big life; small space

Freaking finally. Not that I'm jumping up and down desperate for some sort of wacky internet hook-up (and if I were, there are plenty of better places for that), but the whole eHarmony thing has irritated me no end for close to two years now.

The sad news I guess is that Chemistry will have to change their tagline.

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Hahaha. Well, I hope everyone continues to stay away from eHarmony and go to Chemistry instead. I was oddly amused by how glad I was as well, considering I'm not in the market.

Of course, everyone I know has been rejected by eHarmony as too difficult to match. Theories range from being too slutty to too Jewish.

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I'll admit that I'm tempted to try it when it goes live. I mean, it's not like I'm not allowed to have another partner or anything. Could be interesting, after all. Problem is, I'd have to quit my job or something to really give it the time it deserves unless it's a "we will go out for beers once a week and then do it in an alley" sort of relationship.

Actually, that sounds pretty good. Dear eHarmony: hurry it the fuck up already.

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Wow. You just sooooo channeled Jack.

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Hey, I just got back from the gym. There was a guy there who looked a fair bit like Ianto (his face wasn't quite right, but his build and his hair were spot on).

Let's just say those were some of the best lateral pull-downs ever.

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lol!

God, where was I? Somewhere or other recently, I was being all big and loud and Jackish and there was some guy across the room who I couldn't stop staring at because he was dressed well and had the nose, and when I finally figured out what was going on there, I just laughed and laughed and laughed.

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Yeah, I had to make a real effort not to be creepy. The gym I go to is one of those 24/7 places with only minimal staffing, so it's basically where all the introverts go so they don't have to speak or make eye contact.

It's a lot like exercising in a men's bathroom, except that phrase isn't a euphemism for anything.

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1. this is hilarious
2. I wish women would learn from male bathroom etiquette, because Kali and I were at a bar last night and strange drunk girls kept talking to me in the bathroom, and I was like "wow, I don't like people, and we're in here to piss, and I don't know where your hand has been...." It was one big homosocial WTF.

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darthhellokitty.livejournal.com

I was going to say, that's not eHarmony, that's eTorchwood!

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thornsilver

I was rejected as too difficult to match as well. I now feel better about my perceived inadequacies.

*snerk*

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drfardook.livejournal.com

Well, I hope everyone continues to stay away from eHarmony and go to Chemistry instead

I'm sure that's what eHarmony is counting on. If their service goes live and due to lack of support, poor branding, or a general boycott they can probably go to the attorney general's office and ask to shut it down as its failing to make a profit for them.

Of course now I'm curious to see if I would get rejected by eHarmony or not.

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mangosteen

So.... for those of us who are somewhat unclear on the matter....

Why was there a discrimination suit against eHarmony in the first place? I know that it's a "find your mainstream white heterosexual christian soulmate" website. It pretty much says so right on the box. There are plenty of other dating websites out there, though. Why pound on the door of this one in particular?

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Someone sued them and the laws in NJ (where they are based) would have had them lose the suit, so someone sued and they settled. It's sort of nastily amusing.

Edited Date: 2008-11-20 05:06 am (UTC)

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This feels two seconds from some heterophobic homosexual activist telling me I got to f a man for every chick I f. Its time to lay off and say vive le difference folks.

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Dude, that is all you and your latent fantasies.

Btw? Fuck? It's a word. You can say it.

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dorei.livejournal.com

Oh man that sucks. See, I had seen the headline about eharmony starting a service for homosexuals and thought how great it was. Didn't realize they were forced into it. Meh.

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Compatible Partners?

Really.

That's what they're calling it?

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brewsternorth.livejournal.com

Does rather sound like a bit of a wet blanket.

Still, baby steps, baby steps...

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The name just makes it sound like they've been reading too many science journals. In a very roundabout way, they may have been inspired by Chemistry.com when figuring out a name. Hmm...

*wavy imagination lines*

Inside eHarmony headquarters:

Suit#1(slams down phone):"That was our soon-to-be former legal team. They lost the case. We have to make a gay networking site! Can you believe it? What the hell are we going to call this thing?"

Suit#2:"No clue. Who'll be our main competition? Intern!"

Intern: "Um...(fumbles with papers)that would be... Chemistry.com, Sir."

Suit#2: "Those queers sure do like their science, don't they?"

Suit#1: "It's all a part of that agenda of theirs. They take the word of God out of the equation and replace it with a bunch of scientific mamby-pamby."

Suit#2: "Horrible-- what's this world coming to?" (shakes head sadly) "Now-- chemistry! What do I remember about chemistry?" (puts on thinking face, strokes goatee) "How about... Covalent Bonds?"

Suit#1: "It's good, but it's a bit too obvious. It has to sound original. We just settled one lawsuit. I don't need some MySpace vs. Facebook sort of fuck-up to deal with before we can hire a better legal team."

Suit#2(nods head in agreement): "Intern! What do you think?"

Intern(fumbles): Um... uh... what do I think? Well... how about um...(shrugs) Compatible Partners?"

Suit#2: "Perfect! [Suit#1], what do you think?"

Suit#1: "It sounds good to me. Well, I'm glad that that's settled! We can send out the press release, and it's not even lunchtime!"

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This is pure fucking genius.

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Thank you.

*puts on genius cap*

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brewsternorth.livejournal.com

Y'know?

If you wouldn't mind being MQ'ed, I'd join

metaquotes just to quote this.

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