I tried online dating for a while but all the women on those sites have stuff like, "I'm so done with all you assholes, men are a joke!" in their profiles. I don't really blame them, though. Men are kind of dumb. Online dating men are even more dumber. I actually got one girl to talk to me after dozens of attempts, but the conversation consisted of "thoughtful opening thing here" "Hi how r u" "fine, [open ended questions and what passes with me for witty banter here]" "Oh okay." I eventually gave up. I now presume that all people on online dating sites are actually chimpanzees pressing buttons for bananas. I think like in all things, the trick is to stop thinking, stop worrying about what might happen, and just be playful with it. If it doesn't work out, that's no big thing. But if the other person starts asking for money or n00dz, well, they probably didn't get spanked enough as a child.