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Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating

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Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating

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Post by LoSboccacc »

bshimmin wrote: post #5
Paul_S wrote: post #3

It's even worse than job-hunting and equally time-consuming.

Imagine if matchmakers existed on the same scale and employed the same tactics as IT recruiters! A terrifying thought.

isn't that stalked-in?

Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating

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Post by gamesbrainiac » 

  One question asks how we’d feel about being slapped hard in the face during sex
  — and the possible answers include “horrified,” “aroused,” and . . . . .
   “nostalgic.” 
  More than I want to meet the woman of my dreams, 
  I want to meet the employee who came up with that last option.
This quote is a keeper.

Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating

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Post by fijal »

I wonder if it's just me or does the complaint concerns mostly oc cupid, which is very data obsessed. For example Tinder, a far more successful online dating tool seems to be much much simpler in purpose and not suffering from those problems.

In other words - I think it's specific to data obsessed nerds take on online dating and not the problem with online dating at all :-)

Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating

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Post by exabrial »

bshimmin wrote: post #5
Paul_S wrote: post #3

It's even worse than job-hunting and equally time-consuming.

Imagine if matchmakers existed on the same scale and employed the same tactics as IT recruiters! A terrifying thought.

Hi there, I see you have experience with crazy women. I have an opening right now that sounds like a great fit!
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