Yeah, me neither.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
message me if you want to watch me refresh ilx all day and not go out
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
I do have an okc crush on someone's prof though after like AGES of being underwhelmed. He's way out of my league, of course, but I updated my photos today to try to cast a stronger net. Also I broke down and changed my body type to average; I was enjoying being "curvy" but it's...not really fair to actual curvy people, for one thing, and I know readers in general assume that everyone portrays themselves as an improved version in their profile so the subtract accordingly blah blah.
xp lol yes
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
I have to get back into this while I'm still kind of buzzing from a very busy two weeks in which I accomplished actual things. Also I need to continue accomplishing things, which this weather should help with.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
thinking of doubling down on my OKC profile deletion and ditching facebook too. accomplishing actual things sounds good.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
I don't feel good about my body-referencing language in those posts. What I mean is that I think I can reasonably use "curvy" to describe myself but I'm aware that the popular understanding of it is as a euphemism for "fat." I want to be like FFFFF UUUUU to anyone who has a problem with either the facts or the language used to describe them but I suspect it's not doing my response rates any good. I put up a full-body pic, maybe I'll change back to curvy and be like, this is curvy, you asshole.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
Gosh I'm so pleasant and accommodating, it's amazing that I don't have dates just every day of the week.
From having looked at a bunch of women's profiles, the terms "curvy," "a little extra," and "full-figured" seem pretty much interchangeable (and "average" probably could be included in this as well) and have almost no predictive value at all. But I'm focusing on the photos and answers to questions first anyway.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, stuff like height has an easy objective measure, but what a complete minefield coming up with non-relative classifications for body type is. "Average" seems super-problematic, doesn't it?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yes. I hate it as a category. You're convincing me, I'm going back to curvy.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Curves are not "extra" you motherfucking category makers. They just are. They exist. Extra to WHAT, EXACTLY?
you could also just leave it blank
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
there are like 4 that could apply to me so i was just like, fuck it
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
"Used up" fits me perfectly
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Me too dayo - I went 'a little extra', then 'average', then disappointment in self, then left it blank.xp
― ljubljana, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
Blank seems like a safe bet, especially if you want to avoid people who are searching on specific body types.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Oh bah, fine, I emailed him. Prediction: He will now proceed to completely ignore me.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
i just discovered i could make it say
Speaks: English (Okay)
:-]
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
Kinda wacky match.com user:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/fashion/weddings/twist-phelan-and-jack-chapple-vows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
“My cousin, concerned I was moving to Denver without knowing anyone, bought me a Match.com membership,” said Ms. Phelan, 55, who moved from Sun Valley, Idaho, to Denver in 2008 after divorcing the year before. “I bet her a trip to Prague I could go on 100 dates in 100 days.”
Ms. Phelan won.
“A Velcro flow chart helped me keep track of which Michael, David and Robert were in favor,” she said. “I would sometimes double-up the dates and have dinner at the same restaurant. I assured the owner that I wasn’t the world’s oldest hooker. I told him I was dating. They always saved me Table 14. At the end of the 100 dates, I’d met some charming guys, made some good friends and had fun experiences like flying a jet and riding a camel, but I couldn’t find the romance I was looking for.”
Shortly after her dating streak ended, she was sorting through profiles of men who had looked at her profile but had not contacted her. As the faces flashed by, something clicked. She saw Mr. Chapple, who had blue eyes and tousled red hair. His profile said he owned an investment firm and lived in Boulder, Colo.
“This guy looked cute,” she said. “I wondered why he didn’t write me. I checked his preferences: no lawyers, not taller than 5-4, no blondes, must downhill ski. I’m a 6-foot-tall blond lawyer who doesn’t alpine.” Unabashed, she e-mailed him: “Why didn’t you write? I’m perfect for you!”
Now they're married
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Twist Phelan
― goole, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://spaced.wz.cz/images/herci/Twist.jpg
― kinder, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
Bless you.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
It's never the wrong time for a Spaced joke.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
thank you; i was trying to remember if i had ever heard of anyone named Twist
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
when will Netflix start an online matchup service based on my viewing history and zip code?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
I think I have decided I have no luck on OkC because I am just TOO DAMN SEXY
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
me too
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Guess I have to kinda begrudgingly thank OKC for initially introducing me to someone I've been seeing for a couple of months now and who I like an enormous amount. Our actual OKC-centric interaction was brief and took place almost two years ago, but I'm certain that we never would have met via any other means. And she was a 98% match, so they're doing something right over there.
― Coke Opus (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
your girlfriends off the internet
internet girlfriend
― conrad, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
Status update: Message to crush object till being ignored. Nice move, self.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Thursday, 11 April 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
I can't work out how many of those words are meant to be verbs
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― wee waa nee (electricsound), Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
*still
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
is having messages ignored a novel experience?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
Not lately, I guess. I've been internet dating for over 10 years tho and in past episodes when I was younger and my profile probably telegraphed how emotionally available I was, I could go on multiple dates a week with people I might have actually liked, always be written to & responded to. Now it's rare for me to even be interested in someone's profile and men I find attractive ignore me. Boo hoo, who cares.
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
beardist
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
4eva
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
whateva shorty
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
so cruel
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 11 April 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
Oh how adorable! I got straight-up negged yesterday! A message that simply said "slightly disappointed". From a very unattractive 50 year old married guy, eurgh.
If it was a joke, it was a miserable failure of one!
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
let us jointly craft a response. or just cut to the chase and let estela write it
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/tinder-experiment_n_3077047.html
on one hand i lol'd, on the other hand fuck these guys (the prank pullers)
― 乒乓, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
although probably if u thought that http://www.missuniverse.com/missteenusa/members/profile/651706/year:2012 was giving u signals, u deserve whatever happens to u
or just cut to the chase and let estela write it
Heh. I decided not to write a cutting reply, tis a better stab to simply ignore 'em, imo.
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
three Brigham Young University college students set up a social media experiment to test how many men would show up at a frozen yogurt shop to meet a pretty girl they’d found on Tinder, but knew nothing about.
Wait, isnt that college a hardline hardcore mormon school?
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
My usual response to nice messages from men I don't want to meet is 'Hi, X. I don't think we'd be a good match, but thanks for getting in touch and good luck on the site - we all need it'. Yesterday I got a reply that said 'wow how rude. cheers'.
― ljubljana, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
Thats why I just dont reply. Ugh.
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Monday, 15 April 2013 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
It works fine most of the time - either I don't hear anything more, or occasionally people write back to say 'thanks, you too' which is nice. I think I'm being featured somewhere or something, because I'm getting loads of emails from very low matches - this guy was one of them.
― ljubljana, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, I think I found you guys the perfect man: http://www.okcupid.com/profile/ModelGirlsOnly
― emil.y, Monday, 15 April 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
I identify with "Broody ex hooker in her 40's playin' "Hard-to-Get"
thats me in 8 years. Guess I WONT BE ABLE TO DATE THIS GUY :((((
― homosexual II, Monday, 15 April 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link