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Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Re: Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Post by vijayr »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #2

Wow, that's quite a list of demands. Is this a more common thing with Japanese women, do they go into dating with a very specific set of criteria rather than "winging it" as western women would? "Someone who plays at most only 1 hour of videogames a day, or at most only 30 minutes of TV." Most good TV shows are at least an hour long per episode, I assume you have to split them over 2 days.

That TV show demand doesn't make sense (what if you want to watch a game?)

Also, would it have made to betabeat if it was posted by a guy, instead of a girl?

Re: Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Post by engtech »

bluetidepro wrote: post #9

> "Someone who can tolerate social gaming companies like Zynga..." Welp, most of us on HN are out of the running! ;) But in all seriousness, am I the only one that thinks this is just ridiculous? It would have been funny and one thing had it been a joke, but this just seems crazy to me. Maybe it's because I'm only 23 and I'm not that "desperate". Or maybe it's cause I'm very social and rarely have troubles finding da…

We all have a list of demands/requirements (eg: non-smoker, likes dogs, will put up with my !@#$).

Not all people are as blunt about it as this women.

What's always funny about these lists is that they are only based on your previous experience and are not necessarily real predictors of future success.

If anything a good catch is someone who you want to be with despite the fact they don't score well on your list of requirements.

I've always thought OK Cupid had one of the more interesting matching algorithms because they ask the users questions to get an idea of them, and let people rank how important a match on specific questions are to them. eg: religion (or lack of) are very important to some people, and not as much to others.

Re: Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Post by talmir »

I cant explain why, but this strikes me as quite sad. Not her, really. But the guys that go after her. From the list and her demands I cant imagine a relationship with her would be a happy one. But that is just my opinion tho. (Out of curiosity I counted quickly the requirements I would fulfill : 25, and all her bonus requirements except the access to the server bit. That just screams "paranoid" to me. Why would that be a requirement for a relationship?

Re: Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Post by engtech »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #2

Wow, that's quite a list of demands. Is this a more common thing with Japanese women, do they go into dating with a very specific set of criteria rather than "winging it" as western women would? "Someone who plays at most only 1 hour of videogames a day, or at most only 30 minutes of TV." Most good TV shows are at least an hour long per episode, I assume you have to split them over 2 days.

When she says 1 hour of video games or at most only 30 minutes of TV, I'm sure she means on average. So 7 hr video games a week or 3.5 hr of TV a week.

I interpreted it as "someone who doesn't ignore me".

Rather ironic point given that she works at a game company.

Re: Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Post by s8qnze982y »

potatolicious wrote: post #3
jiggy2011 wrote: post #2

Wow, that's quite a list of demands. Is this a more common thing with Japanese women, do they go into dating with a very specific set of criteria rather than "winging it" as western women would? "Someone who plays at most only 1 hour of videogames a day, or at most only 30 minutes of TV." Most good TV shows are at least an hour long per episode, I assume you have to split them over 2 days.

> "do they go into dating with a very specific set of criteria rather than "winging it" as western women would?" I find many western women are quite specific also, and men too. Treating potential mates as a checklist instead of unique individuals seems to be a global problem.

I don't think it's a global problem; it's just asocial people who have little to none social/romantic experience, so they imagine their romantic life rather than living it.

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Post by nandemo »

bluetidepro wrote: post #9

> "Someone who can tolerate social gaming companies like Zynga..." Welp, most of us on HN are out of the running! ;) But in all seriousness, am I the only one that thinks this is just ridiculous? It would have been funny and one thing had it been a joke, but this just seems crazy to me. Maybe it's because I'm only 23 and I'm not that "desperate". Or maybe it's cause I'm very social and rarely have troubles finding da…

For the record, she never mentions Zynga, only Gree and Mobage. The translator must have inserted Zynga since Gree and Mobage aren't very well known outside Japan. Also, later she mentions she works for one such company.

Re: Woman Posts Boyfriend Request on GitHub, Requires Access to His Server

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Post by bluetidepro »

engtech wrote: post #12
bluetidepro wrote: post #9

> "Someone who can tolerate social gaming companies like Zynga..." Welp, most of us on HN are out of the running! ;) But in all seriousness, am I the only one that thinks this is just ridiculous? It would have been funny and one thing had it been a joke, but this just seems crazy to me. Maybe it's because I'm only 23 and I'm not that "desperate". Or maybe it's cause I'm very social and rarely have troubles finding da…

We all have a list of demands/requirements (eg: non-smoker, likes dogs, will put up with my !@#$). Not all people are as blunt about it as this women. What's always funny about these lists is that they are only based on your previous experience and are not necessarily real predictors of future success. If anything a good catch is someone who you want to be with despite the fact they don't score well on your list of r…

> "If anything a good catch is someone who you want to be with despite the fact they don't score well on your list of requirements."

I couldn't agree more. In any form, finding someone via a list of demands/requirements is such a close minded approach to finding someone to be happy with.

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