# What's with the terrible headliners on dating sites?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886 "2015-08-15T00:30:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![justjake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/1 "2015-08-15T00:30:15Z")

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Seriously, just opened up my grandpa’s joke book and OOPS there’s all the jokes i found on both the male AND females pages on these dating sites!

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/2 "2015-08-15T02:37:15Z")

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No comprendo

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/3 "2015-08-15T03:21:23Z")

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Whachu talkin’ bout Willis?? 😕

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/4 "2015-08-15T03:24:31Z")

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No soap, radio!

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/5 "2015-08-15T03:50:48Z")

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What’s the frequency, [del]Kenneth[/del] **Smapti**?

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/6 "2015-08-15T03:53:51Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> What’s the frequency, [del]Kenneth[/del] **Smapti**?

Five bucks, same as in town.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/7 "2015-08-15T10:48:52Z")

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Monday’s your turn in the barrel.

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**Author:** ![justjake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/8 "2015-08-15T23:10:57Z")

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these posts are about as convoluted as the posts on the dating site headliners for people’s profiles.

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**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/9 "2015-08-16T17:50:31Z")

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Would you please provide a link to the posts on the dating site headliners for people’s profiles so we can decide for ourselves if these posts are as convoluted at those.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-terrible-headliners-on-dating-sites/727886/10 "2015-08-16T18:03:34Z")

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> [@justjake](#):
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> these posts are about as convoluted as the posts on the dating site headliners for people’s profiles.

So is your OP, hint: no one has the foggiest idea what you’re on about…