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Tinder....

Discussion in 'Tilted Life and Sexuality' started by streak_56, Feb 7, 2014.

  1. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    It's not sexist because it attacks both genders.
     
  2. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    To quote a highly experienced friend:
    "If it were easy, it wouldn't be any fun."
     
  3. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    Oh fuck that sir...I'm not one for the pursuit. (let that be for the other guy...) I do it because I have to.
    And YES, it would be fun if they fell over with their legs in the air (to paraphrase and contradict Tom Cruise from "Cocktail")

    In truth, I just want to find one who clicks...and likes me as much in return. (that's enough of a challenge in itself)
    If I have some flings here & there in the process...no issue...but that's not the real deal.

    Best relationships I've ever had...the woman went after me as much as I after her.
    Maybe I should move down to Brazil...I hear the ladies are the aggressors down there. (I can just sit around and flip my "hair" around.)
    (Just read an article how a 6.8 model is marrying a 5.4 guy down there ~ because everything in the British tabloids on the web are true...)

    Whatever, I'm just bitchin'...I'm not so hard-up...I just want what I want when I want it...just like any other narcissistic douche-bag.
    I'm just impatient, tired from work, tired from the other life BS...and don't want to deal with the game. Sometimes I'm on, Sometimes I'm not.
    (not that I'M not a PITA or annoying or a cocky mother-fucker at times...to make me even "more" lovable)

    Look at me ladies...I'm complicated.
    Isn't that sexy??? :rolleyes:

    See those guys on The Big Bang Theory...that's me. So sexy.
    Me love you long time.
     
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  4. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    Okay, to be perfectly honest, that was out of context.

    He wasn't actually referring to his many marriages.

    He was talking about his job. A really difficult one, which he has done well for more than 20 years.
     
  5. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    No worries, I'm just "expounding" anyways.
    Something I never do. ;)
     
  6. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Might I suggest a new user name, Reticent Rogue49 :D ?
     
  7. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC

    Not my nature, sorry. Mom talks a lot, Dad talks a lot...whole damn family talks a lot. Married & divorced a talkative woman.
    I'm the quiet one.

    And actually, keeping on topic, that's one of my "negatives" I worry about when setting up my profiles.
    How much is too much? Many get turned off by honest men who put it all out there, it overwhelms them.
    So I've actually had to go back and trim/purge portions of my summaries...especially after I get on a roll or rant.

    "You can't handle the truth!!" ;)

    I remember ye lady of @redravin JadziaDax saying about me a long time ago on the board (I think in another "say nice thing about a member" thread)
    Rogue is a person who can take the longest route to make a point and still make sense in-between, yet you're worn down after reading it.
    It's one of more lovable annoyances of this bald headed brute. (amongst many)

    It's interesting what you have to say, but you can't say when you're presenting yourself.
     
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  8. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    HAHAHAHAHAHA...

    Hahahaha...

    Hahahaha...​
     
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  9. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC


    Always the Jester...
     
  10. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    OK, it isn't very funny, but it took me forever to key it in.
     
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  11. MSD

    MSD Very Tilted

    Location:
    CT
    I decided to try Tinder and installed the app one week ago. I have yet to send a first message but I'm chatting with a few women and I've "matched" what I estimate to be a quarter of the undergraduate classes of the two local universities.

    This is going to bring a huge amount of fun and/or trouble when I'm traveling (work is mandating that I go off-site for professional development as much as possible this year.)
     
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  12. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North


    Sounds like you're going to be very busy.
    I'm impressed.
     
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  13. MSD

    MSD Very Tilted

    Location:
    CT
    On the other hand, I'm living at home supporting my mom, and I would feel pretty skeevy being a 30-year-old dude going on dates that end up in a dorm room. I'm just not cut out to be a dirty old man. It does wonders for my self esteem, though.
     
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  14. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North

    Uh dude, that's what hotel rooms are for.
     
  15. OtherSyde

    OtherSyde Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    San Diego, CA
    Yeah, just get a hotel room within walking distance or a very short cab-ride distance from your dating/dining location, and head there afterwards.
     
  16. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    Personally, I prefer the sound the grown-ups make on the Peanuts specials...

    "wha, wha-wha, wha, wha, wha, wha-wha-wha, whaaa, wha, wha-wha, wha..., wha, wha, wha-wha, wha, wha aaaa"
    Charlie Brown: "Yes, Ma'am"

    But that's just me, I can't speak for anyone else.
     
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  17. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    PSA - Using Hookup Apps are more likely to lead to STDs ...like Tinder, if you use them for simply hookups.
    (BTW, this is mostly about gay men in this article...but it translates to all)

    Whereas the "old-fashioned" way doesn't increase stats...including the new "old-fashioned" way, online dating.

    Which makes sense...the more often you have various sex partners, the more likely you'll get a bad "gift".
    Especially having it with those who also hookup often themselves...and looking with effort.

    It's not a stigma, it's not demon blood or karma...it's just pure mathematics.
    So, have some discretion. Simple.
     
  18. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    Nate Silver (in his book The Signal and the Noise, about making predictions) points out that declining adherence to strict condom use among gay men in San Francisco has led to an increase in STDs -- yet the number of new cases of HIV infection continues to decline.

    Apparently that is because online hookups make it easier to sort people out: HIV-positive people hook up with other positives, and negatives with negatives. That was harder to do in the bar or bathhouse scene.
     
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  19. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    Well, actually it's a bit more subtle, which scientist have a more difficult time quantifying.

    In bars and otherwise, the spontaneous places where you meet potential SOs and flings
    people's discretion and intuition are not as applicable in real life as online dating.
    (and remember there are often quite a few missteps before finding a SO)

    Online dating is kind of like 2-step verification with computer security.
    First...you go through a large volume of people who you determine if they are compatible with you.
    And bonus, you have the time, mind and objectivity to see if you like them and what they say about themselves.
    This includes the initial email back & forth...and perhaps phone calls.

    Then second...you get to see what they are like in real life.
    Charisma, banter, the click, physical attraction, etc...
    And "maybe" you get to the sex (perhaps on first date, likely not)

    When you meet someone spontaneous, it's like you skipped the first step.
    Of course you're going to have a larger volume of "mistakes"...it's just math and human judgment.

    In addition, since they don't write their "shit" on their forehead...typically you're going by again...Charisma, banter, the click, physical attraction, etc...
    All of which with makes for quick spontaneous connection...and the higher likelyhood of not only "Coyote Ugly" but also STDs
    Being "human" is often what gets you into these messes...and you're most often "human" when you're relying on your spontaneous mood at the time.

    So an additional bonus of online dating...not only increased volume of options for a SO...or a fling if it happens.
    But also some more discretion on who you choose to be with (and vice versa)
    (and let's face it, if you on online dating, most are looking for a SO...it's different than hookup sites/apps)
    So again, you're taking the hormones and mood out of play ...at least directly.

    It's almost as if you have one of those "old-school" matchmakers...except you don't have anyone pushing you thru with it.
    (maybe to make their "rep" even...it is their "job" after all...)
     
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  20. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    But this was on the quite narrow question of how it was that, among gay men in San Francisco (1) condom use was declining, (2) infections with syphilis and other STDs were rising, yet (3) HIV infections were continuing to decline.

    From a pure statistical standpoint, this state of affairs made no sense at all.

    Obviously a non-trivial number of otherwise healthy gay men in SF are HIV infected. New treatments have reduced the HIV death rate, which means more infected men are alive now. The new medicines mean that HIV-infected men are less likely to be sick, therefore more likely to be sexually active. If they were having sex without condoms, you'd expect a growing number of men showing up newly infected with HIV. Yet the opposite occurred.

    The online-hookup-sorting explanation neatly resolves this paradox.