Comments on: The World’s First Computer Matchmaking Service http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510811 Alannah Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:54:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510811 I had thought that people were being ironic when they spoke like that, all 70's. I had no idea that was really the way people spoke. I thought cocaine didn't become popular until the 80's. I had thought that people were being ironic when they spoke like that, all 70’s. I had no idea that was really the way people spoke. I thought cocaine didn’t become popular until the 80’s.

]]> By: DCer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510509 DCer Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:47:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510509 The Computer Dating Services were the punchlines of countless, literally countless, jokes on game shows and Laugh-In and Mad Magazine in the early 1970s. I remember watching something on TV about the Computer Dating Service where they talked about it starting in 1966. In junior high school, which for me was around 1979, we had a computer dating service fundraiser that had really dumb questions like, what kind of movies do you like or what kind of music do you like. And many people literally had no match (for instance, girls who liked heavy metal and slasher movies were in short supply at age 12). But people who liked "rock" and "comedies" were not, nor were they specific enough to matter. The Computer Dating Services were the punchlines of countless, literally countless, jokes on game shows and Laugh-In and Mad Magazine in the early 1970s. I remember watching something on TV about the Computer Dating Service where they talked about it starting in 1966.

In junior high school, which for me was around 1979, we had a computer dating service fundraiser that had really dumb questions like, what kind of movies do you like or what kind of music do you like. And many people literally had no match (for instance, girls who liked heavy metal and slasher movies were in short supply at age 12). But people who liked “rock” and “comedies” were not, nor were they specific enough to matter.

]]> By: Alecks http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510460 Alecks Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:57:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510460 Does anyone remember the part in Harold and Maude where Harold scares off all the girls from the dating service that his mom enters him in? Does anyone remember the part in Harold and Maude where Harold scares off all the girls from the dating service that his mom enters him in?

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510388 CheeseDuck Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:40:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510388 So did it actually work? So did it actually work?

]]> By: Lostfiniel http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510329 Lostfiniel Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:44:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/12/the-worlds-first-computer-matchmaking-service/#comment-510329 Even before computers people would meet each other for dates without ever seeing each other. The lonely hearts column in news papers would advertise people looking for a mate, etc... The people who are so concerned about dating sites don't have a full understand of the history of dating. Even before computers people would meet each other for dates without ever seeing each other. The lonely hearts column in news papers would advertise people looking for a mate, etc…

The people who are so concerned about dating sites don’t have a full understand of the history of dating.

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