Thirsty?

Depends on how you go about it. I dont believe it does. If you really want to find somebody I would not call that desperate, what I would call desperate is somebody who will take whoever likes them first. If anything getting to know somebody and liking them for who they are regardless of if they like you is important in my book. Also even though this website appears to have mainly dating things going on I would say that I have made a few very good friends on here. I am not the only one to have that. But without going into a lengthy discussion I will put it simply that using this site does not make you desperate. What does is the actions presented via whoever uses the site.

No, definitely not (at least most users). I think most of us want to have a relationship with someone else who enjoys anime but is out of their real life social group. I think Yu also makes a good point that it's not using the site that makes you "thirsty", it's how you use it.

There's another side to it. A lot of us here spend a lot of time on the internet as it is. It's convenient that we can do basically everything here, including find friends and dates. It's also great because it vastly increases the pool. You don't have to bet on meeting someone local and hoping they're single, or get friends and family to introduce you. You can find like minded people on your own terms, people who you probably would have never met without the internet.

I did my account out of curiosity. To be honest I was quite embarrassed because I really don't consider my self ugly or unattractive to rely on something like this to meet someone. I always thought that dating sites were for people that had no chances in real life. But honestly I can't bring myself to "hit on someone on real life" because of fear of rejection. Nonetheless, here I am . *sigh*

Since when do you have to be ugly or unattractive to join a website? Pretty rude for somebody who just joined. :/

I don't doubt that many share that sentiment. But honestly, this is the age of technology and information. Just from the perspective of practicality there's a lot to be said about online dating, and it seems to me that it will become increasingly more common and refined until it eventually becomes the primary means of meeting people for relationships. And frankly it's pretty easy to communicate online and mitigate some anxiety for the socially awkward. So to me, it's not that the people here are bottom of the barrel undesirables. Just the opposite. They are using technology in a technology age to fulfill the needs that each of us has. I'd say if anything it's actually pretty smart (though admittedly not a perfect science yet).

I guess I shoulve told that to the doctor I had a date with... I mean, it's not like I met her on a website or anything. Quite attractive...and had money........................and something about me just threw her off... I haven't a clue watt dat cood have been.

Nope, it was a four hour conversation at a Starbucks. But a date nonetheless. Eye no how 2 talck wen eye knead 2. Woldve been nice to have a sugar momma....