I’ve read my share of CEO interviews. This one with Tinder’s co-founder is a bit different.
[A] “supermodel, someone really, really famous” has been “begging” him for sex “and I’ve been like, no”. She’s “taunted” him, he says, and “called me a prude”.
“She’s one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen but it doesn’t mean that I want to rip her clothes off and have sex with her. Attraction is nuanced. I’ve been attracted to women who are …” he pauses “… well, who my friends might think are ugly. I don’t care if someone is a model. Really. It sounds clichéd and almost totally unbelievable for a guy to say this, but it’s true. I need an intellectual challenge.”
He continues: “Apparently there’s a term for someone who gets turned on by intellectual stuff. You know, just talking. What’s the word?” His face creases the effort of trying to remember. “I want to say ‘sodomy’?”
In my social circles sodomy means something different.Report
“Thirtyish academic wishes to meet woman who’s interested in Mozart, James Joyce, and sodomy.”Report
I see you’ve found my Craigslist ad from the mid-Aughts.Report
But did you get any responses? Spill!
(Edit: by the way, this is your opportunity to make up some obviously false but wildly amusing anecdote.)Report
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/official-pizza-hut-okcupid-dating-profile-elicits-marriage/story?id=22484430
Why not just post something real?Report
It’s a Freudian thing. He prefers anal retentive women who are stimulated by discussions of symbolism, unconscious meanings and his mother.Report
Can we swap out the Mozart with speed metal or something, and talk about literally anything besides fucking Joyce? The sodomy we can negotiate.Report
Honestly, Ulysses has a reputation for being difficult that it does not deserve: it’s not only a great novel, parts of it are extremely funny, I find it ironic that in a discussion of sodomy it’s a book that’s dismissed as impenetrable.Report
@mike-schilling — Win!
(I mean, I continue to hate Joyce and I shall slag him at every opportunity. But still, impenetrable! Win!)Report
Oh the imagery that evokes…Report
Speed metal over Mozart? Are you some type of Philistine?Report
Philistines do not like rock.Report
I figured Schilling would post the line first if I didn’t:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXJ8tKRlW3EReport
Oh, my.
I guess that’s how it ended up Mozart.Report
A thought-tormented musicReport
Finally! I can at last take pride in being a sodomite!Report
There are, actually, a few men that find intelligent women attractive. Bonus points if they are hot. I mean really, after the hot freaky sex, if either one can’t string some words together in a coherent sentence, TV can get old.
I’ve always found intelligence a turn on. My current lady friend and I discussed the battle of Kurst from the soviet side one afternoon. She’s Russian. It was a fascinating perspective you don’t get often living in the states.Report
Never change Damon.Report
“The horror! The horror!”Report
As a single woman, I can not believe CEOs like this person are supposed to be trusted to find me a suitable mate in the 21st century.Report
They aren’t.
You will keep getting trolled until you learn better.
All the dating algorithms suck, anyway.
Because chemistry is in the immune system (I know? humans are WEIRD!)…
And if you don’t test for that, what the fuck do they think they’re doing??Report