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Re:Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Me – Statistical analysis of onl... by jpeg_hero on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:11PM (#8932861)
something profoundly depressing about the idea of 45 first dates in a year.

profoundly depressing for both the guy (the crap odds that come from being 1-out-of-45) and for the girl (can't be happy with any one from out of 45)

Re:Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Me – Statistical analysis of onl... by nothrabannosir on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:18PM (#8932887)
Hey man not at all, meeting people is great, it's fun. Dating is like life: people worry so much about what you achieve in the end that they forget to enjoy the ride.

Besides, it's the communication age, isn't it? Date, my children!

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Edit: PS: you're 1 out of 45 either way, but if you never date, that's when your odds are real crap. Dating only a small subset per year, just because you happened to meet; or getting the girl to stick with you because she just happened not to have met that guy who's perfect for her; that sounds much more depressing to me. Unless you believe in fate?

Re:Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Me – Statistical analysis of onl... by girvo on Thursday January 22, 2015 @09:09PM (#8933061)
Dating is just meeting people of your preferred gender (for possible romance) -- it doesn't have to be so serious. I used to go on dates with no hope of leading to anything more than friendship, and it was a lot of fun! Got me out of my comfort zone, and I did meet my partner through that. There's nothing depressing about meeting a lot of people in my opinion, on the contrary it made me enjoy life more!
Re:Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Me – Statistical analysis of onl... by brazzy on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:23PM (#8932906)
Hell, yes! And both of them think the grass is so much greener on the other side, and both of them are kind of right.

(It's greener because they use more manure over there, which means that here there's manure all over...)

Re:Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Me – Statistical analysis of onl... by nether on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:55PM (#8933026)
She's a pretty white woman with the wits to get into Stanford. She pretty much won the genetic jackpot and her life will be easy and fun. Every single guy probably "yes'd" on her CMB profile. She was being picky with going on 1 date/week. My friend slept with four guys from OkC in one week and isn't even as attractive.