Personal ads you would never reply to

I recommend the peanut butter fetishists.

would you have replied to a german ad for someone to be eaten?

the perp was originally let off (as there was no specific law preventing it in germany) but later the state challenged and he was convicted of manslaughter.

not an ad i would reply to.

Personal ads you would never reply to…

mm… I won’t reply my own ad.

“Would be better if you already had AIDS”

‘I’m collecting a full set. Can swap for Hep B.’

If you like red rockets I am your stray dog.

[quote=“Buttercup”]No, on the last page I wrote that what other people do is fine. I don’t appreciate snide, passive aggressive digs that start with ‘Some people…’. Let’s be good to eachother, OK?

I re-iterate that I find them creepy, sleazy and repellent. Other people may find them fun, worthwhile and a good way to meet people. None of my business![/quote]

So presumably you find people who place them creepy, sleazy and repellent, including no doubt several people on this site who have personal ads or at one point did so. I’ve heard various words to describe my dad before…those three aren’t among them. Not trying to defend my dad here from some anonymous poster, as he certainly doesn’t need that. Just pointing out that it’s irrational to believe people who place personal ads all or even mostly fit your description. Or are the personal ads themselves sleazy, while the people aren’t?

None at all, but hopefully a personal ad/dating service video will contain enough information about the person to at least give you an idea if you might be compatible. There’s plenty of good people in the bar scene (my parents met in a bar), but with personal ads/dating services you can at least filter out some people.

Fine. But just because this is your preference, it doesn’t follow that people who place personal ads are slimeballs.

Which is precisely what Buttercup points out. SOME people find them sleazy, etc. and others don’t. None of her business! Me, I’ve always found Internet dating, newspaper classifieds, etc. a bit strange. No biggie. Maybe they’re not strange at all. Doesn’t bother me one way or the other. But I’m perfectly entitled to find them strange if I want to. As is Buttercup.

So… you’re asking if I find your dad repellent? Of course not. He sired you, didn’t he?

Do I find anyone on this site creepy, sleazy and repellent? Noooo.

I’m really unsure as to how you can actually stretch the idea of thinking a thing such as a personal ad is creepy to mean that someone who places a personal ad is creepy. I think that must take some serious stretching.

[quote=“Buttercup”]So… you’re asking if I find your dad repellent? Of course not. He sired you, didn’t he?

Do I find anyone on this site creepy, sleazy and repellent? Noooo.[/quote]
Is that a drawn-out “nooo” to indicate emphasis or a drawn-out “nooo” as in “hold on, I need to think about this?” I wonder.

No, simply an emPHAtic negative, sandman! My, we are cynical today.

Really? What other activities can someone participate in that are creepy, sleazy, and repellant without that person also being creepy, sleazy, and repellant? I think we’re more or less defined by our actions, no?

As I said, I wasn’t trying to defend my dad. I was just giving an example of a person who is nothing remotely akin to sleazy or creepy but who found his second wife through a dating service (which I think is comparable to placing a personal ad). But I will graciously accept your compliment, madame. :slight_smile:

I find Japanese porn to be creepy, repellent, and sleazy. But I don’t judge those who watch it.

How about those who participate in it?

Doing their job. (Though not doing a very good job of it.)

You’ve called me at least two of those things that I remember. And I don’t listen to you very often so it’s possible you said the other one too.

Yeah, but I know you in real life. You like it, anyway. Validates your self image.

Not everybody has jobs like yours where they get to meet 15 new people a day. Many people don’t have the opportunities to meet people outside of work (stuck in a lonely office all day) or outside of their immediate circle of friends. Especially in a place like Taiwan where the local population is phobic of meeting strangers unless you are formally introduced in a social situation, I can see the use of such services. I would never use them in America, since at least in the part of the south where I come from most people are friendly and easy to talk to and meet and at ease socially…unlike Taiwan, where the culture is such that a lot of the population is - to put it politely - overly shy and lacking in social skills. All those years locked in cram schools studying and in internet cafes playing WarCraft atrophies the social skills. No wonder the people here never seem to smile…except when they’re angry and are trying to politely repress their emotions by telling you to fuck off with a smile. (Well, I guess that happens daily in the service industry in America, too.)