Poll: What Is This OKCupid Guy Even Trying to Ask Me?
I have an OKCupid account. Most of the time it sucks, but as a single person in New York who’s kinda-sorta trying not to be single for the rest of her life, it’s just one of those necessary evils.
Also, an amusing situation like this one occasionally comes along, making the whole messy, frustrating process seem a bit more worthwhile.
This afternoon, my phone buzzed to tell me that there was a new message in my OKC inbox, from a dude I’d never communicated with before. What I found was not the typical long-winded date proposition, nor was it my personal favorite, “Damnnnnn sexy.”
Instead, there was a series of what seemed to be carefully chosen emojis. No words. Just… emojis:
The message was creative, yes—and certainly amusing. But it was also confusing. But what was he trying to tell me? I immediately consulted my colleagues.
After a few minutes of heated deliberation, we settled on the following emoji-to-English translation:
“(Flirty) Hey!
We should have a pizza party and drink beer and then work off the calories together!
Or we can find a karaoke piano bar and eat Italian and make out.
Alternatively, we can fly to Japan and snack on rice balls with ramen and martinis and sake and maybe some sushi… That would be A OK.
What do you think?”
While I’ve yet to respond to him (or decide whether I even will at all), I can’t deny that the concept of having a first date in Tokyo is pretty freaking appealing. Hell, even a pizza party followed by a couple’s workout sounds nice right about now…
Oh, and I should also probably add that the sender’s profile picture involves him eating a giant slice of pizza while water skiing. Dreamboat, or simply a self-marketing wizard with mad skillz in the modern alphabet of Emoji? And could I have I just inadvertently stumbled upon the future of dating communication? The jury is still out. Until next time, OKC…
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