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Study: Online Dating Makes People "Picky" and "Unrealistic"

Posted by Unknown on from the i-really-love-computers-like-really-really-like dept.

New submitter garthsundem writes with this tale of digital love: "A newly published meta-analysis of over 400 studies of online dating (PDF) shows both its popularity (second only to meeting through friends) and its impact. More online daters report seeking a 'soulmate' online, and do so by searching through the wealth of available profiles. Unfortunately soul-searchers focus on faults, both in viewing profiles and then also once dating in person, leading to quick exits when relationships inevitably get complicated."

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  1. Study shows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That online dating has made the average man behave like the average woman.

    1. Re:Study shows... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I just got a picture in my head of a man telling his girlfriend "I shouldn't NEED to tell you that I want to watch football, you should KNOW it."

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      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    2. Re:Study shows... by vlm · · Score: 4, Funny

      I am considering performing an experiment - attempting online dating again, but this time inflating my salary. How long can I bullshit being an engineer, wearing my nicest clothes out for dates? Then, when I finally get 'er home to my studio apartment, I can say, "It shouldn't matter how much money I make, you goddamn gold-digger."

      Thats why you don't do the engineer thing but instead the hipster trust fund baby thing. "I'm too rich and cool to wear a suit". Better buy an iphone first.

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      "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
    3. Re:Study shows... by Slashdot+Parent · · Score: 3, Funny

      Supermarket? How in the hell do you pick up a woman in a supermarket?

      If you use a shopping cart, at least you won't have to carry her far.

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      They don't grade fathers, but if your daughter's a stripper, you fucked up. --Chris Rock
  2. Good grammar is unrealistic too by ISpeakfortheProles · · Score: 5, Funny

    FFS. There are /.ers who are capable of rewriting the entire Linux kernel in three lines of Perl, and yet cannot differentiate between "it's" and "its".

  3. Back in the old days... by madhatter256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you wanted a hook-up, you went to a bar.

    If you wanted a girl you could marry and bring to your parents, you went to church.

    Now it's like this....

    If you want a hook-up, go to match or similar (free) websites

    If you want to find a girl you might marry go to eharmony

    If you just want a hooker you go craigslist...

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    Previewing comments are for sissies!
    1. Re:Back in the old days... by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

      eHarmony and certain people have a difference in opinion as to what's really important in a relationship.

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      Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
    2. Re:Back in the old days... by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You've also just told everyone that you're still using a 40-characters-wide monitor.

    3. Re:Back in the old days... by TheABomb · · Score: 5, Funny

      I know one person in real life who tried to use eHarmony. He spent an hour and a half filling out that fscking personality test, only to be told that I — I mean, "he" — wasn't even worthy trying to match up. And he actually WANTED to give them money!

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      MSIE: The world's most standards-complaint web browser.
  4. Re:Quick Whinning and get on with life by eternaldoctorwho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, I'm glad you don't feel like you are entitled to words like "the", "a", or "do". Just think, the arrogance of some people!

  5. Re:Need amazon reviews on people by Sneeka2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just look at the guy's /. profile. Do you want the +5 Funny guy, the +4 Insightful/1 Interesting or the wild -3 Flamebait?

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    Bitten Apples are still better than dirty Windows...
  6. Met my wife online 9 years ago.. by Colourspace · · Score: 3, Funny

    Divorce coming through this week. HTH.

  7. Re:Theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, you met both your wife, AND your soulmate through OkCupid? Do they know about each other?

  8. Re:Theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    was she good with....PHP?

    No, but she's down with OPP.

  9. Re:Why is this a problem? by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Happiness is a differential function

    You, sir, hereby win slashdot.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  10. Re:No Posts? I quit! by dna_(c)(tm)(r) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot lacks readers with experience on this topic.

    That hasn't stopped anyone before.

  11. Re:It's unrealistic by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not that kind of packages, dumbass.

    He probably means the UPS and FedEx kind of packages, you know, like when you order stuff from eBay?

  12. Re:Picky and unrealistic? You don't say by Deep+Esophagus · · Score: 3, Funny

    That WAS part of the original, all from the same guy. A more complete archive of his legendary cybertrolling can be found here: http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew/funny/bloodcyber.html

    It includes the "wizard hat" one, the kama sutra one, and many others. I have re-read it hundreds of times over the last ten years and still laugh uncontrollably at scenes like this:

    Wellhung: I'm limp. I can't sustain an erection.
    Sweetheart: I'm standing up and turning around; an incredulous look on my face.
    Wellhung: I'm shrugging with a sad look on my face, my weiner all floppy. I'm going to get my glasses and see what's wrong.
    Sweetheart: No, never mind. I'm getting dressed. I'm putting on my underwear. Now I'm putting on my wet nasty blouse.
    Wellhung: No wait! Now I'm squinting, trying to find the night table. I'm feeling along the dresser, knocking over cans of hair spray, picture frames and your candles.
    Sweetheart: I'm buttoning my blouse. Now I'm putting on my shoes.
    Wellhung: I've found my glasses. I'm putting them on. My God! One of our candles fell on the curtain. The curtain is on fire! I'm pointing at it, a shocked look on my face.
    Sweetheart: Go to hell. I'm logging off, you loser!
    Wellhung: Now the carpet is on fire! Oh noooo!

    This one actually reveals the fiction behind the scenes -- I find it difficult to believe she would stay in character, acknowledge what he was doing, and use proper punctuation even as he was wrecking the scene; she would have just left the conversation. But even if the whole thing is a work of fiction, it's the funniest damn story I have ever read in my life.

  13. Re:It's true... by HungWeiLo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It's been a lot of years now, but back when I was single, I'd just lay it out on the table and either it worked or it did not"

    Nowadays, you'd get arrested for that in most states.

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    There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.