Online dating is a lot like exploring space. There are times when it is useful to use technology and robots to search the vast reaches of space but eventually you’ll need to send a man.
In January of 2004, two rovers named Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars. Their mission was to explore the surface of the planet and gather information for the world’s scientists.
The two rovers are still active today and have been operating for over three years now. They have gathered a mountain of data and covered miles of terrain. One could say that the investment in these rovers was well worth it.
With these two rovers, amongst a handful of other robots and probes that have been exploring Mars over the last ten years, could we easily say that humans have successfully explored the planet? Could we say that humans have truly experienced Mars? I say no.
The truth is, as advanced as these robots are, no machine can compare to the abilities of a human explorer. Look at it this way, the total amount of science and exploration that these two rovers have conducted over three years, one human could accomplish in about three days.
If you haven’t figured it out by now, then you are probably asking what the hell this has to do with online dating? I’ll tell you. Using online dating is your way of sending out rovers into the final frontier, boldly seeking out women that may have been previously inaccessible. You gather your data, you explore, and you use this information to determine where you will send a manned mission.
Lets face it, online dating is useful, but only if used as a preliminary exploration tool. To truly understand a planetary body or a female body for that matter, is to experience it in person. This is where the real field work happens, this is where you will get results and this is where you will eventually land your pocket rocket.
The problem with most guys when pursuing women online is that they don’t use the right tools for exploration. Instead they use ineffective methods, which only results in a lot of wasted time and no final destination to explore. The trick is to find a tool (a rover) that will best prepare you, in little time, for launching yourself into the great unknown.
As some may recall, I’ve been using such an exploration tool over the last two months for seeking out women to date on MySpace and Facebook. The great thing about this tool, WS4W, is that it actually minimizes the amount of time that is needed online, so that you can quickly transition to meeting these women in real life. And real life is where we truly want to spend our time exploring heavenly bodies.
It’s easy to get caught up in online dating, mostly because there are so many potential stars out there. However, we must remember that true results can only be accomplished with manned missions in the field.
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nice topical analogy, but let’s hear about the dirty details. I’ve been using a paid online dating site and found it to be more legit than myspace. I call meeting women online “passive social income”
I enjoyed the article and you have motivated me to give meeting and connecting with women online a chance.
Dude,
I will love the day. Where you can say to someone. I met him or her online and that is perfectly and utterly socially acceptable.
I think that time will come in the next 10 years or so.
With that said, i think u make a very valid point. Great place to meet some different people and a shite load of them too.
Seriously when you try online dating … afterwards you cannot say that there is a shortage of men and women.
Its more like men and women overload .. and u get to take your pick
Amen to that =)
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interesting post, never tried online dating myself but i’m sure there is a lot of opportunity there. especially with people having less time on their hands,
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The real key to online dating I have found is to be completely non aggressive, non sexual, and indifferent to an outcome in your profile and in interactions. The other key is that when you write your profile it had better be making you laugh your ass off. Never describe anything about yourself (shows neediness), that you want a relationship, that you have ever wanted to have sex, that you ever want to have sex. Never mention your kids, divorce, past relationships or anything BORING. No matter how much you talk to a woman online, when you meet in person it is like starting over and all that stuff comes out naturally anyway.
Also, give the woman lots of hook points in your profile to comment on, ie. a name like hottie Mchottson, a ridiculous made up occupation, a ridiculous first date idea. Mainly you want to be as creative, funny, and ridiculous as possible and consequently you sound like the funnest guy on the site to hang out with.
Online dating is like the false mecca of shy AFC guys who never learn from their mistakes. Hence they break all of these rules and have little or no success. So while the guy/girl ratio online is usually five to one I really have no competition because the other guys just make me look better.
The other benefit of online dating is that if you only interact with the hot women then you only end up with dates with the hot women.
Some caveats with this approach:
-I had so many dates with this approach it got to be like a part time job.
-It is very hard to go from appearing completely non-interested online and then switch gears in real life (but I think this is my own personal sticking point)
-Dating sites can get you a million dates but rarely end up going anywhere (I can objectively look at this as being sometimes my fault but most of the time it is due to issues of women who are drawn to online dating)
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