a boards.ie singles mingle 28th November

Reku

Galvasean wrote: »

Bitter :mad:

Well, as the Pope himself once said:
"Mmmm... lemony...":D

nomorebadtown

why oh why did these ideas never fly why i was single??

Iago wrote:

most of us good ones are off the market

there's plenty of tappable poon on here :pac: anyway i'd be interested to see what fair and workable solutions are brought forward to stop this being the worst sausage fest in history....will it be by invitation? cause otherwise there might be a wave of horny nerds rushing into TP Smiths and how can ye stop them? i dont have the exact boy:girl ratios from the regular boards meet ups but from what i've seen its pretty bad and as this has a 'singles' tagline i can see it being far worse. i think yee should go for a 2:1 boy:girl ratio, its the best you can hope for...but then again it'll might end up all the lads milling around the 3 hottest girls and all the girls milling around the 3 hottest boys.....and then you have the potential stalker issues....i dunno, i am prone to focusing on the negatives....anyway, i think its a brilliant idea in theory.

Zirconia

traffic_cone wrote: »

If you want to hook up with someone use a dating website, as this is not one of them! I have seen people being warned / banned in the past for suggesting this kind of thing.

Wow, i didn't realise you could make yourself a moderator on your first post!

There's no online dating going on here; nobody is trying to pull on this thread. They're trying to arrange a social event off-site, which I believe is something completely different.

Galvasean

nomorebadtown wrote: »

there's plenty of tappable poon on here :pac: anyway i'd be interested to see what fair and workable solutions are brought forward to stop this being the worst sausage fest in history....will it be by invitation? cause otherwise there might be a wave of horny nerds rushing into TP Smiths and how can ye stop them? i dont have the exact boy:girl ratios from the regular boards meet ups but from what i've seen its pretty bad and as this has a 'singles' tagline i can see it being far worse. i think yee should go for a 2:1 boy:girl ratio, its the best you can hope for...but then again it'll might end up all the lads milling around the 3 hottest girls and all the girls milling around the 3 hottest boys.....and then you have the potential stalker issues....i dunno, i am prone to focusing on the negatives....anyway, i think its a brilliant idea in theory.

You'd never know. Maybe the vast majority of people will go there to have a bit of fun without the ultimate goal being to get rogered at any cost.
I also heared there were more girls than guys at the Haloween beers.

nomorebadtown

oh well thats promising:)

although halloween and dressing up will mean that female posters were over represented at the resent boards...

i'm not saying that a good rogering will be everyone's ultimate goal but lets be frank, there are an awful lot of lonely men on the internet, far outnumbering the lonely women - that is scientific fact*. Don't get me wrong i think this is a deadly idea but i just think it'll take a bit of planning.



*may not be scientific fact.

Galvasean

Don't worry, we have ways of dealing with pervy weirdos.

nomorebadtown

i know you do but unfortunately human beings are not equipped with ban buttons, your mod powers are rendered useless in dark secluded corners of bars and nightclubs

Nevyn

Well I'll tell you now if you are going to refer to the female posters on this site as

nomorebadtown wrote: »

Tappable poon

You should not bother going, I am sure that the poster who happen to be single and female have more self respect then to what to date someone who will refer to them as fúckable vaginas.

If you are so concerned about it being a sausagefest and not being charming enough to get yer hole then I suggest you try escorts.ie

John Mason

traffic_cone wrote: »

I did not register a new account. I signed up in June. That was my first post as I only ever use boards to read the threads. I felt passionate enough about this dating thing to comment on it.

If you want to hook up with someone use a dating website, as this is not one of them! I have seen people being warned / banned in the past for suggesting this kind of thing.

i met my OH through boards, as did a very large number of people here but i am agree it is not a dating site and i dont think there should be a singles only night.

why not just go to a regular boards night out ? i mean it not as though they never happen. from what i can see there are meets ups every week

Nevyn

nomorebadtown wrote: »

i know you do but unfortunately human beings are not equipped with ban buttons, your mod powers are rendered useless in dark secluded corners of bars and nightclubs

If there is someone behaving in an objectionable manner they will be asked to stop, if they don't then the staff of the venue will be informed.

Loopy

Zirconia wrote: »

nobody is trying to pull on this thread.

speak for yourself :cool:

Wibbs

traffic_cone wrote: »

I did not register a new account. I signed up in June. That was my first post as I only ever use boards to read the threads. I felt passionate enough about this dating thing to comment on it.

Why do you take umbrage if people want to organise a casual meetup for singles? Makes no sense.

If you want to hook up with someone use a dating website, as this is not one of them! I have seen people being warned / banned in the past for suggesting this kind of thing.

As Zirconia points out you're not a mod, you're a three post lurker with some weird axe to grind. That's fine, but I would love to see your logic. Are you trying to set up a dating site? Have you some moral issue against it? Does it upset you that people may meet in an online community and may happen to get together? As I say your objections make no sense. As far as warnings and bannings, the only time I've seen that(indeed warned them myself) was to cut down on random in thread noise and muppetry.

The thing about boy girl ratios.
I have friends who would like the idea of a singles event.
I'm sure all of us do.

g'em

nomorebadtown wrote: »

there's plenty of tappable poon on here :pac:

Was this meant to be witty? Clever? Ironic?

It certainly isn't welcome, give it a rest.

Dragan

nomorebadtown wrote: »

i know you do but unfortunately human beings are not equipped with ban buttons, your mod powers are rendered useless in dark secluded corners of bars and nightclubs

If you are that worried about security of Boards.ie memebers then i'm sure i can sort out a few fully certed and insured Door Staff to keep an eye on things for boards.ie and liase with bar staff and venue security.;)

nomorebadtown

Thaedydal wrote: »

Well I'll tell you now if you are going to refer to the female posters on this site as


You should not bother going, I am sure that the poster who happen to be single and female have more self respect then to what to date someone who will refer to them as fúckable vaginas.

If you are so concerned about it being a sausagefest and not being charming enough to get yer hole then I suggest you try escorts.ie

eh...
my tappable poon comment was accompanied by a :pac: which as you know means that i was taking the piss. chill. and i wont be going becuase i'm not single. the reason i'm interested is that i have been using this site for a very long time in various forms and the suggestion of this type of singles event was always frowned upon in years gone by. no g'em, not trying to be witty, clever or ironic...just being lighthearted, which isnt against the charter, yet. i will now give it a rest.

cormie

boards isn't a gambling website, but people meet to play poker
boards isn't a sports website, but people meet to cycle and play football
boards isn't a dating website, but if people want to meet up, what's the problem?

If I was an owner of boards I wouldn't like my customers being told what my site was and was not.

g'em

nomorebadtown wrote: »

the reason i'm interested is that i have been using this site for a very long time in various forms and the suggestion of this type of singles event was always frowned upon in years gone by.

I'll admit that at first I wasn't crazy about the idea - if nothing else it just sounded very exclusionary for the non-single folk! But the board is changing, and we do now have social orientated fora (tLL, BGRH, Nocturnals) so I suppose it's inevitable that there'll be a call for these kinds of events to be held.

Having said that, I think I'll agree with pfb - there's single and non-single folk at regular boards meet-ups, and the site seems to be doing fairly ok at producing boards couples :pac:

nomorebadtown wrote:

just being lighthearted, which isnt against the charter, yet.

You're right, it isn't, but the comment was still inappropriate given the forum you posted it in. We're all well able for a bit of a laugh but those kinds of comments really don't have any place. No harm done.

Sherifu

nomorebadtown wrote: »

...just being lighthearted, which isnt against the charter, yet.

I thought it was. :eek:

Dragan

It might be a better idea to simply do a "traffic light" system for a Boards Beers, rather than having it definitely a singles night.

That way everyone can go, you can make a public marker as to your attitude towards being approached and you'll get better numbers and so on.

LolaDub

Dragan wrote: »

It might be a better idea to simply do a "traffic light" system for a Boards Beers, rather than having it definitely a singles night.

That way everyone can go, you can make a public marker as to your attitude towards being approached and you'll get better numbers and so on.

Thats a really good idea!

I have boardsie friends of the single and non single variety, it'd be a shame to exclude them from a meet up

I don't get why non single people have to feel left out by this.
I mean I don't feel put out by beers where I don't share an interest.
It isn't like anyone is suggesting they turn a TLL beers into a singles only event.


I though you would actually look on this as a good thing.
I'd much rather spend regular beers chatting to boardsies I like, than scoping for talent.

Plus your never going to convince outsider Ladies to make the numbers up at a friendly internet peoples meet.

And frankly smug types do not have a reason to accompany me to coppers. I'm too sweet to face that alone.
Boards beers is seriously lacking in the cheesy dancing element of a good night out.

Dragan

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't get why non single people have to feel left out by this.
I mean I don't feel put out by beers where I don't share an interest.
It isn't like anyone is suggesting they turn a TLL beers into a singles only event.

It's strictly a numbers thing. Get more people going and you automatically have more single people there you would on a singles only night.

I though you would actually look on this as a good thing.
I'd much rather spend regular beers chatting to boardsies I like, than scoping for talent.

People go to beers for all sorts of reasons.

Plus your never going to convince outsider Ladies to make the numbers up at a friendly internet peoples meet.

Why not? Or do the only apply stereotypes to people who have met through the internet, as opposed to people who go to singles nights?

And frankly smug types do not have a reason to accompany me to coppers. I'm too sweet to face that alone.

You lost me here.

Boards beers is seriously lacking in the cheesy dancing element of a good night out.

Not the last one i went too.

panda100

Moonbaby wrote: »

The thing about boy girl ratios.
I have friends who would like the idea of a singles event.
I'm sure all of us do.

Most of my friends are coupled up but I can definatly think of two friends who would love to come along to this!

Also the majority of people who write in PI bemoaning the fact they are single are mainly women by my calculations? Every week we have a lady whose intelligent, smart, pretty etc etc whose dateless and despairing. I think If this is advertised in the right places,such as PI as opposed to BGRH then you'd get more women coming along.
As to Dragans idea there Is no way in a million years I would wear a green come get me badge at a boards beers. Its sad.

Dragan

panda100 wrote: »

As to Dragans idea there Is no way in a million years I would wear a green come get me badge at a boards beers. Its sad.

But the default "come get me" with being at a singles night isn't?

Genuinely curious.

Dragan

Dragan wrote: »

It's strictly a numbers thing. Get more people going and you automatically have more single people there you would on a singles only night.



Why not? Or do the only apply stereotypes to people who have met through the internet, as opposed to people who go to singles nights?

Your not going to have more opportunity to talk to single people at a mixed event. I think it would pull in smaller numbers of actually single people.

I am thinking of the single women I know who live in Dublin.
Judgeing by their reactions to me going to beers.....They wouldn't be interested themselves for the purpose of making friends.
Maybe in five years time they'll catch up but for now.....These people look at singles events differently.

panda100

Dragan wrote: »

But the default "come get me" with being at a singles night isn't?

Genuinely curious.

But at least we will all be in the same boat, It's not as embarrasing as being the one green in a sea of red at a regular boards meetup !

A singles mingle would ,I think, attract a lot of people that dont normally turn up to the large boards meetups. I dont see whats wrong with giving It a shot anyway,If its a flop,its a flop and we can all just blame Snorlax.

kingtut

I loveeee this idea! It would be a great way for me to introduce myself to the boards community for the first time.

panda100 wrote: »

Most of my friends are coupled up but I can definatly think of two friends who would love to come along to this!

Are they boardsies?

Dragan

Dragan wrote: »

But the default "come get me" with being at a singles night isn't?

Genuinely curious.

I don't get why people are so opposed to a singles event.

As IB said, there are beers practically every week.
Is it the time? Will People be jonesing for a beers fix that weekend?

panda100

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't get why people are so opposed to a singles event.

The coupled up boardies are just jealous of our single,exhilarant,hedonistic freedom and want to spoil all our fun :mad: