Heh. An experiement a friend tried and told me about: It requires that you have a friend who's a lawyer or something. Get him to print out a bunch of balance slips from an ATM (the kind that don't have your full account info on it). The catch is, they have to show a five figure balance.
When you give your number to a girl, go "oops, only paper I've got..." and write it on one of those slips.
She'll you back call within a day. Usually a couple hours.
Granted, I didn't perform this experiment myself, but my friend did. I'd tend to find it completely plausible - of course, this is SoCal, capitol of the shallow.
Actually, they're not trying to mate higher up the food chain. If anything, they're attempting to seem less ominous / contemptible. That and notice that most of the folks listed there aren't exactly A-list celebrities, and being mentioned in ANY article is obviously helping out their name recognition and publicity scores.
To be 'real' by these folks' definitions, most likely for something to be a sport, it must have at minimum two opposint teams, both of which actively oppose each other, exerting sufficient energy to cause profuse sweat.
Uh, this is why one purchases a cheap-o car and pays it off really fast. Granted, you score massively negative points with the girls by driving a beater, but you become the guy driving [insert-fancy-brand-here] much sooner than you would otherwise.
Think that's bad? Try wearing pro-gun apparel when greeting someone else in pro-gun apparel. We're a persecuted minority here in California, so geek-like conversations tend to ensue.
The real deal is, any time you have folks interested about a particular thing which is looked down upon by the mainstream, you get the folks who get annoyed at NOT having anyone to talk to about it.
Of course, another interesting thing is when you're not wearing pro-gun apparel and address someone who is. The automatic assumption's that you're picking an argument or something... kind of a different response from geek 'information overload' mode, but still quite interesting.
Don't be a short white guy over there, with dark hair and brown eyes.
My friend and I used to cruise around there while we were exchange students. I'm 6'2", dark-blond with blue eyes, and he was average height, black hair with brown eyes. He almost never got attention, but I got tons of it. Which was pretty annoying at the time, since he was looking and I wasn't
It's pretty simple. You just borrow a page from the Red Foreman playbook and go kick their posteriors.
Seriously. If the kid locks himself up, no food or water. After a few days, either he will come out or be too feeble to resist when you break down the door and drag his reluctant posterior out of it.
And if he tries to resist, well, that's why you stay in better shape than your kids. Never know when they're going to turn on you.
My girlfriend insists that I'm not a geek, simply because in the south where she's from, that's a horrible thing to call someone.
And yes, women don't seem to get that a total lack of dating experience is what make men 'undatable', not the other way around. It's a self-feeding cycle.
Actually, you might find it interesting to check out the fine print at Disneyland. Did you know that by the terms of service, you're providing consent to be photographed, video'ed, etc for their purposes, including commercial use?
I don't think this applies to OTHER folks at Disneyland, but Disney itself can do whatever they wish; you presented your ticket and walked right through the gates into the magic kingdom.
Actually, it's entirely possible she doesn't give a rip about the pictures being out there. On the other hand, the folks showing up at work due to finding the profile... THAT'S an issue.
Actually, as a celebrity she has less privacy rights than the rest of us, as she can be considered 'newsworthy'.
Now, that having been said, one of the best ways to protect your rights: don't become a celebrity. Very easy to do; celebrities aren't frequently created by accident.
Actually, unless she specifically signed away her rights to them (as is common in model releases), both parties (photographer and model) would have copyright on the images.
Actually, check out photographic model releases. Technically speaking, if you don't have a signed model release from someone, you can't go posting their picture anywhere or use it for anything. You can however take pictures all you want, and you can look at them yourself all you want. You just don't have the rights to show them to other folks. That having been said, that point of law very rarely comes up and isn't enforced much.
Also, celebrities are specifically excluded from this protection in many cases, as are 'newsworthy' shots taken in editorial situations.
Next up, the beach pics people like to share: legal to take, gray area to post, and no it's not illegal to TAKE pictures of folks without their knowledge. To SHOW them on the other hand... yes.
Considering the guys were showing up at her workplace (and probably creating a nuisance for her and her company):
A. Her company could have legitimately sued Yahoo for not taking down the profiles, which were creating a distracting sitaution in the workplace.
B. She was potentially in danger of losing her job, depending on how many men were showing up how often, and creating some degree of disruption. I know I sure as heck would have issues explaining to my manager why folks show up expecting to have sex with me. (Of course, considering I'm male, depending on what the women looked like, that could present a boost to my reputation/whatnot as well).
Now, as for the boyfriend - sure, he did something wrong, and oughtta be punished. But, Yahoo does have an obligation to honor remove requests promptly.
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Heh. An experiement a friend tried and told me about: It requires that you have a friend who's a lawyer or something. Get him to print out a bunch of balance slips from an ATM (the kind that don't have your full account info on it). The catch is, they have to show a five figure balance.
When you give your number to a girl, go "oops, only paper I've got..." and write it on one of those slips.
She'll you back call within a day. Usually a couple hours.
Granted, I didn't perform this experiment myself, but my friend did. I'd tend to find it completely plausible - of course, this is SoCal, capitol of the shallow.
Actually, they're not trying to mate higher up the food chain. If anything, they're attempting to seem less ominous / contemptible. That and notice that most of the folks listed there aren't exactly A-list celebrities, and being mentioned in ANY article is obviously helping out their name recognition and publicity scores.
Uh, maybe if you're using a nautilus or something. :p
If it's free weight, that's well into respectable territory in my book.
To be 'real' by these folks' definitions, most likely for something to be a sport, it must have at minimum two opposint teams, both of which actively oppose each other, exerting sufficient energy to cause profuse sweat.
Uh, this is why one purchases a cheap-o car and pays it off really fast. Granted, you score massively negative points with the girls by driving a beater, but you become the guy driving [insert-fancy-brand-here] much sooner than you would otherwise.
Uh, any place with a high cost of living space has a high occurrence of adults living with their parents. See, for example, California. :p
Uh, where exactly is this 'here' you speak of?
[Watches a herd of slashdotters move to wherever 'here' is right after you post]
The real deal is, any time you have folks interested about a particular thing which is looked down upon by the mainstream, you get the folks who get annoyed at NOT having anyone to talk to about it.
Of course, another interesting thing is when you're not wearing pro-gun apparel and address someone who is. The automatic assumption's that you're picking an argument or something... kind of a different response from geek 'information overload' mode, but still quite interesting.
Don't be a short white guy over there, with dark hair and brown eyes.
My friend and I used to cruise around there while we were exchange students. I'm 6'2", dark-blond with blue eyes, and he was average height, black hair with brown eyes. He almost never got attention, but I got tons of it. Which was pretty annoying at the time, since he was looking and I wasn't
It's pretty simple. You just borrow a page from the Red Foreman playbook and go kick their posteriors.
Seriously. If the kid locks himself up, no food or water. After a few days, either he will come out or be too feeble to resist when you break down the door and drag his reluctant posterior out of it.
And if he tries to resist, well, that's why you stay in better shape than your kids. Never know when they're going to turn on you.
And yes, women don't seem to get that a total lack of dating experience is what make men 'undatable', not the other way around. It's a self-feeding cycle.
Actually, you might find it interesting to check out the fine print at Disneyland. Did you know that by the terms of service, you're providing consent to be photographed, video'ed, etc for their purposes, including commercial use? I don't think this applies to OTHER folks at Disneyland, but Disney itself can do whatever they wish; you presented your ticket and walked right through the gates into the magic kingdom.
Actually, it's entirely possible she doesn't give a rip about the pictures being out there. On the other hand, the folks showing up at work due to finding the profile... THAT'S an issue.
Actually, as a celebrity she has less privacy rights than the rest of us, as she can be considered 'newsworthy'.
Now, that having been said, one of the best ways to protect your rights: don't become a celebrity. Very easy to do; celebrities aren't frequently created by accident.
Actually, unless she specifically signed away her rights to them (as is common in model releases), both parties (photographer and model) would have copyright on the images.
Actually, check out photographic model releases. Technically speaking, if you don't have a signed model release from someone, you can't go posting their picture anywhere or use it for anything. You can however take pictures all you want, and you can look at them yourself all you want. You just don't have the rights to show them to other folks. That having been said, that point of law very rarely comes up and isn't enforced much.
Also, celebrities are specifically excluded from this protection in many cases, as are 'newsworthy' shots taken in editorial situations.
Next up, the beach pics people like to share: legal to take, gray area to post, and no it's not illegal to TAKE pictures of folks without their knowledge. To SHOW them on the other hand... yes.
Considering the guys were showing up at her workplace (and probably creating a nuisance for her and her company): A. Her company could have legitimately sued Yahoo for not taking down the profiles, which were creating a distracting sitaution in the workplace. B. She was potentially in danger of losing her job, depending on how many men were showing up how often, and creating some degree of disruption. I know I sure as heck would have issues explaining to my manager why folks show up expecting to have sex with me. (Of course, considering I'm male, depending on what the women looked like, that could present a boost to my reputation/whatnot as well). Now, as for the boyfriend - sure, he did something wrong, and oughtta be punished. But, Yahoo does have an obligation to honor remove requests promptly.