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

In my experience, I have never once been pursued by, nor ever pursued anyone, because of a 4-5 star rating.

― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Monday, July 7, 2014 4:03 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

several 4-5 star ratings have wound up becoming really good friends of mine!

why do you needs dates when you have ilx?

― markers, Thursday, August 1, 2013 7:45 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you have ME

― markers, Thursday, August 1, 2013 7:45 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

<3

i feel like i shouldn't really tell the thread that this girl also has purple hair but there it is

mh, obviously we are expecting a hilarious diatribe about why ukes are awful. you're putting out the line!
case in point E's conflicted love of Taylor Swift vs. the Swift Ukulele Brigade. relax and accept.

gr8080 GO ON.

http://i.imgur.com/3iTFgBY.jpg

purp dat dat dat woohoo

I hooked up with someone with purple hair once. I think she has a blog but no ukulele.

it's so twee and annoying and LOOK AT ME I AM CUTE AND QUIRKY WHEEEE!

― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, July 7, 2014 11:18 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is pretty much it right here.

Who among us will turn away the next purple-haired ukulele playing twee harlot?

i cannot muster any enthusiasm whatsoever for cute ukelele performances. believe me, i have tried.

I feel like ukulele playing young people of a certain age is so obv annoying that it's like bacon/mustache how is this even a question territory.

btw there is also the chance that i have misread this entire thing as I only got 3 hrs sleep so i'm sorry if that is the case

Can you only see who 4/5'd you when you sign up and pay?

just when you thought it was safe: return of the IA

Oh no I think this is very rational thank you v much. ;)

I know so many ppl w/ ukeleles it's risky to make fun of them. seems to be a chink in many otherwise untwee ppl's armour. this photo of rob newman put me off checking him out for a while

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Books/Pix/pictures/2013/6/4/1370366410055/Robert-Newman-010.jpg

you can trump the ukulele players by taking up the accordion

Can you only see who 4/5'd you when you sign up and pay?

― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, July 7, 2014 12:04 PM (50 seconds ago)

iirc this is the case

(i assume you are asking if it also shows you who 1, 2 or 3-starred you, which it does not)

I think there's a fine line. If you're maybe 40+ and have been playing for years and have a very long beard or live in the mountains or some shit then fair play but no to the younger unicycle riding mumford and sons covering look at me I am *such* a character types etc.

Also either we stop or start a uke specific thread because I give 2 mins before Grady starts bitching.

oh or are you asking if there is anyway to see who 4 or 5-starred you while using the free version?

if that's your question, the answer is: OKC will tip you off to a few, but by no means all

xposts

Thanks Grady, indeed meant if there is any way to see them (not particularly interested to see if I've been 1-starred lol).

Am happily dating atm but signed up for this myself, just to have a look. Bizarre to see how many ppl are acting 'witty', 'funny' and ~ironic~ Feels like wading through a muddy river.

pr0-tip: if you use the iOS app, the "who likes you" tab shows a few recent 4-5-starrers while obscuring the nusername but also displaying their age, location, and your % match, which can occasionally be enough info (with some detective work, eg looking at your recent visitors) to possibly tip you off to one or two

(not sure if the android app does this, the website version def does not)

personally i have been sticking to an "only log in when someone sends me a message" strategy lately and i am happier for it

Ooh I didn't have the app yet but that is a pr0-tip Grady http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/yes/giving-thumbs-up-winking-smiley-emoticon.gif

http://shoestringaustin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/amandapalmer.jpg

oh boy

here guys

Ukeleles

lol at that Amanda Palmer cover

Thanks for the info, grady. I didn't even know there was a 1-5 star rating system until now.

If I run into any funny shenanigans while using this site, I'll post about it here. I'm assuming that's all I'll get out of this site, but trying to keep an open mind.

if you 4 or 5-star someone, and then at a later date they 4 or 5-star you (or if they have already 4 or 5-starred you), you will both receive a notification

there are an endless multiplicity of ukulele practices, some better than others.

wiling away yr time with the quickmatch feature is one of the best things about okc, albeit also one of the most unflinchingly objectifying things.

when I did quickmatch I scrolled down so I could only read the words and not see the pictures before rating *obtains halo*

mind you this is just as reductive and judgemental *loses halo*

and then I just looked at the pictures anyway *halo returns but is flashing red*

it's ok though coz quickmatch turned out to be a hideous sideshow, and I rated everyone 3/5 anyway *takes off halo, aerobies it across a park straight into OKCupid's face*

not actively using OKC right now, but I too have been on an OKC date that involved her ukelele. in my defense, it wasn't mentioned in her profile. in her defense, I wouldn't have cared anyway.

after reading this ukulele discussion i was amused to see this cover of one of my mum's magazines:

http://i61.tinypic.com/20auomp.jpg

paedos, monsters, ukulele players, pick me up! covers all of the most reviled sectors of society.

pr0-tip: if you use the iOS app, the "who likes you" tab shows a few recent 4-5-starrers while obscuring the nusername but also displaying their age, location, and your % match, which can occasionally be enough info (with some detective work, eg looking at your recent visitors) to possibly tip you off to one or two

(not sure if the android app does this, the website version def does not)

― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, July 7, 2014 12:28 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same on android app I think. In any case, it's usually quite easy to find out who's rated you via the app just by doing the above.

I found myself very attracted to a purple haired person IRL within the last week. Not sure how a uke would have skewed that though - I probably would have still gone for it, but it certainly wouldn't have helped.

does the carpet match the drapes?

Is there another, smaller, ukulele... never mind.

I was chatting with a guy on OKC who is the head/conductor of the Melbourne fuckin Uke *Orchestra* ffs.

...I did not meet him for a date. It was just Too Damn Much.

Kinda relieved I was able to disable my okc account recently tbh.

I feel like I've jinxed this whole thing. On the drive home yesterday, I noticed a music store I pass every day had this sign out front:
UKULELE
SALE
FREE CASE
AND LESSON

i'm headin' over there now, i wanna be able to play "Rainbow Connection"

the muppets make most things ok

Keep it real, man, that song's a banjo jam.

i bought a couple of ukuleles maybe six or seven years back for £10 each, now from the same music shop in glasgow they're £25 each. i shoulda stocked up, made my millions in the ukulele market, became the darling of ilx.

Ting I dont get abt ukes is they sound terrible! Little tinny pretend guitars.

They accessorize well with tiny hats though.

whereas if you play guitar you have to accessorize it with a giant hat, and that look's v hard to pull off.