Love Calculator

[lionking]

Got your attention haven't I.

I was just watching late night TV and saw an ad for a "love calculator" where you text messaged your "potential loved one's" name, and you would get back a numerology assessment (I think, I was trying not to pay attention) on your compatibility.

I don't want any commentary on how ridiculous all this is, but have a question. If your dream boy/girl insisted on doing this, even if just for a laugh, would you go along with it?

The reason I ask is that I once totally ruined my chances with a woman by laughing at her tarot card readings. Is rationality always worth it?

 

[Ersby]

I think so. I once ruined a potential something by replying "Yes, he's mad." when this woman asked me if I'd ever heard of Von Daniken.

As I got to know her better I found she was quite a sweet person, but manipulative if she thought you fancied her. And because she knew where I stood on things like that, she didn't bother with me. I saved myself a lot of hassle.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

Well, as it is the sort of thing we did at about the age of 9, if my partner seriouslysuggested it, I would seriously wonder if I had made a big mistake marrying and having children with him!!

 

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

The reason I ask is that I once totally ruined my chances with a woman by laughing at her tarot card readings. Is rationality always worth it?

When I was at university, I went along to a couple of Christian Union meetings cos I was chasing a (fairly tasty I must admit ) fellow student.

How naive I was back then , I should have known how virtuous those christians were and I was wasting my time.

 

[Shevek-72]

The reason I ask is that I once totally ruined my chances with a woman by laughing at her tarot card readings. Is rationality always worth it?

Yes, you avoided one nutcase, so rationality has already payed off.

And looking at it from a different angle, I for example know that I do not have the slightest chances with millions if not billions of women. So what does one woman more or less matter?

 

[sphenisc]

Rationality is always worth it. Sometimes the rational thing to do is not let others know how rational you are.

 

[Humphreys]

The reason I ask is that I once totally ruined my chances with a woman by laughing at her tarot card readings. Is rationality always worth it?

Well, since this is my dream/boy girl, I presume I'd be after some kind of long term relationship rather than a quick shag, right?

In that case, I'd have to be honest, or risk being a faker for the rest of my life.

Even in the case of the latter, I'd take rationality any day. I can do a lot of things, but deliberate woo isn't one of them.

 

[TruthSeeker]

I love those silly quizes. They are a hoot.

The other night, I even convinced my boyfriend, who is very skeptical , to take a whole bunch of online quizes with me.

We tried love quizes, astrological compatibility, attachment styles, attractiveness....all of them came back the same: we are highly compatible.

It's really too bad, because we had been wanting to break up, but one must obey the tests

 

[Larry Barrieau]

It was fun and funny. And it's all total nonsense except for this part -


"It's really too bad, because we had been wanting to break up, but one must obey the tests "

 

[Crazycowbob]

Rationality is always worth it. Sometimes the rational thing to do is not let others know how rational you are.

Yes, sometimes you must keep your rationality secret, treat it like a ninja. Then one day, you'll just be talking along with someone when they push their woo just a little too far, and you'll whip out your rationality ninja and have it slay them with shirukin of fact and reason!

They'll never see it coming