questions

For those readers not familiar with OkCupid, I'd like to explain the question system on the site.

Like most other sites, it has both a short answer and a stats section. The short answers are things like "Introduce Yourself," "Six Things I Couldn't Live Without," "What I'm Looking For," "My Typical Friday Night," etc. The stats are things like height, body type, age, religion, sign, whether or not you own dogs.

The real meat is in the questions. OkCupid is riddled with questions that you give your multiple choice answer to, what you would like a potential partner to answer, and how important that question is for you. There is also space to explain your answer, and you can decide whether or not to let your answers be viewed publicly.

Based on the answers and ratings and such for these questions, OkCupid assigns a % Match, % Friend, and % Enemy rating for you and any potential match you view.

All that is a mere prelude. The real goal of this post was to share my favorite question I've come across thus far: "If you were out on a dinner date with your partner and some friends, would you allow your partner to covertly play with your genitals under the table?"

No I didn't answer it...or DID I?