Further to my piece on eharmony the other week, another dating website has made the news for its apparently special blend of dating and eugenics - beautfulpeople.com. The clue is in its name, I guess and they can't be criticised for being hypocrites. They specialise in introducing the genetically blessed amongst us and have been going through a post Christmas crisis. It seems 5,000 of their members were dobbed in by the others because they posted pictures of themselves having some festive fun and piling on a few pounds. They were thrown back into the lion's pit and put through the humiliation of having to be ranked by their fellow members once more - many of them failing.
Sounds pretty much like a mini version of real life in many ways but the first thing that struck me is that these people must be pretty dull to discount someone - the someone they may well spend the rest of their lives with - on the basis that they like enjoying themselves. How do they picture their future Christmases with their chosen beautiful person - a succulent, slither of turkey and a slim line tonic? Is this what they want or have they failed to think it through? I don't know, I'd hate to judge.
Members would no doubt defensively justify their decision to be on the site in the first place by the now clichéd idiom "I'm just being honest". I hope they're honest enough to put 'sense of humour not required' on their profiles.
But leave them to their ideals I say. I'd rather they were kept out of normal people's way!
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