Remember when this happened in My So-Called Life?

December 9, 2004 11:03 PM

We will flirt for you for free! Virtual Wingman will write a funny email to the hot girl or guy you just met and will try to sweep them off their feet for you. Or apologize to your date for being a boor. Just fill out a form. Also, totally free.
posted by onlyconnect (11 comments total)

of course, it won't help at all if they've given you their paper napkin address.
posted by scrim at 11:28 PM on December 9, 2004

YAEHS
yet another email harvesting scheme
posted by quonsar at 11:29 PM on December 9, 2004

Hmmm. Good point. But note their unsubscribe policy: "[Clicking unsubscribe] will remove the user from ALL Arriviste Press mailings. And don't come whining back to us like some psycho ex-girlfriend either. Once you've unsubscribed you're dead to us. So beat it."
posted by onlyconnect at 11:37 PM on December 9, 2004

If only all spammers felt that way...
posted by dowingba at 12:09 AM on December 10, 2004

YAHHS
yet another hottie harvesting scheme

NAXT
not that there's anything wrong with that
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:34 AM on December 10, 2004

Combine this with Imaginary Girlfriend and I won't have to put any work into my relationships at all!
posted by ticopelp at 1:07 AM on December 10, 2004

Isn't there something fundamentally wrong in having other people misrepresent you to a potential partner? It's certainly possible to be deceptive without the aid of the internet, but it's just a little disturbing to me that so many services like this are getting started.

I mean, last time I checked, dating was a way to get to know someone so you could decide if they were a good match for you. And making yourself seem different than you are, eg by having someone else write love letters, witty notes or lie about you, seems like an excellent way to set a relationship up for failure. Hopefully, though, you can sustain the lies to the point where you're married and have kids so that you can get divorced and leave a broken family and bitter spouse in your wake.

But hey, you got a few years of poontang from that hot chick, so who gives a shit, right? Maybe if the person you're pursuing doesn't find you flattering, humorous or attractive, you should look for someone else?
posted by nTeleKy at 9:03 AM on December 10, 2004

Read. Listen. Devolve.

Lovely little way to harvest the personal info of desperate, gullible single males. I love the "well, even if you don't want to use the service, how'd you like to hand over your info anyway?" link at the bottom.
posted by FormlessOne at 2:27 PM on December 10, 2004

Man, I seriously hope this is satire...
posted by FormlessOne at 2:28 PM on December 10, 2004

I also remember when this happened in Cyrano De Bergerac (and Roxanne for that matter) ...
posted by feelinglistless at 3:40 PM on December 11, 2004

People are lazy wimps. Discuss.
posted by Kleptophoria! at 1:50 PM on December 12, 2004