Can we get OKCupid accredited as a research institution?
Posted at 2:04 PM Nov 05, 2009
Interested in the sociology of dating? Forget applying for grants and slaving over grad applications--online dating site OkCupid seems to have the art of researching and analyzing information from vast amounts of horny people down to an internetty science. They did it in September, analyzing which messaging techniques get the best response, and now they've done it again, releasing data about self-perception, slang and ... suicide. Yeah.
Let's start with the good news: we are so fucking smart! Or at least we think we are. Especially if we are boys:
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YES YOU DO!
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OkCupid presents this as pretty shocking data, and hey, they're the experts, right?
Lastly, OkCupid's report on suicide rates is sad, if not surprising. It's well documented that gays, lesbians and other non-hetero-normative folks commit suicides at higher rates. OkCupid's research backs it up:
Personally, I only want to have sex with a strap-on strapped on to a penis that is strapped on. But only when I've tied one on.
One, we had no idea that this many straight women were interested in sex with a strap-on. Duly noted, duly feared, ladies. Two, nearly one in seven straight men answered "yes" to this, and even for OkCupid's sexually adventurous user base, that's a pretty wild number.
Lastly, OkCupid's report on suicide rates is sad, if not surprising. It's well documented that gays, lesbians and other non-hetero-normative folks commit suicides at higher rates. OkCupid's research backs it up:
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Comments
IF OKCUPID IS SO GOOD AT RESEARCH, WHY DIDN'T THEY WARN ME I WAS DATING A GAY????
Posted 11/05/2009 at 10:04:45 PMBLAME THE ALL POWERFUL OZ!!!!
Posted 11/07/2009 at 06:08:14 AMI DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BUT I MUST TYPE IN ALL CAPS!!!!
Posted 11/09/2009 at 04:19:12 PM