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30 May 2012, 9:09 am

:D Maybe people should start hooking up on this site. Is that a bad idea?



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30 May 2012, 9:12 am

Several people have.



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30 May 2012, 9:36 am

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Several people have.

And the rest of us have no clue how. :lol:


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30 May 2012, 11:27 am

Could you define 'hooking up'? It seems to have as many meanings as 'dating'.



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30 May 2012, 11:43 am

Silvervarg wrote:
mv wrote:
Several people have.

And the rest of us have no clue how. :lol:

I'm still not quite sure how it happened for me except by posting aLOT. Mentioning how I was lonely in lots of posts, talking about the kind of relationship I wanted, what I had to offer ect ect. It annoyed a lot here but I lucked out the 2nd time that the rite woman seen my posts & PMed me


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30 May 2012, 1:49 pm

Already have, and it was successful. ;0



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30 May 2012, 2:54 pm

As with all places that socially awkward guys tend to congregate, there is a decided shortage of women.



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30 May 2012, 2:58 pm

Lot of people probably would. But we are scattered all over the world. U gotta live close enough to the person you wanna hook up with. :(



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30 May 2012, 3:10 pm

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Lot of people probably would. But we are scattered all over the world. U gotta live close enough to the person you wanna hook up with. :(

Or be willing to travel. It's working for me rite now till I move


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30 May 2012, 3:15 pm

The fact that most of us would need plane tickets to go meet each other and splashing money around on long-distance tickets isn't most of our budgets does throw a bit of a wrench in the gears.

Yes, there's webcam which is great for at least checking nonverbal chemistry but I still think the internet in general needs a richer environment for 'virtual dating' than it currently has to offer. Short of that, testing the waters at long distance can be incredibly challenging.


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30 May 2012, 5:13 pm

Definitely not a bad idea.

/says the person that found his significant other via Wrong Planet


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30 May 2012, 5:23 pm

I don't think there are any Norwegian girls who frequently post here—and even if there are, the difference between the southmost and the northmost point of Norway is equal to the distance between the southmost point and Rome.



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30 May 2012, 5:47 pm

rabbittss wrote:
As with all places that socially awkward guys tend to congregate, there is a decided shortage of women.


I think part of that (just part) is that when a lot of guys who are "awkward" get together, it can create an environment that is actively hostile to women. When guys come here to "vent" or complain about women or display bad attitudes about women, it makes it an uncomfortable place to be a woman.
You see this in online gaming / gaming forums where the women who do participate often hide their gender to avoid being flamed and sexually harassed.
If you want there to be more girls, make it a nice place for girls to be.


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30 May 2012, 5:54 pm

DogsWithoutHorses wrote:
rabbittss wrote:
As with all places that socially awkward guys tend to congregate, there is a decided shortage of women.


I think part of that (just part) is that when a lot of guys who are "awkward" get together, it can create an environment that is actively hostile to women. When guys come here to "vent" or complain about women or display bad attitudes about women, it makes it an uncomfortable place to be a woman.
You see this in online gaming / gaming forums where the women who do participate often hide their gender to avoid being flamed and sexually harassed.
If you want there to be more girls, make it a nice place for girls to be.


If a woman has problems in the dating arena, she's free to vent here as well.



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30 May 2012, 6:04 pm

Kurgan wrote:
DogsWithoutHorses wrote:
rabbittss wrote:
As with all places that socially awkward guys tend to congregate, there is a decided shortage of women.


I think part of that (just part) is that when a lot of guys who are "awkward" get together, it can create an environment that is actively hostile to women. When guys come here to "vent" or complain about women or display bad attitudes about women, it makes it an uncomfortable place to be a woman.
You see this in online gaming / gaming forums where the women who do participate often hide their gender to avoid being flamed and sexually harassed.
If you want there to be more girls, make it a nice place for girls to be.


If a woman has problems in the dating arena, she's free to vent here as well.

Then a group of awkward women could make this place hostile for men


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30 May 2012, 6:08 pm

Kurgan wrote:
DogsWithoutHorses wrote:
rabbittss wrote:
As with all places that socially awkward guys tend to congregate, there is a decided shortage of women.


I think part of that (just part) is that when a lot of guys who are "awkward" get together, it can create an environment that is actively hostile to women. When guys come here to "vent" or complain about women or display bad attitudes about women, it makes it an uncomfortable place to be a woman.
You see this in online gaming / gaming forums where the women who do participate often hide their gender to avoid being flamed and sexually harassed.
If you want there to be more girls, make it a nice place for girls to be.


If a woman has problems in the dating arena, she's free to vent here as well.


Yes, everyone is allowed to vent here I didn't say otherwise.
That doesn't change the dynamic of the board as it exists.


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