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It's pretty hard to make any accurate judgment of a person based on what they choose to put on the internet. Facebook is a great example of this. I discovered a few months ago that the only way to tell from a person's Facebook profile, whether I would like them or not, is to judge by whether the comments their friends have posted on their photos are funny or not.
The logic here is convoluted, but pretty irrefutable. If a person is funny and interesting, they will attract friends who are also funny and interesting. A person might be able to fake these qualities for their own profile, but it wouldn't occur to them to do so in comments to their other friends. So basically, I don't have to judge anyone; I can just let the people who know them do it for me.
Which got me thinking. The best luck I've had with meeting people on Craigslist has come from posting ads, not responding to them. The reason for that seems to be that the kind of girls I like don't post ads. They do, however, read them. And only that much occasionally. And usually only for entertainment value. That's why I try much harder to make my ads interesting than to make them informative or expressive. It occurred to me recently that there are probably a lot of girls I would like who don't even read Craigslist. But the odds seem good that at least one of their friends does.
So, here's my point. If you are one of those girls, think hard. Do you have a friend who doesn't read Craigslist, but who does enjoy drinking tap beer in unfancy bars? Is she single? Would she like my e-mail address? Is she free on Friday?
Hi. I'm Dan. I'm probably free on Friday.
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