risk of seeing ppl one knows in real life om okcupid kinda freaks me out tbh. like once i sent a girl a message and it was killy. o-O
― ian, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 2:17 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
did her status not say she had a boyfriend??
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Wednesday, November 4, 2009 2:20 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
she was single iirc
― ian, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 2:23 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― ian, Friday, 25 December 2009 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
He wasn't single then, but he is now!
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Friday, 25 December 2009 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
you should go for it, L.
― ian, Friday, 25 December 2009 05:53 (fourteen years ago) link
OKC is confusing me at present.
― uttery cuntery (acoleuthic), Friday, 25 December 2009 06:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Either I'm ultra-picky right now with OKC or the pool has shrunk dramatically.
― ljubljana, Friday, 25 December 2009 08:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe it's a spring/summer thing. What action there's been of late has been with a nice lass whom I met there but who's deleted her profile. I think it's not a good time of year for internet dating. You'd think it'd be great what with everyone spending more time indoors and perhaps more inclined to actively seek human company rather than let it happen organically but no. Even my own date-drive is down, slightly.
The lesson here is that SAD is a thing, basically.
― uttery cuntery (acoleuthic), Friday, 25 December 2009 08:58 (fourteen years ago) link
that is kinda true, holidays make people feel frazzled and spring makes people (well, me) very antsy. maybe even january will be an improvement?
laurel you should get back in touch with the guy, maybe having met before will make things easier
― Maria, Friday, 25 December 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I did already! It was kissy. Will go out with again when I get back.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Friday, 25 December 2009 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
ooooooooooooh!!!
― Maria, Friday, 25 December 2009 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
there are good people on this site...for definite
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 25 December 2009 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Ty, Ian & Maria! Counting down the days to flying back, actually. I am such a sucker for wuv.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Saturday, 26 December 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
"Kissy"!! <3
― drinking coke in the kitchen with a kid that doesnt know his n (sunny successor), Thursday, 31 December 2009 08:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i50.tinypic.com/2yunf6a.jpg
― Cunga, Sunday, 3 January 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
― Cunga, Sunday, 3 January 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
lollllll
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Sunday, 3 January 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I just found that in a big picture thread on another forum, coincidentally the same page had a funny picture/ad about Tim Finney o_0
― Cunga, Sunday, 3 January 2010 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
"mommy can't have a job anymore, daycare is not part of daddy's fantasy life"
― Maria, Monday, 4 January 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
oh god, that picture lol
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Either I'm ultra-picky right now with OKC or the pool has shrunk dramatically.― ljubljana, Friday, December 25, 2009 8:35 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark
the pool sucks - always has - and you're probably pickybut I bet straight girls probably have a larger pool to choose from than straight guys
but single people really oughta try online dating more often if only to fill the poolbecause quiet folk don't really get much of a chance to meet someone irl anyways let alone someone compatiblenot to mention that after college you don't really have those ample opportunities to join clubs or whatever
― voluptuous velociraptor rapture (CaptainLorax), Monday, 4 January 2010 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
not to mention that after college you don't really have those ample opportunities to join clubs or whatever
that's not entirely true.
― sarahel, Monday, 4 January 2010 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"it's easier when you're in college" applies to a lot of social activities.
― Cunga, Monday, 4 January 2010 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
also outside of college, a pilates class would probably have a greater age disparity, and as people get older more and more of them are already taken
― voluptuous velociraptor rapture (CaptainLorax), Monday, 4 January 2010 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I would have much rather done yoga at college than with the randoms from my suburb. I miss Athens
― voluptuous velociraptor rapture (CaptainLorax), Monday, 4 January 2010 05:18 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, Lorax, which Athens? I did my idyllic undergrad-and-on-from-there years in Athens GA.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 January 2010 05:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm an UGA Alumni in Statistics, go dawgs!
When I go on okcupid I browse the Athens area code as well as my home.I just sent a normal letter to a really interesting person in Atlanta (25 minutes away from home). Hopefully I will get a letter back. That would be pleasant.
― voluptuous velociraptor rapture (CaptainLorax), Monday, 4 January 2010 06:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I will be unsubscribing from all this dating services because it worked. Feeling quietly yay about it.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
wd!
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Aw, L :D
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Dating site for beautiful people expels 'fatties' after holiday weight gainhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/personal/01/04/dating.site.overweight/index.html
― bnw, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/01/20/the-4-big-myths-of-profile-pictures/ This has some good moments.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/four_myths/outdoors_vs_cleavage.png
I mean, even just the IDEA of making such a graph - I've always loved how proudly they show off the incredibly stat-nerdy behind the scenes stuff on this site.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Great link, Dr.
And I never thought I'd see a graph with "body + cleavage pics" being measured either
― Cunga, Saturday, 23 January 2010 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Of course, we wouldn’t recommend that you meet someone in person without first seeing a full photo of them, that still seems like a recipe for disaster.
Doing this next week.
― Jblujlama (ljubljana), Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
and yet the stats nerdery involves shit like this:
We then lopped the most and least attractive members of the pool, fearing that they would skew our results. So all the data in this post is for “average-looking people;” here’s a graphical representation of that concept for the female pool.
http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/four_myths/decent_women.png
graphing your personal opinion just makes statistics about your personal opinion, the pretension to objectivity here kills me!
― Maria, Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't they use the personal opinions of their male cohort - i.e. those 'star' attractiveness ratings?
― Jblujlama (ljubljana), Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
lol okcupid
you can log out any time you like but you can never leave
― your favorite toy dinosaur ruined my asshole (acoleuthic), Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I think ljub is right - the "attractiveness" stat is generated from user behavior.
The thing to bitch about with this study is its heterosexist bias. I mean it's just taken from the get-go as a male+female coupling thing.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:48 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^truth. also it doesn't seem to take into account the possible behaviours of people who take 'myspace shots' - they might be more forthcoming
lol there i go with my stereotypes
i mean there's something to be said for that study, but i'd say it's largely bleeding obvious or irrelevant
― your favorite toy dinosaur ruined my asshole (acoleuthic), Saturday, 23 January 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Dr C otm. I didn't even think about that :-(
― Jblujlama (ljubljana), Saturday, 23 January 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
and why did I say male cohort? Clearly I think this site and study were designed to help me out personally.
― Jblujlama (ljubljana), Saturday, 23 January 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
you meant consort, clearly
― your favorite toy dinosaur ruined my asshole (acoleuthic), Saturday, 23 January 2010 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
ahahah
― Jblujlama (ljubljana), Saturday, 23 January 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/02/16/the-case-for-an-older-woman/
^^^ this one is way better
http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/older_lover/Male-Match-Prefs.png
As you can see, a man, as he gets older, searches for relatively younger and younger women. Meanwhile his upper acceptable limit hovers only a token amount above his own age. The median 31 year-old guy, for example, sets his allowable match age range from 22 to 35—nine years younger, but only four years older, than himself. This skewed mindset worsens with age; the median 42 year-old will accept a woman up to fifteen years younger, but no more than three years older.
http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/older_lover/Male-Msg-Prefs.png
This next graph is what's called a heat map. It shows messaging concentrations by age; for each vertical age bracket, the greenest areas have the most messages, the reddest have the fewest, and the yellow have the average. As you can see, men tend to focus on the youngest women in their already skewed preference pool, and, what's more, they spend a significant amount of energy pursuing women even younger than their stated minimum. No matter what he's telling himself on his setting page, a 30 year-old man spends as much time messaging 18 and 19 year-olds as he does women his own age. On the other hand, women only a few years older are largely neglected.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 19 February 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
omg, the sexual peak slider map is awesome
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 19 February 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
that is an astounding page, Dr C
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 19 February 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, pretty interesting.
intended audience clearly not well-established career men searching for nubile young things to bear their children though.
― Maria, Saturday, 20 February 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.okcupid.com/profile/fofomag?cf=regular
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 20 February 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
definitely finding those blog posts interesting
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 February 2010 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i am seeing someone because of this website
:o
― nitzer ebbebe (gbx), Saturday, 20 February 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
tell me more abt this plz
― plaxico (I know, right?), Saturday, 20 February 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
what do u want 2 kno
― nitzer ebbebe (gbx), Sunday, 21 February 2010 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link