Study: Online Dating Makes People "Picky" and "Unrealistic" 630
New submitter garthsundem writes with this tale of digital love: "A newly published meta-analysis of over 400 studies of online dating (PDF) shows both its popularity (second only to meeting through friends) and its impact. More online daters report seeking a 'soulmate' online, and do so by searching through the wealth of available profiles. Unfortunately soul-searchers focus on faults, both in viewing profiles and then also once dating in person, leading to quick exits when relationships inevitably get complicated."
Study shows... (Score:5, Funny)
That online dating has made the average man behave like the average woman.
Good grammar is unrealistic too (Score:5, Funny)
FFS. There are /.ers who are capable of rewriting the entire Linux kernel in three lines of Perl, and yet cannot differentiate between "it's" and "its".
Back in the old days... (Score:5, Funny)
If you wanted a hook-up, you went to a bar.
If you wanted a girl you could marry and bring to your parents, you went to church.
Now it's like this....
If you want a hook-up, go to match or similar (free) websites
If you want to find a girl you might marry go to eharmony
If you just want a hooker you go craigslist...
Re:Quick Whinning and get on with life (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Need amazon reviews on people (Score:5, Funny)
Just look at the guy's /. profile. Do you want the +5 Funny guy, the +4 Insightful/1 Interesting or the wild -3 Flamebait?
Re:Back in the old days... (Score:5, Funny)
eHarmony and certain people have a difference in opinion [randomfunnypicture.com] as to what's really important in a relationship.
Re:Study shows... (Score:5, Funny)
I just got a picture in my head of a man telling his girlfriend "I shouldn't NEED to tell you that I want to watch football, you should KNOW it."
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Re:Theory (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, you met both your wife, AND your soulmate through OkCupid? Do they know about each other?
Re:Theory (Score:4, Funny)
was she good with....PHP?
No, but she's down with OPP.
Re:Why is this a problem? (Score:5, Funny)
Happiness is a differential function
You, sir, hereby win slashdot.
Re:No Posts? I quit! (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot lacks readers with experience on this topic.
That hasn't stopped anyone before.
Re:Study shows... (Score:5, Funny)
I am considering performing an experiment - attempting online dating again, but this time inflating my salary. How long can I bullshit being an engineer, wearing my nicest clothes out for dates? Then, when I finally get 'er home to my studio apartment, I can say, "It shouldn't matter how much money I make, you goddamn gold-digger."
Thats why you don't do the engineer thing but instead the hipster trust fund baby thing. "I'm too rich and cool to wear a suit". Better buy an iphone first.
Re:Back in the old days... (Score:4, Funny)
You've also just told everyone that you're still using a 40-characters-wide monitor.
Re:It's unrealistic (Score:4, Funny)
It's not that kind of packages, dumbass.
He probably means the UPS and FedEx kind of packages, you know, like when you order stuff from eBay?
Re:Back in the old days... (Score:5, Funny)
I know one person in real life who tried to use eHarmony. He spent an hour and a half filling out that fscking personality test, only to be told that I — I mean, "he" — wasn't even worthy trying to match up. And he actually WANTED to give them money!
Re:Picky and unrealistic? You don't say (Score:4, Funny)
That WAS part of the original, all from the same guy. A more complete archive of his legendary cybertrolling can be found here: http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew/funny/bloodcyber.html [ambrosiasw.com]
It includes the "wizard hat" one, the kama sutra one, and many others. I have re-read it hundreds of times over the last ten years and still laugh uncontrollably at scenes like this:
This one actually reveals the fiction behind the scenes -- I find it difficult to believe she would stay in character, acknowledge what he was doing, and use proper punctuation even as he was wrecking the scene; she would have just left the conversation. But even if the whole thing is a work of fiction, it's the funniest damn story I have ever read in my life.
Re:Study shows... (Score:4, Funny)
Supermarket? How in the hell do you pick up a woman in a supermarket?
If you use a shopping cart, at least you won't have to carry her far.
Re:It's true... (Score:4, Funny)
"It's been a lot of years now, but back when I was single, I'd just lay it out on the table and either it worked or it did not"
Nowadays, you'd get arrested for that in most states.