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    Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims

    Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof

    Gay Harmony

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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    It seems like almost everyone I know has been rejected by eharmony. Including two people who married each other a few days ago. With no help from the Interwebz dating sites.

    I may just be too much of a heathen and live in an area full of incompatibility. Sigh.

    But my mom loves this shit. She met my wonderful stepdad through AOL Personals nearly 10 years ago.
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    Image of GirlyQ is a manta ray GirlyQ is a manta ray
    07/29/09

    @lalaland13: I was rejected, and I was even pretending to be straight! I did, however, cop to being Jewish, and I think that screwed me.
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    Image of clevernamehere clevernamehere
    07/29/09

    @girlyQ: They don't have any issues with the Jews (just the gays), the only way that could have screwed up is if you marked a preference for a Jewish partner and live in an area where there aren't a lot of Jewish folks.
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    Image of veronykah veronykah
    07/29/09

    @clevernamehere: Those of us who do not desire children AND/OR are atheists are also on the EHarmony blacklist.
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    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    2% of people who married last year met through eHarmony ... AND NONE OF THEM WERE GAY. Buh-zing!
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    I wanted to form a barbershop quartet, so I went to eHarmony. Turns out, most of the jerks on that site can't sing the tenor notes I need.
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    Image of southwer southwer
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    wait, like, 2% of ALL people who got married last year met through eHarmony? 2% of people who got married in America? worldwide? I'm going to just go ahead and call bullshit here.
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    We don't care about how many marriages their sites fostered -- it's the number of them that end in divorce that would be a more interesting statistic.
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    Image of dianersb was bit by a zombie dianersb was bit by a zombie
    07/29/09

    @NefariousNewt: OH that would be an interesting statistic. However, are the dating sites in question to have that sort of information available. I think that divorce statistics are usually measured by how many couples have divorced after 10 years or something arbitrary like that.
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    07/29/09

    @NefariousNewt: Exactly - you can spin statistics to sound how you want them to. According to that statistic (and the statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce), eHarmony could also say:

    1% of the people who got married last year will end up divorced after meeting on eHarmony.

    Now that doesn't sound like a marketing talking point, now does it, eHarmony?
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    EHarmony says 2% of people who married last year met through them, but their surveys may be biased.

    May be? Is the Pope Catholic?
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    Image of Sanfo Sanfo
    07/29/09

    @NefariousNewt:Current, boogeda-boogeda, slightly scary pope, or the nicer looking former one?
    (edited: Noted that appearances don't reflect personal values, but they make a difference as to what I'm picturing in my head.)
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    07/29/09

    @Sanfo: Well, I was talking a theoretical, generic Pope.
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    07/29/09

    @NefariousNewt:He was part of Hitler's youth movement. :)
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    Image of sequined sequined
    07/29/09

    @CurtCole: I assume you're joking around, but would like to point out that that was not voluntary and he left. I miss JPII, too, but there's no need to call Benedict a Nazi to make ourselves feel better!
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    Image of HRHPants HRHPants
    07/29/09


    @sequined: It is true, however, that he looks like Uncle Fester. I submit the following as evidence.
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    Image of FireflyinJuly FireflyinJuly
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    Funny, I don't see number of online daters as a positive predictor of finding a relationship, more a predictor of dates. It would probably be a better indicator if it were balanced with some measure of social interaction leading to dates in a non-internety kind of way. Not knocking the intweb dating, but I know a lot of wonderful women who do it and have been really frustrated by the lack of good men.

    And, yes, I live in DC.
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    They wouldn't have to pad their numbers if they didn't hate gay people.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    07/29/09

    @CurtCole: Is that why they wouldn't let me title my page "I Heart Buttsecks"?
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    07/29/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs....: Yeah, I got rejected for listing "Sword Fighting" as one of my hobbies.
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    Image of Sanfo Sanfo
    07/29/09

    In reply to Like Online Daters, Online Dating Sites Make Specious Claims
    Wait, a city with a large population has the best chance of people finding someone they're compatible with?! SCIENCE! What did we do without it?!
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    07/29/09

    @Sanfo: I smell a study!!!!
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    Image of Pennyfeather Pennyfeather
    07/29/09

    @Sanfo: Psh, that just sounds false to me. Everyone knows people deal better with fewer options than more!
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    Image of The HZA. The HZA.
    04/14/09

    In reply to Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof
    I thought this was funny and showed she is aware of what's going on. Nice job Linds, high five.


    I liked the music, excellent touch.

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    Image of The Queen of No The Queen of No
    04/14/09

    In reply to Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof
    I love that her hair is back to red !
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    04/14/09

    In reply to Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof
    It made me uncomfortable. I see how it was meant to be funny, but the delivery didn't really do much for me. It wasn't really jokey and it didn't...I dunno, I didn't love it.
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    Image of kaiwhakamarie kaiwhakamarie
    04/14/09

    In reply to Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof
    I can't put my finger on why, but this made me feel even more bad for her than I did before. I've never been a huge fan of la Lohan but I've always liked her better than most of her celebrity bandwagon peers. She's made some pretty funny movies and seems to be, for the most part, reasonably intelligent and cool.


    I think the reason why I don't find it funny is because behind the 'spoof' it kind of seems like she really hates herself. Like somebody said above, you can see the self-loathing in her eyes.

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    Image of tunamelt tunamelt
    04/14/09

    In reply to Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof
    Lindsay, honey. Call me. I live in LA, don't mind your alcoholism, and can teach you all about the subway and cab system we have.


    Seriously! We have trains!


    <3 you!

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    Image of jemandtheholograms jemandtheholograms
    04/14/09

    In reply to Lindsay Lohan Looks For Love In eHarmony Spoof
    What's wrong with it looking like she's reading off cue-cards? That's what the real eharmony ads look like.
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