Slashdot wrote:It seems that Tucker Carlson of MSNBC thinks that Internet Dating services are a somewhat disturbing trend. Specifically, when talking about Trekkies, he says 'Is this good for the gene pool?' He also goes on to question whether allowing Trekkies to meet and mate is 'in the national interest.'
That summery is incredibly misleading. The conversation linked to only briefly mentions Star Trek fans, and only as an example.
So, the question I pose to you is is: If a website exsisted to connect Star Wars-loving Atheists who play Warhammer and worship Culuthu(or whatever the hell that hentai tentacle demon's name is. ), would you ever use it? If not, would you use a non-specialty online dating service, or do you perfer the old-fashioned method of dating?
Please note: the star wars-loving Atheists thing was an example, so please subsistute one or more of your interests/hobbies/pastimes.
It's a means to meet people like myself, I think I'd be silly to not at least investigate.
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I might use such a dating service if I got over the blow to my pride that would come from admitting to myself that I'm actually desperate enough to need to use a dating service.
But yeah, meeting people like me sounds great.
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If I were horny and on the computer, I'd have pr0n files up, not some pussy dating service.
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wolveraptor wrote:If I were horny and on the computer, I'd have pr0n files up, not some pussy dating service.
Oh look, wolveraptor doesn't even know what online dating services are.
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My thoughts on this are that they are okay, BUT try to actually meet the person you met online ASAP. Don't get into a silly online fantasy relationship with someone 5,000 miles away. I think it's an alright way to meet, just, you know, meet the person.
I probably would, but where tongue-in-cheek ends and actual desperation starts would be anyone's guess. I'd also agree with what supes said.
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We've all heard horror stories - I'm also aware of some very solid relationships that came out of on-line meetings.
I'd consider it - but being a female pilot if I was rendered single again I'd be more concerned about having to beat off the horny hordes with a stick - not because I'm so wonderful, but because I'd be outnumbered 20:1 by men who are mostly divorced or never-married because they spend all their time at the airport where there aren't many dating opportunities. Hell, I've had to firmly discourage a few who didn't care if I was married or not. I'm not saying they're desparate, but last week a saw a guy humping the leg of a Cessna. An ugly Cessna.
Hmm... maybe those guys need a dating service...
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Well, anecdotal evidence counts for shit, but I've now been married for five years to a girl I met via a dating service. And in all that time we haven't even tried to kill each other. Yet. So I guess we're doing OK.
Oh, and I meant to add: Yes, it did involve me swallowing my pride before I could sign up. And my wife had to put up with a couple of disastrous dates before she met me.
Remember, kids: Be careful out there if you do try something like this. Don't reveal your physical or email address (these services usually offer double-blind delivery of emails), and when you meet for the first time, do it in a public place, and don't invite the girl/guy back to your place until you have a good idea of whether or not you have a stalker.
I'd use the specialty dating service. It just makes a lot of sense to find someone online who you *know* has the same or similar interests to you, rather than wasting time stuffing around "looking for Mr/Mrs Right", especially when your interests aren't necessarily mainstream, or when there's usually few real opportunities to meet others with those interests IRL.
Broomstick wrote:We've all heard horror stories - I'm also aware of some very solid relationships that came out of on-line meetings.
I'd consider it - but being a female pilot if I was rendered single again I'd be more concerned about having to beat off the horny hordes with a stick - not because I'm so wonderful, but because I'd be outnumbered 20:1 by men who are mostly divorced or never-married because they spend all their time at the airport where there aren't many dating opportunities. Hell, I've had to firmly discourage a few who didn't care if I was married or not. I'm not saying they're desparate, but last week a saw a guy humping the leg of a Cessna. An ugly Cessna.
Hmm... maybe those guys need a dating service...
And I thought lonely tax agents were bad. Humping a plane is a not a good sign.
As for the service, I've had friends meet with success. Just as a piece of advic from them...meet the person and prepare for some weirdness.
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I (successfully) used OkCupid to find my current girlfriend. In just a little over a month, I feel like I'm in the strongest, healthiest relationship I've ever been in, so yes, I'd say I'd feel quite comfortable using such a thing.
The truth is, most segments of society have a hard time meeting the opposite sex in ways that are confidence-building. Event he most "studly" jock has suffered doubts or apprehension/intimidation at some point. Science Fiction and Fantasy fans simply get the social rap for it for some reason. But that's neither here nor there...
As for dating sites, I see nothing wrong with them, especially specialty ones. There are a great deal of advantages. There is no need to be coy about why you're on the site-- you're all there to check one-another's compatibility. So a lot of the frustrating baiting and game-playing is done away with.
For specialty sites, it is even better. You are already exploring possibilities with like-minded individuals. So if there are Star Trek dating sites, you're going to find someone who is interested in Star Trek. If you hook up with someone on the site and end up together, you won't hear any bitching about why your Jean-Luc Picard action figure gets the place of honor on the mantlepiece instead of her mother's picture. Although you may fight over who's Jean-Luc Picard action figure holds the spot.
Also, if you're the type who disdains bars, clubbing, or hanging out in other establishments like that in hopes of 'getting lucky' (raises hand) then a straightforward dating site is an alternative.
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Hells yeah. I'm amazed at how much of an age gap or physical unattractiveness I'm willing to tolerate when it looks like I might actually like the person.
Baron Scarpia wrote:If gay.com counts as an online dating service, and the "dates" just last a few hours and don't require an exchange of last names...then sure.
I use M4M-World for that purpose. Although I do ask for last names and numbers if I like the prospect of a repeat performance.
Broomstick wrote:I'm not saying they're desparate, but last week a saw a guy humping the leg of a Cessna. An ugly Cessna.
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Broomstick wrote:I'm not saying they're desparate, but last week a saw a guy humping the leg of a Cessna. An ugly Cessna.
Wow. If a guy was humping a cool jet or something, that would be understandable, but a Cessna? Waking up next to a Cessna has to be the biggest case of Coyote Ugly Syndrome I've ever heard.
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Tucker Carlson has the right sentiment, but like so many of his Republican friends he seems unable or unwilling to follow through properly.
We should encourage the use of such services.
And then in a few years when many of these people have been drawn out "into the open", we raid their homes, forcibly sterilize them, and take any children they may have already had for re-education. Those that resist will be publically executed. The children that cannot be salvaged will be lobotomized and used for medical experimentation.
This will of course be immediately followed by a large-scale public awareness campaign meant to shame and discourage other such undesirables from attempting to socialize and breed, as well as covertly-funded "public demonstrations" which disrupt conventions and LAN parties and other such gatherings. People publically demonstrating a clear lack of hygiene and fashion will be targeted for harassment, beatings, and eventually lynching; this will serve to clean up the streets both of unwashed social failures as well as unwashed financial failures (i.e. hobos).
Tucker Carlson demonstrates once again that he does not have the cojones needed to really serve the American people. Through my plan, the streets will be cleaner, we will no longer need to tolerate the socially-inept, and Americans will feel better about themselves than ever before.
And once that's been licked, we can start in on the fatties.
[size=0]This is completely and totally not-serious and facetious, especially as I am both a user of OKCupid as well as somewhat of a fatty myself.[/size]
), would you ever use it? If not, would you use a non-specialty online dating service, or do you perfer the old-fashioned method of dating?
I'd also agree with what supes said.
