My favorite dating website uses a series of questions in order to determine the projected compatibility that you may have with your matches. The majority of the questions are what you’d expect (think: Do you want to live with someone before getting married? Do you want kids? Do you have pets? Do you want to wait to have sex until after marriage? Etc.), but then there are the ones that fall into the following categories:
- Strange;
- Oddly specific situational questions;
- Offensive;
- Questions that make you ponder whether humanity deserves to continue; and
- Questions, my personal answers to which, make you ponder whether I belong in polite society.
We’ll handle each in turn, but let’s pause for a brief explanation.
First, you answer questions and rank how important they are to you. You can also select what you’d prefer the other person to say. This may seem odd, but think of this question: “Do you prefer to date someone taller than you?” I would answer “Yes” as my answer, but I’d prefer that my date would answer “No” so that we’d match in our height preferences. The questions are all multiple choice so you have to select from the answers provided, which are at times pretty absurd. However, your answers are then public for the users of the site and you can provide a narrative explanation of your answer if you so choose.
Personally, I love the questions. I enjoy seeing people’s explanations and it can be a good screening tool (oh you would give up your right to vote before your right to bear arms…. Don’t think we’d get along so well). I also like talking about the crazy questions as an ice breaker on the first date.
The questions themselves are submitted by users. I went on a date with a guy who said he went on a date with a girl who said (so the information has to be accurate, obvi) she was chosen as a question moderator so she would be part of a pool of users who read and approve the questions. Keep that in mind as we explore….
STRANGE QUESTIONS
Do dinosaurs exist?
While I recognize that there are people who wrongfully believe that people and dinosaurs coexisted (and they vacation here), are there people who believe that dinosaurs have NEVER existed?? I just googled it and, yes, yes there are. I have a new favorite website.
Do trees have souls?
