On looking for love
‘I tried to concoct the perfect lonely-hearts ad for the personals,’ writes Neil Strauss in his bizarre but best-selling novel, ‘The Game‘. ‘After several failures, I succeeded. The secret, I learned, was to seem like a selfish prick in the ad, and then be a fascinating, laid-back gentleman on meeting.’
Inspired, Klong of Consciousness set about creating its own Thai-style dating experiment and placed the following three personal ads in the classifieds section of the Nation newspaper:
The Lovable Loser
Genuine nice guy with a big heart. Seeking friendly Thai female companion for sharing fun conversation and romantic dinners.
Total replies: 3
The Honest Guy
Hideous-looking, obese, smelly, ill-tempered, lazy, cowardly and a complete liar seeks total opposite.
Total replies: 5
The Cocky Bastard
Do you think you would you look good sitting in the passenger seat of my BMW? Looking for hot girls who know how to have fun and like to party at the best nightspots in BKK. Must look like a model but treat me like an ugly girl.
Total replies: 47
So there you have it. Admittedly some of the replies were piss-takes from people who have as much free time on their hands as me, but the overwhelming evidence seems to confirm that when it comes to personals, the key to success is to be a complete wanker.
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January 26th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Great experiment. I would love to hear what happens when you contact some of these women. Are the 3 who responded to NiceGuy really sweet and honest? Are the women looking for a CockyBastard truly ‘hot girls who know how to have fun’ and ‘look like a model’? Or are they all just as interesting as someone you would meet in a coffee shop?
January 27th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I think the clincher was those three little letters - BMW.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
haha.. I know, such a shame! Think I better start saving up my satangs so I can trade in my BTS smartcard for something a bit flashier.
February 15th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Hey Klong,
I do wonder if you’re in a self-selecting pool though. You would have to figure that the girls who would respond to any sort of personal ad in The Nation are already of a certain type. Be they Westernized, wanting to be Westernized, or in search of the kind of guy who makes enough to drive a BMW
Wonder what the response would be if the same ads ran in a Thai language only paper. Or if you ran the same ads in the Udon Thani Times.
Also, the Honest Guy one is really sort of a test of sense of humor more than anything else. What guy, no matter how freakin ugly, would describe himself in such a way? She has to know you’re not serious.
I am surprised that the Loveable Loser did so poorly. You gotta figure even a gold digger is going to fish around a bit to see if the big hearted guy has a big wallet to match
BB
March 9th, 2008 at 3:57 am
HAHA…
’nuff said