View Poll Results: is online dating sad?
Yes - He should get out more
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Is online dating sad?
27 September 2005, 02:12 PM
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Is online dating sad?
A mate is turning to online dating to find himself a life long partner but it all seems a bit sad to me.
what do you think?
what do you think?
27 September 2005, 02:17 PM
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I voted Yes but I suppose the dating scene is just moving with the times and adapting to changing technologies.
Where as before your mate would have had to go and join a dating agency, most probably wouldn't due to the embarassment factor, he can now do it all on-line.
Good luck to him I say
Where as before your mate would have had to go and join a dating agency, most probably wouldn't due to the embarassment factor, he can now do it all on-line.
Good luck to him I say
27 September 2005, 02:18 PM
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I think its a very sad way for him to meet a wife.
Your mate should step away from his PC and get out the house more.
I take it your mate is an ugly **** for him to us this method to meet women
Your mate should step away from his PC and get out the house more.
I take it your mate is an ugly **** for him to us this method to meet women
27 September 2005, 02:19 PM
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I'm glad I'm passed all the dating nonsense.
Looking around I hate to have to try and find a partner with all the young fat mouthy laddettes the seem to be everywhere
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Online's fine provided it works.
Looking around I hate to have to try and find a partner with all the young fat mouthy laddettes the seem to be everywhere
.Online's fine provided it works
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27 September 2005, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
Your mate should step away from his PC and get out the house more.
I take it your mate is an ugly **** for him to us this method to meet women
I take it your mate is an ugly **** for him to us this method to meet women
ugly ***** get wimmen by other methods too
27 September 2005, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobyloopy
A mate is turning to online dating to find himself a life long partner but it all seems a bit sad to me.
what do you think?
what do you think?
27 September 2005, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rizla06
WTF???? what a wacky thing to say ugly ***** get wimmen by other methods too
ugly ***** get wimmen by other methods too
27 September 2005, 02:38 PM
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I was going through a bad patch a while ago and tried it. Met a girl who was just plain bloody weird and we dated once. She seemed so nice and normal by instant message, email and text. her pic was 10 years out of date, she'd eaten a freezer full of haagen daaz every day since that pic had been taken and had developed pshycotic tendancies 
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One of those moments when you have to slap yourself around the face with a wet fish, and remind yourself you're not one lifes losers and get back out more...
So in conclusion I believe it to be sad and think this person needs a reality check and encouragement from his chums...
FFS at least try speed dating first!
...One of those moments when you have to slap yourself around the face with a wet fish, and remind yourself you're not one lifes losers and get back out more...
So in conclusion I believe it to be sad and think this person needs a reality check and encouragement from his chums...
FFS at least try speed dating first!
27 September 2005, 02:39 PM
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I met a girl through the internet but it wasnt dating, got her number & we met 2 days later. Had a good few months 
Nice girl
Still same answer
Yes its still sad
Nice girl
Still same answer
Yes its still sad
27 September 2005, 02:43 PM
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No its cool, I did it for a while back in 2000 and got laid plenty more than I would have through the traditional (normal?) means, its just a new way of meeting people using the available technology thats all.
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27 September 2005, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Markus
Out of curiousity, why do think it seems sad?
27 September 2005, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Markus
Out of curiousity, why do think it seems sad?
not surprised you'll have something to say
Scoobyloopy - Get your mate to take a good look at this bloke
27 September 2005, 02:46 PM
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Wouldnt call it sad, just another way of meeting people. Some people dont have many friends and ways of going out meeting people. If it works for them why not.
27 September 2005, 02:53 PM
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I'm on the fence.
If your trapped in a routine or stuck in tight social circles, eDating does actaully provide a means to "get out more" and meet different people.
On the otherhand the world is full of very odd people, and people who pretend to be what they clearly are not, and without meeting face to face you could end up with some right nutters.
You could argue that as soon as you log onto a BBS and start posting, you could be defined as "sad"
If your trapped in a routine or stuck in tight social circles, eDating does actaully provide a means to "get out more" and meet different people.
On the otherhand the world is full of very odd people, and people who pretend to be what they clearly are not, and without meeting face to face you could end up with some right nutters.
You could argue that as soon as you log onto a BBS and start posting, you could be defined as "sad"
27 September 2005, 02:57 PM
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Ah, I see, a ruse, to elicit a vitrolic response no doubt. How very cunning.
I've no problems in saying I've used online dating, and I don't need to hide behind some alias or use a proxy IP to say it either. Some might consider that sad, or even childish, but I digress.
To actually answer the question of whether I think it's sad, no, I don't (well that wasn't at all obvious was it!). There are many, many more "sad" things in this big, wide world.
I've no problems in saying I've used online dating, and I don't need to hide behind some alias or use a proxy IP to say it either. Some might consider that sad, or even childish, but I digress.
To actually answer the question of whether I think it's sad, no, I don't (well that wasn't at all obvious was it!
). There are many, many more "sad" things in this big, wide world.
27 September 2005, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
You could argue that as soon as you log onto a BBS and start posting, you could be defined as "sad"
27 September 2005, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
And of those 10%, how many are within the online-dating catchment age? Not many. So your point being?
27 September 2005, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Miss Ugly M Lardarse
Fact - 1 in 10 people in the UK have a STD.
50% of males and upto 70% of females are unaware unless tested after each relationship ends.
50% of males and upto 70% of females are unaware unless tested after each relationship ends.
so what you saying about people that use online dating?
27 September 2005, 03:04 PM
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On-line dating is / has become socially acceptable.
It's just another avenue with which to meet people you are unlikely to meet in your usual social circles.
Tell him to try speed-dating!
It's just another avenue with which to meet people you are unlikely to meet in your usual social circles.
Tell him to try speed-dating!
27 September 2005, 03:05 PM
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Sad?
fecking dangerous I'd say
In a sense I'm grateful that I have only ever met a handful of people from this BBS - to actively go looking to meet psycho's on the web is another matter altogether
fecking dangerous I'd say
In a sense I'm grateful that I have only ever met a handful of people from this BBS - to actively go looking to meet psycho's on the web is another matter altogether
27 September 2005, 03:05 PM
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The stats would only really apply if we are talking about using online dating for the sole reason of sex, however, I believe that is not what is/was being discussed.