The Goods are Odd

At long last, a dating site designed for men who don't understand the concept of a male:female ratio -- Trekpassions.com:

A 100% free SciFi personals & social networking community site for science fiction lovers, including but not limited to lovers of Star Trek* and Star Wars. Find others who share your passion for Sci Fi. Meet people who read Isaac Asimov, Ben Bova, Robert A. Heinlein, Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke & more. Grok!? Whether you are just looking for like-minded friends, someone fun to attend a Sci Fi convention with, or maybe something more, Trek Passions is here for you. Sign up now to enjoy free Sci Fi chat, message boards and email. And on top of all that, enjoy something extra.

Then you can get married here. That said, I'm looking forward to the movie next year so maybe I have no right to laugh.

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Comments

Petey can finally get laid!

Posted by Anonymous | October 11, 2007 9:26 AM

But for you to truly cringe in embarrassment, there needs to be a Wonkpassions.com.

max
['Get together with ladeeyz of the Schools of Public Affairs from all over the land!']

Posted by max | October 11, 2007 9:36 AM

nice MTX reference

Posted by David | October 11, 2007 9:42 AM

Looking forward to the movie? You do realize it's a J. J. Abrams project, don't you? Expect lots of characters making inexplicable decisions, withholding information from each other for no rational reason, and an endless string of bad guys being revealed as good guys and vice versa. Oh, and people obsessing about their fathers.

Posted by Ryan | October 11, 2007 9:43 AM

Sweet; maybe I can finally find the long lost female Gene Wolfe fan I've always been looking for.

Posted by Zach | October 11, 2007 10:01 AM

There's something not right about Star Trek prequels. The whole point of Star Trek is looking forward, not retreading old characters that have been done to death.

Posted by mad6798j | October 11, 2007 10:38 AM

It's like ZZ Top says: every girl's crazy 'bout a Star Trek fan.

Posted by Hogan | October 11, 2007 11:31 AM

Finding a geek girl is hard because there is, indeed, a lot of competition however it is so utterly worth the effort.

Posted by Andrew Lias | October 11, 2007 11:56 AM

Actually, I'm pretty interested in the empirical data generated by that SF-personals website, and I'm sure lots of sociologists and evolutionary-biologists would be as well.

For example, is the male-female ratio 30-to-1, or is 100-to-1, or is it perhaps 500-to-1? I can imagine huge numbers of theorists waiting with bated-breath to learn the answer to that crucial question...

Posted by RKU | October 11, 2007 11:58 AM

"Thanks" to the Woman Shortage, even conventional dating site like match.com and eHarmony have far too many men and far too few women. This site will hardly be unusual in that respect.

Posted by Peter | October 11, 2007 12:12 PM

By the way, here is a more detailed discussion of the Woman Shortage, complete with an amusing-yet-tragic graphic.

Posted by Peter | October 11, 2007 12:23 PM

I know a middle-aged couple that did a Star Trek wedding.

Posted by Other Ezra | October 11, 2007 1:14 PM

In the future you'll be able to jetpack over to the Preference Clinic and get your gender preferences adjusted to match your intellectual obssesions. No longer will Star Trek fans be hindered by heterosexuality.

Posted by cw | October 11, 2007 1:51 PM

If there were to be a dating site that had the inverse ratio, i.e., ridiculously more women than men, what would it be? Or is it inherently unstable: as soon men found out about the ratio, they would flood the site, and resume normality?

Posted by Gadsden | October 11, 2007 2:21 PM

Just noticed you guys talking about us (TrekPassions.com), and I thought I'd go ahead and end some of the speculation regarding the site.
Yes, there are women on it...although not as many as we would like. The ratio at the moment, and this isn't exact, is approximately 4 to 1 (men to women).
While that ratio isn't great, it isn't nearly as bad as people might expect it to be. Apparently there are quite a few women out there who enjoy Sci Fi, and like men who know how to use their light saber. Love long & Prosper!

Posted by Michael | October 11, 2007 2:49 PM

why so excited about another jj abrams film? he didn't do wonders for MI, the last thing we need is an overly sensitive star trek (most of the joy of the original series is how ridiculously bond-like the whole thing is).

Posted by dj superflat | October 11, 2007 5:39 PM

Pretty much all dating sites have a very lopsided male-to-female ratio. 4 males to 1 female is actually pretty good.

Posted by C.L. | October 11, 2007 6:31 PM