A good friend of mine likes online dating because she is busy, seems to have figured out that men at bars aren’t shopping for personality, and likely because she can easily center the universe around herself.

I’m being overly sarcastic, but the truth is that for many women, online dating, webcams, or attention-whoring on message boards, is a great way to feed your ego. You can choose to put your best angles up, choose your best photo, say absolutely nothing at all of substance, and still be guaranteed massive results.

While the same can almost be said for men, the aforementioned offers one thing a man won’t find without working on his online dating profile: Results.

Additionally, these pictures prove that many men lack any sort of “online game”. There are a few things to message a girl with that will help get responses, but they’re not “Hi”, “Hey”, or an empty subject line.

Some guys will get by on looks alone and some guys just get plain lucky. For those more serious about the game, there are PUA or “Pick Up Artist” tactics that seem to get better results. Although it takes a lot of time to learn and if you still look like a giant douche, you will probably just make yourself look like a slightly more annoying Turtle from Entourage.

But on the to the meat of things. When talking about online dating, my friend sent me these 5 pictures of her inbox. This was after less than 4 days on the site she joined.

Guys.. The next time you send a message to someone on an online dating site.. Look at these pics and think twice about what you’re saying. While I’m not a woman, I have to say the subject that looks like it has the best chances of being picked is the one labeled, “xbox kicks wii’s ass”.

Oh, and for the love of God, gifts and “online roses” on the first contact… Little bit creepy.

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Without getting gimmicky, the best and easiest way to get a good response (or a shot at one), still seems to be picking some info from her profile and seeing if you can tie it into your subject line.

Tags: online, dating, profile, women, men, pua