hey, whaddya know. a website. /kicks tires

as you may or may not know, the yahoos that own and operate this website all have accounts on facebook, the social network site that one can belong to without feeling like you’re a pervert (unlike its competitor, myspace). i find it somewhat fascinating to keep up with what former co-workers, college classmates, and high school friends are up to; not essential information, but certainly interesting. it also can be a bit of a time sink if i’m not careful; however, now that scrabulous has gone away, there’s much less risk of that.

one of the applications one can add to their page is called “Compare People.” when launched, you are presented with a series of questions in comparing two people from your network of facebook friends. (example: Who is more punctual? my choices include a former college friend who i haven’t hung out with since 1996, and a former co-worker that i haven’t worked with since 2001.) its usefulness is questionable. its ability to compel? high.

according to CP, my strengths (first place in my category due to % of wins when compared) are:

• better taste in music
• rather sleep with editor’s note: woo!
• better singer
• better sense of humor
• sexier editor’s note: double woo!
• can drink more

weaknesses?

• more artistic
• happier person
• am I more jealous of
• more fashionable
• a better smile
• more punctual

interesting stuff. but not useful in any way. like, if my wife was presented with a “who is sexier” comparison between me and our senior pastor at our church (who’s also on facebook), i’d like to know what her answer would be. oh, and it’s good to note that you are able to skip questions if you don’t want to answer– helpful when presented “who would you rather sleep with” and given choices of one good friend’s little sister and another good friend’s mother-in-law.

where i’m going with this… so, you occasionally get updates e-mailed to you about changes in your standings, how you rank in comparison to your friends, etc. all very meta. but, the other day, i got a message with the saying the following:

You are more desirable than 67% of 36,016,296 people.

i just… am not sure what to do with that. i mean, besides the obvious (”nothing”).

until i figure that out, i’m off to decide who smells nicer– a friend’s ex-girlfriend who i haven’t talked to since 1998, or my brother-in-law’s pregnant wife.

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