Jay Wiseman posted on the SM-Activism list about kinky speed dating. Many of my vanilla friends have tried speed dating, so it only makes sense that kinky people would start using it, too. People of certain BDSM orientations - say, male tops - get to sit and talk with another group of people - say, female bottoms - one-on-one for five minutes at a time. From the site:
"You’ll get a nametag with a number when you enter and a sheet with everyone’s number and a yes/no checkbox next to them. You’ll have five minutes with each member of the complementary orientation to ask all those important questions and decide whether or not you might want to have a longer conversation with them at a later date. No awkward fumbling with email addresses or phone numbers. Just check ‘yes’ or ‘no’ next to their number on your sheet. At the end of the evening, you will have a first impression of everyone. We’ll collect the sheets as you leave. If two people have checked ‘yes’ for each other, we will email you each other’s email addresses sometime within the next 48 hours and then the ball is in your court."
What a great idea. So far, it's only in San Francisco (as far as a I know). But it should spread quickly, given that it's easy to do and doesn't require much of a capital outlay.
Good idea for those people that are incapable of meeting and dating others without help.
Posted by: Gordon the Magnificent | August 26, 2003 at 11:09 AM