Just For Laughs

These days, we have many varied ways of communicating, mostly through the internet and the phone. On the internet we can find people that we have never met, something that is difficult to do over the phone unless you start pushing random buttons. These services have allowed us as humans to meet people that we normally wouldn't. However, 25 years ago, the internet wasn't available, so people either knew people, met them in person, or never knew them. How were you ever supposed to find your perfect match? It probably seemed like a daunting task until one day, someone thought to make these:








That must have solved the problem...


Look at those poor guys. We laugh at them now, with their funny clothes, dirty sanchezes, and their awesome hair-dos, but there are modern versions of these guys out there. Know anybody who is on E-harmony? How about anybody that puts personal ads in the paper?


I just wonder, why would these guys use this video-mate service, and tell the lady viewers that they wear funny socks? It seems like a waste of time, but I'll give these guys credit. They are honest. Maybe it's the fact that they don't have to look at the viewer that gives them the courage to say some of these things.


Even if they are brave, or simply more outgoing in front of a camera, watching these videos is a great time for us. Nobody does video dating anymore that I know of, so it's hard for me to imagine someone actually expecting it to work. Did any of these guys actually get called? They could have thought the same thing about people in 2009, though. The idea of meeting someone over an internet connection, where you might not even see pictures, does seem absurd if you take a minute to step in their shoes.



If all of these different ways of meeting people are funny, why do people keep using them? I think it's fairly simple: people have a need for someone else who will be their friend.