The Truth About Internet Dating

1. bean
   June 4th, 2008 at 10:10 am

   It would have been just as accurate for him to show up at her door and discover she's a dude, morbidly obese, thirty years older than him, or completely psychotic. Or all of the above.

2. shadowfirebird
   June 4th, 2008 at 10:22 am

   I don't see why internet dating would be any worse than dating via snailmail, for example -- which people did before the internet arrived.

   Not that either is necessarily a good idea, you understand; it's just that, whether it's a good idea or not, it's not a new one.

3. Miss Cellania
   June 4th, 2008 at 10:52 am

   Yes, I guess this could have been called "The Truth About Dating."

4. Ali S.
   June 4th, 2008 at 11:00 am

   @ bean

   I couldn't help but agree!

5. POK
   June 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am

   I dont get it.

6. pinguino
   June 4th, 2008 at 11:52 am

   xkcd.com is the comic that is from
   very cute sweet comics about geeks, tech, and love

7. ABOMIBOT
   June 4th, 2008 at 11:58 am

   My partner and I just celebrated our 10th anniversary in May 2008 and we as much or more in love than we were at the turn of the century.

   We met online.

   Don't give up; don't stop looking; don't settle!

8. stacyj
   June 4th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

   Aww, that got to me, too. Sad and sweet. It would be nice if more of the people who felt like that could get together themselves ...

9. kid_icarus
   June 4th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

   that made me sad....

10. Isabelle
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    I met my husband online in 2001. At this time everybody thought I was crazy. We didn't look for someone, he wanted to learn French (I'm French) and I needed to learn English (he is American). After lot of exchanges we were in love and decided to meet (9 month later). We got married 4 years later. We are now married for 3 years. I think time is the key word and I think the right person can be found anywhere, just don't try to look too hard. It'll come when it'll come, whatever the way is.

11. bean
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Isabelle -

    Your written English is very natural after only seven years. I'm impressed.

12. Sheldon
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    That is so funny, but I agree, it could just be the normal truth about dating.

13. jimmyhoffascorpse
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    this is all too painfully familiar....

14. Chojiro
    June 4th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    pinguino, please don't pull credits out of your ass.

    I've seen this comic before though. Whenever somone starts an "Intentionally depressing" thread on 4chan, it's been a prerequisite to post that image ever since it showed up about six months ago. No idea where it came from though, considering the entire board is anonymous.

15. kdub
    June 4th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Yeah, that doesn't look at all like the xkcd style. That last drawing was heartbreaking. Damn /b/tards.

16. DOJ
    June 4th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    love the eyes in the last frame, they convey so much

17. NoneNoneNone
    June 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    just fyi, it is definitely not xkcd, but surely it was drawn by a fan of xkcd.

18. Carl
    June 4th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    It may not have anything at all to do with xkcd. It's certainly not BY Randall Munroe, that's for sure, as someone else said. I saw a great set of "comic" drawn "life experience" images that came from 4chan of all places.

19. Miss Curly
    June 4th, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I watched my best friend go through several "dates" online. One time she was so heart broken over someone she had never met in person! I questioned her sanity. I mean, come on, it's just a box, right? Then she met someone who was actually decent and married him after five years of being together.

20. ted
    June 4th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Kinda dopey, really.

    I would thought he'd be dreaming about Internet porn.

21. stormie24
    June 4th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    haahha! I loved the kissing pic...but sad. very sad.

22. Lo
    June 4th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    God, that's true. If you have means that you can get together often or relocate? Awesome. But having been through a very long term relationship where neither of us could, it just hurt so much.

23. LL
    June 5th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    Wha........ huh?

    I don't understand.

    It's all for sex, so what's the big deal? I do it all the time.

24. Lindsay
    June 5th, 2008 at 1:41 am

    Oh, I don't know... They had a couple meet on the Battlestar Galactica forums and end up getting married. One of the behind-the-scenes videos on the dvds talked about how BSG brought them together online.

    Yes, yes, I am a geek, and I do watch BSG, even the dvd extras.... so, anyone want a date?

25. Doug
    June 5th, 2008 at 7:59 am

    Bah! This comic is silly! I've known several couples who've met online. My previous relationship of two years was with someone I met online. My current relationship is with someone I met online. A friend moved from New York to Ohio to be with someone she met online, and they've been together for five years now. My roomate met his totally awesome girlfriend online over a year ago.

    This comic is silly.

26. Joe
    June 5th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    I met a girl online in 2001. Our three-year wedding anniversary is Wednesday.

    It's a lovely comic, but not as true as it once might have been.

27. MoonCake
    June 6th, 2008 at 6:26 am

    my best friend met her husband online. they've been together for about 4-5 years and they're expecting their second kid thi month.

    my dad apparently dates online all the time! the first time he told me that i laughed soo hard.. and he's had lots of success too! go dad go!

28. tomtheman5
    June 9th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    This is definitely what it felt like during 'the hunt'... but then you find a relationship that actually works, and it changes entirely!

    Met my man 5 years ago online )

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