Wed 30 Sep 2009 – 12.39
Remarks on dating and growing up, in New York City.
Scott and Rashan sit on a bench in Union Square and rap about meeting girls, dating, kissing (girls, not each other), moving in together, trying to get laid, and the inherent awkwardness throughout it all.
The BBC‘s Audio Ecology Project: Save Our Sounds (via CBC Spark #84)
Should I resume the Podcast? A ton of work.
Scott’s [mis]adventure with speed-dating
Don’t pee next to another guy
CP Time
Dating ratios in NYC: Stupid Articles
Whole Foods singles event
The wisdom of Keith and Chemda
Crate & Barrel
Marc Maron
Texts From Last Night
The Walk of Shame
George Carlin – Armpits, Asshole, Crotch, Teeth
Hitch, that movie
Jessica has been on the podcast
The science of a hug
No science to love
Much Ado About Nothing
Make Her Chase You: fucking crap
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Welcome to the Beehive
Pens that record audio
Do you NEED a degree?
Shop Girl
Follow twentyhood on Twitter
Scott on Twitter
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Wed 23 Sep 2009 – 11.04
Many twentysomethings will try their hand at online dating. Whether an alternative to the bar scene, or the result of a super-busy schedule, most of us have at least filled out a profile for an online dating site. But the site OKCupid.com has enlightened the Internet community by highlighting, through data analysis, what terms and trends lead to success in first-contact emails through their dating site.
What’s striking is how certain words and phrases are overwhelmingly repelling, while others seem to invite. Some of these results would seem counterintuitive, but hey, you can’t argue with statistics, right?
Have a look at the results over on OKTrends
The puzzling part of this all is to what degree we should try to socially engineer ourselves the chance at dating. Isn’t there more alchemy involved? More gut instincts and first impressions? Is it “fair” that only the most careful copywriters and persuasive debaters will land even a response?
I, for one, would be interested to see statistics relating to photography. Should we include a full-body photo? A bathing suit/shirtless photo? Colour of black-and-white for the main headshot? Professional studio shots? And how many is too many? Personally, I can testify that I get so fucking annoyed when a girl will place a photo of her dog, or the Eiffel Tower, in her online dating profile. Cmon, what are you trying to hide!
posted by Scott in relationships.
Mon 14 Sep 2009 – 14.11
Yesterday, my friend Rashan and I sat down and recorded nearly an hour-long chat which will quickly turn into an episode of twentyhood. I’m hoping to sit down and edit the show today, and post it shortly thereafter, so stay tuned, stay subscribed, and pay the fuck attention. Get ready for some shenanigans.
posted by Scott in podcasts.