Oh, this is like "traditional" dating, not "it's 3 in the morning and I'm bored, so you can come over, but oh wait, thanks for coming over but you should leave right now and maybe go home and take some pictures because you do not look like what your profile showed, like, at all" dating.
One time I went on a date with someone from okcupid and then we got married and then we got a corgi. So, what I'm saying is high marks for this activity and its subsequent repercussions.
@Leon Tchotchke I met my current partner on okcupid and now I spend a lot of time in her apartment (in which lives a cat) and now I'm afraid I may have toxoplasma gondii. So, what I'm saying is that online dating leads to cat-slave disease.
@Leon Tchotchke I also met my husband on okcupid. We fell for each other pretty much immediately and got married a year later. Things are wonderful and even though there are some weird people in the world of online dating there are also some very awesome people out there.
@#56 I like the idea of making it more about what you do, as opposed to what you claim to be into, but I think they need to bring back more of the personal essay stuff. It seems too shallow.
PS: Frowny face that "putting up a personal ad but not going out with anyone for reasons that include me being really bad at flirtation with strangers who I'm trying to impres" DQs me. Oh well.
I'm not sure what "online dating" means in the context of the survey, but assumed it meant something like a dating site, rather than boning someone you know from a board.
@BadUncle and never, ever bang someone you met on gawker. Last time saythatscool was in town, he left me handcuffed to the radiator at the Bowery all weekend!
i just reactivated an old online dating account. as I'm listing my fav writers I included balk and choire ... wishing there was an awl "set-up the lonely commenters" site in the works. have my prayers, er fears been answered?
Oh, this is like "traditional" dating, not "it's 3 in the morning and I'm bored, so you can come over, but oh wait, thanks for coming over but you should leave right now and maybe go home and take some pictures because you do not look like what your profile showed, like, at all" dating.
One time I went on a date with someone from okcupid and then we got married and then we got a corgi. So, what I'm saying is high marks for this activity and its subsequent repercussions.
@Leon Tchotchke I met my current partner on okcupid and now I spend a lot of time in her apartment (in which lives a cat) and now I'm afraid I may have toxoplasma gondii. So, what I'm saying is that online dating leads to cat-slave disease.
@Leon Tchotchke I also met my husband on okcupid. We fell for each other pretty much immediately and got married a year later. Things are wonderful and even though there are some weird people in the world of online dating there are also some very awesome people out there.
is this where we can discuss the new nerve site and how horrible it is for the olds?
@#56 I met my wife on the Nerve personals in 2002! Did they change it all around? I can't bear to look.
@jfruh It's terrible. it's been twitter-ified: answers are limited to 140 characters. I found it geared more for millennials.
@#56 I like the idea of making it more about what you do, as opposed to what you claim to be into, but I think they need to bring back more of the personal essay stuff. It seems too shallow.
Last time I tried online dating, it led to a long-term relationship and then marriage!
Last time I tried marriage, it led to a divorce!
Make of that what you will.
Does this mean that PersonAwls is coming soon?!
PS: Frowny face that "putting up a personal ad but not going out with anyone for reasons that include me being really bad at flirtation with strangers who I'm trying to impres" DQs me. Oh well.
@Maura Johnston I got DQed on the first question. Let's have Loser Cocktails!
@BadUncle Me too. But I'm going out on a date this weekend!
@Maura Johnston Not PersonAwls - it'd be like... The Buttplug, maybe.
@deepomega Will there be one in the logo?
I'm not sure what "online dating" means in the context of the survey, but assumed it meant something like a dating site, rather than boning someone you know from a board.
@BadUncle This was my assumption as well. Also assumed it didn't mean boning someone you reconnected with via Facebook. (DON'T DO THIS.)
@rj77 The digital age equivalent of drunk dialing your high-school sweetheart.
@BadUncle and never, ever bang someone you met on gawker. Last time saythatscool was in town, he left me handcuffed to the radiator at the Bowery all weekend!
i just reactivated an old online dating account. as I'm listing my fav writers I included balk and choire ... wishing there was an awl "set-up the lonely commenters" site in the works. have my prayers, er fears been answered?
@#56 Sure it's in the works, but Balk and Choire get to go on every date and make snarky comments throughout dinner.
@theheckle if this is true i will divorce my wife just so i can date again.
@theheckle is just dating Balk an option?
@#56 Listing that I've written for The Awl has given me some looks from people who wouldn't have cared otherwise.
@keisertroll how you doin'? ;)
@#56 I had no idea Joey Tribiani loved The Awl.
The tone of this survey is unnervingly reminiscent of some of my least favorite dates.
Can I take the survey even though I'm married?
Like, as an insurance policy?
Hi there, I'm Tom. I'm in my mid-to-late twenties, live just outside of Philadelphia, and am looking for a dude to hook up with Awl night long.
(THIS IS MY ACTUAL OKCUPID PROFILE)
Kicked to the curb after one question. Don't you want to know why we don't online-date? Like, "(a) Axe murderers!"?
I was disqualified immediately, but I checked the box to be allowed to re-do it if my family dies.
Met my husband on Match.com in 2003, just had our 6th wedding anniversary! #justsayin