A Guide to Writing the Most Generic OkCupid Profile Ever

Apr. 28, 2011

By Stephanie Georgopulos info

Steph is a former editor at Thought Catalog and a current writer at Gawker Media. Her work has been featured on ...

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If you’re a lady…

My Self- Summary

I’m not the average chick/I’m not like every other girl/I’m totally one of the guys.

I am really down-to-earth and I love dancing/being outdoors/hanging out with my friends. Love yoga. I love to have fun. I’m grounded and sweet but I definitely have a wild side!

No drama, please.

What I’m Doing With My Life

Dancing like no one is watching!

I’m Really Good At

Staying positive. Making you laugh.

The First Thing People Usually Notice About Me

What? Who’s noticing me? Should I be concerned? O_o LOL – my eyes, probably. Or my smile.

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, food

Books - A Million Little Pieces; My Horizontal Life; Eat Pray Love; Five People You Meet In Heaven; Secret Life of Bees (book AND movie).

Movies – Mean Girls; Vanilla Sky; Kids; Princess Bride; Secret Life of Bees (see above); How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.

Shows – Gossip Girl (guilty pleasure!); Dexter; South Park; reruns of Friends; Law and Order: SVU

Music – Everything except country and classical (seriously!)

Food – Sushi, Falafel, Pinkberry

The six things I could never live without

  1. Sunshine
  2. Yoga
  3. Music
  4. My friends
  5. Chai lattes
  6. Surprises!

I spend a lot of time thinking about

How to live my life to the fullest

On a typical Friday night I am

One week I could be at the club with my girls dancing until 4 AM, and the next I could be on a romantic dinner date… as long as it’s a good time with good people, I’m there!

The most private thing I’m willing to admit

…that I don’t start giving up private information until at least the third drink :P

You should message me if

1) You are confident

2) You can dish it out just as well as you can take it

3) You know what *real* integrity is and it has a *strong* foundation within your life

4) You love animals

5) You’re active/enjoy working out

6) You’re not intimidated by a woman that knows what she wants and intends to get it

7) You love a good discussion/debate

8) You want to! TC mark

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  • http://somuchtocome.blogspot.com Aja

    You left out that everyone considers themselves “sarcastic”. EVERYONE.

    • http://fastfoodies.org Briana

      i don't consider myself sarcastic.

      /sarcasm

      /sarcasm

      /sarcasm

      O_O

    • theehill

      I've noticed this A LOT lately and it's driving me nuts. Additionally, this means that everyone thinks they are funny in someway. They are not.

      • http://somuchtocome.blogspot.com Aja

        It drives me nuts too. Anything which must be loudly declared doesn't have a stitch of truth behind it. Like girls who wear pants that say “hot” on the butt.

    • http://loveandradio.org Nick vdK

      I love how many people declare themselves on OKC to be sarcastic or funny and then show zero evidence of either trait. Didn't they take a 7th grade writing class? Show don't tell, people.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TomSmizzle Tom Smith

    Awesome article. Spot on. I think it was actually an article on TC saying “hey make your OKCupid profile more interesting, idiot” that spurred me to drop the generic bullshit and put in some jokes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1663931458 Harley Quinn

    sums up practically every profile of the 20something.

  • http://twitter.com/srslydrew Andrew F.

    This definitely extends to pretty much every internet profile (myspace, facebook, tumblr, twitter, etc), although I understand OkCupid is en vogue right now.

  • http://twitter.com/bsdf BEN ENGLISCH
  • Jordan

    Haha I'm glad there was a female version here too, the whole 'i'm a girl but i can hang with the guys' thing is driving me nuts! Its a good quality but its just hilarious to see it over and over again

  • http://twitter.com/kyleangeletti Kyle Angeletti

    painfully true.

  • MADMAX

    this is so spot on

  • MADMAX

    this is so spot on

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1363230138 Michael Koh

    Is it bad if I thought that this profile was intriguing to me?

  • http://twitter.com/datingbrian Brian

    You might've forgotten a mention of whiskey, in either guys' or girls' profiles.

    And, as someone who sees all girl profiles, I have to say that your guy one fits a girl as much as it does a guy. Especially 'I hate writing these things/I suck at describing myself/I am not at all good at this but here goes nothing…” and “…that I’m on a dating site? LOL.”

    See that shit constantly.

    • http://stephgeorge.tumblr.com Stephanie Georgopulos

      I think whiskey might be the universal namedrop.

      I had to rely on my male roommate and a cursory glance at 10-15 female profiles for the girl version, but yeah I've seen both of those phrases upwards of 100K times since I joined in '07.

  • http://twitter.com/lukebourassa Luke Bourassa

    I love when people write “Everything except country”. Seriously? Johnny Cash, at LEAST? Also, I doubt “everything” would include Acid Mother's Temple.

    • http://stephgeorge.tumblr.com Stephanie Georgopulos

      Yeah like, ain't nothin wrong with a little Dolly. C'mon now.

    • To

      I like the Acid Mothers Temple shoutout.

  • shoehorn

    the profiles made me feel rage while reading, excellent job

  • Not On OkCupid

    Makes me want to sign up on OkCupid.

  • http://brianmcelmurry.blogspot.com/ Brian McElmurry

    Tao Lin would say, 'Seems bleak.' I thought, “Jesus, I'm glad I'm not single.”

  • Bcoates

    1. Hey, I really like falafel.
    2. MXPX. Lol lol lol.

    • http://stephgeorge.tumblr.com Stephanie Georgopulos

      i need the kind of girl that knows
      a girl that likes to wear my clothes
      someone who always buys me coke
      someone who laughs at all my jokes

  • yeko

    accidental cool guy smileys are my favorite thing ever. my bread butter milk & honey

  • Mark

    The use of capitalization, full words, and every third word not being misspelt makes these profiles anything but typical.

    • http://stephgeorge.tumblr.com Stephanie Georgopulos

      Gotta draw the line somewhere … :)

  • Quinton Harris

    hahahahaa nice one on the *real* integrity and *strong* foundation…

  • http://eveningrevolution.com/ Jonathan Manor

     This makes me want to listen to some Frey and Taking Back Sunday

  • http://twitter.com/thoughtlessbeast ami

    SVU IS SO FUCKING GOOD

  • Roblee777

    I dont agree with your typical girl profile…which makes sense since you are a girl and have probably read way more guy profiles. Actually the typical guy profile that you described is closer to the actual typical girl profile…which is interesting.

  • http://www.okcupid.com/profile/LondonBrit LondonBrit

    “Kiss me, and just get it over with”

    ;o)

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