Craigslist Experiment 4.0 - Geek Boy Edition - Part 2
Here’s our next batch of emails to our eligible bachelor:
Bachelorette #6
hey, saw your ad and decided to message you. I could send you a couple of pics. if you write back and tell u a bit more about myself.
She’s the cautious type… can be a good or bad thing….
Bachelorette #7
so would you please tell me more about yourself?
like basic stuff like name and all and i will reply with the same.
thanks…
k–
It’s the Cautious Girl period, apparently!
Bachelor(ette?) #8
hey, are you really looking for a girlfriend or friends will be all ok?
The name attached to the email is “cliffer”…. either it’s a gay guy or just a really lonely straight guy. Either way, it is sad.
Bachelorette #9
Ive never really done this Craigslist thing before, but i was just interested in seeing what Id come across. My name is E—– but everyone calls me E—-, 22 years old, Been in the — area (—– to be exact) for about 12 years…..But Im definatly NOT one of these —- snobs. Im a nice Northerner from —-. Dont have much of an accent though. I work part time at —- (been with the company for 4 and a half years), and I will be finishing up school at —-tech for graphic design here in a little bit. I just finished the semester and have 2 weeks vacation from school. So I do have alot of down time. (3 days off from work a week) Im always looking for someone to hang out with. It gets lonely when all your friends have conflicting schedules.
This is going to sound so cliche and stupid, but my OLD OLD laptop finally died on me…I just ordered a new one from HP thats being built right now was we speak, Its going to be a beast! . so Im using my mothers laptop. I do have a myspace link if you would like to see my photo and read some more about me. And I promise you its me. I might not be all that and a bag of chips. But I think im a pretty decent person 
She’s kinda funny in a weird way. I am suspicious of the “I’ve never done this before” paired with the knowledge of the cliche of not having a picture to send… hmmm….
Bachelorette #10
(links removed)All 22 year old girls apparently have myspaces full of pictures of themselves drinking and making kissy faces at the camera and looking like retarded fish. I weep for the future. *giggle*
…that’s all, folks! It took him 3 days to get to 10 emails. Believe it.
e is currently recovering from her European adventure. She’ll resume her regular blogging schedule soon and you’ll finally get a break from all this craigslist insanity!
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Seems to be fewer gay guys than you initially predicted, eh e?
That’s right, folks, the picture in this particular ad was provided by me. It isn’t me, but is an old friend of mine, who is currently pursuing an acting career. The pic was stolen off imdb. (Though I think his other pic, with a wider shot and a goofy smile, represents him a bit better.)
e’s initial prediction was an onslaught of gay males responding.
I think he would be happy with the results, if he knew we used his picture.
As for the smaller size of the list, I think men are just much more likely to assume that the person they’re looking at will obviously want to go out with them, while women are generally more self-defeating. Not a dig at women. Us men just all tend to think we’re better than we are, while society teaches women to think they’re worse.
Also, it seems like there is a greater volume of young men looking at these sites than young women. This is possibly for similar reasons to the above.
Just my thoughts.
Well, the lack of gay responses may have been that “any girl” line. If a gender hadn’t been stated, there probably would have been more.
I am shocked,really! Every guy I know personally who has posted an ad on craigslist has gotten at least one response from a gay guy hoping to turn him…
Maybe he’s just not as attractive to gay men as you had hoped.
What? Lies! He’s totally hot.
I have to say, I’m not horribly surprised that gay men wander to the Men Seeking Women section of Craigslist–The Men Seeking Men section is downright horrifying.