The Best Questions for a First Date

[boo7382]

Taken from OkTrends: original research and insights from OkCupid, the best dating site on earth. We've compiled our observations and statistics from hundreds of millions of OkCupid user interactions, all to explore the data side of the online dating world

This post is our attempt to end the mystery. We took OkCupid's database of 275,294 match questions—probably the biggest collection of relationship concerns on earth—and the 776 million answers people have given us, and we asked:

What questions are easy to bring up, yet correlate to the deeper, unspeakable, issues people actually care about?

Okay, if you want to know...

Will my date have sex on the first date?

Ask...

* Do you like the taste of beer?

Because...

Among all our casual topics, whether someone likes the taste of beer is the single best predictor of if he or she has sex on the first date.

Also for seeing if guys will have sex with you, there are:

1)Assuming you were in the position to do so, would you launch nuclear weapons under any circumstances?

2)In a certain light, wouldn't nuclear war be exciting?

3)Could you imagine yourself killing someone?

If you want to know...

Is my date religious?

Ask...

* Do spelling and grammar mistakes annoy you?

This thing seems like it is fairly accurate. You have to read the entire article (graphs, other questions, and all http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-best-questions-for-first-dates/). I would love to hear the feedback on this.

[Darth Biscuit]

So if a guy would launch a nuke attack he would have sex on the first date???

[Jase]

To see if a guy would have sex on the first date, ask

are you a man?

[Captroop]

I think about just about any answer to any question indicates that the guy wants to have sex on the first date.

[Jangler]

Do you use lean Roast Beef on your sammiches?

[boo7382]

So if a guy would launch a nuke attack he would have sex on the first date???

predictive question implied odds of first-date sex

Q: In a certain light, wouldn't nuclear war be exciting?

'yes'⇒83%

Q: Assuming you were in the position to do so, would you launch nuclear weapons under any circumstances?

'yes'⇒82%

Q: Could you imagine yourself killing someone?

'yes'⇒82%

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, Jase has a good point... as my answer to all three of those questions would be yes anyway.

[Zcustom]

WTF? Killing someone?

Who cares if it's likely the serial killer wants to bang you?

[boo7382]

The grammar and spelling one is what really gets me. Data shows that the less religious you are, the more you are likely to care about grammar and spelling mistakes.

[Dpantherman]

[Jase]

I've always found success with "when are you going to let me hit that?"

Even when I'm not on a date, really.

[Dpantherman]

that too

[Kettle]

so yes or no is the good answer on a girl liking the taste of beer?

[boo7382]

so yes or no is the good answer on a girl liking the taste of beer?

depends on if you consider a girl fuging on the first date a good thing or not