Craigslist :( ...why?!

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I'm writing about what may well be the dumbest addiction I've ever experienced. That's right ladies and germs, cberg has "graced" L&D to abrasively denounce Craigslist Missed Connections. Morbid curiosity keeps me spamming [F5] on that insipid board in a Sisyphean bid to conclusively identify ONE girl who just may be wondering precisely what was so damned mysterious about that elusive weirdo cberg. Trouble is, 85% or more of them are either too vindictive, too drunk or both to grasp the true utility of the anonymity they wield. I've probably personally met one or more of the posters, but writing style vs. personal style is a big gap to bridge and I can't seem to find any bridges. Some posts spurred me to answer on throwaway guerrillamail accounts just to try and impart some peace and equilibrium. This melting pot of unchecked rage and ambiguity is as close as I've ever come to online dating, save for spilling too many beans (as if that's actually possible) on the Strictly Platonic sections to get any meaningful replies.

Just gonna let my yokel-grade loyalty get the best of me and do everything I can to build bridges with the womenfolk I know in REALITY, as I know them out here. Not everyone is aware of how to stop the internet from eroding their capacity for benevolence. I really hope I can help with that.

On a scale of 1 to YouTube comments... how bad?

I was under the impression that at least 50% of the posts in craigs list personals are either prostitutes or spam address collectors. I have nothing to back this up.

I will admit used I go to the rant and raves just to be entertained.

I have bought a few things on CL and sold more. I have come to the conclusion if I cannot get at least $10 for something it either goes in the garbage bin or the Salvation Army; its just not worth my time. I once gave away some programming books. Some of the people are the nicest people you would meet, and some are just terrible. I have also found that if you list something for free you will get like 10 emails and none of them will show up.

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My point is, go some place else for love. I cannot vouch for any site, I have been married since 1993.

Let's just say I thought about referencing those. Not much of anybody in my home town would ever go that far below the belt, but the disregard for specificity in the really demeaning posts freaking scares me. It just can't be healthy for anyone involved, unless OPs actually are staying positive about everyone, which is roughly one in 50 posts.

I just can't stand seeing posts that might be about me, albeit so far wrong that they serve no purpose other than venting someone's lack of foresight. The insults just fly and fly and fly. The primary girl I keep sifting through for probably hasn't ever heard of this anyway... :/

Or she might have similarly decided it's a terrifying place. you might have better luck investing in a psychic.

never checked that part of it. i stick to the dating section.

@Comets: You're right. Why would I worry about that? The lady in question is as close to psychic as I believe to be possible anyways. We tend to end up catching up with one another regardless of circumstance. I have no idea what she's up to but I trust her farther than almost anyone I know.

@sly279: Well... I looked at the dating part and it was little more than girls my age commanding me to be normal or aomewhat older women belieing some sketchy aims, usually material or myopically cliché. Needless to say I have a limited grasp of the ordinary.

I didn't know what you were talking about, so I checked out missed connections for this country. Does it have a success rate?

It sounds like your heart belongs to this girl Cberg.

If it does I can't say I have any qualms about that. When someone helps you survive, you want to do anything you can for them. It's not like I'd intentionally snub any other women who appreciate my personality, though there's a lot to be said for hoping to reciprocate a level of understanding some people never reach in their lifetimes. Reasoning strictly in tech terms I can't personally derive a means to record a success rate, save for a user survey, no idea if that's been done.

The only place I do know she's posted is here (do I ever love to gamble ). As much as the internet seems like my home turf, I'm yet another tree hugging dirt worshiper. The best way I know how to communicate is probably geomagnetic; it sure as hell ain't Craigslist!

Wow, that sounds like a meaningful bond, it would be nice if your shift in magnetism meets a solar wind.

Oh I only asked about success rates out of curiosity. It seems like a novel idea, reading the posts in missed connections made me think it was a bit like a message in a bottle being thrown out to sea.

It occurs to me I've probably missed more missed connections than I've really understood them. That attachment is pretty unique so it probably colors my judgement a lot... this is all exactly like corked notes, yeah, I'm sure everyone gets curious about me eventually, my life is too strange for people not to.

Ultimately I know all I need is to build patience. In some ways there's nothing more alluring for anybody...