# Why People Do Want to Date You

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 12, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338 "2011-01-12T13:36:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338/61 "2011-01-16T05:37:57Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Impudent little whelp! Look at that join date, September 2008. I’ve been killing threads here since you were on dial-up.

Fair enough. To my credit though, I’ve lurked since late 2002 or early 2003.

What’s this dial up you speak of?

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338/62 "2011-01-16T06:00:56Z")

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I’m low drama, low maintenance, and housebroken.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338/63 "2011-01-16T12:11:55Z")

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> [@lindsaybluth](#):
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> What’s this dial up you speak of?

Back in the old days, when a client computer and a server computer loved each other very much…

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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338/64 "2011-01-16T17:32:57Z")

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Back in the days of Compuserve! I read about that in a history book once ;).

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-do-want-to-date-you/567338/65 "2011-01-16T17:55:30Z")

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I have beautiful unique eyes. Which are wasted on me since I’m a guy.

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