http://bachelortodd.com/articles/2004/09/14/the-internet-as-a-singles-bar en-us 40 Adventures in dating. It has finally happened. <br /> <br />In 2004, Internet dating on sites like <a href="http://www.match.com/commonsearch/index.asp?TrackingID=521617&BannerID=555244">Match.com</a> has gone from being something people kept as a dark secret(like most things you do on the internet), to being a perfectly acceptable form of meeting new people. I mean lets face it, you are still a freak, but at least you are in good company! <br /> <br />Hell, I do it. Now, being a computer geek I've been meeting random strangers over the internet for years. Back in MY day, we didn't have any of these fancy WWW's or .com's.. No! Back in MY day, if you wanted to meet a girl on the computer you dialed into a BBS! Photos? Not when I was growing up... All we had was <a href="#" onClick="window.open('http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5997/BABE.TXT')">ASCII ART</a>, and you know damn well she didn't really look that good! <br /> <br />Really though, the first girl I met because of a computer wasn't on the WWW. I saw her in the computer lab, noticed she was in a chat room... Figured out which VAX terminal she was on...Looked up which user was on that terminal..Queried to see what BBS she was connected to.. telnetted into the same BBS and then typed "Turn around, I'm waving at you". Yes, I know.. I have a way with the ladies, but that crap worked! <br /> <br />Today computer dating has progressed to an almost Jetson's style event. Search for all the single people within X miles of you. Filter out the old ones, the obviously insane ones, the ones who have no teeth, and you are left with 50 pages of people. Granted these people probably have the same problems, but at least they are good at marketing. <br /> <br />As a side note, I later broke up with her, after figuring out she had another boyfriend at the next college over. Not before I found HIM on the computer and told him what she and I had been doing for the past few months. He canned her too, and we met and had beers. <strong>Lesson:</strong> Don't mess with the guy who runs the computers. <br /> <br />On that note, I'm meeting a total stranger for dinner soon. Hey don't laugh. I'm not the one sitting around eating pretzels in their pajamas! <br /> <br />Shit, I am.. Time to get dressed. Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:18:16 -0400 urn:uuid:01bdb16b-9af4-4f8b-b9d3-7b30a79846df todd http://bachelortodd.com/articles/2004/09/14/the-internet-as-a-singles-bar http://bachelortodd.com/articles/trackback/54 <p>Hi My Name is JULIA Im just finished reading thie blog and wow hot hot all this sounds. Hey and to that girl miss k your man probaly looks on there cause you aint woking it . YOU GOT TO WORK IT YES YES YES YOU DO. Alright bicthes im outty holla back at my email and if miss k wants to talk s im wanting PEACE. UH<br />email me at blitzdoll822yahoo.com<br />America FUCK YA</p> Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:11:42 -0400 urn:uuid:a94cc78c-67b1-419b-a2fd-b21d8bda06eb http://bachelortodd.com/articles/2004/09/14/the-internet-as-a-singles-bar#comment-58 <p>Um&#8230;. Glad I could help?</p> Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:07:59 -0400 urn:uuid:ed3a4d00-d839-4168-9ab6-4d7946738e3b http://bachelortodd.com/articles/2004/09/14/the-internet-as-a-singles-bar#comment-57 <p>Before reading your blog, my innards were calm and peaceful. My belly button, some say, smiles.<br /><br />Post-blog&#8230; they are a bubbling cauldron of hatred, bile, and vitriolic, blind illness. I&#8217;m sending you a bill for a new colon, you shit-demon.</p> Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:02:20 -0400 urn:uuid:d8de70ff-c0c3-4ba9-bf10-3fcc74ae97af http://bachelortodd.com/articles/2004/09/14/the-internet-as-a-singles-bar#comment-56 <p>yeah my boyfriend looks for people on match.com :/ <br /><br />fucker</p> Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:50:35 -0400 urn:uuid:fbea5a4a-90c4-4a23-8d05-4f1a32341082 http://bachelortodd.com/articles/2004/09/14/the-internet-as-a-singles-bar#comment-55