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The Saddest Map In America

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Re: The Saddest Map In America

#81

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Probably for the same reason people play the lottery. The odds are against you, but the reward is worth that little bit of effort.

>>but the reward is worth that little bit of effort. Is it? I would guess that in the vast majority of cases where the two people actually re-connected, it led to a date or two and that's it.

Yeah, jeez you would have to leave your basement and go out with a lady, I agree, HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE

Re: The Saddest Map In America

#82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably for the same reason people play the lottery. The odds are against you, but the reward is worth that little bit of effort.

>>but the reward is worth that little bit of effort. Is it? I would guess that in the vast majority of cases where the two people actually re-connected, it led to a date or two and that's it.

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Re: The Saddest Map In America

#84

This is only sad for 3 reasons: 1) Somebody spent the time, effort and likely funding to do an aggregate study of a craigslist Missed Encounters board. 2) This foolishly unrepresentative sample of the american populace is being referred to as a "scholarly study". 3) The author of this article is using this to make broad generalizations about the american social atmosphere based on the aforementioned unrepresentative…

Yes, I agree, you should stay on Facebook and do whatever.

Re: The Saddest Map In America

#87
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I never understood the concept of missed connections on craigslist. Honestly, what's the chance of two people meeting each other, forgetting to swap numbers, and then both going onto craigslist to search/post in the missed connections category? It just seems like such an overwhelming statistical improbability that such a missed connection would ever be fulfilled through craigslist, I don't see why anyone would even b…

I don't know about missed connections, but I lost my car/house /bike lock keys in Boston while riding my bike to work (somewhere between the end of the bike path and The Garden) I didn't realize I had lost my keys until after I locked my bike up, so it was a particularly bad after-work-surprise. Anyways, after a few days of looking all over my house/work for them, my girlfriend suggested I check CraigsList's Lost+Fou…

I lost my car keys and found them on Craigslist once too. When I showed up to get them, the guy told me this story about how he started up an affair with the woman in the house next door after returning her lost keys to her. I am a guy, so I am pretty sure he wasn't trying to get fresh with me.

Re: The Saddest Map In America

#88
I was just shocked that Nevada wasn't "Playa". Seriously, the missed connections post-Burning Man are amazing.

"You were wearing a flamethrower with bright pink hair and green blinking boots while you were riding on top of the bus made to look like a disco elephant..."

Re: The Saddest Map In America

#89
post #69

Dammit, Indiana, there you go making me cringe in the news again. At home? What does that even mean ?

Couple examples I could think of:

"I saw your at home. You were walking down the street talking to your friend in the pink shirt on Sunday by the intersection of Oak & Grove."

"Me: In my garden working on my herbs. You: In the red SUV listening to Lady Gaga with the windows down. We made eye contact."

"Saw you, cute redhead, at your home. Peeping in your window."

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