I suspect that there is some truth in this.
If you want to meet someone for fun, the odd date or uncomitted shagging. Then those places are fine.

However, if you want something of more depth then you perhaps need to looking at environments that allow you to get to know someone a little more gradually.
(Cave Duck, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 9:55, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

That doesn't work either : (
Me and swipey are DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED.
( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:00, Reply)

Like b3ta's /offtopic board

*smirks*
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:00, Reply)

Seems to have worked for a few b3tans!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:01, Reply)

That's a good point actually...

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Pfft! seems I got the short end of the straw.

( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Hurr hurr, short ends...good points...
PENIS!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Hahaha!
I'm not that much of a demented bitch.

*says nothing*
( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:05, Reply)

You're not even a homeopathic-strength demented bitch

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:06, Reply)

Aw fanks : )

( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:08, Reply)

You're most welcome, Auntie!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:11, Reply)

Maybe you just haven't got the balance
of drunkenness right at bashes to leap on people?
(berk, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:04, Reply)

It's ok to do that when your young but not at my age.
It's just looks tacky.
( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:06, Reply)

It is quite fun though

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:10, Reply)

Surely at your age
you're old enough to not give a shit what people think of you? If you want to get drunk and pounce on people, do it!
(berk, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:11, Reply)

There's laws against that sort of thing.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Yeah, just few drops in the drink, and "help them home".
Much more dignified that way.

Morning, the internets.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:21, Reply)

Morning Wooks

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:22, Reply)

How's tricks?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Tricks are good thanks
I'm a little achy from decapitating a willow tree at the weekend, plus staying up til 3am to finish Lost. And yourself?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:26, Reply)

Not bad at all, ta.
Discovered on Friday that I'm not so much of an emo twat as I thought I was - not getting sad when I get drunk, just getting sad when I get rejected ;P

Moral of the story: don't try.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:29, Reply)

Do or do not...
*is utterly ashamed for typing that*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:31, Reply)

When 500 years old you reach...

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:33, Reply)

Hah. This.

(berk, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:31, Reply)

ah urr h t
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:35, Reply)

Bravo!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:37, Reply)

*applauds*

(berk, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:37, Reply)

To some extent yes but if I saw some drunken old bint locking lips with a guy in the pub then I would look with disdain.
Even with tattoos and piercings I like to carry myself with an air of sophistication in old age.
( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:14, Reply)

i think past the age of about 25 it's tacky to snog in public
doesn't mean i haven't been a bit hypocritical about that rule, but i still believe it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:15, Reply)

2 1
Seriously, there's a couple that insist on eating off each other's faces in our common room and it's revolting to behold. They can only be 21, maybe 22, but you can watch the whole damn room growing increasingly uncomfortable as they try not to have their attention drawn to the spectacle, waiting for one person to have the nerve to yell "Get a room" at them.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:19, Reply)

if you're a couple that's much worse because you can do it any time at home
i just meant snogging randoms in bars!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:22, Reply)

Snogging randoms in bars is good fun
Just not when they look like the last one I snogged, not good. She looked like a bulldog.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Then what the hell did you snog her for, you retard?

(berk, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:29, Reply)

Because I was drunk, and she was there
I turned to her, said "Hi", and leaned in for a kiss. Easiest snog I've ever done. The sickened looks on peoples faces were quite entertaining.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Are you sure they were sickened on your behalf, and not hers?
Were you wearing that yellow t-shirt?
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:40, Reply)

I've been informed that the barman overpoured the pint in his hand because he couldn't look away from the 2 monsters eating each others faces about 10 feet away
And no, I think I was pretty well dressed that night...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:43, Reply)

You snogged a bulldog?!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:29, Reply)

She looked like one, not an ACTUAL bulldog
I think...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Bulldogs look like bulldogs
quod erat demonstrandum
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Using a Venn diagram
The two subsets "Women AA snogged" and "bulldogs" we can see the overlap clearly.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:37, Reply)

In fairness, not all of them are that bad
Some definitely are, but I've been lucky from time to time.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:39, Reply)

I didn't say it was a large overlap ;)

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Woo!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:43, Reply)

Your common room at work?
Ew!
(berk, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I know!
We have an upper-middle-class room.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Just throw old copies of THE at them.
If it's anything like my common room you'll be drowning in them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:28, Reply)

You should give up smirking.
It's bad for yerz health, like, man, pet.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:01, Reply)

*polite applause*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:02, Reply)

^ Should I be ashamed of having laughed at this?

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:02, Reply)

How do you think I feel?
I fucking posted it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:04, Reply)

more men on here should be you, monty
this would improve the place no end
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:07, Reply)

^this

( girlinthehole, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:07, Reply)

*blushes again*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:45, Reply)

*blushes*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:45, Reply)