# I get the idea, you guys are tired of flirt threads

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 15, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706 "2005-03-15T21:21:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706/101 "2005-03-23T03:10:18Z")

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> [@Harimad-sol](#):
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> So the only purpose of flirting is getting together to fuck? About damn time someone told us!

Just out of curiosity, why else \*would \* you flirt?  
😛

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**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706/102 "2005-03-23T03:13:47Z")

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> [@Excalibre](#):
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> Just please don’t spawn in the process, **Harimad-sol**. The last thing the world needs is more children.

No worries, dude. Internet flirting is just about the best form of contraception ever.

I will attempt to be serious. No guarantees about how it will work out. I live in a dating wasteland. The number of eligible people is laughable, near to non-existent. My concept of eligibility is different from that of a lot of people I’ve encountered, which skews my perceptions. Every time I have become interested in someone local and begun to date them, they have revealed some sort of deal-breaking flaw. Everything from being married to attempting to murder ex-lovers. I have many good friends but I can’t flirt with them, of course. Message board flirting is not a bad substitute when one can’t get it in real life because no one there is worth flirting with. I don’t see a damn thing wrong with “keeping in practice” online. You never know what will happen. Could be creepy, could be the one you’ve been looking for. If one is so inclined, the two might even be one and the same.

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706/103 "2005-03-23T20:22:49Z")

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> [@Excalibre](#):
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> Even so, next time I hear “How _you_ doin’?” in real life, I’m liable to punch the speaker in the neck. My only request is that people come up with a new line.

Might I inquire as to the current state of _your_ health and well being?  
Rowwrrrrrrrrr

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-the-idea-you-guys-are-tired-of-flirt-threads/294706/104 "2005-03-23T21:31:57Z")

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> [@Harimad-sol](#):
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> Internet flirting is just about the best form of contraception ever.

I hope nopt, but I fear it is so.

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> I live in a dating wasteland.

:: nods ::  
I live at an age that is a dating wasteland.

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> The number of eligible people is laughable, near to non-existent… Every time I have become interested in someone local and begun to date them, they have revealed some sort of deal-breaking flaw. Everything from being married to attempting to murder ex-lovers.

:: nods ::  
In my case, it’s mostly the ‘being married’ obstacle.

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> I have many good friends but I can’t flirt with them, of course. Message board flirting is not a bad substitute when one can’t get it in real life… I don’t see a damn thing wrong with “keeping in practice” online.

Or learning for the first time. Not all of us were social experts in their teens ans twenties; some of us have to learn social skills the hard way.

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