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What items on a person’s profile here make them an easy ‘Nope!’ for dating?

Browsing members, reading comments, posts; I found a few with instant turn offs for me.
Religious/Believer/Spiritual
(Spiritual as defined here- belief in a supernatural entity)
‘Hookups’ listed
Member of conservative groups

Certainly there’s more to weigh within the profiles but these are instant Nope! for me.
How about you?

AmiSue 8 Sep 18
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cigarette smoker, excessive drinking, separated (get divorced before going looking for another), trump supporter, repub, AR-15 user or supporter, displaying the confederate flag, non animal lover, climate change denier, those who disparage Democrats or Liberals, fox news watcher, people who fat shame when they are fat!, trophy hunters, someone that doesn't read books, people just looking for sex, and finally anyone who is involved with organized religion.

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Separated
Hookup/short term
Conservative/Republican
Anything southern..Rebel flag/Southern Proud (u know that's a racist)
"Been clean for almost 2 months"
Gun Lover.. (again, more than likely.. racist or conservative)
Yep.. run away!

Question: Is it a turn off if hookup is listed with all of the other options. Like I just button mashed on that section because I'm open to many possibilities. I could be user-friendly to the right person, but I don't want to advertise that at the expense of something meaningful. What are your thoughts?

@JamesOliver7 well.. my thoughts. I am always looking for something that has the potential for growth and I like to know what I am getting into right from the start. When I view the selection "hookup".. I tend to pass on by. I'm not looking for the type of Tender or POF experience. Totally understand we are just animals, but.. not only am I looking for sex, I am looking for compatibility and a potential friend for more than a night.

@MaryEliz So if hookup is selected along with the other options, it's a no go? I may consider de-selecting it if that is the case. I would hate to miss out on something meaningful if being open to a casual encounter is going to repel people.

@JamesOliver7 ahhhh.. don't change it because of me.. lol.. I'm odd.. and have been divorced for a really long time.. and haven't had any success with dating. So.. maybe I shouldn't pass up the "hookup" selection.

@MaryEliz Don't dismiss yourself so easily. We're all odd. Maybe when you see that, you see a potential bait and switch. Maybe other people see the same thing. It seems reasonable. I doubt I'm missing much by turning it off.

Will be clean tomorrow work?

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Indications that they are addicted to a political identity that requires them to accept whatever their leaders declare to be true; no matter how absurd. They are on the fringes of the Right and Left but much more so on the left.

Finding anyone who truly thinks for themselves based on facts, independent study and personal experience over the pap dished out by parties and the press is nearly impossible; but one can hope.

Like the old saying: "Live in hope, die in despair."

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The ones which say they are here to meet men and have no photo. That makes absolutely no sense. When they do post photos, attempt a smile in at least one photo. Some folks look like they are in a lineup. If they love to camp, that is a no. I do like hiking. No hunters. I don't care if they are perfect in every other way.

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In every picture a woman is showing off her breasts or way to much cleavage modest is hottest that's all I'm saying

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Smoker.
Member of any organized religion, with a possible exception for Buddhism.
Trump supporter, or other right wing connections.

While not an absolute 'Nope,' I prefer dating someone who does not drink alcohol or use weed, especially excessively.

I also find bad grammar to be a turn off (but bad Gramma can be a different story 😉 ).

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A guy contacted me, I looked at his profile and found there a Pro-Trump, anti-socialist rant. I politely wrote him back "Thanks for contacting me, I don't think we are going to be compatible, and good luck to you" and he wrote back

"Crap, Your(sic) a liberal Turd" ...

I thought to myself .... What kind of people are these?

Name-calling? How immature, uncivil and totally uncalled for!

Those are the type of people I would block from all interaction. Don't need their hatefulness toward others who don't worship the orange anus!!

@Commonsense I remain ever hopeful and optimistic!

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Anyone who rejects the love of JESUS CHRIST Our Savior and GOD Our Father!

I do very poorly here. 😟

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Not as much of it found here as tinder n other dating apps/sites but: conservative, religious, kids at home, eat pray and live laugh love, and nevertheless she persisted are becoming red flag memes lately... Pictures of her letting a dog kiss her on the mouth/lick her face are disturbingly common too, that's incredibly gross (unless its a spontaneous puppy kiss but these are usually big dogs that they seem to be practically making out with daily, gag me with a spoon.)

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Republican, Trump fan, religious........

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Learned a little viewing this thread... The first thing that comes to my mind is any Trump fan... But I doubt you'd find many here anyway.

Some people should lighten up... But I guess that''s just me

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As soon as someone starts to get demanding and tell what they will and will not tolerate I kind of head the other direction. I understand that people have their needs likes and dislikes I just don't like it expressed in an arrogant uncompromising Style

@AmiSue gosh no I thought you were quite polite I was just trying to honestly answer your question

I won't tolerate smokers because I have a very negative reaction to smoke. If that makes someone head the other way, that's fine. We wouldn't work out anyway and we just saved each of us some time.

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I concur with most of your reasoning. The biggest one for me, would be complacency. If someone, through their posts, shows an inability to alter their world views when confronted with new ideas, that's the no go for me. Cognitive dissonance is frankly disgusting IMO.

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Reading what a person has posted is the best research to learn who they might actually be. Difficult to hide one's stupidity for long.

I would prefer more questions, sorta like OKCupid. But the free form conversations here are most useful.

Yep!! OKC may have some goofy questions; but the "real" ones sure do help weed out those who are not compatible!!

@Humanist5 I read this as, "help weed out those who are not COMPLETE."

@Jacar hmmmm, I thought I was agreeing with you about why you liked the questions at OKC. Was I mistaken? What is YOUR reason for wanting questions? We all have preferences and boundaries; isn't that what questions are for? I am certainly not judging someone else's "completeness"......just whether they match my own "incompleteness". For example, I say "Nope" to guys on OKC who want golden showers, bondage or polyamory. I don't consider them bad or wrong or "incomplete"....just not my cup of tea. Isn't that how it works?

@Humanist5 Just being a bit dung-in-cheek.
And, being completely interesting is reasonable.

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I agree with a few things you have listed here. Not sure I want an LTR and I certainly do not want a smoker. Can't stand a conservative because they believe all the Trump nonsense and didn't even think that way until Trump actually came along. Must be Trumpzombies? I might weigh 250 but I don't want you to. If you call yourself atheist but you are still "spiritual" you are not for me. Spiritual can be anything you want it to be. If you flip flop on atheism you are not for me. I'm not wanting a situation where we get along perfect and then you "find god again" and some guy who says he is a minister declares we are "not equally yoked" and you justify breaking up because of that. I been around a while and I've seen a lot of things.

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Is a long "No" list a sign of an inability to love?

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Have to be careful with that because people define words differently. For me spirituality means trying to elevate my spirit, rather than any superstitious meaning.

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And people wonder why they are still single.
At least I admit that I'll be a bachelor the rest of my life and have no real chance of any relationship.
I don't find overweight women attractive for the same reason I don't like the way liver tastes. It just is.
I am attracted to long, wavy, curly hair more than straight hair. I suppose that makes me a cretin too some as well.
The thing is, I don't care what you think of me, I don't have anything invested except a few words on website. If you don't like me, that's fine, block me. If you do like me that's fine as well.
Let's just all be honest and stop tip-toeing around political correctness because you might hurt one's feelings. Life happens and these things happen also. Utopia does not exist.

Your first sentence pretty much says it all......

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Drinking, hook up, no pics, misspelling.

OwlRN Level 4 Sep 19, 2018
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A guy hit me up on Match whose profile stated he was looking for a "feminine, submissive woman" who shouldn't "show up without makeup" and that he didn't date outside his race.
ALL the nopes!!!!!

The one I liked best (hahaha) was "she should look as good in her little black dress as she does in her tight jeans". ?????? An awful lot of "2"s are out there looking for "10"s......seems like anyway. 🙂

@YES!! And how many guys describe themselves as "athletic and toned" when you can clearly see 3 chins and a gut the size of Oklahoma

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If a guy's profile talks about how much he loves working out, has gym pics, and says he's looking for someone "in shape," who " takes care of herself," I assume this is code for "no higher than 8% body fat."

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Great question. Learned a lot reading the answers!

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I am content with any "nopes" on my profile. I am what I am. At least I'm honest.

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male. trans. other. etc, etc, etc.

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The two you mentioned, especially the blatant religious types(cross in photo, praise for god in photo, etc.), plus usually a heavy smoker is a no no..

And someone with no photos, I learned pretty quick that's not a good idea.

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