for something we don't know is retarded. It's like if we started making fun of you because you have a small package.
She's probably hot and left handed, and defending women against dumb men's comments. Attitudes like that are shallow, and will definitely turn women away.
No matter what you think about women, Tinkergirl has got skills, and tolerates all of this crap while still being nice. Why insult her? It's unfounded and pointless.

Quote: "Quote: "No, I think that online dating will be the downfall of nerds. Nerds, rather than focusing on computers and getting rich, will find other nerd women online. They'll hook up and make ugly nerd babies. Then, they'll never get rich."

Without question, that was the single funniest thing anyone has ever said in these or any other forums in the history of the universe. Even on other planets, where I've never been. I laughed for a few minutes after reading that... thank you Curtis for bringing some light into the dark hole that was my pathetically aweful day!"

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Fallout

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 02:41

Online dating has a really bad rep. I know a few really nice people (blokes and girls) that use online dating. My mates sister is an absolute stunner, and can be found on match.com i think. Why? Because she has a job where she doesnt get to meet people she's interested in and she's not into the whole "go clubbing and find someone when you're pissed" thing. She's also after the older guy who might be in the same situation.

So, you can sneer at it, but there are some genuine really nice and attactive people on there, that just find themselves in a situation where they can't meet people.

I for one WOULD consider using them if I ever found myself in a situation where it was hard to meet people. Luckily at the moment I'm at uni, which is a perfect environment to meet new people. If I'm ever in a dead end job and struggling to socialise, I'd give it a go.

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Jeku

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 04:49

Automaton Games website has been revamped! Check it out!

Sorry Matt, but I don't believe your list order for a minute

For one thing, how do you know whether a girl is a Radiohead fan before you even talk to her? You "look" at her before you talk to her, right? So you have absolutely *no* idea whether she's cute or hot before talking to her? Come onnn.... be honest.

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 05:18

how'd you meet your wife? not online dating I hope

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Jeku

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 05:34 Edited at: 25th Mar 2006 05:35

Automaton Games website has been revamped! Check it out!

Do you mean me? I met her in University. I saw her from across the room, knew I had to meet her, and made up an excuse to sit beside her (I told her that I couldn't see the board from the back

). We started talking and she was interested in another dude. Six months later we started dating and the rest is history.

But I'm an honest guy--- of course I noticed that she was hot before I met her. I mean, come on. And I have met and dated many hot women, and when you have intelligence and sexiness in a single package, well, nothing compares

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Phaelax

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 06:30

As long as I can still lift the girl, the weight is fine to me. (problem is, i can pick up a lot :-p)

Some of these responses are quite amusing to read.

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lagmaster

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 09:05

heh. believe it or not. online dating is a viable option for some people, for example if they dont goto pubs/nightclubs (since thats where people meet).

it's just a matter of weeding out the crap sites and use the good sites with decent filters.

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 09:21 Edited at: 25th Mar 2006 09:21

oops, didn't mean to post.

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Saikoro

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 09:26

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I gave a go at the online matchmaking services once, just to see who was around... happened to find a lady living about 5 blocks away from me, really sweet girl. Not a happy ending, but what can you do? I dislike clingy women. Just my tastes though.

And the meek shall inherit the Earth...

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Me!

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 10:22

caved in...who caved?

what? where? how? who?.

I don`t care what you say, theres no way the commander of a Kamakasi Squadron got promoted up through the ranks.

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General Sephiro

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 10:53

Cash ->

Quote: "Attitudes like that are shallow, and will definitely turn women away."

Have you ever had a female friend say to you how her boyfriend is a total jerk to her, and yet you've been sitting there thinking to yourself you'd never do that to her, you'd treat her right. You ever thought of the psychology behind why she likes him?

But aside from that I think cash and tinker would make a great couple

Me! -> In the edit part

re faze -> I'm not black, soo far so good with the new look though, although couple people thought I was a bouncer

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 14:55

Quote: "I had to meet her, and made up an excuse to sit beside her (I told her that I couldn't see the board from the back ). We started talking and she was interested in another dude."

I tried that and almost got stabbed by a jealous boyfriend

Quote: " I'm not black, soo far so good with the new look though, although couple people thought I was a bouncer"

I guess that's better than a cancer patient

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Philip

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 15:20

Quote: "No matter what you think about women, Tinkergirl has got skills, and tolerates all of this crap while still being nice. Why insult her? It's unfounded and pointless."

I agree with this comment by Cash Curtis II. The post about patting TG on the head was extremely rude.

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 17:01

one of my mates met his girlfriend on myspace... they're both typically myspace emo kids. we ripped him hard over that... now we never get to see him on his own coz he's so under the thumb (he's always been like that, tho)

I don't have a sig, live with it.

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 18:01

online dating is a last resort.....that i will never use

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Matt Rock

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 19:22

Quote: "Sorry Matt, but I don't believe your list order for a minute For one thing, how do you know whether a girl is a Radiohead fan before you even talk to her? You "look" at her before you talk to her, right? So you have absolutely *no* idea whether she's cute or hot before talking to her? Come onnn.... be honest.
"

Just because a girl is physically attractive doesn't automatically qualify her for being dating material. If a girl has good taste and whatnot, that comes first in my book. I've been using that system since college without fail, btw

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Agent Dink

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 19:32

My cousin met his girlfriend online a few years back, she lives in another state, she is an excellent person and they are getting married later this year most likely. It wasn't a dating service, but it was still online dating, and all that. I think it can be successful.

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Jeku

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 20:46

Automaton Games website has been revamped! Check it out!

My friend met an American military guy online and they chatted for about six months. He finally came down to visit her on Vancouver Island, for the very first time, and he brought his mom and proposed.

Now she's married to him in the U.S., illegally living there (so she can't come back to Canada) and word has it that he's an arsehole skinhead who is really freaking mean, and she has like three kids with him.

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Posted: 25th Mar 2006 21:05