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egg cream
11/19/08

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Until they allows me to pick both "men" and "women" as my answer to "What are you interested in?" I don't care.
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Brigit
11/19/08

@egg cream:

"What are you interested in?"

-Chillin' out with another human.

"No mam, please specify genital preference."

-WTF
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Hooplehead
11/19/08

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I decided to ditch EHarmony when the only people they could find to set me up with were painfully ugly or single dads. Both are dealbreakers for me.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/19/08

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In my cold, cruel heart I feel the decision is money based - in these tough economic times, excluding anyone with cash is stupid.
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pureblarney
11/19/08

@BrutallyHonestBabes: Agreed! Love is free, people!
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dripdrop
11/19/08

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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/19/08

@dripdrop: hahahahaha that's terrible, but funny
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shouldbestudying - med school edition
11/19/08

@dripdrop: I can't stop laughing. Yes, that's right. I'm 12.
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CloudsInMyCoffee
11/19/08

@dripdrop: Hahahaha that's awesome.
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pandorasmittens
11/19/08

@dripdrop: Picture of the day! I am creating a category.
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cwisto moweina has got yer goat
11/19/08

@dripdrop: and it's capitalized! nice...
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Kivrin
11/19/08

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A few years ago I read an interview w/ the founder of eHarmony -- I think it was at Salon.com -- and his "defense" of the no-gay policy was that eHarmony was all about pairing people up for marriage. Since gays couldn't get legally married, they couldn't/shouldn't use eHarmony. Yeah, that argument fell apart when states started legalizing gay marriage. Maybe the huge outcry over Prop 8 finally convinced the eHarmony folks that this issue is not going away!
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Sukie in the Graveyard
11/19/08

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oh! I loved the "Nope, still gay" commercial. I laughed every time.
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peperony and chease
11/19/08

In reply to Gay Harmony
You can be gay but you still have to be Christian, right?
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lalaland13
11/19/08

@peperony and chease: "Before we match you, would you like to hear an exciting message from our sponsor? His name is Jesus."
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YourScreenplaySucks
11/19/08

@peperony and chease: No - you can categorize yourself as "Not religious, but spiritual" and if you're really hardcore, "Not religious and not spiritual".
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Mr. Mittens (né nodoubt9203)
11/19/08

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morninggloria
11/19/08

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I saw Chemistry.com's commercials as the online dating site version of the "BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT?! NO PROBLEM!" car dealership commercials, like people on Chemistry.com were sort of the bad romance-credit sorts.

Now I get it that they were geigh.
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lalaland13
11/19/08

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Will the new site be called SodomEharmony.com? As befitting the founder's beliefs?
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Kivrin
11/19/08

@lalaland13: Awesome.
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jigglyball
11/19/08

@lalaland13: COTD!
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SarahMC
11/19/08

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Why would gay people want to patronize a service that clearly doesn't want them, when there are gay-friendly services available that cater to cooler people anyhow?
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GeorgeFayne
11/19/08

@SarahMC: DING! Sorry Eharmony (and Sandals), you're still not getting any of my gay money, even if you're basically forced to deign to accept it.

Also: has anyone else noticed there is not one interracial couple in any of Eharmony's commercials?
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Kivrin
11/19/08

@SarahMC: Well, eHarmony's whole schtick is about pairing people up for life, y'know? Obviously many, many gay people are into that, as evidenced by their interest in getting legally married! It's all about equal rights, on- and offline.
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SarahMC
11/19/08

@Kivrin: Online dating services =/= the government, though. If some companies are heterosexist, and biased against the non-Christian, let 'em be. They don't deserve business from gays and non-Christians (and other undesirables) as far as I'm concerned. "You're gross. Let us match you up."
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Kivrin
11/19/08

@SarahMC: That's true. Of course it remains to be seen how many gay people will actually use the new eHarmony site. I personally wouldn't feel bad for eHarmony if the gay-"friendly" site turns out to be an epic failure.
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SarahMC
11/19/08

@Kivrin: I hope the gays reject them. I wonder if the eHarmony peeps donated to Yes on 8. I should check the anti-gay blacklist.
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formergr
11/19/08

@GeorgeFayne: I've always said the couples on their ads look like brother & sister. Creeps me out big time.
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MeaniePants
11/19/08

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...instead of going online. Bad punctuation. Bad.
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Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
11/19/08

@MeaniePants: Ah, yes, exactly. As for our gay male counterparts, I highly doubt an eharmony for 'mos will surpass gay.com, and my personal favorite, bear411.com, in popularity.
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Samanthrax
11/19/08

In reply to Gay Harmony
Is eHarmony Christian based? This is a big step forward, if so.

I got rejected by eHarmony. I don't think they liked the cut of my jib.
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HiyaCynth!
11/19/08

@Samanthrax: Did they say what the basis for rejection was? Is there a specific question that they didn't like your answer to?
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Samanthrax
11/19/08

@yo soy la mala: I don't know why I was rejected. Maybe because I said I was an atheist? Or because I like the drinky drink? I really have no clue.
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veronykah
11/19/08

@Samanthrax: Ah! The atheist thing, maybe thats why they rejected me.

I didn't realize no matches meant you were rejected, I thought they really don't have any matches...

I assumed there wouldn't be any bald, badassed, tattooed, no marriage + kids having dudes anyway....
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Samanthrax
11/19/08

@veronykah: I don't know where to meet the tattooed boys with jobs. With jobs.

@jejune - the giraffe hugger: I don't care what his faith is, as long as he doesn't have one! Heh...
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HarpMadness
11/19/08

@veronykah: I suppose technically that could be true. If they reject anyone who is an atheist and match on the answer to the "spirituality/religion" question, then there would be no atheist members to match potential members with! I think I have tortured that logic enough for the moment.
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SarahMC
11/19/08

@Samanthrax: I met mine in h.s. He's an atheist, too!
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Brigit
11/19/08

@Samanthrax: Woot, I got one of those! Met him in college, also an atheist, and to this day the only one that has made me orgasm.
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Samanthrax
11/19/08

@SarahMC: @Brigit: Well, screw you guys!
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veronykah
11/19/08

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eHarmony makes me laugh. I broke up with a long term BF and figured WTF I'll fill out their stupid questionarre and see who they pick for me...

When I finished it was all, "Sorry we have no matches for you at this time"

I had a good laugh at that one.
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lalaland13
11/19/08

@veronykah: They rejected me too. Hmm. I've heard people they think are "prone to mental illness or instability" or something like that are more likely to be rejected, but if so, oh well. Me and my boyfriend Mr. Zoloft are doing fine.
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Kivrin
11/19/08

@veronykah: Aw, really? I jokingly told my fiancé that we should take the famed compatibility test and see if we get matched. Obviously I already know that we're compatibile, but I thought it would be a fun/silly way to see how good eHarmony's test really was; he thought I was trying to put him through some kind of weird relationship test! I dropped the issue. :)
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hamburgerhotdog
11/19/08

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I thought the whole point of eHarmony was that it was supposed to appeal to prudes?
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I_can_still_pitch
11/19/08

@hamburgerhotdog: Same here. I also thought that eHarmony didn't do interracial matches either, but maybe I am wrong about that. It always looked like a dating site for bland people, as far as I could tell from their commercials.
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QueenOfTheForest
11/19/08

@I_can_still_pitch: I met current bf on eHarmony, and I can tell you that he is honestly the best person for me. For me, the system worked.

I am not a prude (neither is he). I received lots of matches from people of different races than mine. I wasn't happy about the same-sex thing, because I believe that everyone deserves love, regardless of sexual orientation.

I don't like to think of myself as bland or boring, but maybe I am...?
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hamburgerhotdog
11/19/08

@I_can_still_pitch: I browsed once with a friend and it was pretty overbearingly reg. Like, dudes who are just...snoresville. For me, at least, probably good for someone else.
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I_can_still_pitch
11/19/08

@QueenOfTheForest: I was just going by the people they showed on the commercials. I am glad to here you received matches of different ethnicities as well.
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I_can_still_pitch
11/19/08

@I_can_still_pitch:hear
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