:) There was an article in the AJC about Internet Infamy. The guy mentioned in the article received a 'wink' on Match from a Lady. When he cyber-opened his mouth, she decided that maybe they weren't a match and responded with the standard "No, thanks, we're probably not a match" option. Well, it apparently stuck in Match Guy's craw, and he sent a nasty note in reply. The lady in question sent his reply on to friends (apparently), and his nastiness has now circled the cyber-globe, and made him an object of ridicule on Gawker.com, some other blogs, local radio, etc. LOL! The whole thing is hysterical, especially the part where he tries to come across sounding like the aggrieved party.

NO Fat Chicks!!!

I'm an Ivy League Personal Trainer, Model, Businessman, Hot, Jezebel Centerfold and don't you forget it!

Hoo boy!

BWAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the comments on there are WAY too funny!

Hard to believe that people like this really do exist. I don't think I'd date him even after a nuclear holocaust if we were charged with repopulating the earth.

That man sounds like a top drawer pillock , wonder if he ever gets a date again?

More like the Atlanta dating morass than dating pool.

Hmmmm, I think he's better off dating himself. Plus, I think he has a hard time living up to his own expectations. No one will ever be good enough in his eyes because he is never good enough. Hence, all the b.s. about IvyLeague schools, businessman, model, etc.

pink-shirted yuppie scum with too much money and a sense of entitlement. I can't believe I clicked through that, but I suspect he'll find the love of his shallow life in a trading floor men's room somewhere.

Thomas, I was just thinking the same thing. The whole thing sounds more like a put-off to women than a come-on. Build up a he-man reputation, possibly to mask a totally different reality behind the scenes.

I once dated a man who had this story: He said he had been engaged three times and each time his fiancée was killed in a horrible accident. Of course no woman would want to pursue a relationship with him and my guess is that was his precise desire.

If he is so perfect and delectible in every way, then why does he need to use a dating service?

It seems to me that a hunk of beefcake as spectacular as he should have a throng of women beating his door down begging for a date with him... oh wait, maybe they were all fat/out of shape/hiding something, so he had to turn them down, lol!!

YUCK !!!

Well I can tell you that Atlanta chicks are not the only ones dealing with jacka$$es like this guy - his type is well-represented in NYC too, unfortunately. Often guys like this are coke addicts too. Charming!

I found it particularly disturbing that he felt that this woman, who was a stranger to him, OWED him something because she "winked" at him. What would he imagine a woman owed him after he paid for dinner? Sounds like a date-rapist to me!

Was his name George Costanza???

Anyway, I just picked up and re-read Freakonomics, which is an incredibly worthwhile book - a quick read, entertaining, and more informative than you'd expect. One of the jokes behind it is that we all seem to think we're above average. Like, 75% of people in an on-line dating service consider themselves above-average. Another 20% (paraphrasing here, since I do not have the book at hand) are average, which then leaves 5% who consider themselves below average. That doesn't quite obey the very definition of average, but this is on-line dating so what's a fib here and there...

Anyway, there was another rant from Craig's list about a woman who is 'stunningly gorgeous' and looking for a gent who makes at least $500K a year. She seemed to top out at mates making $250K and feel she could do better, so she was asking for hints on where the big earners hang out. I'll try to dredge that one up...

People who don't post current photos of themselves are asking for rejection. Both sexes seem to be equally guilty of this. My aunt, who is in her seventies and very active, was looking for someone to go with her on bike rides and long hikes, as her ex was a couch potato. She talked to the one man who responded to her profile, they had a lovely chat, and agreed to meet. Turns out he was in a wheelchair! And not because he'd been climbing Mt. Everest.

I think I read a story where a lady jumped into the on-line dating pool and selected a tough-guy harley rider for a blind date. Turned out he drove a Taurus, and that was the most exciting thing about him. Caveat emptor!

What a L O S E R and a J @ C K @ $ $. What a very delicate ego he has. He must've been bullied or taunted when he was a kid growing up to have such an ego right now.

One quick post script. I was browsing his web page and view his "fitness" photos, I've seen better - way better. He's amateurish, a wannabe.

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks he's a bonafide jackass. ;) I understand 'standards', but a lot of the men in Atlanta are looking for perfection. It's a rather scary singles scene. I have way more fun when I travel out West.

Here's the Craig's list gold digger. I love the reply.
http://www.snopes.com/love/dating/golddigger.asp

UGH!!!

- Yes. I was thinking Atlanta dating CESSpool. Yikes!

Er--no, it wasn't. Did George do this? Please tell.


Mariana posted the Snopes link. I remember this subject. We had a thread on it here where it was posted in toto and I had to delete it. Then Craig's list deleted it and we lost it. I was sorry because it was very interesting.

The behavior that you can encounter on those dating sites is really wild. I did it several years ago and I remember one guy in particular that didn't strike my fancy. I was new to the gig, and I'm a pretty bad liar so I wrestled with whether I should respond politely that I'm not interested, or just let him get that hint pretty clearly from a lack of response. While I was deciding he apparently became quite anxious and aggitated, because he sent me a second message along the lines of, "Oh, so you think you're just too good for me, huh? B*itches like you......yada yada....." It was kind of a spooky start to the online dating experience to say the least. We all have issues but...well....

heh heh ............Have I mentioned how I feel about the online dating thang?...........Please! At least this guy doesn't mask what he really is! DEAR GOD SAVE ME! What a jerk.


There are no victims............only volunteers.

~ROTFLMAO~

I think I've seen more than a few of those type ads since moving to the big ATL. ATL is very much like Los Angeles. Here's John Fitzgerald's page:

http://gawker.com/news/douchebags/nightmar...orld-309684.php

What does he drive, I wonder. A Jag or a BMW? I hate to say it but straight guys looking for women usually don't sound so pissy. I am soooo glad I am happily married for a long time! It's scary what's out in the dating pool now.

HA! You have no idea. I don't even go there.

If I should ever find myself single, again...I'll be quite content to spend my remaining time on this planet with dogs and cats. :-/

NO, I posted it, I remember there was some difficulty with a link, but George fixed it.

LOL! Another George, my husband.

It was (iirc) a running joke on Seinfeld, where George Costanza would find himself engaged to the love of his life, and then shortly thereafter backing out. Well, if he were a proper man, he would back out, but instead he found himself wishing his fiancee a quick death so he would be free without all the unpleasantness.

Didn't she die from licking the invitation envelopes for their wedding? I think it was glue poisoning.

I'm going to defend the meathead. I am, really!

Ok, he's a dork, and he's full of himself -- kind of an all-around jerk -- and he wrote an ill-advised, nasty-gram. All bad.

But did you read his post on his home page? He had some worthwhile thoughts, if anyone would bother to read them. The guy is being hounded mercilessly via email and telephone, receiving threats, etc., because he sent a bad email to the wrong person. He's being villified by literally millions of people essentially for being socially inept.

Seems unfair, out of proportion, and kind of cruel when you look at it that way. He's just a shmuck. Leave him alone.

Actually, I will gently defend the public reaction. In short, with all he claims to have going for him - job, school, looks, etc. - he shouldn't lash out like that to someone who in all probability is not as lucky as he is.

It's that he got terribly offended that the woman wasn't interested in him. He had this illusion of himself as a great catch and any woman would be a fool not to go after him. Believe me, I've dealt that kind of ego during my single days and it was not pleasant, it was downright frightening.

Maybe there is a flip side to his angry rant. Maybe he got tired of the "not interested" responses from other single ladies and he just flipped.

Still, he is a jerk.

For some reason, he made a point of mentioning that when he was in high school, he weighed 140 pounds...




Yup, that was it, lol!

You know, I did not read his bio until AFTER my post. I pretty much hit the nail on his personality.

George Costanza, a classic scene.

That was sort of the gist of the AJC article. The reality of what people can do to your real life via the internet is rather startling. I can't find a link to it, it may have only been in print. I wonder how his real name got out there. Otherwise he would've been just another nameless jerk on the internet. As it is, it is fitting that he's been busted in the Atlanta Singles Scene, since frankly, no decent woman ought to be subjected to his nasty attitude. But yeah, harrassing emails and phone calls are a bit extreme.

Thanks, Thomas and scentual for the background on George Costanza.


Hi, smelka. I do remember you posted the original thread. What I meant was Mariana posted the reference here up above in this thread. I had to put the link in your thread instead of the full post, then they pulled the link at the source. That was too bad and I never could figure out why they pulled it. Maybe the lady complained? I didn't see anything wrong with it.

While reading this, I was reminded of an incident that happened several years ago involving the youngest child of my late boyfriend of many years. The older two children were pleasant enough in appearance, but the youngest, a male, was jaw-droppingly handsome and had turned heads all his life. Females had always pursued him. Lots of them. While at college, he posted a more age appropriate, but similarly inflated profile of himself on some sort of college dating board because, like most egocentric people, there's never enough of anything. He wanted more and better females. Why? Because. Anyway, there was also a backlash at some of his more snarky comments about "women" who didn't pass muster. And he never "got" it. The same women who had previously fallen all over him were now making fun of him and he never figured out why. (Or if he did, I never heard about it.)

I bet this guy doesn't "get" it either. And he has the misfortune of this misadventure being far more widely circulated. Ego and immaturity are a deadly combo.

Sounds like he wants to complete his package of good looks. You know, a gorgeous looking guy looking for gorgeous woman. Like a Ken and Barbie set. You know what happened to Barbie, she left Kent, kept the townhouse and car and settled with a nice and humble guy.

I have a few free minutes today, so I decided to try and google up the AJC article. I found it, and this one from Creative Loafing. I've read the first 20 or so replies on CL, and thought it was interesting. I suspect his name got matched up to this because he's been such a horses butt to so many women. I bet it wasn't the Lady's intention to defame or smear him, she probably thought it was funny when she forwarded his email on to friends to 'enjoy'. Guessing she didn't know it would go viral. LOL. Anyway, here are the CL and AJC links.

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf...-page-responds/

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/s...oogle_1105.html

Very interesting, Mariana. He sounds quite intelligent in his letter. The irony is he claims that despite the negative publicity and being stalked and threatened, the incident has benefited him as he has received all kinds of job and media offers as a result. If he ever wanted to sue for damages, he would have a hard time proving them if this propels him into some of his career dreams.

"...he has received all kinds of job and media offers as a result..." I smell bool-sheet. I really doubt he's rec'd such offers and if he had rec'd any offers I doubt they were genuine. This sounds like more of his "I'm better than you and let me tell you why" nonsense.

As for a lawsuit, they'd have to prove that the woman sought deliberately to do widespread damage to his reputation, and how could that be proved? Plus he doesn't deny writing what he wrote, and forwarding a message to a couple of people is hardly illegal. As Mariana said, she had no way of knowing how this would spread.

I don't understand why the woman bothered to wink at him in the first place if she didn't like his profile. Let sleeping dogs lie.

I think she liked his initial profile--it's the ego-driven email he sent in response to the wink that made her think otherwise. I would have walked away, too.

Ellen, your points are well taken; however, this is something I question. Most people know by now that anything you post on the Internet or even send in emails can end up anywhere.