Mail Order Your Own Silicon Valley Guy
from the oh-please-stop dept
Okay. As a single guy in Silicon Valley with plenty of single guy friends, it's fun (to a point) to complain and joke around about the lack of available women around here. But, something about people setting up sites for women to find eligible Silicon Valley male professionals is bothersome. Especially when they completely make up statistics - such as that the ratio of singles guys to women in the valley is 10 to 1 (I'd like to see where they got that stat from - most of the articles I've read on the topic place it at more like 1.2 to 1). My experience is that there actually are plenty of single women out there, and it's certainly possible to meet them - but finding interesting single women that you're interested in dating is the tricky part. That's true just about anywhere, though. Throwing yourself up on an online meat market isn't likely to change that.
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Is the opreative word "single"
So... is the 1.2:1 ratio the overall sex ratio in the valley, or the ratio of all single folks.?
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Re: Is the opreative word
msykes
PS: But you are right, an online meat market isn't going to help, because you are still the same bunch of single guys battling over the same bunch of single women. But then again without internet personals, I would hardly date at all.
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I think you know what's coming now...
http://www.womenofthesiliconvalley.com
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No Subject Given
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moral imperative
Did they listen?
No.
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Re: moral imperative
msykes
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What happens in *real* 10/1 environments...
In these envirobnment any of the following are common:
WMs (women marines) prostituting themselves, getting very rich in the process, but creating a readness problem due to VD.
Superiors picking and choosing abitious "favorites" who are ready and willing.
Adultry. This is rampant and I imagine that it is one of the strongest reasons behind much of the hate and discontent in the service.
pseudo-homosexual activity... usually happens in groups aboard ships (uh, like where do you think the term "circle jerk" came from?).
questionable group activity and superiors picking and choosing are usually over looked.
prostition and adultry are pursued by the NSI... how vigerously depends on who is screwing whom.
What I suspect should happen with SV is the legalization of prostition.
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Re: What happens in *real* 10/1 environments...
Umm.. I guess so. Your point is well-argued. Thank you.
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online meat market no help?
At least on dating services (online/phone) you have a somewhat better advantage. On an online service, you can be yourself, you can outline CLEARLY what you want, what you can offer and someone who answers you has a clear idea and you also know what that person wants and can offer. You can make a more informed decision on whether to move forward with them...
I met my current gf on a dating line..going on 6 months and we're moving in together in a month. Its not the end all be all answer...but in my opinion its a truckload better than cruising a bar or any other public place.
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I'm still having that dream where I'm sitting on top of a pyramid in a sun robe with thousands of women throwing little pickles at me.
And please, if every geek in silicon valley looked like me, Chris Knight (aka-Val Kilmer), then they'd all be getting laid. Man, I'm pretty...
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Re: No Subject Given
internet opens a whole new base of people you can reach, DUH !
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