Trek Fans Can Date Online

[Jem'hadar]

Trek Fans Can Date Online
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=35004

[Tobian]

Oh my god: Who comes up with these ideas, and what a horrendous idea, these people should not breed!

Rethinking that.. people who sign up to it should not.. not Trekies in general.. although..

[First of Two]

No thanks, I already get teh hott grrlsexxor!!!!!1one!

[JALU3]

Well . . . if there is money in it . . . someone will fill the niche.

And After a quick amount of browsing, not more then 3 minutes . . . it shows how many single trek males there are.
Sad really.

[Liquidator Queeg]

I don't know whether to laugh or barf. Not at this particular site, but these dating sites in general. I mean, come on, in this day and age are we really so busy and connected to machines that we need them to find dates?

What about going to the pub? Or a concert? Or joining a local club or hobby group? Socialising at class or with your friends' friends? Y'know, getting a social life happening?

Jeez. I honestly don't know why this bugs me. Maybe I'm just getting stodgy and old.

Bah humbug!

LQ

[Nene_Richards]

That is frightening. At least they listen to Shatner: Kiss a Girl!

[Tobian]

Hmm... Yes, that is a problem with dating sites... If the person has no social life before their date, they are not going to know how to interreact with each other in the real world, and if they make it they then have.. no social life - gah scary!

[JALU3]

You know . . . funny thing is . . . I meet my wife through a dating sight back in 2001. We've been married since OCT02.

So I am happy with them.

I didn't use the one sourced in this article. But hey, if it helps find someone who can make them happy, and vice versa . . . I am all for it.

[Capt Daniel Hunter]

I've never used a dating site, though had the internet been as prevalent back in my single days I probably would have.

Not likely to use one now though. The wife would gut me.

[Nene_Richards]

Think everyone, all the Star Trek Themed Weddings from this. If I go to another Sci Fi Convention to see a bunch of nerds dressed as Klingons to get married in a Klingon speaking in Klingonese, I am will never go to a convention again.

Think of the Betazoid weddings people, alot of the Trekkies that can not date are not the most attractive people to see naked!!!

I keep thinking of these weddings... oh god... it the terror!!!

[First of Two]

Bleurgg. No Trekkie marriage ceremonies for me, thanks.

Although I will be wearing a kilt.
And I and the best woman will be wearing swords.

Minister: "...let them speak now, or forever hold their peace."

*First and the Best Woman draw their big honkin' Claymores and glare meaningfully at the assembly*

First: "Thought not. Continue."

[PGoodman13]

I don't know whether to laugh or barf. Not at this particular site, but these dating sites in general. I mean, come on, in this day and age are we really so busy and connected to machines that we need them to find dates?

Some of us are socially inept...not because we're Trekkies, but because we just are. I'm awkward around people I know and love...imagine how it is with strangers that you're trying to impress.

I should also, for the purposes of honest and complete disclosure, mention that I met my wife via a personals ad on Yahoo's dating service.

What about going to the pub? Or a concert? Or joining a local club or hobby group? Socialising at class or with your friends' friends? Y'know, getting a social life happening?

I'm an alcoholic, so the pub's right out. I go to concerts very rarely, and then I go to see the band and hear the music, not to pick up chicks. My friends and I [b]are[/i] the local club/hobby group for our gaming, and no one at the photography society ever floated my boat. Not a student, and my friends long ago gave up trying to fix me up after a number of disasters (not all of which were my fault).

I had a social life going on, and it wasn't working. Sometimes when that happens, you try alternate solutions.

[PGoodman13]

Bleurgg. No Trekkie marriage ceremonies for me, thanks.

Tiff and I are actually considering having our vows renewed at the Star Trek Experience on our next anniversary (this coming anniversary our child will be too young to go with us, so we'll worry about it in '07 when Brontë's a bit older).

[JALU3]

I wish I could say better things about the experience . . . unfortunatly . . . I don't have many great things to say about it.

That is the Star Trek Experience in LV, NV. The actors there just appeared to be going through the motions. The uniforms were not fitted properly . . . and neither were the actors locations on the bridge. -sigh- I have seen people online doing a better job. And I don't pay to see them.

[Liquidator Queeg]

Some of us are socially inept...not because we're Trekkies, but because we just are. I'm awkward around people I know and love...imagine how it is with strangers that you're trying to impress.

I should also, for the purposes of honest and complete disclosure, mention that I met my wife via a personals ad on Yahoo's dating service.

Hey, that's cool it worked out for you. You and your wife obviously clicked well through the online service. I've known three friends who'd rather have taken a cheese grater to their own privates than have to deal with their internet "dates" one more time. And that was before the cyberstalking started.

As far as being socially awkward. Well, as you say, if someone's awkward around those they know and love, I personally don't think it's going to make much difference whether a date is made in person or over the net. Shy is shy. One eventually has to socialize with people. The key, however, in social situations is actually avoiding trying to impress anyone. Just be yourself. That's what people will be attracted to.

I'm an alcoholic, so the pub's right out. I go to concerts very rarely, and then I go to see the band and hear the music, not to pick up chicks. My friends and I [b]are[/i] the local club/hobby group for our gaming, and no one at the photography society ever floated my boat. Not a student, and my friends long ago gave up trying to fix me up after a number of disasters (not all of which were my fault).

I completely understand the pub thing for those with substance problems.

Well, you don't have to "pick up chicks" at a concert. Maybe you misunderstood me. My point was that it's a venue to meet people you haven't met before. As are the other things: bars, clubs, campuses, friends' friends and whatnot. I met my wife at a bar, for instance. I didn't "pick her up" there, take her home and bang her. But we did talk in a social setting (i.e. the bar, or it could have been a club meeting or whatnot) a few times, then dated. Nine years later, still going strong.

I had a social life going on, and it wasn't working. Sometimes when that happens, you try alternate solutions.

Look, I'm not suggesting that online dating can't work. However, due to the anonymous nature of the internet, and the ease with which one can hide their true intentions and personality, I'm convinced that you're far more likely to find a sociopathic headcase through online dating than you are in face to face social situations.

LQ