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Tuesday, October 14, 2003
 
And then there's this article from the ever-intriguing MSN "Dating & Personals" Section, which hotmail is always throwing in my face: "Gentlemen prefer... brains?" Unfortunately, the article doesn't mention zombies even once. It's "about" how "guys" prefer "smart" girls to "pretty" girls. This dubiously pat conclusion was reached through a highly scientific experiment where they asked e-dating men whether they would prefer beauty or brains in the "perfect long-term partner."
     Wha? How exactly is that kind of "poll" conducted? Maybe they showed them two jars -- one containing a boob and one containing a brain -- and they were like "pick one of these jars to weigh down your stack of pornos," and then hit the men in the nuts with a hammer until they made a choice?
     Are men who use online dating services really America's best source for generalized info about male behavior? How 'bout we interview America's comic-book store clerks and ask them if they prefer women with psychic powers or women who can fly?
     Fake-ass binary methodology aside, and ignoring the fact that it's all stupid fucktardation, I'm just not sure at whom this article is targeted. Who is suprised by the "results," and who is supposed to be heartened by it? Let's examine the possibilities:
Smart, Pretty girls (SP), if they're smart and pretty enough, are not reading dating columns -- they're reading Universal Donor. Maybe this article is meant to discourage SPs from hiding their brains. Of course, the best way to do this is to saw off the top of their skulls.
Smart, Ugly girls (SU) are probably the main target of the article, and are going to be frustrated by the trite and condescending oversimplification of the act of attraction. Then they will look in the mirror, mumbling their SAT scores out loud while making the sultriest faces they can muster. Then they will read books in which muscular hunks rape (and eventually fall in love with) smart ugly women.
Dumb, Pretty girls (DP) don't need dating services, and probably can't use the internet because they can't see through the film of semen coating their eyeballs.
Dumb, Ugly girls (DU) can only feel terrible when they read the article (just as they feel terrible when they read women's magazines, or watch TV, or when they step outside the house), because in MSN's view they have nothing to offer the world. Take heart, DUs! You are not useless! Our cities need crack whores, and our meat processing plants need people who can sort hog knuckles! And please don't forget that even though you are repulsive to every living thing, Jesus still loves you. Yay Jesus! He'll fuck anybody, once they get to heaven! Pray hard! Yay! Yay! Yay!

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