What is so special about me?

When I first joined OkCupid I actively fished, but the past few months it’s functioned mostly as a no maintenance fishing net. Maybe the rainbow fish will swim into it, but more often than not it gets clogged up with deflated tires and aluminum cans. Don’t get me wrong – I really like OkCupid. I like the whole “we’re mathematicians not love experts” shtick and I’ve met some cool people on the site. But it’s fallen to the wayside in my life for the time being.

I receive a fairly high volume of messages, but they’re filtered out pretty thoroughly through some key filters. At the end of my profile I write “Unless you wield the English language like Zeus with a lightning bolt, I’m probably not going to respond to a one sentence message”. Despite this, at least 60% of the messages I receive are one sentence. I don’t like messages that look like they could be copied and pasted to any other person, which comprise about 10%. Lol, using U to spell You, and incorrect use of your/you’re take out another 10%. The other 20% are potential suitors. Usually things in the spirit of OkCupid, Kill Me don’t interest me that much, but today I received a message so perplexing I needed to share:

Looking at your profile and pictures I am sure that you won’t have a shortage of possible matches. I like how you explain that your ability to care for plants means you don’t have an alcohol problem or drug addiction. So why am I trying, well someone once told me that never let anyone tell you, what you want is not what you deserve. Having said that, I can assure you that you will not find anyone like me, you will find men who are better than me, and you will find a lot of men who are worse than me, but you will never find anyone like me. That I can guarantee.

So, you ask what is so special about you. To find the answer to that question, why don’t you write me back and find that out for yourself?

You don’t want to regret not reading the best selling book because you didn’t like the cover of that book.

Thanks
Jim