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Ok Ok, I know we're all sensitive people with so much to give, but understand me sugar...

if you had to, pain of death, HAD to say what your type (in a sexual sense) was, what would you say?

all details are important....

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you mean narrowly 'sexual' in the sense of looks that make you go rowr!? and imagine having sex with them, or do you mean the sort of look that makes you think "I think they could be the one for me"?

Because they're usually pretty different, for me.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

hmmmm. good point. i think i mean "i think they could be the one for me"...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Helvetica Bold Condensed. With nice breasts.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:10 (twenty-two years ago)

b'doom tsch!

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always found this "your type" talk weird. I get attracted to different sorts of people for different reasons, I could never narrow it down to a "type".

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to make that joke too, Steve, but I thought it'd be too obvious. No offense.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:12 (twenty-two years ago)

TS: Tottenham Hotspur winning the Premiership vs Charlton Athletic winning the Champions' League.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The picture in my mind of what I want in a partner has never been realised until recently. That said you do grow to love the person you're with even if they don't exactly match what you dream about.

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Well in that case the answer is here.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

undoubtedly, but do you not fight certain recurring physical characteristics or (more complicatedly) personality traits among those whome you have found attractive?

crosspost

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:13 (twenty-two years ago)

1. Female
2. Still breathing

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

and some discussions/results of above test here...

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't believe in "types," really. I could look back and say that I like dark haired guys with beards, but I've also had supercrushes on blonde guys sans beards. It's impossible to pin down. There are patterns there, but I don't think it's because I'm more likely to like a certain type of guy; I think they're just there because they're there.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't really understand your question Robbie. When I look at the people I've dated they've all been incredibly different with little similarities between any of them. They've been of all different backgrounds (social and financial).

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

It was a horrendously obvious joke. But the addition of nice breasts gave it that extra edge, I thought...

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I have an ideal "type" in my head (little pocket pixie people, put simply), but I can honestly say I've never been out with one of them, ever. And I think if I did, I might well explode.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Hrmm, how can I take the "type test" without actually signing up to be matched?

― Super-Kate (kate), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I suppose i might be too Platonic for my own good here...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

i think this thread is for describing your ex's/past relationships with typefaces.

mine have mostly been comic sans MS.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Taller than me, skinnier than me, younger than me.

Alternatively (according to match.com):
http://home.tiscalinet.ch/mpuppis/merchandising/books_fsbook_big.jpg

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

i like brunettes with specs. i've just deleted the possible reasons why cos it makes me seem weird.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

platonic relationships have never worked for me. I end up fucking everyone I befriend. Lucky I don't make friends too easy. :)

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Brunette

That's all that's required

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I meant Platonic in the sense of having archetypes, platonic conceptions...

anyway...

my type i think is about 5 foot 4 (shorter than me at least, i'm not that specific!), dark hair, some grave emotional problems that would make the relationship very difficult (damn! i should lose that one!), and BIG EYES.

i think i will eventually emphasise the eyes part 2 much and start seeing (ha!) the residents:

http://besalelosdientes.com/~topo/galera.jpg

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:32 (twenty-two years ago)

basically robbie wants to shag a character from an anime film.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Who doesn't?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

No. you'd think really...but no...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

You don't have to sign up to anything, Kate. Just go here. All they have is an email address of mine.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

According to the test this is my type:

http://images.match.com/attraction/physical/images/seekreport/2667-ff_03.jpg

Admittedly she is kinda attractive, but even if I had a type, she wouldn't probably be it.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

that website still gives me nightmares

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Why does it take soooooo long to load?

And why do they keep offering me blokes with beards?

― Super-Kate (kate), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I did the test and apparently:

1. Your photo choices suggest a woman over 40 is probably getting a little old for your tastes

2. You seemed interested in dating a woman at least 25 or older

3. Very beautiful women

4. Wide, round chins

5. Long, oval-shaped faces

6. So-called "Endo-Mesomorphs," with full, oval faces

7. Thick lips

8. Dark brown hair

9. Wavy hair

10. Straight hair

11. Long hair

My problem is I just never meet enough women with long straight wavy hair

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

It loads masses of stuff in advance, Kate, so you can just leave it running. Once it actually starts, it's quick even on a dialup.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

It sometimes seems self-contradictory, but I think that's sometimes when a third thing you hadn't thought of is ruled out (tight, curly hair?).

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

shit! this is why i'm single: i don't like women over thirty or women under 30.

well, i was living a lie, i guess...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm advised that:

You might head to Europe for your next vacation to see more of the "Mediterranean Beauties" you seemed to like in the photo test. These women, from a variety of ethnic groups, share dark hair and an olive complexion. Because of their flawless complexion and very full lips, they have to wear little makeup, which adds to a sense of natural beauty. About 1 in 3 men (30%) share your excellent taste!

I'm booking my flight right now

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

30 yr old wimmin are well cute though

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Finally got through it... loads and loads of waiting between the tests, though. I *knew* they were going to stick me with someone with a beard... (thanks, HSA, for twisting my beard perceptions...) but, well, apart from the beard, erm, yes pretty close!

http://images.match.com/attraction/physical/images/seekreport/4219-mf_07.jpg

― Super-Kate (kate), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know how to post the photo they sent me - but she'll do for me

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

...and there's more:

Unique Features You Like:

1. Very attractive Hispanic or Latino women

2. Thin, angular faces with a classic or refined look

3. Glasses and the sophisticated and smart look that goes with them

4. You appreciate how sexy someone very lean or slender can be

Except:

Features You Usually Don't Like:

blah blah blah

Hispanic or Latino women

I only like the attractive ones.... duh!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I got that Hispanic pairing too - and I like narrow-chinned women and broad-chinned women. If there are any Latino women out there who aren't Latino, and have broad narrow chins, please contact me immediately.

People I've had sex with in recent years range from about 5' to 6'5, from about 6 stone to about 17 stone, white, black and Asian, male and female, black, blonde, brunette and redhead. I don't think I have a type.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I never really thought I had a type either - it sometimes takes other people to point these things out to you. I mean yeah, I've fancied all sorts of different people in my time, but I suppose the 'default setting' has become clearer to me.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:35 (twenty-two years ago)

default setting is a good way of putting it.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

N, I can spot your type a mile off.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

i have preferences rather than 'types' I guess, as is the case with most people here I would've thought.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Basically, dark straight brown hair, cute face, roundish chin, small nose, good skin, slim but cuddly. But it all gets a bit boring after a while.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Was that it, Madchen? Or are you on the red hair and freckles offshoot tip?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

i like pretty girls with nice asses.

― tommy, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I saw the photo and thought "she looks how Nick describes everyone he fancies."

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Skipping 140 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Fire-eater? Yes, I am that.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess, but if someone says 'shy' I think 'yes, I am shy'. If someone says 'confident' I think 'yes, I am confident'.

true, but so what? i'm not writing a personal ad, just saying what i like based on my own observations.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I know, but it's interesting that it's like a private language.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

people who pay attention to you are always interesting, at least until you start to wonder what their problem is.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I find it kind of alarming when people pay too much attention to me, unless I'm performing in some way. I keep thinking they'll rumble that I'm just talking crap.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate most people that pay attention to me.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Tell me more about that, Nicole.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

we've already established that talking crap, at least of the drunken variety, is a good thing.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

quirky, funny art-school dropout girls with short or medium length brown or black hair, preferably in a bob, 5ft to 5ft 8in, curvy, who are really into film and dancing and eating meat, you know, like steak and hamburgers, get your mind out of the gutter. Contrary to VERY popular beief, while it would be nice to date girls who have similar interests in music to me, it is by no means a prerequisite, what's more important is a snarky gossipy sense of humor. Specific enough? I can go on.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

That's me!

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I like girls.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

quirky, funny art-school dropout girls with short or medium length brown or black hair, preferably in a bob, 5ft to 5ft 8in, curvy, who are really into film and dancing

if i had been an art-school dropout do you think it would have worked out? or am i just not funny?

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I tend to narrow it down to those with a penis, but you never know, maybe the girl of my dreams just hasn't come along yet. It would be really great though if she was a girl who looked a lot like a boy and totally had a penis. Also, her vagina is pretty dispensable since I don't need a spare or anything.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone should say something about never putting your chickens in one basket just about now, but maybe that's too Dan Perry-esque.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Lauren, you should remember our relationship soured when you went vegan, duh.

I will say however that Lauren, like the girl I'm currently, umm, hanging out with, fit a really nice middle ground between fashionable hipster and classy JAP which I really like. Like you know how girls are always looking for guys who are all badass and cool but they can also take home to mom? That's how I feel, I want the art-school girl who makes her own funky clothes and shit, but also looks nice in Burberry.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

A girl who makes her own shit is a must.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I suppose you do that too.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I think that's factory standard.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

when I was taking my first art classes at college this one girl shot a video of another girl who was working on some sort of weird joseph cornell meets joel peter-witkin sculpture thing. The latter girl had found a dead bird and picked it up and was doing all this weird stuff to it and I fell in love with her instantly.

That's a weird story I suppose. No, I'm not turned on by people who mess around with dead animals and acknowledge that art w/ roadkill is a rite of passage for many silly death-obsessed post-goth self-titled artists, but this woman was really talented and was morbid about it.

Another girl in the class did a video project where she just shot a video of herself digging a big hole in the ground with her bare hands for 20 minutes. It was really beautiful. I loved her too. But she was crazy.

That first girl, however, would be one of my biggest crushes and later better friends at college, last I heard she was doing print-making in buffalo.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

3 cheers for liberal arts colleges, people!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Daniel Clowes "Art School Confidential" the thread.

Daniel Clowes "Ugly Girls" to thread.

Daniel Clowes "Ghost World" to thread.

Daniel Clowes to thread.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Huzzah?

I like the 'no assclowns' admonition and will leave it at that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

assclowns need love to.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Samantha Fox's comeback single is assured.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"assured" Ned? naughty.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

So at this local mexican restaurant, there is a big lagoon in the place with cliffs above and like a bunch of highschool kids act out this "brawl" on the cliffs and one of them is "shot" and falls into the lagoon, and like, "dies" I guess... anyway, I decided I want to be hired to do that. Except I really want to be shot. And I want a bunch of red to swell up in the lagoon when I fall into it.

THE END

― mandee, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

er, okay, carry on!

on the subject of types:

when I took the match.com test, it displayed a photograph of a dude who looked nearly identical to seth cohen from The O.C. - the caption said, "this man is your ideal type." I didn't necessarily agree. It also displayed a photograph of a cat-looking cross-eyed dude. The caption said, "You are attracted to unusual features."

― mandee, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Did it mention the ponce thing?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

: (

How did it go, with Tex, btw?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I love all the poncing. I don't think the pinefox understood this.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

That's ironic.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

JtN:

Uhh, not good.

Let's just say he gave me advice on how to make a proper treasure map.

― Mandee, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

He also told me that if I were to coat a dollar-bill in molasses, bake it, then rinse off the molasses, it'd look JUST like a PAPER TOWEL!!

― mandee, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait - I thought you said it went not so good?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

It didn't!

Well, the date itself went fine.

But I never heard from him again :(

― mandee, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you take him to Casa Bonita?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

quirky, funny art-school dropout girls with short or medium length brown or black hair, preferably in a bob, 5ft to 5ft 8in, curvy, who are really into film and dancing and eating meat...a snarky gossipy sense of humor.
Just to lend some credence to N.'s "private language" theory, this desciption seems almost 100% otm in its resemblance to me (minus the eating meat part).

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:29 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread's brilliant!

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Kinda. Some of it's left me feeling sicky.

― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Me too.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I just like people who surprise me. And people I can share clothes with.

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Hiya!

― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

LARA! I was just posting a message that said "WHY haven't you e-mailed me?" I miss you!

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I just want someone who's seen "The Stoned Age" -- puhleez, god, PLEASE.

― Mandee, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Will email tomorrow and if I do not you have permission to put a hex on my future happiness. I will send you photos of my new boy's car!

― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I tried the test twice and both times it refused to tell me my type:( I even created a fake name to join match with and everything.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Bedtime, I kind of forgot it's a school night and I'm gonna be witchy tomorrer cos of the not-sleeping.

― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm glad so many women feel they fit my type, I hope they take joy in the fact that I'm one in a million who like that type. Now if only I fit those girls' type....sob sob.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

so many? roxy and, uh... n.?

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)

someone else said it.

you're just getting snippy with me because of the "before your time" comment on the Sun City Girls thread...

and after I invited you to see Neil Hamburger...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 23:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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