A Quantitative Analysis of Online Dating 283
imjustatomato writes "Never before has something so human and primitive as dating been reducible to such discrete values. A study analyzes the data of an online dating service. When do you like someone like yourself? Among online dating members, "marital status" and "wants children" are the two most influential characteristics to match. Other interesting findings are: men initiate 73.3% of messages, but their initiations are 17.9% less likely to be reciprocated; 78.2% of messages are never responded to."
how I met my wife (Score:4, Funny)
That's odd... (Score:5, Funny)
Bender's computer dating service (Score:1, Funny)
double entendre (Score:5, Funny)
Uhh, yeah. I'm going to guess that the phrase "wants children" means something different, depending on whether you're on a dating site, or on alt.sex.lolita. Yes?
Re:how I met my wife (Score:1, Funny)
Oblig. (Score:3, Funny)
Not quite surprised here (Score:5, Funny)
And from the other side of the equation, no sensible female of the species will choose to date a geek that is clearly ill-adapted socially, is not likely to resemble a movie star from her wall poster, and probably will not fare well in the salary department if he ever manages to leave his basement (many choose not to.)
And with respect to children, many men dislike children and don't want them at all. They are expensive to maintain, and pointless to raise in the first place. The society changed so much in the last 100-200 years that a large family that was a great advantage to a peasant is now a death warrant in many professional areas, financially and time-wise. Parents nowadays are expected to sink up to a million dollars into a child, with no ROI whatsoever. The parents become slaves to their children, working most of their productive life to maintain the family.
Women love a man with a huge... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not quite surprised here (Score:4, Funny)
I give that one +1 Jaded as Fuck.
Re:Surprise Surprise (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, I'm a coward.
Re:More studies like this? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Online dating (Score:5, Funny)
That'd be the one you married then?
Re:Women love a man with a huge... (Score:5, Funny)
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BMO
Please date me!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Please resond this time HotWifeWannabe1337!!, you dident seem to get my first 26 messages...
-- Anoymous Coward
Re:Not quite surprised here (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:This surprises me not one bit. (Score:5, Funny)
I though that once upon a time. Then I realized I wasn't ugly and have been shallow and self gratifying ever since. It works for me.
Members... (Score:4, Funny)
That is just plain wrong. Members (Latin name: Phallus Maximus) are sentient symbiont life-forms that human males carry between their legs. The member is connected to the brain of the human male and takes over control of the brain and thus the entire body whenever a human female is present manipulating the human male into to doing and saying idiotic things he would otherwise never dream of. Members, and the effect they have upon the behavior, utterances and personality of the human male can be quite annoying but unfortunately they can also not be eradicated since they are essential to the procreation of the species. Research into alternative technologies such as cloning is ongoing.
Qualities in a woman (Score:5, Funny)
In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency; she was a drama queen, cried all the time and threatened suicide. So I decided I needed a girl with stability.
When I was 25 I found a very stable girl but she was boring. She was totally predictable and never got excited about anything. Life became so dull that I decided that I needed a girl with some excitement.
When I was 28 I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She did mad impetuous things and made me miserable as often as happy. She was great fun initially and very energetic, but directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some real ambition.
When I turned 31, I found a smart ambitious girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and married her. She was so ambitious that she divorced me and took everything I owned.
Now, I am older and wiser, and am looking for a girl with big tits.
That chat room you speak of... (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.tshirthell.com/images/contestpics/a249
and this chick
http://www.tshirthell.com/images/contestpics/a249
the reason they didn't write back was they already finished spanking it for that evening...
Re:how I met my wife (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Women love a man with a huge... (Score:4, Funny)
Objects (Score:4, Funny)
"Quantitative analysis" (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Please date me!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Please date me!!! (Score:2, Funny)