Timewaster's Guide Archive
General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: boy198 on January 10, 2006, 06:49:20 PM
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Hi my site:
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My editing finger longs to delete this, but we did designate this category for shameless self promotion. But on the other hand, this is a Russian dating site that I feel reticent to open at work, because I am inherently suspicious. I'll check it out later and decide if we need to kill the link or not.
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It leads to a search page for lots of "find adult sex friends" and such links. You do not want to open it at work, and it should definitely be deleted.
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Done
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Great, so what am I gonna do when I visit Russia? Go see Lenin's tomb or something? Wait, actually, that's not a bad idea....
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There's a cool WWII memorial in St. Petersburg, with a candle for each day of the Nazi seige.
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Darn, I was really hoping this was a thread about the top 100 dating tips or something. My love life needs help.
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That's because you don't live in Russia.
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Tage:
#1 Dating Tip: Go to BYU -- the sure-fire path to marriage!
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#2 Don't smell funny
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#3: don't talk about your dirty underwear.
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#4 Don't hang out on Internet message boards.
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Tage:
#1 Dating Tip: Go to BYU -- the sure-fire path to marriage!
Uh...two degrees here from the Y. Oh, wait. Just saw numbers 2-4....
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#5 Don't practice belching the alphabet. Or, if you must, at least get the letters in the right order.
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#6 Don't end your name in -en or -age.
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#1 Dating Tip: Go to BYU -- the sure-fire path to marriage!
I was at BYU for 4 years and didn't even get engaged, so I got a refund of all the tuition I paid.
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#1 Dating Tip: Go to BYU -- the sure-fire path to marriage!
I got married while I was at BYU but I discovered that for male BYU student to get married/engaged, they have to a take a weight lifting class while they are at BYU. At least, that was the case for me, all of the male students in my BYU weight lifting class (and most of the female students), and all the BYU grads that I knew in Wisconsin (at least the married ones).
I'm sure some BYU students get married without taking a weight lifting class but they are the lucky and naturally good-looking ones.
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Ah, see, there's my problem. I didn't know the weight-lifting class secret. And here I thought I'd do all my P.E. classes in something that was fun, like Irish dance--the only guy in which had a falsetto voice.
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I was at BYU for 4 years and didn't even get engaged, so I got a refund of all the tuition I paid.
Hey, I didn't get a refund! Where did you find the paperwork for that?
Also, the weightlifting thing doesn't always work. :'(
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#1 Dating Tip: Go to BYU -- the sure-fire path to marriage!
Perhaps this is the real reason why I haven't been able to finish my undergrad degree. Not because of my health, but because I haven't found a mate!! ;)
I've still got time to try the weight-lifting trick. I wonder if they teach that at the Salt Lake Center, along with my Spanish classes...
Although, moving to California has done wonders for my social life. We'll see how long it lasts--I've still got the novelty of being the new girl and all.
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Well, I don't know if that weight-lifting class thing works. I did indeed take the class and I was married by the time I graduated, but I took the class after I was married. Does that count? Maybe it was the fact that one day I would take that the class that made it work.
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I never took a weightlifting class and was engaged two weeks before my junior year.
The theory is flawed, I think.
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If the weight-lifting class doesn't work, there must be some intervening variable, see other dating tips.
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I figured this was the best place to put this, what with all the "how to get married at BYU" tips...
From an article on MSN dating statistics:
3. The best place for single people on the prowl is New York, where 50 percent of state residents are unmarried, and Washington, D.C., where a whopping 70 percent of the population is single. The worst places are Idaho, where 60 percent of people are married; and Utah, where 59 percent of people are married.
http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=5288&TrackingID=516311&BannerID=544657&menuid=6&Gt1=7569
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Well, see, that doesn't mean those are good places to actually have a relationship. That's a logical falacy. They should do a poll on how many people in New York and DC WANT to get into a relationship, or get married. That would be a more accurate measure of how great it is for people who want to date.
Then again, if you're just looking for one night stands, those stats look great. ;D :P
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I agree with Fish.
Also, New York and D.C. are not the most family-friendly places to live, particularly in the middle of the city. Utah and Idaho are great, family-friendly places that actually encourage people to get married. I can't say the same about D.C. or New York.
In addition, my experience has been that single peope tend to gravitate towards large cities because there is more to do in a large cities. Families, on the other hand, can be content to live in more suburban or rural conditions (why else would anyone live in Iowa).
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Well, see, that doesn't mean those are good places to actually have a relationship. That's a logical falacy. They should do a poll on how many people in New York and DC WANT to get into a relationship, or get married. That would be a more accurate measure of how great it is for people who want to date.
Then again, if you're just looking for one night stands, those stats look great. ;D :P
Agreed, I just thought the stats were kind of funny. Or rather, I think it was funny that I was even slightly surprised that Utah and Idaho have the hightest percentage of married population.
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I think one of the reasons so many people are married there is because they're good places to go to get married.
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Agreed, I just thought the stats were kind of funny. Or rather, I think it was funny that I was even slightly surprised that Utah and Idaho have the hightest percentage of married population.
Yes, they certainly are amusing. So it's *not* coincidence like I feel like everyone I know out here is married.
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Yes, they certainly are amusing. So it's *not* coincidence like I feel like everyone I know out here is married.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
Also, New York and D.C. are not the most family-friendly places to live, particularly in the middle of the city. Utah and Idaho are great, family-friendly places that actually encourage people to get married. I can't say the same about D.C. or New York.
I want to take issue with this. Inner city may not be a very good place, but the greater metropolitan area is VERY family friendly. AND there are many more family activities and locations in the area than I ever found in the whole of Utah.
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DC is a pit of vipers and petty yapping dogs.
:P
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And Entropy is a freak. What's your point?
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e wrote:
I want to take issue with this. Inner city may not be a very good place, but the greater metropolitan area is VERY family friendly. AND there are many more family activities and locations in the area than I ever found in the whole of Utah.
You probably did look hard enough in Utah. Also, I'll admit that there are lots of things to do in DC and there are also lots of drug deals, shady neighborhoods, shootings, gangs, failing schools, ect... These are just a few of the several reasons why my wife doesn't want to raise a family in the DC area, even though she grew up there.
Utah and Idaho are more family-friendly because there are fewer problems for families raising kids, not because there are more family activities and locatons in the area.
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Or perhaps I *did* look hard enough and Utah is just pretty damn boring (I kinda go with that one, because that's been my research).
All that crap is downtown. It's not particularly prevalent in the suburbs. Neither I, nor my family, nor anyone I can immediately think of have ever had any crime or violence problems in teh burbs here that wouldn't have happened just as frequently in Utah. In fact, it was in Utah that my checkbook was stolen.
The Schools are better in my county than just about anywhere in Utah. My kids have good friends, they do healthy things, and the most annoying thing to happen in my neighborhood is the neighbor who drives the noisy car to work in the morning. Seriously, there may be marginally more crime in my immediate area than in Utah county, but it's not significant nor does it counteract the gigantic gain in access to opportunities that you have here.
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Utah is idyllic, and I don't want to hear any more of your apostate crap.
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Hey, Utah Valley is overcrowded enough as it is. You should be glad that someone with a family is taking a small percentage of the population elsewhere
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oh, Utah's just fine. I get really tired, however, of Mormons who live in Utah telling me my region of origin is a horrible place
To be honest, I can identify the locations of more adult clubs and sex shops in Utah than I can in the entire DC region
edit: that is, they're all in SLC and Provo. Utah is a vast place, so in geographical terms, I can see how that might not appear a fair comparison, but I think that makes the geography about equal, and the population around here is, I believe, greater than the entire state of Utah.
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e wrote:
All that crap is downtown. It's not particularly prevalent in the suburbs. Neither I, nor my family, nor anyone I can immediately think of have ever had any crime or violence problems in teh burbs here that wouldn't have happened just as frequently in Utah.
My wife can tell about lots of crime that happen in the burbs while she was in high school. Yes, there are some nice pockets in the DC area (and you pay a lot to live in those pockets), but there are a lot of bad places i nthe DC area. Stats show that DC has a lot more crime in one week than the whole state of Utah has in a year.
e, I'm glad you found a nice little spot in the DC area. I hear many good things about Fairfax county and I don't mean to say that your region is horrible. I've been there enough time to know that it's not and would rather live their then a lot of other places. But get outside your county (particularly if you go over to the Maryland side of DC) and maybe you'll understand mine (and my wife's) concerns.
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Live where you want. My problem is you calling it "not family friendly." The business are less likely to rip you off, the sex industry is more hidden, and the hypocrisy rate lower. It is *easier* for me to live, and teach my children to live my religion here than it was in the supposed home of my religion.
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e wrote:
and there are also lots of drug deals, shady neighborhoods, shootings, gangs, failing schools, ect... These are just a few of the several reasons why my wife doesn't want to raise a family in the DC area, even though she grew up there.
Oh please. These things happen LOTS of places. It's not a reason not to live in a city just because it has some bad neighborhoods.
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DC has the worst crime rate in the US.
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DC has the worst crime rate in the US.
My mom let this little fact drop into conversation more than once when my bro and I decided to stop there for a few days on our way to Boston. *sigh* Anyway, I think I'd have a tough time deciding where to raise my kids, assuming I'd have a choice depending on where I and my future spouse could find work.
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I don't think I'll have a hard time deciding where to raise my kids. Wherever I am will be preferable.