Dating Site Expells 5,000 Members After Holiday Weight Gain
- 2010/01/05 16:18:06
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In the age of digital dating where I could easily claim to be a midget transsexual living in Michigan's Upper Peninsula or a fit man of 50 living in Texas (sad truth: I'm a suburban housewife), I suppose the inevitable Ugly Date happens. I haven't had the experience, but can imagine meeting a guy whose profile picture showcased his washboard, Photo-shopped abs only to find out that the picture was taken from Google Images.
It's probably kind of discouraging after awhile. Expecting a winner, but getting an ugly. I don't know. I'm superficial, I guess, but not that superficial. Looks take a backseat in my book to brains and other traits, like kindness.
But it appears that not everyone is of my mind. Thanks to a dating website called Beautiful People (dot) com, you can put those days of showing up to a date expecting one thing and getting another behind you. No longer will you have to show up to a blind date to find an ugly person waiting for you.
But those on this site who have overindulged over the holidays may find themselves in a bit of a bind. The fate of the "chubbies" of the site (their term, not mine) was democratically voted on by other members of the community and over 5,000 members were let go based on pictures.
The site's founder, Robert Hintze, had some particularly delightful words about the whole situation, "Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded." The company was founded to be elitist and unfair because they wanted to make sure that their members dated people that they were attracted to.
The standard application process only accepts one in five applicants, so this isn't exactly business out of the ordinary for the site. The site manager Greg Hodge hopes that the members reapply when they've lost the pounds and were given some resources to encourage weight loss.
Certainly quite the PR move on their part. Hope that the members were let down with a slightly more graceful email than the statement calling them "chubbies." And it makes me wonder how many are going to lose the weight and go back onto the site.
Would you want to be a part of a dating site like this?
It's probably kind of discouraging after awhile. Expecting a winner, but getting an ugly. I don't know. I'm superficial, I guess, but not that superficial. Looks take a backseat in my book to brains and other traits, like kindness.
But it appears that not everyone is of my mind. Thanks to a dating website called Beautiful People (dot) com, you can put those days of showing up to a date expecting one thing and getting another behind you. No longer will you have to show up to a blind date to find an ugly person waiting for you.
But those on this site who have overindulged over the holidays may find themselves in a bit of a bind. The fate of the "chubbies" of the site (their term, not mine) was democratically voted on by other members of the community and over 5,000 members were let go based on pictures.
The site's founder, Robert Hintze, had some particularly delightful words about the whole situation, "Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded." The company was founded to be elitist and unfair because they wanted to make sure that their members dated people that they were attracted to.
The standard application process only accepts one in five applicants, so this isn't exactly business out of the ordinary for the site. The site manager Greg Hodge hopes that the members reapply when they've lost the pounds and were given some resources to encourage weight loss.
Certainly quite the PR move on their part. Hope that the members were let down with a slightly more graceful email than the statement calling them "chubbies." And it makes me wonder how many are going to lose the weight and go back onto the site.
Would you want to be a part of a dating site like this?
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It's their site, though. I just take issue with people calling members who've gained a few pounds (as I doubt they have gained more than fifteen) "fatties" or "chubbies."
hell no. I would never ever be a part of a dating site.. especially an insolent one like this.
This is a world, where the majority get the -ist words and the minority or historically offended group just has pride.
If you have a club formed for African Americans, it's all about pride. If a club for white people starts, it's racist. A Ladies' Social Group is "empowering", but a club for just men is sexist.
You know what I'm talking about?
I do have a sort of strange curiosity to submit my picture. But then again... I don't care about that sort of stuff.