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Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg have a story in Nautilus, She'll Text Me, She'll Text Me Not, which looks into the modern-technology challenges of making romantic contact.
Modern romance is stressful—especially when it comes to texting, which is on course to be the new norm for asking someone out. In 2010 only 10 percent of young adults used texts to ask someone out for the first time, compared with 32 percent in 2013. And so, more and more of us find ourselves sitting alone, staring at our phone's screen with a whole range of emotions. But in a strange way, we are all doing it together, and we should take solace in the fact that no one has a clue what's going on. So, I decided to look into it myself, but I knew that bozo comedian Aziz Ansari probably couldn't tackle the topic on my own, and so I teamed up with New York University sociologist Eric Klinenberg. We designed a massive research project during 2013 and 2014, which involved conducting focus groups and interviews with people worldwide, and also interviewing eminent researchers who have dedicated their careers to studying modern romance. We learned a lot about finding love today, including what to do once you fire off a text or receive one.
One area where there was a lot of debate was the amount of time one should wait to text back. Several people subscribed to the notion of doubling the response time. (They write back in five minutes, you wait 10, etc.) This way you achieve the upper hand and constantly seem busier and less available than your counterpart. Others thought waiting just a few minutes was enough to prove you had something important in your life besides your phone. Some thought you should double, but occasionally throw in a quick response to not seem so regimented (nothing too long, though!). Some people swore by waiting 1.25 times longer. Others argued they found three minutes to be just right. There were also those who were so fed up with the games that they thought receiving timely responses free of games was refreshing and showed confidence.
What technique(s) have you tried and how did they work out for you?
(Score: 5, Funny) by GungnirSniper on Saturday February 13 2016, @06:12PM
Online dating is a lot more fun if you play it like an RPG. Your online profile is your character creation, and Lawful Good works best for attracting stable women. True Neutral will help you attract more casual partners. Your slightly-photoshopped pictures are your avatar builder. Your stats should always be slightly inflated. Most women can't tell if you're 5-11 or 6-1 in person unless they're that tall themselves. The real key though is to not let the ignored messages bother you. It's not a rescue-The-Only-Princess game but more like GTA. The more hoes, the more points. If you happen to actually like one of them, you've still racked up a ton of vagina points by then.
1) If the main profile photo for a woman features herself and another woman, you can safely assume the less attractive one is the profile owner.
2) Your date will never look like the best photo she posted, and occasionally like the worst one posted. Tap her anyway and level up.
3) Find out what her father is like and be a bit more like him than you are. If her father is a plumber, her fantasy probably involves a man with dirty hands.
4) STFU and let her talk. Hens love to crow about themselves. Ask questions about her tales so you can get some tail. You should talk only about 40% of the time, and that includes asking about her. Less than 1/3 should be your words about you.
5) Text back as you want. Just don't be an overeager forsaken hobgoblin answering every text immediately. You're not on call.
6) A woman who pays or offers to pay for anything on the first date is preferable to a woman who expects you to pay for everything. Again, no princesses.
7) Any woman who mentions Star Wars, Star Trek, or the abominable Dr. Who in their profile will probably be worth talking to. Firefly nuts need not apply.
8) Don't even try to find her social media profiles or college fluff pieces about her. These will over-inflate your opinion of her. You should never idealize a woman you haven't met yet. No pedestals.
9) Cosbypolitans are cheat codes, and you could get a years-long ban for using them. Just don't. There will be an easier woman tomorrow.
10) Never date single moms. They've already got a #1 to take care of, and you will never take that child's place. This is even more true if she has a bad relationship with the baby daddy, and triply true if she uses the child to collect public assistance.
11) Have at least one non-main photo of you with a furry creature. Women love men who show their kind, good-father potential, even if they're militantly set on being barren. Remember, women are more selective because child code-compiling is a months-long and life-threatening process.
12) Remember it's a numbers game. You can message 100 tens and maybe get two replies. Aim lower and improve your response rate. Or become a surgeon with a sports car.
13) If you manage to get a suitable wife-creature to develop feelings for you, don't keep tossing the dice. Your own market value declines precipitously after 30 without boosters like wealth and advanced degrees.
14) Should you ever decide to get married, have both a pre-nup and a term limit on the marriage with the asset division decided up front. Generally marriages provide little benefit to men with significant downsides.
15) Relationships eventually decline sexually, so no matter what, keep your hand game strong.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 13 2016, @08:29PM
14) Should you ever decide to get married, have both a pre-nup and a term limit on the marriage with the asset division decided up front. Generally marriages provide little benefit to men with significant downsides.
Men? Oh, you mean whiners with junk! Sad puppies! Well, if you think marriage is about sex, you probably are not really a man.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 14 2016, @02:52AM
7...Firefly nuts need not apply.
Sad little king of a sad little hill.