The 8 Best Reactions To Gizmodo’s Mean OkCupid Article

Gizmodo writer Alyssa Bereznak went on an OkCupid date with a man named Jon Finkel.

The Original Article:

A sample is below. To read the whole thing go here.

Just like you’re obligated to mention you’re divorced or have a kid in your online profile, shouldn’t someone also be required to disclose any indisputably geeky world championship titles? But maybe it was a long time ago? We met for round two later that week.

At dinner I got straight down to it. Did he still play? “Yes.” Strike one. How often? “I’m preparing for a tournament this weekend.” Strike two. Who did he hang out with? “I’ve met all my best friends through Magic.” Strike three. I smiled and nodded and listened. Eventually I even felt a little bit bad that I didn’t know shit about the game. Here was a guy who had dedicated a good chunk of his life to mastering Magic, on a date with a girl who can barely play Solitaire. This is what happens, I thought, when you leave things out of your online profile.

I later found out that Jon infiltrated his way into OKCupid dates with at least two other people I sort of know, including one of my co-workers. Mothers, warn your daughters! This could happen to you. You’ll think you’ve found a normal bearded guy with a job, only to end up sharing goat cheese with a guy who takes you to a one-man show based on Jeffrey Dahmer’s life story.

Maybe I’m an OKCupid asshole for calling it that way. Maybe I’m shallow for not being able to see past Jon’s world title. I’ll own that. But there’s a larger point here: that judging people on shallow stuff is human nature; one person’s Magic is another person’s fingernail biting, or sports obsession, or verbal tic. No online dating profile in the world is comprehensive enough to highlight every person’s peccadillo, or anticipate the inane biases that each of us lugs around. There’s no snapshot in the world that can account for our snap judgments.

So what did I learn? Google the shit out of your next online date. Like, hardcore.

Source: gizmodo.com

1. A Record Setting Ask Me Anything Thread On Reddit

The thread was one of the fastest rising in the history of reddit.

2. This Edit To Jon Finkel’s Wikipedia Page

It’s of course been removed. But it shows where people’s heads are at. I have to admit, I’m actually starting to feel bad for Ms. Bereznak. But the article she wrote was unnecessarily cruel.

3. Twitter Hashtag: #SignsYouMayBeDatingAGizmodoWriter

Gizmodo was actually a good sport and did a post about these on their site.

4. Alyssa Bereznak Became Her Own Meme

A photo of the offending writer got the meme treatment, currently with 89 variations on quickmeme.

5. She Also Became Other Memes (Like Scumbag Alyssa Bereznak)

Scumbag Steve gets repurposed with a picture of the offending writer.

Source: reddit.com

6. And As Is Typical Other Memes Had Things To Say About Her

Well her and pretty much every other meme.

7. Nerdpuddle’s Awesome Parody Of The Article

A sample below. The whole thing here.

Earlier this morning I came home drunk AGAIN and made an OK Cupid profile because I’d overheard some people at the bar I live at frequent discussing something called the internet. They were obviously nerds so I punched them in the butt, drank my lemon drop shot and stumbled out the door thinking to myself, “I miss High School”.

The first few million thousand responses I got after logging onto OK Cupid were soooo depressing. “I can’t spell – want to make fun of me?” “You are obvs way too good to be doing this” and “OMG PRETTY PRINCESS OMG YOU ARE ONE!!!!1111 HOW DID YOU GET THAT WAY TALK MORE PLEASE” I mean, ha! I know all those things, duh. But then one caught my eye, “Hi, I am normal. I might not talk about your panties”. So he wasn’t perfect but obviously I was pretty excited.

Source: nerdpuddle.com

8. Gizmodo Australia’s Vicious Response

Gizmodo’s foreign site had some choice words for Ms. Bereznak.