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Emily Cogsdill
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2025-08-23 ~ 2 min read

ONLINE DATING ADVICE


# ATTENTION 🫵 BACHELORS!!! 🫵 I am not on “the apps” right now. Wanna know why? Too bad! MAYBE it is because MEN have such STUPID PROFILES. (Women might, too, but I have not attempted to date them. Perhaps I should.) BE ADVISED about the following preferences and their implications for any sensible woman (such as myself) wanting to date you: ## 🚨 offensively boring 🚨 Are any of these on your profile? Are you feeling called out? *Good*. - Tacos - Pizza - Sushi - Brunch - Marijuana - Coffee (SO ORIGINAL) - “Music” (ARE WE TALKING BACH? ROSSINI? *WAGNER*???) - “Coffee and a good book” (BET YOU THINK YOU’RE *REAL* SMART) - “Having fun” - “Laughing” - “Chilling” - “Self improvement” (WEAPONIZED THERAPY-SPEAK IN 3…2…1…) ## 🤮 revolting 🤮 Delete your profile and 🛑 STOP DATING IMMEDIATELY 🛑 if you list any of these interests: - Fishing - Hunting - Steak - Hamburgers - Cheese - Milk - Guns - Cryptocurrency - Wagner ## 👍 infinitely and immediately interesting 👍 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Factorio - …I’ll have to come back to this ## 🤔 intriguing 🤔 - References from ex-lovers available upon request - Highly specific special interests (careful with this one) - Doing psychedelics alone in the wilderness and writing fiction based on your experiences - Opinions about opera _Fächer_, composers, performers, eras, styles, etc. *Is* coloratura for basic bitches? - Play the bassoon (_nobody_ plays the bassoon) ## 🤷 boring but redeemable 🤷 Look, I like these too, but you’re gonna have to be more specific: - Hiking - “Getting outside” - Skiing - Beer/Cocktails (YAWN) - Video games (ARE WE TALKING ESPORTS OR FUCKIN MARIO OR SOME SHIT) - Your dog (BET THEY STICK THEIR TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH) - If you call yourself an “animal lover” and are not vegan then we have 🖐️ nothing to discuss 🖐️ (BET THEY STICK THEIR TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH) --- Thank you for your attention to this matter!