Just when you thought it was safe - OK CUPID PART 3: The Return of the WOO!

“ 'I was always hoping the libel suit would go to trial and that I got called as an expert witness,' Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten writes in an email. 'Had I testified, I would have said that in my opinion, Fishbowl DC was a parody of a scurrilous, irresponsible, lazy, slipshod gratuitously nasty gossip magazine—even though they themselves don't know they are a parody. Therefore, in my opinion, they could not and should not be held liable for any defamation since nothing they write could reasonably be taken seriously by a reasonable person. I would have urged judge and/or jury not to fall for the Intentional Fallacy; the fact that they themselves are actually mean-spirited, lazy and stupid has nothing to do with how their product is perceived. The perception is all that matters, and it can only be perceived as satire.' "

just for the record patrick howley is a scumfuck

not that i'm angry

http://dating.newscientist.com

x-post

“I met her at the Heritage Foundation Christmas party. She was wearing a purple dress and looked hot standing next to Grover Norquist, if only by comparison

good luck mookie!

lol

“I met her at the Heritage Foundation Christmas party. She was wearing a purple dress and looked hot standing next to Grover Norquist, if only by comparison

well, who am I to blow against the wind?

you know he's a real charmer if he's negging her publically like that

feel i need to update the thread with the information that my girl is not in fact a witch

so she sank? : (

hahahaha

that sucks gr80. maybe you can teach her a few spells.

dude who 'hacked' okc got slammed on buzzfeed, then offered a job there

https://medium.com/platypus-journal/3e29c4802089

Ugh he sounds like even more of an ass in his defence of himself!

This creepy video, which I am not entirely sure isn't a parody, make me think of the OKC thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VRFuSyzzc

I think my first date went really well, it's just hard to tell when you aren't used to these things, but I still have a good feeling.

http://i.imgur.com/RKxJ1n2.jpg

snort-laughed way too loud at that. Flatmate just looked at me funny.

message from someone i've met a couple of times irl but who doesn't seem to have recognised me, too awkward to deal with i'll just kill myself.

haha, I messaged someone to say hi because I'd met her around town and she actually works for the same company (in a different location) and she didn't initially remember me. awkwardness is a lifestyle, imo

Hm. My last date didn't like me/never called back, and the one I was supposed to have yesterday canceled, citing an unexpected memorial service, which, these things do happen, and offered to reschedule but hasn't yet. Hey, I'm a little annoying, fair enough, but I'm not THAT BAD. You don't all have to flee at on--hello?

I've had bad runs like that before, very disheartening.

lol I just got a NN-style lecture about how "Why do women who cut out meat always substitute more cheese into their diets, don't they understand how unhealthy they're being?" I MEAN WHO KNOWS WHY WOMEN DO ANYTHING, RIGHT? RIGHT? Dude.

what's up with women and cheese, anyway?

oh dang you went on a date with seinfeld

Happily it wasn't a date, I just messaged him w a joking answer to his "women and cheese??" question, and it seems he takes the topic a loooot more seriously than I expected. Going back over the whole exchange would be complicated and boring for all of you so I'll just leave it at: I'm not responding anymore.

you should have responded in all caps ATKINS WAS A MAN

I don't know why I would have contacted someone who took the "all women do this" rhetorical approach AT ALL? It must have been more pronounced in his emails than in the orig profile essay. Either that or I wasn't fully awake when I checked him out.

of all the things. thank you for sharing this, its making my day.

i mean "women and their cheese habits. am i right fellas? am i RIGHT"

I live a block from a fancy cheese shop. Starting to think I have been underutilizing it as a place to make friends.

i bet women go there. i know what you can talk to them about.

how he lives a block away

dont make head cheese jokes

love, sister, it's just a block away, block away, block away

don't say it like THAT, she'll expect cocaine

heh, I woke up at 5am to check if my work had a delayed start and look at the weather forecast, I don't even remember posting that!

My canceled date is rescheduled for tonight, so you know, not to say it can't still go horribly but at least that email got responded to.

Had, I think, the best first date Ive ever had in my life, last night. So much laughing and talking.

:D

Next up for me: Britpop aficionado (FFM, do you read this thread?...)

Oh I can't wait!!!

He's going to be like, "What do you mean, I thought Geneva were HUGE?!"

I'm afraid I'll disappoint him, I was living in Russia at the height of Britpop!

Then you have much to learn, which is often more appealing than knowing more than the other person (re music, ime)

Next up for me: Britpop aficionado (FFM, do you read this thread?...)

― ljubljana, Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thought this said 'bitcoin aficionado' lol

xp - true. And I guess I know even less about cryptocurrencies, but I've just discovered there's not a single male user between the ages of 25 and 50 within 25km of TO with 'bitcoin' in their profile.

That's a good thing, IMO.

there is, however, a user called "dogecoin"

Anyone who gives up meat will eat lots of cheese, it happened to 90% of vegetarians I know.

and myself.

I was ovo-lacto vegetarian for almost 8 years and I did start eating a lot of cheese for the last half of that time.

I started eating meat about four years ago and I hardly eat cheese now.

I was thinking of going back to being veggie, but this time I won't eat (so much) cheese!