Relationships

Online

Facebook Is Killing Friendships And Causing Fist Fights

11:45AM February 10, 2012 | Sam Biddle

We usually think of Facebook as a place to either keep in touch with real friends or cryogenically freeze old and artificial ones that wouldn’t otherwise exist. But a new Pew study says FB can actually end relationships, too. Naturally! More »


Geek Out

Geekiest Marriage Proposal Yet: Binary, Bender Mask, Flying RC Shark

2:00PM February 9, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Raising the bar on nerdy wedding proposals, YouTuber doctorpappa (possibly not a real doctor) decided to ask his girlfriend to marry him by donning a paper-mache Futurama Bender mask, and popping the question in binary. More »


Science

No Online Dating Site Can Match Up Your Inner Crazy

6:00AM February 7, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Online dating is said to be the future of relationships, now that we’re all too busy to meet people in real life. But claims that websites can match you with your ideal partner using scientific algorithms are bull, according to a team of psychologists. Because not even fancy maths can suss out our own unique brands of crazy. More »


Software

Find My Friends Destroys Its First Marriage

6:20AM October 18, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Foursquare might be the kind of locational social networking, but is it breaking up couples? Probably not! Find My Friends, on the other hand, allegedly pinpointed one man’s unfaithful spouse, caught in her sordid Google Maps lie. Here’s the future! More »


Mobile

Can Siri Fix Your Girlfriend Problems Better Than A Human Helper?

1:45PM October 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Awesome filmmaker, iPhone user and guy with girlfriend problems Casey Neistat wanted to put Siri to the ultimate test: will it salvage his relationship? So he pitted his poor IRL personal assistant against Apple’s virtual take. The results? Mixed! Hilarious! More »


Science

The Pill Can Lead To A Long Marriage Of Bad Sex

4:40AM October 13, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

The Pill: it brought women sexual liberation, and now research finds it also brings us sexual dissatisfaction. More »


Online

ExRated Is The Yelp Of Ruined, Spiteful Failed Relationships

10:00AM September 29, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Do you have an ex-boyfriend girlfriend? Is it possible they might have something negative to say about you? Oh, great, because now there’s a venue for them to do so, publicly. Online. Libel’s never been so easy and fun! More »


Online

My OkCupid Affair With A World Champion Magic: The Gathering Player

12:45PM August 30, 2011 | Alyssa Bereznak

This story sounds mean. It’s about a girl judging a boy because he’s a nerd (like so many of us!) that she met on OkCupid. But that’s the point: Judging people on shallow stuff is human nature, and the magic and absurdity of online dating is how immediately and directly it throws that into relief. One person’s Magic is another person’s fingernail biting, and no profile in the world is deep enough to account for that. More »


Geek Out

Study: People Would Sooner Make Love To Their Laptops Than To Their Lovers

8:20AM August 28, 2011 | Kwame Opam

It’s Saturday night, and you’re feeling randy. You turn to your significant other, and without a word you start nuzzling close. And without a word she pushes you off, too wrapped up in the Tudors online. You’re not alone. More »


Online

New York OkCupid Profiles Are Really Depressing

3:40AM August 25, 2011 | Alyssa Bereznak

It’s no secret there’s a good population of arseholes on OKCupid, but here in New York, the online dating world boasts some particularly uncreative types: the guy who was “born and raised” listening to Dylan and the girl who is “obsessed with” Jay Z. More »