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New Dating Data: Beer-Lovers Are Loose On First Dates
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 11, 2011
Modified Feb 11, 2011
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We're always interested in the latest dating
trends
nonsense, especially as it applies to alcohol, shyness, and awkward questions. And wouldn't you know it, the scientists over at OKCupid have been examining the data collected from OKCupid's user profiles, and have come to some very definitive conclusions about how to ask your date what you want to ask without actually asking what you want to ask.
They give examples such as:
- If you really want to know whether your date will sleep with you on the first date, ask them if they like the taste of beer—beer drinkers are 60 percent more likely to be okay with sleeping with someone they've just met
- If you want to know if your date is religious or not, ask them if grammar and spelling mistakes annoy them—people who are annoyed by those mistakes are twice as likely to be religious
- If you want to know which way your date leans politically, ask them whether they prefer people in their lives to be simple or complex—those who prefer complex people are twice as likely to be liberal and those who prefer simplicity are twice as likely to be conservative
We find the beer-lovers questions especially relevant, seeing as how NY is already a state filled with binge drinking louts, who are so desperate for a taste of hops, we're willing to get a drink at Duane Reade or Burger King. On the plus side, beer does make for healthier bones allegedly, and you can always regale your special one-night someone with that tidbit of knowledge during a hangover-curing coffee the morning after.
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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