Emilia Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 I found this list just now on okcupid in the section titled 'you should message me if'. Bolded my favourites. "you should not if you have in your profile thigns like: "you can find me in.." "I am myself" "Is difficult to define myself" "I am a East Londoner artist" "I love indie music" "I love to drink cherry blossom wine" "I am nerdy/geeky" (expecially if that means that you like the big bang theory) "I like the cure and the smiths" (the two things are not likable together) If you are an a-list user. If you wear all star shoes. If you wear hogan shoes. If you like cognitive behavioural therapy. If you are a graphic desiner. If you are any kind of designer. If you dress like a H&M model and you wear glasses without a medical reason. If you are a cospiracyst. If you liked the movie "Amélie". If you have your lips in whatever unnatural position in any of your pictures. If you suffer from panic attacks. If your nickanme here has something starting or ending with taco or saurus (**** it) If in any of your pictures you have your toungue out. If you consider yourself "curvy" and you are actually a skeleton. If you like or you look like or you want to look like Audrey Hepburn. If you think it make sense to look for an activity partner on a dating site. If you consider Hermann Hesse a writer. If you like dubstep music. If you think that Berlin is the city in which you will move soon. If you have a reflex. If you eat marmite. If you cook pasta for more than 12 minutes. If you have an Iphone or any apple product. If you use ubuntu/linux. If you use Instagram. If you play ukulele. If you think Freud was a philosopher or a sexist. last but not least if you prefer cats over dogs and if you have pictures of yourself either mirroring with a reflex expecially in b/w or with the distorsion of macbook's camera. If you feel rapresented by two or more of those ask yourself questions. adn listen to the dickhead song. Anything else is tolerated and welcome" It is often assumed that women are the ones with negative profiles ("don't contact me if....") so I found an exception for you What are the chances in your opinion that this guy will ever find a date? I suppose there are no prizes for guessing why he is single. It would obviously help if he learned to spell and what on earth does he mean by 'reflex'? 1
OpenBook Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 I would assume he is on meds and quickly move along to the next profile. 1
TaraMaiden Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 I'm his doctor. She is. leave her well alone, she''s very confused.
Anela Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 I might contact him to ask him why he's so opposed to certain things, but not to date him - although, he'd probably think that I'm trying to hook his interest, so he'd ignore me. I talked to someone like that a few times on okcupid, only he listed reasons for his the things that he hated (I don't think he's having any success on there). Instagram being included, made me laugh, given the comments elsewhere.
KraftDinner Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 Honestly, I think the guy is funny! I would contact him, although technically I shouldn't (I wear All Stars! Hahahaha!)!! I think he sounds funny and smart, not dickish.
Anela Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 Why would a girl contact any guy on okcupid or any online dating site for that matter? Filling out the "You should message me if..." question if you are a guy on okcupid is a waste of time. Girls don't send first messages. Well, then, I was obviously born with the wrong equipment.
ThaWholigan Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 I think he's having a laugh really. He obviously liked the dickhead song . I was invited to the dickhead party by a friend of mine funnily enough.
Anela Posted October 7, 2012 Posted October 7, 2012 I've never heard the dickhead song. I'll have to look it up later. I've come across guys like him before, and they were serious - like the one I mentioned above.
Author Emilia Posted October 8, 2012 Author Posted October 8, 2012 Ah, re-read his profile and maybe he is joking, he is quite smiley in his photos too. Spoilsports.
heather_1 Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 He seems funny. Cut the guys some slack. Its not easy to send that first message on dating sites, how do you stand out through an email? Get a conversation started and see where it goes. He could be your mr right Just make sure you stay safe when dating online. This will help if you feel reserved How To Stay Safe While Online Dating - Dating Advice Centre
Author Emilia Posted October 9, 2012 Author Posted October 9, 2012 He seems funny. Cut the guys some slack. Its not easy to send that first message on dating sites, how do you stand out through an email? Get a conversation started and see where it goes. He could be your mr right Hell no, he is not my type at all. He didn't contact me, I copied that stuff from his profile. My preference is for wit not this kind of humour.
Taramere Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 Hell no, he is not my type at all. He didn't contact me, I copied that stuff from his profile. My preference is for wit not this kind of humour. I had to google "all star shoes" and "hogan shoes". Nobody can accuse me of being overly endowed with knowledge about fashion...so perhaps I'm the woman for him. I can imagine one of my friends presenting a rant like this, were he ever to go down the online dating route. He has that same habit of focusing on fairly inoffensive likes/preferences and adjudicating them heinous crimes of the worst sort of pretentiousness. It's funny in small doses, but it can get a bit wearing fairly quickly. I don't see what could possibly be wrong with using online dating as a means to getting activity partners. In fact, I'd see that as one of the saner reasons to use it. If you don't click romantically, at least you've had a healthy and pleasant cycle/game of tennis out of the "date".
Kamille Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 The reflex line has me thinking he was joking, although some of the things he mentions he seems serious about. Because of that ambiguity, I would not contact him.
EasyHeart Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 I think he's having a laugh really. He obviously liked the dickhead song . I was invited to the dickhead party by a friend of mine funnily enough.Yes, he is obviously poking fun at OLD cliches and trendiness. I thought it was pretty clever. I did something similar when I explored OLD. It's actually a pretty good screening mechanism. If you have a good sense of humor (as this guy obviously does), then you don't want to date women who don't grasp the concept of humor.
Author Emilia Posted October 9, 2012 Author Posted October 9, 2012 I had to google "all star shoes" and "hogan shoes". Nobody can accuse me of being overly endowed with knowledge about fashion...so perhaps I'm the woman for him. I can imagine one of my friends presenting a rant like this, were he ever to go down the online dating route. He has that same habit of focusing on fairly inoffensive likes/preferences and adjudicating them heinous crimes of the worst sort of pretentiousness. It's funny in small doses, but it can get a bit wearing fairly quickly. I call it 'pseudo intellectualism'. The thing is, I try to take a leaf out of others' books here who seem to do well in OLD... then I see profiles like this or sometimes worse (like one guy putting NO F**** PARTY PHOTOS like this in capital letters) and I just go for spending time on a dating site. I don't see what could possibly be wrong with using online dating as a means to getting activity partners. In fact, I'd see that as one of the saner reasons to use it. If you don't click romantically, at least you've had a healthy and pleasant cycle/game of tennis out of the "date". From another point of view, I can understand why someone wouldn't want timewasters, I always say no to friend requests. My favourite was his dislike for CBT, makes me think he has cognitive behaviour issues himself
Author Emilia Posted October 9, 2012 Author Posted October 9, 2012 Yes, he is obviously poking fun at OLD cliches and trendiness. I thought it was pretty clever. I did something similar when I explored OLD. It's actually a pretty good screening mechanism. If you have a good sense of humor (as this guy obviously does), then you don't want to date women who don't grasp the concept of humor. No disrespect but in your opinion I think he came off as difficult more than anything. He isn't a good looking guy, my first thought was that hot guys wouldn't put a list up like that. 1
Author Emilia Posted October 9, 2012 Author Posted October 9, 2012 The reflex line has me thinking he was joking, although some of the things he mentions he seems serious about. Because of that ambiguity, I would not contact him. Pretty much, I don't think everything was a joke though I'm sure he tried to be funny. Maybe he was trying too hard, not sure.
EasyHeart Posted October 9, 2012 Posted October 9, 2012 No disrespect but in your opinion I think he came off as difficult more than anything. He isn't a good looking guy, my first thought was that hot guys wouldn't put a list up like that.Not really. It was clearly a joke from the first line and I was chuckling by the third or fourth line. It's pretty obviously meant to be funny. If he were better looking, would that make the list funnier?
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