Breitbart: Using online dating services can lead to the lowering of the user’s standards, according to a recent university report.
The report was based on a survey by the Queensland University of Technology, who used data from over 41,000 participants between the ages of 18 and 80 that were using the Australian dating site RSVP.
“We looked at whether or not people actually contact people who match what they say is their ideal partner in their profile, and our findings show they don’t,” said Queensland University of Technology behavioral economist Stephen Whyte. “Stating a preference for what you are looking for appears to have little to no bearing on the characteristics of people you actually contact.”
“Disclosure of ‘ideal’ partner preferences is a widely offered and commonly-used option for people creating a profile on online dating websites, but whether it’s effective or useful in helping people find that special someone is unclear,” he continued. read more
Beer helps.
Drudge keeps showcasing articles that predict “online dating” is just a transitional phase, and the end game will be full time online VR boyfriends/girlfriends whose digital customization will exceed any mere human competition.
I’m begging to wonder about Matt Drudge.
@Dr. Tar – Yes, indeed. I do understand beer goggles. I do not understand computer screen goggles. Unless, of course, you drink more beer when in front of your computer/smartyphone than you do in a meat market bar.
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk…
https://youtu.be/p68sYaCgQdA
Jon Lovitz approves.
(Couldn’t find the old SNL video 🙁 )
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mad+tv+lowered+expectations
WITHOUT additional comment
I’m not sure how much lower I can go, and stay within the species.
Gawd, I know it
I wouldn’t date anyone that would date me. Go figure.
Can’t the same be said about liberals? Since I couldn’t succeed at making Dems see the light of truth I have lowered my expectations of them ever being worth a shit.
Lowered expectations is a natural consequence of learning the real balance between what you want and what you can have. Computer dating just speeds that process up.
You have really hit bottom when you find yourself making it to the desperation.com dating site.
Hmmm, I had a friend in the Navy who once said – he had decided the reason he wasn’t getting laid often enough was because he wasn’t meeting any women who met his standards, so he had decided lower his standards. Of course I pointed out to him that maybe he didn’t need to lower his standards and instead what he needed to do was meet more women who where willing to lower their standards. I never heard him complain about it again, I guess it worked. Seems the online dating people 40 years later have adopted the same approach.
So I have a chance?
Q: What’s the number one cause of lowering one’s dating standards?
A: Reality, go look in a mirror.
This must be the result of Russian hacking. People never — not now, not in the past — lie when “dating”!
DUH! I gave up trying to look for any kind of a good woman on dating web sites. I’m still hopeful that I can have a good relationship with another woman since my wife died 4 years ago but I’m not desperate and stupid either.
I worked with a couple of women several years ago who were looking for love on dating sites. From what I could tell, there are a lot of men (probably women for men too) that want to hook up with different women. I was appalled at how fast these women slept with each date, and then after a few weeks the guy would move on.
1. Living
2. Breathing
Good enough
When I was on-line dating, I dumped the liberals as soon as I found out that’s what they were. I refuse to lower my standards that much.
The odds are good, but the goods are odd
Is there a difference between one-handed internet surfing and “online dating”?