NEWS: Ladies, Tired Of All Those Ambitious and Physically Upright Men?

CULTURE: Ladies, Tired Of All Those Ambitious and Physically Upright Men?

I listen to Indie 103.1 a lot, cause I'm a size 26, worn out corduroy-wearing, ironically afro-ed tool with a Pez collection, and over the last few weeks I've been subjected to about a thousand listens of something I assumed HAD to be an ad for a new sketch comedy show.

Two girls "girl-talking" about their desire to find what is apparently the holy grail of dating... A GUY WHO SMOKES POT.

A partial transcript, from memory:

Sidebar - I understand the urge to overuse a newly minted slang-verb is all consuming... but, spread it out a bit. After all, it only takes one time too many to ruin it for all the other 420-ers.

I'm stunned. Not a sketch, not a joke. A dating site for potheads. This was a product created to alleviate the huge problem that is, simply... the fact that not enough guys are sitting around getting high and those that are, are IMPOSSIBLE to find. A group at the top of a list, which, presumably, contains the equally sought after categories: unemployed men, commitment-phobes and dudes under 4'11".

Isn't the best way to market this the reverse approach? Guys looking for 420-ing (sorry, turns out it's fun to type) ladies?

Beyond that, is this honestly the quality in another person you'd like to single out as "what you're looking for"? I love to drink but I'd be pretty wary of a fuckin' "whiskybuddy.com," site.

Here are a few of the moments where I'd have assumed the people involved with this project would realize it's not a great idea. The moment they thought of the idea. The moment after that. The hour. The moment they told someone else. The moment before that person went to open their mouth to respond. Any time during the next hour. The moment before securing the domain name. The moment before it went live. Any sober moment.

There's also a resident "sexpert" on the site dubbed MaryFourTwenty who's there to answer all your sex and relationship questions. I propose we abandon the over-used "sexpert" in favor of "forni-caterer."

"A-fuckcionado"?

Your pick.

Shortly after the completion of this article, a sheepish, not-proud TheCoolerKing checked to see if whiskybuddy.com actually existed.

Among the newest members:

Smokewiieveryday. Her quote: Abba Zaba, you my only friend.


I can believe she'd have a hard time mustering up the brain cells needed to find a young, male pot smoker.

gee, and the only time i ever (tried) to give a guy a hand-job and it didn't work was because he was high on "pot". irony, sweet and tasty....

This is bad, I know, but I saw the title and honestly though Bitch_PHD has posted another story.

I need to calm down and smoke some pot.

-TM

I thought the same thing....

Let's go smoke pot and talk feminism.

-TM

On topic, it's still better than EHarmony.

-TM

Ditto on all counts.

Yet again humanity can give you a nutshot with it's ability to do something completely pointless and absurd. How many of us know of a couple that broke up because of his pot habit?

I wonder if my ex will sign up for that site?

It's good to know that some people still keep their standards high. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

that'd make me, hmmm, plus three? oh, and I am probably a disgrace to my gender now that I don't align myself with her feminazi ideals- see post "Why Gender Matters" and I think her best pal bean is of the same sentiment

420-ing as a slang-verb has been used where I live for like ever...but then again, I live in Humboldt Co. so...nm...don't listen to me...I'm high.

I'd hit it.

-TM

The ad is obviously aimed at guys. They have to give the impression that girls are actually gonna use the site. Also advertisers make shit dumb as possible so people talk it it up. SUCKEEEEEEEEER.

yep

I listen to indie alot too, they must play music during that commercial in streaming.

I'm glad that other people are beginning to realize that in the English language, many nouns can be turned into verbs simply by adding -ing. It's really a lot of fun.

That potpartner site makes you select your country from a list of every country in the world. They must really be expecting a lot of people.

I'd vote for you, in spite of the fact that you are a woman, and not a 23 year-old white male from Redding, California. You could probably never empathize with my situation, and because of that you'd probably never have my best interests in mind, but I'm willing to look past that for the good of the country.

Fair enough. But, it seems to me that most pot-smoking guys would already be totally into joining the site, upon hearing the name. Women, however, would need to be targeted and marketed to... preferably with something other than an unrelatable skit...

And trust me, NO GUY would be fooled by this ad...

Hahaha, wow. That is kind of amazing...

Some profile highlights:

"ok...uuummm... lets see i like no let me rephrase that i love to smoke weed...i cant stand the smell of tabacco... and i like to chill and "relax" after a long day at work....."

"I don't do drugs, though. Just weed."

"i hate typin what can i say im a lazy person. its all good though. lol. if u want to know anything bout jus ask."

"i like to get high. i like people who like to do the same shit."

"i love to smoke...each and everyday i toke...and now i'm looking for a bro who smoke's the firest dro!"

"Hot Pot Head!!"

no. this is the PERFECT way to market.
it makes those "undesirables" think that someone is actually looking for THEM.

so what do they do, they sign up for the site, because they think it's FULL of women who want men like them.

Stoner boy I was seeing for a while, he told me he smoked too much pot to form a connection with me.

My sister is probably stoked.