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05 May 2013, 10:24 pm

Can I get kicked off plenty of fish for trolling? There was a lady whose first line in her description said not to message her if you're a cowboy, hunt, or only say, "what's up?" so I said, "Hey wat up you want go hunting on horseback? I like both kinds of music country and western. Sorry I'm just a troll."

A different lady had a picture of herself sitting on a small reclining elephant statue, and I wanted to say, "Man, you're so fat you've crushed that poor elephant." But I didn't send that one because she was actually kind of fat and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.



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05 May 2013, 11:54 pm

I'm going to edit things out for you and still keep it you:

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My Top 3:
1.  Are you a female between the ages of 18-25?
2.  Are you intellectually curious?  Are you able to solve the "Red Hat White Hat" riddle? [insert link here]
3. Do you have an interest or hobby you are passionate about? 
 
If you're still with me, keep these steps in mind:
1.  Be direct and let me know you are interested. Don't be shy today!
2.  Share one of your interests with me and we can learn and grow together.
3. It would make me ecstatic if you were a nerdy math/physics girl. I've always wanted a girl to talk nerdy to me ;)

Drop me a line.. and if you're interested in philosophy, religion and/or politics - all the better!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.


Now post it on a dating site .. NOT Facebook!!



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06 May 2013, 3:24 am

ShamelessGit wrote:
Can I get kicked off plenty of fish for trolling? There was a lady whose first line in her description said not to message her if you're a cowboy, hunt, or only say, "what's up?" so I said, "Hey wat up you want go hunting on horseback? I like both kinds of music country and western. Sorry I'm just a troll."

A different lady had a picture of herself sitting on a small reclining elephant statue, and I wanted to say, "Man, you're so fat you've crushed that poor elephant." But I didn't send that one because she was actually kind of fat and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.


If by extreme 1/1,000,000 chance a girl doesn't find you to be an unoriginal dick, I wish you well.



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06 May 2013, 6:41 am

So basically, you expect women to message a stranger on the internet who has said literally nothing about himself except a rigid list of requirements on how to message him.



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06 May 2013, 8:08 am

minervx wrote:
So basically, you expect women to message a stranger on the internet who has said literally nothing about himself except a rigid list of requirements on how to message him.


That's not very different from how 3/4 of women act. Nobody has seemed to have noticed that yet.



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06 May 2013, 8:28 am

ShamelessGit wrote:
minervx wrote:
So basically, you expect women to message a stranger on the internet who has said literally nothing about himself except a rigid list of requirements on how to message him.


That's not very different from how 3/4 of women act. Nobody has seemed to have noticed that yet.


We've all noticed it. But it's just not going to get you any dates. I doubt it even works for women either, as it doesn't prevent idiots from being idiots, and it may turn away decent guys. Even if you have standards, no woman is going to message a guy's online profile that has nothing about who he is (just what he expects). Unless you look like a model maybe.



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06 May 2013, 9:07 am

ShamelessGit wrote:
Can I get kicked off plenty of fish for trolling? There was a lady whose first line in her description said not to message her if you're a cowboy, hunt, or only say, "what's up?" so I said, "Hey wat up you want go hunting on horseback? I like both kinds of music country and western. Sorry I'm just a troll."

A different lady had a picture of herself sitting on a small reclining elephant statue, and I wanted to say, "Man, you're so fat you've crushed that poor elephant." But I didn't send that one because she was actually kind of fat and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.


Yeah, you come off as an obnoxious piece of work when you do stuff like that. If you are trolling someone, you are not supposed to say you are a troll.


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06 May 2013, 9:17 am

And some of these people wonder why they can't get dates :lol: . Even I, a master of inadvertantly insulting people, know better. Lists like that are for computers, not people. You are supposed to say what you are looking for in a person and some basic information about yourself. And not insult people.



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06 May 2013, 10:40 am

A man's profile should avoid anything that sounds like he or his targets have low standards, reveal a harmless flaw, say in casual language that he is busy, picky, challenging and looking for someone to improve his already brilliant life, portray that he is clever, classy, quirky, funny, energetic, confident, adventurous and optimistic, show he realises that she is contending with some crazy and stupid men messaging her.

For now, replace your profile text with rainbow ruses using barnum statements.

Eg, edit this from "you" to "she":

You have a great need for other people to like and admire you. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself. You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. Your sexual adjustment has presented problems for you. Disciplined and self-controlled outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You pride yourself as an independent thinker and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be pretty unrealistic. Security is one of your major goals in life.

Then you will get a baseline for how well your profile is received without you saying anything of your own or directly about you. Then you can test market additions as per guidelines above.



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06 May 2013, 6:17 pm

appletheclown wrote:
ShamelessGit wrote:
Can I get kicked off plenty of fish for trolling? There was a lady whose first line in her description said not to message her if you're a cowboy, hunt, or only say, "what's up?" so I said, "Hey wat up you want go hunting on horseback? I like both kinds of music country and western. Sorry I'm just a troll."

A different lady had a picture of herself sitting on a small reclining elephant statue, and I wanted to say, "Man, you're so fat you've crushed that poor elephant." But I didn't send that one because she was actually kind of fat and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.


Yeah, you come off as an obnoxious piece of work when you do stuff like that. If you are trolling someone, you are not supposed to say you are a troll.


I wasn't actually trying to hit on those women. I just felt goofy and those were the first things that came to my mind to say. Also, I don't really enjoy hurting people's feelings, which is why I put the troll disclaimer on the 1st one and didn't send the second one. Also I didn't send the second one because I was afraid of being kicked off the site if I got in the habit of trolling.



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06 May 2013, 6:34 pm

Something I've noticed about most of the profiles is that they seem much uglier than the girls I meet in real life. The majority (like, more than 2/3) of girls I find on college campus I think are physically attractive, but the majority on POF I don't find attractive. Do only ugly girls get on POF, or do they just really suck at taking pictures of themselves?

Another thing I've noticed is that an extraordinary number of women say they like camping and hunting. I know I live in Kansas, but it seems like at least half of them say that on the first line of their profile, and that seems very very unusual. Are they just saying that because they think guys like hunting and if they fake interest then guys who like hunting will like them? I'm not saying that girls can't enjoy those things, I'm just saying that I'd expect a lot less than half would find it so important as to put it in the first line of their profile.




And I was thinking about how I said that women are bad at seducing people, and I think I was right. I found these three profile descriptions on the first line of my, "matches." If I got a dime for every time I saw, "not good at telling about my self" in a profile description of a woman that was less than 5 lines long, I could make good money surfing the POF match descriptions. When women don't work hard to make a good impression, it seems like they assume that seeing their profile picture, or seeing them in real life gives men enough of an incentive to try to seduce them. Anyway here are the 3 profile descriptions I chose to share:


I'm 21 bout to be 22. I love to hang out with my friends and just chill. I'm almost done with college...I will be an ma...I mainly listen to rap but I do like hip hop and country. I love horror movies...want to know anything else just ask..not good at telling about my self...

Im a country gril drive a 1975 f100 i love workin on anything with a motor. ima be racin street stocks thia year. i love singing and playing guitar. ask me more

I am a girl who doesn't mind sitting on the couch and watching a movie on a Friday night. I love hanging out with my friends. I work about 40 hour weeks and I'll be starting college this fall. I am looking for a guy who can treat me right.



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08 May 2013, 5:40 pm

Yo, you sound like Chris Chan.



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08 May 2013, 5:44 pm

:o haha. ive never been kicked off POF. ive managed to block some people off of there though so. when people come to me for advice, usually they end up following their own and then what happens? their date never arrives. at least with me you are either promised a future date, or decidedly know when to call it quits.



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08 May 2013, 8:59 pm

aspergerking wrote:
Yo, you sound like Chris Chan.


People keep telling me I sound like certain other people and I never know who they are talking about.



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08 May 2013, 9:12 pm

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:o haha. ive never been kicked off POF. ive managed to block some people off of there though so. when people come to me for advice, usually they end up following their own and then what happens? their date never arrives. at least with me you are either promised a future date, or decidedly know when to call it quits.


What are you talking about?