OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API

Re:OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API by alexandre_m on Monday April 09, 2018 @05:26PM (#16797151)

One day when you have kids, you can tell them "you are the result of a mistaken web click"

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Re:OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API by Aaargh20318 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @07:45AM (#16800602)

If, not when. Children are optional.

Pet peeve of mine, but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script™.

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Re:OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API by ksk on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @12:17PM (#16802486)

> but too many people don't even think about it and just procreate because it's part of the Standard Life Script

As is their right, and not to mention biological imperative. Ironically, people not wanting kids, will be marginalized in the gene pool (assuming the trait is genetic). But yeah, overpopulation, unsustainable food needs, etc, etc. To paraphrase Dr. House, M.D. - "There are only two things people get stupid for - Money and Sex" :P

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Re:OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API by kahnpro on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @02:19PM (#16803704)

Well, the entire application is built with the purpose of guiding users into this choice. It's at the point where the longer you've run the application without procreating, the stronger the manipulation becomes.

Even people running the application in Gay Mode or loading other modules using the Gender Extension APIs run into this problem.

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Re:OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API by alexandre_m on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:43AM (#16800900)

"When" can be conditional too :)

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Re:OkCupid's “Removed” Visitor API by brosner on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:20AM (#16801993)

For the record, we have a one and half year old son :D

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