yuck.

Dec. 19th, 2001 11:09 am
scottobear: (booger troll)
[personal profile] scottobear
Oh, good heavens. I hope this is some sort of joke. http://www.coincidencedesign.com/ is *very very* frightening. Starting a relationship on a stack of pretense.

[livejournal.com profile] dcl,(heck, or anyone...) have you heard anything about this weirdness? How about the costs for gathering a dossier?

Looking over the prices, attracting my eye like a car crash... ($88,000, if I read it right), I couldn't help but think, "Be sure to set aside another hundred grand to pay for the inevitable blackmail." I mean, c'mon, these guys are amoral enough to do this in the first place, what's going to stop them from blackmailing their clients later? Professionalism? Maybe...but are you willing to gamble on that? "Pay up, or we tell her how you really met."

Ugh.. if it is real, and socially acceptable, I'm all the more glad to be a pod. If it's fake, it's very professionally done, and I'm not spotting the smirk.

I can almost see this as a freaky perq for high-powered executives. "Sure, we are a high-pressure competitive environment, but look around you at the spouses at the corporate Xmas party. Look good? You bet! Want in?"

Yuck. Ick. Bleh.

Date: 2001-12-19 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cath555.livejournal.com
good god. I think I'll spend the next week or so in a state of paranoia.

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Date: 2001-12-19 08:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
man... and you thought a tax audit was bad!

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cath555.livejournal.com
not only that- my mother will (and I'm not joking here) spontaintiously tell my life story to cashiers at wal-mart. I'd hate to see what people could get out of her if they actually pumped her for info.

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
gadzooks....

time to feed mom some misinformation. :)

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cath555.livejournal.com
heh. she's on to that. ;-) many things I can do, but I can't lie to my own mother.

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
hmmm... I suppose telling her to pipe down doesn't fly well, either!

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cath555.livejournal.com
bwahahahah! oh, no, not at all "don't you 'sush' ME! I'm your mother!"

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Yike!!

"oh, ma.... "

Date: 2001-12-19 09:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ldy.livejournal.com
Oh, scotto... that just makes my skin crawl!

Ick, ick, ick!

All the more reason for me to become a hermitgeek (although it's probably only a matter of time before someone dreams up a similar product for online relationships).

ICK!

...y'know, for half that amount (a mere $40k), I'd gladly have lunch with someone and listen to his (or her) story. : P

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Date: 2001-12-19 09:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I guess I'm cut rate... I like to people-watch and hear them talk...even for the more pesky of humankind I'd do the lunch thing for a grand or two.

Date: 2001-12-19 10:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-corax898.livejournal.com
Hell, I'd do brunch with the most boorish amongst us for a mere $99.95

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Date: 2001-12-19 10:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
heh... man, we're bringing the bagaining table low....

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Hey, hopefully lunch is included in the deal.

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-corax898.livejournal.com
Would Subway sandwiches be acceptable? :)

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
sure!

a nice veggie sub with conversation works. :)

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-corax898.livejournal.com
Of course, the $99.95 only includes my presence and the sub. Conversation is extra! :)

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I imagine travel expenses work in there too, no doubt.

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-corax898.livejournal.com
Yes, but all this talk of price has left me feeling a bit soiled ;)

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Well, we've already established that we're lunch whores... just haggling over price, now. :)

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Date: 2001-12-19 12:32 pm (UTC)

Date: 2001-12-19 10:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laurak.livejournal.com
Hmmmm... almost sounds more like a movie plot than an actual service! Its a cute idea, but if its for real, it also gives me the willies...mainly because they talk about doing background checks on the man/woman of interest, but what about a background check on the person who is interested? Sounds like a great way for a rapist/murderer/psychopath with money to burn to find victims. :-(

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Date: 2001-12-19 10:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
heck if a psycho has 88g's to blow... that'll get him lots of cover-up bribes to snuff just about anyone.

Date: 2001-12-19 11:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-dcl.livejournal.com
Whoa that is *way* over the line.

I'm going to look into this further....glad you posted the link.

I mean...**Way** over the line.

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I agree... let me know what you dig up!

Date: 2001-12-19 11:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-dcl.livejournal.com
Heh. I might just register.....to see.....

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Date: 2001-12-19 11:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
sure, you've got a PIL#. :)
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Date: 2001-12-19 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
Likewise... fortunately there's a PI on my friends list, who can clarifty matters.

it's just f-ing evil.
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Date: 2001-12-19 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
I suspect it's for real, and evil... just because there's not "jokey joke" part anywhere.

Date: 2001-12-20 12:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dorkgirl.livejournal.com
I'm with you....I'm not seeing the smirk, which makes me believe it's frighteningly true. *shudder* What the hell is the world coming to when something like this can be in existence? It truly makes my skin crawl.

Date: 2001-12-20 01:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commentfairy.livejournal.com
*sprinkle sprinkle*

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