# OkCupid: A Journey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164 "2010-04-06T17:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/101 "2010-04-09T02:45:09Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Actually, some of the girls who have talked to me started by bringing that up. I guess it’s like a conversation item. Maybe you’re right and I’d get a better response if I took it out, but from my (super limited) OkCupid experience it’s intrigued a few of 'em. Well, okay, but don’t come running to me when all the responses you get are from freaks and weirdos! I wash my hands! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/102 "2010-04-09T02:46:29Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > I think the neck-scratching one is most flattering, use that as the main one. The other two - maybe the one with your hand by your nose, and also the one that’s your current main shot. > > The one that’s just your grimace and chin is intriguing, but if you’re going to have a not-full-face shot, the current main one is better. I’m really bad at picking out pictures of myself. I’m never capable of telling which ones make me look better than others. Take the neck-scratching one for example: I don’t think it’s flattering at all, but I think I look like a complete badass with the goggles on. 😛 I have a hard time imagining what girls think in reaction to pictures of myself. [http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=54839953](http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=54839953) That’s my Myspace photo album, I’m not sure if any of those are better than the one I currently have uploaded. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/103 "2010-04-09T02:47:32Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Well, okay, but don’t come running to me when all the responses you get are from freaks and weirdos! I wash my hands! 😛 I’m both a freak and a weirdo. Have you SEEN my quiz? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/104 "2010-04-09T02:54:12Z")
Wow. It’s unfortunate that those ones labled “old shots” are old. The first pillow shot and the one where you’re looking right at the camera? You look seriously fuckable. Shame your hair isn’t like that anymore. And by “seriously fuckable” I mean that my 18-year-old self would have completely ignored all the personality/attitude/values differences, and would have jumped your bones ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/105 "2010-04-09T02:56:37Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > Wow. > > It’s unfortunate that those ones labled “old shots” are old. The first pillow shot and the one where you’re looking right at the camera? You look seriously fuckable. Shame your hair isn’t like that anymore. See? This is what I mean. 😛 When -I- look at my pictures, I think I look more attractive with really long hair. Then someone says something like this and it completely confuses me. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/106 "2010-04-09T02:58:03Z")
Also, fun fact: In the “Old stuff” album, those first two pictures were taken within like three seconds of each other. Took one from above then immediately took one from the side. Amazing how the lighting can make me so different. Edit: Also, I like how I can track the growth of my hair through my pictures. xD ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/107 "2010-04-09T03:01:50Z")
What the hell, here’s mine: [http://www.okcupid.com/profile/BC\_Autolycus](http://www.okcupid.com/profile/BC_Autolycus) ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/108 "2010-04-09T03:03:21Z")
> [@Oni no Maggie](#): > > And by “seriously fuckable” I mean that my 18-year-old self would have completely ignored all the personality/attitude/values differences, and would have jumped your bones ASAP. Shame none of the girls I knew did. :rolleyes: Didn’t lose my virginity until after I was out of high school and had grown long hair. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/109 "2010-04-09T03:04:52Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > What the hell, here’s mine: [http://www.okcupid.com/profile/BC\_Autolycus](http://www.okcupid.com/profile/BC_Autolycus) 😃 The pic with the hat made me lol. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/110 "2010-04-09T03:05:29Z")
[I took your quiz.](http://www.helloquizzy.com/results/nicks-date-application/?var%5fPervosity=%2d6&fromCGI=1&var%5fPersonality=9&var%5fDisqualifiers=%2d1&var%5fSubmissility=%2d2) It isn’t meant to be, sorry. Well, not sorry, actually, since I’m happily married, but you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/111 "2010-04-09T03:07:48Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > [I took your quiz.](http://www.helloquizzy.com/results/nicks-date-application/?var%5fPervosity=%2d6&fromCGI=1&var%5fPersonality=9&var%5fDisqualifiers=%2d1&var%5fSubmissility=%2d2) It isn’t meant to be, sorry. Well, not sorry, actually, since I’m happily married, but you know what I mean. I wonder what the disqualification was… I should have made a result for each one. It could have been ten times as insulting! You scored fucking high on the personality section, though. So good job? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/112 "2010-04-09T03:11:00Z")
I would take your claim of sexual deviancy to be somewhat tongue in cheek, for what it’s worth. Here’s my profile, although it’s no longer in use - I haven’t touched it in at least a year: [http://www.okcupid.com/profile/elienta](http://www.okcupid.com/profile/elienta) ---
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/113 "2010-04-09T03:22:00Z")
Your profile is what I’m aiming for Elienta- short and to the point. And your pictures look gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/114 "2010-04-09T03:24:54Z")
> [@mutantmoose](#): > > Your profile is what I’m aiming for Elienta- short and to the point. And your pictures look gorgeous. Seconded. Nicely done. Oh, I sent you a quick message (Hazelnut not mutantmoose). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/115 "2010-04-09T03:37:05Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t get a result for your quiz - there was too much fuckery at the end with signing up for something and proving I wasn’t a bot. ☹ As a writer, you should probably fix your errors on “runners-up.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/116 "2010-04-09T03:40:07Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Sorry, I couldn’t get a result for your quiz - there was too much fuckery at the end with signing up for something and proving I wasn’t a bot. ☹ Really? Don’t think anyone else had that problem. According to the site, from what I can see, it’s still only coming up that -I- took the test so I’m assuming the others did whilst not signed in. > [@](#): > > As a writer, you should probably fix your errors on “runners-up.” 🙂 Don’t label me, man! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/117 "2010-04-09T03:52:37Z")
For what it’s worth, I agree that you look way better with the short hair. The picture with the goggles is OK, but it doesn’t make you look _that_ badass and it obscures your face, which IMO is a bad thing on dating sites. I mean, not that I’m in your target audience anyway, being married and all. I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/118 "2010-04-09T03:53:51Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Sorry, I couldn’t get a result for your quiz - there was too much fuckery at the end with signing up for something and proving I wasn’t a bot. ☹ Just leave everything blank and click the button to continue at the bottom and it shows you your results without signing up or saving anything. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/119 "2010-04-09T03:54:24Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > The picture with the goggles is OK, but it doesn’t make you look _that_ badass So you admit it makes me look badass! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164/120 "2010-04-09T04:02:02Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Just leave everything blank and click the button to continue at the bottom and it shows you your results without signing up or saving anything. Oh, okay - I’ll try that again. Cause you know, it’s important that a 43 year old married Canadian knows whether she is compatible with **AClockworkMelon**! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-a-journey/535164.md?page=7)