Love in a Time of Digital Spam

This is the best spam email I have received in some time. He had me at “I’m your beautiful stranger.” And “personal data”? Oh, yes, let’s get acquainted.
“
THE 10 COOLEST NATIONALITIES: FIVE LEAST COOLEST
1. Americans 1. Belgians
2. Brazilians 2. Poles
3. Spanish 3. Turks
4. Italians 4. Canadians
5. French 5. Germans
6. British
7. Dutch
8. Mexicans
9. Argentinians
10. Russians
”“”We hear a lot in the media about anti-Americanism,” says Lloyd Price, Badoo’s Director of Marketing. “But we sometimes forget how many people across the world consider Americans seriously cool.”
Cue the theme song from Team America.
I find it completely hilarious that Belgians are the “least cool.” If we’re going to be totally arbitrary, I think the Swiss are less cool than the Belgians. Geneva is pretty but soooooo boring. It’s like the political part of DC times a thousand. I better be careful, lest I start a fight with the EU. EU, Come at me, Bro!
Yet another ridiculous but hilarious comparison of lesbians and straight women courtesy of OkCupid. There are only so many conclusions one can create from a glorified wordle and OkC manages to make them all.