I Tried Online Dating
If I could compare my online dating experience to anything, I'd compare it the IPhone game "Flappy Bird". You see, when I first downloaded that game, I thought: "This game looks pretty easy, all you do is tap the screen, and fly this badly animated bird in between these green pipes". But when I started playing that game, I realized pretty quick, that this game was a lot harder than it looked, not to mention that game just frustrated the hell out of me, to the point where I wanted to smash my phone with a sledge hammer.
Online dating was really no different. When I started out, I figured: "This shouldn't be too hard, make a profile, then go out and find a profile that I like, send her nice message, and bam, I'll have a date." Boy, was I proven wrong.
My online dating experiment only lasted for about 6 months or so, on two different dating sites: Plenty of Fish, and OkCupid, and while these two sites had their differences, they both had one thing in common: They were both colossal failures for me. Allow me to explain:
I started off on Plenty of Fish, In the 4 months or so that I was on there, I sent around 15-20 messages, not one of them got me a reply, and I had around 250 girls (give or take) view my profile, but only a very small handful of them sent me messages, and of them, not one of them peaked my interest. Actually, one girl did, but I screwed up that opportunity, because, I'm good like that.
Realizing that only thing Plenty of Fish was doing, was making me miserable, I decided to delete my account. Of course POF, tried their best to convince me to stick around by saying things like: "You're so close to meeting that special someone, and we want to help you find them". No POF, you just want me to stick around, so you can continue to ask me to upgrade my membership, which would make you guys slightly richer. I know I'm not the smartest person out there, but believe me, I'm not dumb enough to fall for that, and anyone who is dumb enough to believe that, well let me just say that your parents didn't just drop you on your head when you were a baby, they threw you through a f*cking wall. Anyways, after saying my final f*ck you to POF, I decided to give OKCupid a shot. OKC, was similar to POF, but I noticed a couple differences, one being that the selection on OKC wasn't nearly as big (or as good) as POF's selection, however, if you're able to find a few hidden gems on OKC, you're in luck. I noticed that the girls on OKC, will reply to almost anyone who messages them. How do I know this? Well it's simple, I only sent out 5 messages during my short time on OKC, (I wasn't kidding about the selection being crappy). of those 5 messages, the first 4 got me replies, some replied within about 10-15 minutes. 4 replies out of 5 messages, that's an 80% chance of getting a reply, (much better than my 0% rate on POF). I'm a pretty crappy catch as well, so if I'm having an 80% chance of getting a reply, than that means most guys on there are getting at least the same, or better, right? Maybe not, maybe I just got lucky. Lucky or not, it doesn't really matter because none of those replies actually lead to any dates. (I wont go into the details on that, because I'm too lazy to write all that out, and I'm pretty sure none of you give a sh*t anyway).
After two months on OKC, I deleted my account, though it was a more successful run than POF, it still just lead to more disappointment. Afterwards I decided to give up online dating, and go back to rocking the single life like I always have. So far I haven't regretted that decision.
So what have we all learned (aside from the fact that I have nothing else better to be doing at 2 AM, than venting about online dating). Ultimately, Online dating is a waste of your time, all it does is make you miserable, and it makes you want to kill a few people. (Or maybe that's just me). You're better off avoiding it. But if you absolutely want to give it a shot. Don't go on POF, that site gets bad reviews for a reason, OKC is a better option, well it's a slightly better option. Both sites suck, OKC just sucks a little bit less. That's my opinion, but like the guy from Reading Rainbow always said: "You don't have to take my word for it"
Online dating was really no different. When I started out, I figured: "This shouldn't be too hard, make a profile, then go out and find a profile that I like, send her nice message, and bam, I'll have a date." Boy, was I proven wrong.
My online dating experiment only lasted for about 6 months or so, on two different dating sites: Plenty of Fish, and OkCupid, and while these two sites had their differences, they both had one thing in common: They were both colossal failures for me. Allow me to explain:
I started off on Plenty of Fish, In the 4 months or so that I was on there, I sent around 15-20 messages, not one of them got me a reply, and I had around 250 girls (give or take) view my profile, but only a very small handful of them sent me messages, and of them, not one of them peaked my interest. Actually, one girl did, but I screwed up that opportunity, because, I'm good like that.
Realizing that only thing Plenty of Fish was doing, was making me miserable, I decided to delete my account. Of course POF, tried their best to convince me to stick around by saying things like: "You're so close to meeting that special someone, and we want to help you find them". No POF, you just want me to stick around, so you can continue to ask me to upgrade my membership, which would make you guys slightly richer. I know I'm not the smartest person out there, but believe me, I'm not dumb enough to fall for that, and anyone who is dumb enough to believe that, well let me just say that your parents didn't just drop you on your head when you were a baby, they threw you through a f*cking wall. Anyways, after saying my final f*ck you to POF, I decided to give OKCupid a shot. OKC, was similar to POF, but I noticed a couple differences, one being that the selection on OKC wasn't nearly as big (or as good) as POF's selection, however, if you're able to find a few hidden gems on OKC, you're in luck. I noticed that the girls on OKC, will reply to almost anyone who messages them. How do I know this? Well it's simple, I only sent out 5 messages during my short time on OKC, (I wasn't kidding about the selection being crappy). of those 5 messages, the first 4 got me replies, some replied within about 10-15 minutes. 4 replies out of 5 messages, that's an 80% chance of getting a reply, (much better than my 0% rate on POF). I'm a pretty crappy catch as well, so if I'm having an 80% chance of getting a reply, than that means most guys on there are getting at least the same, or better, right? Maybe not, maybe I just got lucky. Lucky or not, it doesn't really matter because none of those replies actually lead to any dates. (I wont go into the details on that, because I'm too lazy to write all that out, and I'm pretty sure none of you give a sh*t anyway).
After two months on OKC, I deleted my account, though it was a more successful run than POF, it still just lead to more disappointment. Afterwards I decided to give up online dating, and go back to rocking the single life like I always have. So far I haven't regretted that decision.
So what have we all learned (aside from the fact that I have nothing else better to be doing at 2 AM, than venting about online dating). Ultimately, Online dating is a waste of your time, all it does is make you miserable, and it makes you want to kill a few people. (Or maybe that's just me). You're better off avoiding it. But if you absolutely want to give it a shot. Don't go on POF, that site gets bad reviews for a reason, OKC is a better option, well it's a slightly better option. Both sites suck, OKC just sucks a little bit less. That's my opinion, but like the guy from Reading Rainbow always said: "You don't have to take my word for it"
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