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Dear Myrtle,

What do you think about online dating? I tried finding girls in real life, but it just didn’t pan out. It’s all so much easier online, and you can learn if somebody would be compatible with you before meeting them. What do you say?

—Online Dating Devotee

Hey there ODD—

I’ve done some online dating in my time (have you tried okcupid.com?) and it definitely has its pluses and minuses. Sure, it seems like you can get some idea of your compatibility before meeting the person, but that doesn’t mean it’ll turn out the way you think. You might have a lot in common with somebody who turns out to be an ultra-weird eyebrow-fetishist Scientologist (unless you’re into that, in which case, woohoo for you) or somebody who...

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