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

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Post by w1ntermute »

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…

> Maybe it's because I'm only 23 and I'm not that "desperate".

It's because you're not a single Japanese woman living in Japan who's in her 30s. She's likely facing enormous pressure from her family and friends to get married.

In Japan, women's marriageability is often compared to Christmas cake - expired after 25.

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

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Post by bluetidepro »

nandemo wrote: post #19
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.

Ahh, okay. I was just going off the article information, I didn't realize that was just an "off base" translation.

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

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Post by Nursie »

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…

At 23 you meet new people all the time. A decade later you barely ever do (in my experience), so you have to make an actual effort to meet people, especially to date them.

I don't know a lot about Japanese culture but here in the UK the 'jumping into bed with everyone just to see what works' phase seems to be over by her age (30). Or maybe it's just me...

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

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Post by Xion »

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…

> Maybe it's because I'm only 23 and I'm not that "desperate".

I'm 25 and I find this cute. That's assuming, of course, that the funny list of 'requirements' is mostly to spark discussion rather than actually weeding out people by following them to the letter.

"Sorry, you only meet 26 of the points, and that's counting your dubious credentials for the Peter Drucket one." -- Hopefully not. "Hey, that project X from your Github is pretty neat. Did you consider using technology Y for Z in it?" -- Maybe.

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

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Post by jiggy2011 »

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.

That is true, perhaps it is more an issue of how it is articulated.

When I look at female profiles on dating websites, I see western women say vague things like "I want a caring guy with a good sense of humour who knows how to treat a lady".

Whereas from asian women I see things more like "Between ages X and Y , minimum salary Z , must enjoy A, B and C".

I'm sure some western women have similar requirements but perhaps it is just more taboo to articulate them.

Some of the stuff on here seems very specific though, but I guess some of it must be somewhat tongue in cheek.

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

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Post by danielgrieve »

davewasthere wrote: post #6

First time I saw this, I actually thought this was a repost of the gay guy on github who had a list of requirements for a boyfriend so I didn't read it. Normally women keep this sort of list as a secret hidden agenda which we're meant to guess. Nice to see some transparency. ;-)

Another positive for open source I'd say!

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

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Post by bluetidepro »

w1ntermute wrote: post #21
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…

> Maybe it's because I'm only 23 and I'm not that "desperate". It's because you're not a single Japanese woman living in Japan who's in her 30s. She's likely facing enormous pressure from her family and friends to get married. In Japan, women's marriageability is often compared to Christmas cake - expired after 25.

I will admit that I'm not super familiar with the Japanese culture. If that was the case, that would make sense. However, if that was also the case, don't you think she would be less strict on the requirements of finding a mate?

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

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Post by vlasta2 »

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…

I find it ridiculous too and I am over 30. Maybe this is just some kind of joke or social experiment. Demanding things that are on the list from a partner or a friend really sounds absurd. But everyone is free to make their own lists and publish them wherever they see fit. In my previous job, I actually saw people chatting via Perforce change-lists :-).
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