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Why is this sad? Because Walmart is the most cited location? Seems great to me. People are reaching out. Would be more depressing if they just decided to not do anything about it. Plus this only has relevance to craigslist users. Seems like a fun conversation piece but certainly isn't the anything-est anything in America.
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 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…
Proud to live in South Carolina.
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Is that seriously it? Like people looking out the window? I spent 4 years in LA traffic and have never heard of that. It's definitely plausible though, now that I think of it.
I knew a guy who met his wife at a stop light.
Context: I yelled at him for trying to turn left at the wrong time. He caught up to me a couple lights later, walked down the median and popped me through my open window, then ran away. I hadn't said anything bad, just "I have a green light," but I think he misinterpreted my pointing.
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For Chicago, I'd expect "at the crime scene" to be more common.
Chicago is behind the following in terms of murder/manslaughter per capita: New Orleans, Detroit, Newark, Baltimore, Oakland, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Stockton, Cleveland, Memphis, DC, and Miami (in that order, from most deaths/capita to least) [0]. You were saying? [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_...
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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.
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>>It’s also a sign of male loneliness or romance: men seeking to find a possible love-mate outnumber women 86 – 14. >How is this not sad? That's probably more a side effect of socialization that teaches men to take the active role.
Or, the result of Feminism, which teaches women to take the active role.
To be clear, I think women should be treated equally under the law. I'm a big supporter of natural rights. Feminists are not big supporters of natural rights. They are generally leftists, and the truly intellectually dedicated members are generally far leftists.
I'll take a crack at explaining the Colorado label. People here leave the Denver/Boulder area and head west into the mountains every weekend. The Sunday afternoon drive back is a miserable jam. Some of those mountain destinations are a pretty far drive, so if you're one of those who came here for the skiing, climbing and mountain biking (and judging by dating sites, most people here are) then you're making some stops…
Probably because there are many ways to say it eg. "ski trail", "ski mountain", "ski run", "on the slopes", "chairlift" etc. whereas a gas station is just a gas station. Also, it's pretty hard to have a "missed connection" on a ski trail, seeing as how both parties tend to be in motion and ski goggles obscure eye contact :)