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Read this: Guys on OkCupid try to pick up surreal-text-spouting Twitterbot Horse_ebooks

hey, sexy, do u hav skype?
hey, sexy, do u hav skype?

I have Cloudiah to thank (again!) for putting me onto this amazing article about a devious prankster who trolls pickup artists and other lonely horny hearts with a fake OkCupid account … that replies to all come-ons with selections from the ouvre of the legendary horse_ebooks, “the surreal Twitter bot that streams nonsensical snippets of text. The result: dozens of conversations from horny men desperately vying to have sex with a robot.”

And yes, it’s as funny as it sounds, especially when the guys try to use their PUA magic to “game” this imaginary HB10 (Hot Babe 10)  – or should that be HRH10 (Hot Robot Horse 10)? – only to receive responses like “VERY SOME VERY NO VERY SOME VERY CHANCE LITTLE CHANCE GOOD CHANCE LITTLE CHANCE GOOD CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE  , NAVAL” and “CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION Corp. CHAMPION Corp. CHAMPION Corp. CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION.”

And of course the guys keep trying.

(All this made me wonder if anyone had set up a Gertrude Stein_ebooks account, and … yes, someone has! FOLLOWED!)

Anyway, you all need to go read the post. Check out the Okc_ebooks Tumblr blog for more.

 

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katz
11 years ago

My favorite one is this one, where the guy figures out that it’s sending random replies and is just like “That could be sexy.”

Falconer
Falconer
11 years ago

On the internet, nobody can tell you’re a nonsensical twitterbot.

So do these guys on OKC fail the Turing test?

hellkell
hellkell
11 years ago

PUAs really will try to hump the leg of whatever, just like annoying little dogs.

neuroticbeagle
11 years ago

Oooh look! Sexbots ARE real! But since the menz still aren’t getting laid…could this be a feminist sexbot? Oh the misandry!!

Some Gal Not Bored at All

@hellkell

I think the little dogs might have more variety in their approaches than the PUAs do, though.

Baroncognito
11 years ago

I think this one is my favourite: http://okcebooks.tumblr.com/post/42707415307/rub-ratings-to-two-decimal-places

I mean, five sig figs of “rub rating”?

Monster
11 years ago

Oh my goodness. One of those guys messaged me when I had an OKC account.
So much lol.

Ruby Dy Namite
11 years ago

Thought you might want to check out this link – it’s an article of a guy whinging about guys supposedly whinging about why there aren’t more women on the tech talk circuit (he uses language that definitely screams MRA to me): http://www.kernelmag.com/yiannopoulos/4115/put-a-sock-in-it-you-dickless-wonders/

Falconer
Falconer
11 years ago

“Rub ratings” !!

Oh god I’m scaring the cat I’m laughing so loud.

Baroncognito
11 years ago

Doesn’t every guy get turned on by Stalin. We sit on the couch and whisper ‘Baby, tell me about the pograms.”

Kiwi girl
Kiwi girl
11 years ago

Ah, that explains why every year on our anniversary my partner wants me to sign off on a 5-year plan.

katz
11 years ago

I thought Vladimir Putin was the one everyone gets turned on by.

The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
11 years ago

That Stalin one with its Heidegger reference:

“Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table”

A random Python quotes generator might be interesting too. Bet half those PUAs would never get it.

The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
11 years ago

katz – only cos Stalin isn’t around any more. 😀

Baroncognito
11 years ago

Well, Katz, it is true that there are a lot more topless photos of Putin, but he doesn’t have a mustache.

katz
11 years ago

But Putin shot a whale with a crossbow. FOR SCIENCE.

cloudiah
11 years ago

Every time I delve into that tumblr I end up laughing until I cry.

The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
11 years ago

He’s just overcompensating for not being as cute as Young Stalin.

katz
11 years ago

Few of us can aspire to be as cute as young Stalin.

CassandraSays
CassandraSays
11 years ago

Putin’s PR stunts are totally ruining my ability to see him as the Patrician, which was the first impression he made.

The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
11 years ago

Putin as Vetinari? The mind boggles! 😀

Though Vetinari was good at scaling walls and stuff in the Assassin days of his yoof.

LBT
LBT
11 years ago

Oh my god.

I admit the troll in me has kind of wanted to make an OKC or something profile just to see what happens, but now I don’t need to. I have this.

Praise be to Manboobz.

CassandraSays
CassandraSays
11 years ago

It was the former KGB thing that did it, plus he just looks rather calculating. I guess you really need PR stunts if you have a face that says “you would have to be a complete idiot to trust me”.

The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
The Kittehs' Unpaid Help
11 years ago

LOL true!

I’m waiting for a Photoshopped version of his topless pics to appear. Can’t have the chap looking middle-aged after all.

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