http://living.msn.com/love-relation...933-4346-4b9c-860d-dbd7d3699ccb&ocid=OTD_0416 Dating Website 'For Beautiful People Only' Survival of the hottest? By Kristin Wong 5 hours ago Share250 Dating website Darwindating.com vows to weed out the unattractive people from its dating pool, forcing them to swim somewhere else. Touting that they're "online dating for beautiful people only," they use Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection as their justification, but they point out that, because Charles Darwin was "very ugly," he wouldn't be able to join the site. From there, they proclaim the plight of the good-looking people everywhere. "Attractive people are at a disadvantage on normal internet dating sites. They have to wade through a plethora of ugly people and ugly people pretending to be attractive in order to find someone who matches their own attractiveness. Our strict rules and natural selection process makes Darwin Dating the perfect medium for attractive people to find other people of their own kind." Indeed, the ugly need not apply. So what constitutes ugly? Well, they have a full list, including: acne, mullets, bald patches, large gaps between teeth, too many freckles, and bizarrely enough, "anyone with a middle part." There's even a "chimp calculator" to see if you make the cut. Initially, the whole thing sounds like a gimmicky marketing ploy, a harmless half-joke to entice anyone to join the site. But nope. Last year, another exclusive site for the physically gifted, BeautifulPeople.com, went under fire when it said that Irish men were the ugliest in the world. Um, what? And the controversy didn't stop there. Beautiful People then eliminated 30,000 new members for being what CEO Greg Hodge deemed, "ugly people." And Hodge stood by the decision, which cost the site more than $100,000. "We have to stick to our founding principles of only accepting beautiful people—that's what our members have paid for. We can't just sweep 30,000 ugly people under the carpet." Unfortunately, the axing meant that Rachel Godfrey, a 31 year-old Australian nanny, lost touch with a match she met on Beautiful People. "I was getting on really well with this American guy and we were going to go on a date and then they said I'd been chucked off and they locked me out of the site," she said. "Now I can't get in touch with him." While Darwin Dating seeks to evolve our world into one where only the hot survive, it seems like discriminating against people based on looks is devolution. But hey, maybe that's just the ugly talking. Photo: © Bruce Laurance/Getty Images
That reminds me of something 70yrs ago in my country..only blond and blue eyes were attractive. To say about myself that "I am ugly" is something else than someone tells me "you are too ugly for us". Is that legal?
I wonder what they mean by chimp process. In my head I imagine a bunch of chimps sitting in a room and they hold pics in front of them. Why don't you apply?? Come back and report in.
I know something like that called as "Elite" agency- only for academics..but this is something you can prove, a fact, but discrimination, because of how you look like? Private company or not, they also have to follow the law.
JordanC, Greg Hodge is the CEO, who is most likely white and very wealthy. He includes a "chimp calculator" within his website. I can't believe you all haven't figured this out. It's a creative form of racism against us. Historically, we are the ones who were referred to as being chimps hundreds of years ago by slave owners. Look here, please! http://scienceblog.com/15428/americans-still-linking-blacks-to-apes/
I would suggest you go to Dawin Dating and get the facts before you link the two or link it to being something against bm. There are ugly people in all races.
I know, we all come from being that species. That's part of human evolution. But you can't deny that there's a racial overtone towards it specifically for us and our race. The chimp calculator is controversial. Ask yourself. Why would he even call it "a chimp calculator"?
Mikey if I told you I had some chocolate ice cream in the freezer you would somehow think that was racial too.
No, I wouldn't. There's a big difference between the dating site and a package of ice cream. The ice cream is of no importance.
Blasphemy!!! Have you never chosen chocolate ice-cream over a date?!? Delicious!! :tonqe: Or you could put it on your date's *pu-pu and lick it? . *(pu-pu is Igorlatumus speak for fingers, k? )
Mikey here is the chimp test from a cached copy of their web page: Have you evolved? Take the test! Tick if Yes Do you have webbed fingers or toes? Do you have hair between your fingers? Do you have weird body hair - i.e. in ear or nose? Are any of your body parts losing the fight with gravity? Have you ever received gifts of deodorant, toothpaste or soap? Do you have visible skin between your eye brows? Have you been propositioned in the last 24 hours? Have you ever felt the urge to get a mullet (haircut)? Have you ever lost an item indefinitely in your fat rolls? Do you still own a hypercolour t-shirt and/or happy pants? Not one fuckin things seems racist in that test. When they say chimp I think them mean a real unevolved animal.....now you can make anything racist if you try hard enough.......now let's see your silly ass try. :smt021
Their list of rules: Darwin Dating Rules In order to join Darwin Dating, you have to agree that you don't suffer from: Saggy boobs... in fact no saggy anything! Sweat patches Nerdy glasses Pocket protectors Weird pubic hair Mullets Fishnet stockings - Fishnets are okay, provided you are hot Fat rolls Acne Out of proportion noses Non-symmetrical faces or bodies Red hair and too many freckles .. yes, that's right Hair in the wrong places on women Too much hair in the wrong places on men Pasty skin Patchy skin - especially if tendency to flake on others Disproportionately Large ears Lack of personal hygiene Out of date fashions Out of date hair styles (especially perms) Large hips (men) Small jaws (men) Teeth that aren't straight Teeth that aren't white Uncared for fingernails Bald patches (men, but particularly, women) Facial hair (women) Long back hair (men) Anyone with a middle part Ear and/or nose hair Crooked or webbed toes Webbed fingers or toes Bent essential anatomy (men) Oversized essential anatomy (women) Lack of visible skin between eyebrows Mid-digital hair Ski jump noses Wobbly upper arms Hairy feet Large gaps between teeth Overuse of bright blue eyeshadow If you fit into any of these categories, let's face it, you're ugly, but you aren't alone. Darwin Dating isn't for you but don't despair, there are plenty of ugly fish in the sea and they're all on every other dating website out there! If you think you might meet our criteria sign up to chat to gorgeous online singles!