Oh, the same old thing. They don't find me attractive. It's the way it goes.

This month in OKC messages I've sent that have gotten no responses:

Haha, thanks. I have sent out simpler messages (admittedly when I can't think of anything funny to say), but I try to always make the messages tailored to the individual and ask a question about something in her profile. But, yeah, not much luck.

Thanks!

You actually hit on something I've been thinking lately: that my profile might be a bit too schticky. I've been working on pruning it down to make it briefer (I'm verbose), and I kind of ended up with a high ratio of humor to sincerity. Though I tend to think that most of my profile humor is actually based in…

I get that. I've thought about that, too, but I keep coming out with the conclusion that trying something funny is the only way I'm going to stick out from the crowd.

I guess you're the type of person I keep holding out for XD

That image repeats in my mind as well. It'd be even better if it was a comically large steak knife.

I would do any and all of the things you mention if any of them responded :/

This week in OKC messages I've sent that have gotten no responses:

I was messing around with my OKCupid profile and reflecting on my lack of success*, and it occurred to me that I don't think I've ever been flirted with. In real life, I mean. Ever. Weird realization.

I guess I associate OKC with a younger-skewing group of people. Whether or not that is true I don't know. Also, looking it up, Match isn't free. So there's that.

I dunno; I guess OKC is really the only one on my radar. I don't really know what the demographic on Match or other websites are like. Is there something I should know?

Oh, yeah, I totally get that. I've had more than one occasion where I couldn't send a woman a message because her inbox is full. I can't exactly relate, of course, but I understand that some people are popular enough not to be able to feasibly respond to everything.

That sounds lovely. I'll have a latte with an extra shot of espresso. And a slice of pie.

HA! You should have sent that message. Might as well turn OKC into fun for ourselves.

Yeah, I don't disagree with you. Though on the other hand it's fun to come up with responses to those types of profiles.

Fair enough; I knew that already. Though the rub is that, objectively speaking, very few people are going to be finding me (physically) attractive.

Well, cognitively I know that if someone doesn't find my joke funny, there probably isn't much there to develop anyway. Knowing that that's true doesn't make it any less disconcerting, though.

I'll go with that.