If it weren't for date rape, I'd never get laid.

Good thing people like Gary never use their real name on those kind of sites then.

Why does it matter?

Or, rather, why does it matter any more than any other kind of criminal record?

Next logical step: Matchmaking site FOR sex offenders. Given how hysterically that label is thrown around these days, there'd probably be a decent-sized database.

Moreover, some of those folks'll probably be pretty decent people. Not all. But some.

Something like 95% of sexual assaults committed in the states are new offenders, anyways.

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People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Include recreational drug users, and you got pretty much everybody. Excepting people with unusually powerful moral compasses. Like Catholic priests. Or Southern Baptist preachers.

Hmmmmm...this may take some more thought....

caution: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

2/10. I'll give you partial credit for correctly stating that there is an entire world out there.

LOL. Sorry your love life is so stagnant, caution.

Notabunny: Notabunny: Notabunny: hammettman: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Next logical step: Matchmaking site FOR sex offenders. Given how hysterically that label is thrown around these days, there'd probably be a decent-sized database.

Moreover, some of those folks'll probably be pretty decent people. Not all. But some.

Great idea! Why stop there--

SMACK.COM - domestic violence "encounters"

YOINK.COM - where cleptos date and dash

PEEKABOOICU.COM - visit with voyeurs before they vanish

CRASH.COM - run into that special drunk driver

THECHARM.COM - exclusively for divorcees

AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Well, you're welcome to your opinion. I admit I have tried online dating before. It's not about having to, I don't like bars or clubs. I am too shy to approach someone I don't really know. And maybe it's just me but it's not like you are out doing stuff and dozens of men randomly ask you to go out sometime. And no I am not disgustingly fugly and/or weigh 300lbs.

hammettman: AverageAmericanGuy: Notabunny: Notabunny: Notabunny: hammettman: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Next logical step: Matchmaking site FOR sex offenders. Given how hysterically that label is thrown around these days, there'd probably be a decent-sized database.

Moreover, some of those folks'll probably be pretty decent people. Not all. But some.

Great idea! Why stop there--

SMACK.COM - domestic violence "encounters"

YOINK.COM - where cleptos date and dash

PEEKABOOICU.COM - visit with voyeurs before they vanish

CRASH.COM - run into that special drunk driver

THECHARM.COM - exclusively for divorcees

MATCHES.COM - meet that special pyro and light up your life!

OURLITTLESECRET.COM - older guys looking for younger girls. Much younger girls.

AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

That is kinda the point I think. People who don't have a clue how to get out there, meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there.

Zero tolerance wins again. Next: define anyone who attempts to socialize without pre-clearance by a dating website participating in sex offender screening as a sex offender.

Shenanigans33: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Well, you're welcome to your opinion. I admit I have tried online dating before. It's not about having to, I don't like bars or clubs. I am too shy to approach someone I don't really know. And maybe it's just me but it's not like you are out doing stuff and dozens of men randomly ask you to go out sometime. And no I am not disgustingly fugly and/or weigh 300lbs.

The pic in your profile is actually really cute. I also notice that you are in Eastern Shore. I live in Norfolk, but I am in Afghanistan right now unfortunately. But I las just little over half a month before I return if you want to meet up for a drink

now for typical fark lingo....How you doin?

Phoenix19851: Shenanigans33: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Well, you're welcome to your opinion. I admit I have tried online dating before. It's not about having to, I don't like bars or clubs. I am too shy to approach someone I don't really know. And maybe it's just me but it's not like you are out doing stuff and dozens of men randomly ask you to go out sometime. And no I am not disgustingly fugly and/or weigh 300lbs.

The pic in your profile is actually really cute. I also notice that you are in Eastern Shore. I live in Norfolk, but I am in Afghanistan right now unfortunately. But I las just little over half a month before I return if you want to meet up for a drink

now for typical fark lingo....How you doin?

Bah I have just a little over half a month...stupid tired fingers

So, are bars going to have to offer this service next?

Shenanigans33: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Well, you're welcome to your opinion. I admit I have tried online dating before. It's not about having to, I don't like bars or clubs. I am too shy to approach someone I don't really know. And maybe it's just me but it's not like you are out doing stuff and dozens of men randomly ask you to go out sometime. And no I am not disgustingly fugly and/or weigh 300lbs.

you sound fat.

/like me
//tried Match myself, ran away screaming after a few weeks

Online connection for romance/dating fills a nice niche. Clicking over shared interests and chatting from the comfortable safety of home really can have a positive effect on getting to know someone. You run into your share of liars and negative creeps, but as long as you are vigilant, you should be able to pick up the clues through the first few conversations or public meeting.

Many of the people you connect with at a place like Match.com might be someone you'd just pass on by during your daily routine. But with a little bit of disconnected anonymity on the internet, breaking the ice and saying hello is a lot easier. Not having to fret about if the person you are approaching is 'single and seeking' takes a bit off the often awkward initiative.

Obviously your mileage may vary, but if you can sift through the fake profiles, there is bound to be a good possibility at a relationship for most people. Even the overweight and less than attractive folk stand a fighting chance, as long as they aren't rotten and bitter.

As for the article, the screening for sex offenders doesn't seem like it would be very effective, many aliases and common names would cause problems.

Shenanigans33: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Well, you're welcome to your opinion. I admit I have tried online dating before. It's not about having to, I don't like bars or clubs. I am too shy to approach someone I don't really know. And maybe it's just me but it's not like you are out doing stuff and dozens of men randomly ask you to go out sometime. And no I am not disgustingly fugly and/or weigh 300lbs.

If it's not dozens, then tens? What are you doing that makes you unapproachable?

Phoenix19851: Shenanigans33: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Well, you're welcome to your opinion. I admit I have tried online dating before. It's not about having to, I don't like bars or clubs. I am too shy to approach someone I don't really know. And maybe it's just me but it's not like you are out doing stuff and dozens of men randomly ask you to go out sometime. And no I am not disgustingly fugly and/or weigh 300lbs.

The pic in your profile is actually really cute. I also notice that you are in Eastern Shore. I live in Norfolk, but I am in Afghanistan right now unfortunately. But I las just little over half a month before I return if you want to meet up for a drink

now for typical fark lingo....How you doin?

Wow. My monitor got slimy just displaying that.

AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Says the fella trolling on an internet site.
(Why, yes, I am a pot.)

AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

There's a whole other world out there, and it's full of the ones too crazy to hang out in sports bars.

SirEattonHogg: AverageAmericanGuy Quote 2011-08-24 02:48:37 AM
People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Haters got to hate. For say a year or two that I used match.com and some other site was pretty cool. Well, I also met random people through friends or whatever, with these resources I was dating all the time. It was fun.

A lot of people I met on the 'net weren't at all socially clueless - just didn't want to meet people in bars/clubs, didn't see any leads in their current social circles and were busy with their work lives.

Well... you both have a point. As far as I know, there are two places in this society which are unambiguously for meeting someone of the opposite sex. The first is bars/clubs, and the second is online dating sites. If you don't like bars/clubs for whatever reason, you're only left with option #2.

Well, there's also option #3, which is immersing yourself in whatever hobby you like best and hoping that you'll meet someone that way. That can also work.

SirEattonHogg: Esn Quote 2011-08-24 05:15:52 AM
Well... you both have a point. As far as I know, there are two places in this society which are unambiguously for meeting someone of the opposite sex. The first is bars/clubs, and the second is online dating sites. If you don't like bars/clubs for whatever reason, you're only left with option #2.

Well, there's also option #3, which is immersing yourself in whatever hobby you like best and hoping that you'll meet someone that way. That can also work.

That reminds me, the most obvious way to meet someone else was supposed to be through high school or in college (and grad school). People on the 'net apparently missed that route, and not wanting to meet someone to date at a bar/club, ended up trying this avenue.

I dont think I ever met anyone through some form of hobby, although that would be cool. Too late for me though.

I met my wife through a RPG group in college. Stole her from the DM.

Has anyone noticed he has at least 6 previous sexual assault conviction and he's only getting a year in jail and 5 years probation? Maybe the problem is a system that lets a man out on the street after countless convictions. I thought California had a "three strikes" law and then it was life in prison, which is where this guy belongs obviously.

I met the love of my life through online dating, with a few entertaining crazies along the way. Cost virtually nothing. Why not?

AverageAmericanGuy: hammettman: AverageAmericanGuy: Notabunny: Notabunny: Notabunny: hammettman: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Next logical step: Matchmaking site FOR sex offenders. Given how hysterically that label is thrown around these days, there'd probably be a decent-sized database.

Moreover, some of those folks'll probably be pretty decent people. Not all. But some.

Great idea! Why stop there--

SMACK.COM - domestic violence "encounters"

YOINK.COM - where cleptos date and dash

PEEKABOOICU.COM - visit with voyeurs before they vanish

CRASH.COM - run into that special drunk driver

THECHARM.COM - exclusively for divorcees

MATCHES.COM - meet that special pyro and light up your life!

OURLITTLESECRET.COM - older guys looking for younger girls. Much younger girls.

PRIEST.COM- meet that special altar boy for a romantic communion

MANICDEPRESSIVE.COM- build a lifelong relationship (and a voice mail box full of angry threatening messages) with your future psycho ex

BABYMOMMA.COM- a dating site exclusively for African-Americans

IWILLCALLYOUTOMORROW.COM- meet women, have sex and forget their existence

AverageAmericanGuy: hammettman: AverageAmericanGuy: Notabunny: Notabunny: Notabunny: hammettman: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Next logical step: Matchmaking site FOR sex offenders. Given how hysterically that label is thrown around these days, there'd probably be a decent-sized database.

Moreover, some of those folks'll probably be pretty decent people. Not all. But some.

Great idea! Why stop there--

SMACK.COM - domestic violence "encounters"

YOINK.COM - where cleptos date and dash

PEEKABOOICU.COM - visit with voyeurs before they vanish

CRASH.COM - run into that special drunk driver

THECHARM.COM - exclusively for divorcees

MATCHES.COM - meet that special pyro and light up your life!

OURLITTLESECRET.COM - older guys looking for younger girls. Much younger girls.

FIX.COM - find that heroin junkie you need to compliment your own habit

FLAREUP.COM - find a herpes infected lover

AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Srsly! What the hell is wrong with these people! Meeting someone online and getting to know something about them is totally pathetic.

Why don't they don't go out to bars, hook up with a total stranger while they are in a drunken stupor and end up with a lifetime filled with regret- like normal people?

Say what you will about dating sites, but I got laid more from online dates than I ever could from meeting girls in bars. One girl I almost married. And if you're out of college or in the working world, don't have a large office or big extended family, online dating may be one of the only ways to meet new people.

Then again, my new dating strategy is hanging out in the all night pizza shop that all the drunk people go to after the clubs. The girls don't put up much resistance when they're completely tanked.

bobadobalina: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

Srsly! What the hell is wrong with these people! Meeting someone online and getting to know something about them is totally pathetic.

Why don't they don't go out to bars, hook up with a total stranger while they are in a drunken stupor and end up with a lifetime filled with regret- like normal people?

This is Fark! Talking common sense doesn't make sense.

bobadobalina: AverageAmericanGuy: hammettman: AverageAmericanGuy: Notabunny: Notabunny: Notabunny: hammettman: Huck And Molly Ziegler: Next logical step: Matchmaking site FOR sex offenders. Given how hysterically that label is thrown around these days, there'd probably be a decent-sized database.

Moreover, some of those folks'll probably be pretty decent people. Not all. But some.

Great idea! Why stop there--

SMACK.COM - domestic violence "encounters"

YOINK.COM - where cleptos date and dash

PEEKABOOICU.COM - visit with voyeurs before they vanish

CRASH.COM - run into that special drunk driver

THECHARM.COM - exclusively for divorcees

MATCHES.COM - meet that special pyro and light up your life!

OURLITTLESECRET.COM - older guys looking for younger girls. Much younger girls.

PRIEST.COM- meet that special altar boy for a romantic communion

MANICDEPRESSIVE.COM- build a lifelong relationship (and a voice mail box full of angry threatening messages) with your future psycho ex

BABYMOMMA.COM- a dating site exclusively for African-Americans

IWILLCALLYOUTOMORROW.COM- meet women, have sex and forget their existence

BABYMOMMA.COM- a dating site exclusively for African-Americans and white girls who like thugs

FTFY :-)

After years of only meeting people - some great, some not so great - online, I married the first woman I managed to pick up in real life. Whatever works for you.

if your sex isn't offensive, then you're doing it wrong

There are a surprising amount of cute girls on dating sites around here. I'd rather stalk them on there then approach them in real life.

I wouldn't use an online dating site. I mean I'm on them so i can look at teh wimminz but I don't actually use them (plus i have a gf).

There is such a huge disconnect with the women I see IRL everyday and the ones on those sites. You would think there are just a lot of fatties out there, but there are a LOT of hotties out there.

Also your odds of getting an attractive woman's phone number is ~50% by just asking. no small talk. just walk up and say, "hi i think you're attractive. can i get your number?" cant find link to the actual study right now though ;(

//Works on a university campus
//NOFATCHX

Torqueknot: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

That is kinda the point I think. People who don't have a clue how to get out there, meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there.

I've never been on one of those sites and I don't understand why people use them. You want to meet someone? Leave your house.
Met MrS at the laundramat.

AbbeySomeone: Torqueknot: AverageAmericanGuy: People who have to use online dating services to meet people are pathetic.

There's a whole world out there, and you're wasting it meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there and enjoy it either.

That is kinda the point I think. People who don't have a clue how to get out there, meeting other people who don't have a clue how to get out there.

I've never been on one of those sites and I don't understand why people use them. You want to meet someone? Leave your house.
Met MrS at the laundramat.

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