Wimmins!

I have been conducting another experiment using online dating sites to fill my spare moments between random bouts of inactivity.

On one site, I am essentially being fairly normal, casual if you will. I mean, I'm not writing long winded self descriptions that no woman but the most desperate of wildebeests would actually be reading, but my profile is generally breezy, faux-witty and inoffensive, and my messages are fairly standard 'hey you' messages. Sort of open to whomever, etc..

On the second site, however, I am nakedly aggressively manly, not quite to the point of utter cliche, but damn close.  I essentially strip away all the pretty lies and admit clearly that I want a young, thin, attractive woman with a pleasant personality and that I could give two figs about her personal philosophy of whatever.  Also, arrogant and 'assuming the sale', if you will.

I am testing a couple of different theories here. In pure academic science I'm doing it all wrong, but last I checked no one was cutting me a grant check to do it by the book, so I'm perfectly happy to accept shoddy science to accrue anecdotal evidence.

Now, the nice guy profile has been running about a week longer than the aggressive profile.  I made a far go at doing 'spam approaches', meeting the general standard of actually using the system to its full potential.  I've got a coffee date with a single mom a decade younger than I am, but not much else going on.  As an interesting aside, nakedly admiring an unusual attribute (her lack of height) seems to have given me a strong open, but in Game terms I haven't been able to keep a dominant frame in the text. I think that's the lingo they'd use, anyway.  Essentially the usual advice seems to be keep it short and abrupt, lots of mystery and never let the girl get you to change your mind to suit her.  

But this is the nice guy profile, so I can accept waiting a week longer, losing my day of choice and other minor concessions in the name of diplomatically accepting that she has a kid... and also the super brief replies got me... equally brief replies. A monosyllabic conversation might lead to sex in person, but by texting??? Not gonna happen.

In contrast, the very first hour I had the aggressive profile up I got a response back that was positive. Nothing's come of it, but that's cool.  I got another response the second day that is really amusing, as I hadn't even sent the woman a message, but merely selected a 'meh' in response to her picture when suggested by the site. Apparently that 'meh' was enough to trigger her defensive crouch.  Again, Game would suggest I've already won by simply getting her to respond, but a: I'm already familiar with luring girls in with aggro posts from way back when the internet was young and wild and free, and b: she was, as I noted, a 'meh'. Its the creepy hollow eyes, man.... belch.

So far, naked aggression is ahead on hits, but gentleman is ahead on forward progress, but with a distinct time advantage.

Of course I clearly haven't resolved my dilemma from earlier: Do I want to search for love and get burned hard again, or do I want meaningless sex?

Honestly, most of the time I'm convinced that looking for women simply isn't worth the effort.  Its all bullshit, lies and worse.  On the other hand I am compelled by biological imperatives to impale a womb with my mighty spear on a regular basis, and fighting that urge in the long run is far more distracting than the hunt. Further, I have goals unmet that require a woman in my life.

Of course, I'd rather just slap a pile of cash on the table, draw up the contract or what have you, and be done with the mess.  Because, well, I'm a guy.

But since I'm on the topic, let me strip away all the bullshit and explain what I am seeing.

I am seeing some truly hideous specimens of humanity, in vast droves.  I'm also seeing a lot of older, burned out women and human freak shows.  I did see one woman who's profile had me convinced she was the Cracked.com article writer who couldn't beat men off with a stick no matter how terrible the profile...

I have seen a tattood, pierced and gauged woman openly state she'd hit a man in the face if she didn't like something he said.  Fighting the urge to message her back and state that she was welcome to try because I'd hit back was... hard. Very, very hard.

I mean: In the pictures she is cute, bangably cute, my type cute. But the pictures don't show the freakshow tattoos and the mangled ears, etc.  Instinct is powerful stuff.  Also, while it is possible that she'd respond, and I could work from there, its just as likely she'd report me to have me banned, despite her provocation. I suppose I could report her and see what happens, just for the lulz.

I find there is one advantage to the nakedly aggressive profile I haven't covered. See: when I stumble upon a reasonably cute and approachable girl, skimming her profile to find a hook to message her with, I generally can't help but notice the herd mentality and the sheer horrible drivel that women post about themselves, the inane and vapid pop-culture politics and all that. As a 'gentleman' what possible angle could I use but to nakedly lie?  To obfuscate and pretend that I honestly care about their ill formed, ill educated ideas about the world, or that their terribly judgmental 'tolerance' is anything but tolerant.

The Nakedly Aggressive Me, the me stripped of civilized lies, of politeness, can view those childish posts as a challenge. I've already boldly stated I didn't care, which frees me to confront, to mock and to tease.  

Of course, my standards are holding me back.  Tattooed girls are easy, girls with lots of piercings are easy. The more rabidly political girls tend to brag about their bisexuality... which means they are easy. Fat, old and fat and old chicks are easy.  Its a brutal, ugly market.

That remarkably gem-like sylph of a russian immigrant, with clean skin, a slender body and feminine disposition and style?  She's had to field a message from every guy in four states.  What the hell is she even doing posting on a dating site?  She probably has to hire bodyguards to cut down the street approaches of intimidated, but panting men?

Hell, I don't even go for blondes usually and I sent the damn thing, for all the good it did me.  I just need to remember that the key here is to shotgun out my approaches.  The science is only improved by raw numbers, right?