Monday, October 18, 2010

Membership Has Its Privileges

Apparently I'm hot, and hot people should breed with other hot people, to improve the species.  At least, that's my takeaway from this e-mail from an online dating service I've been trying recently:

"We are very pleased to report that you are in the top half of OkCupid's most attractive users. The scales recently tipped in your favor, and we thought you'd like to know.
How can we say this with confidence? We've tracked click-thrus on your photo and analyzed other people's reactions to you in QuickMatch and Quiver.
. . .
Your new elite status comes with one important privilege:
You will now see more attractive people in your match results.
This new status won't affect your actual match percentages, which are still based purely on your answers and desired match's answers. But the people we recommend will be more attractive. Also! You'll be shown to more attractive people in their match results.
. . .
Suddenly, the world is your oyster. Login now and reap the rewards. And, no, we didn't just send this email to everyone on OkCupid. Go ask an ugly friend and see."

Of course, I don't have any ugly friends. That's another advantage of being so damned attractive.  Now if you'll excuse me, I believe Jennifer Aniston is calling...

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