Five Reasons Why MySpace Is the New Gay.com

One)  There are more pull-up-my-A&F-graphic-t-shirt-with-my-left-hand-and-use- -my-right-hand-to-capture-my-moderately-sculpted-and-hairless-torso-in-the-bathroom-
-mirror-while-I-throw-my-head-back-and-purse-my-lips pics on MySpace than any friday night on Manhunt.  And that's really saying something.

Two) MySpace gives every man-about-town hopeful the option to list his "stats" and "body type."  Let's get real, people.  Why is it necessary for a networking site like MySpace to provide that option?  It's not.  It's for hussies.  (Note to MySpace: offering your users every conceivable superflously excessive option to personalize their "space" is a good idea only if your audience knew the meaning of the word moderation.)

Three)  Most people who have a MySpace profile also have a  Friendster profile.  As a general rule, you can count on a user's pictures on MySpace to be a lot trashier (e.g. shirtless, PBR in hand) than their pictures on Friendster.  (Also: see #1.)

Four) MySpace is free, and you don't ever run into that "to gain access to premium features, please send us half your bimonthly paycheck and a book of stamps" shit you see on Gay.com.

Five)  Okay, now here's the deal:  you know MySpace is the new Gay.com when a guy you've been messaging admits he's pretty much flirted, dated, or had sex with the same people you've flirted, dated, or had sex with.  And that's all I have to say about that.

//Josh K.

Comments

[Brian]

Ooh. We know that's right.

[Christian]

I did a lot of design work in college, and everytime I see someone's overworked MySpace page it makes me throw up a little in my mouth. I cant use MySpace for dating, because I immediately hvae to disqualify anyone who's page looks like it was designed by a manic-depressive psycho, which is pretty much all of them. Back to gay.com I suppose.

[Matt]

Hahahaha. So true.

[Peter]

I hate MySpace. Yet I still have a profile. Go figure. And I agree about moderation. Those pages with songs and overly decorated (not to mention tacky) graphics crash my computer. Frankly, I'll take gay.com or ManHunt over MySpace any day, and I usually do. Though, thankfully, I haven't come into contact with anyone I've flirted/slept with yet.

Oh, plus, it's owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which is enough reason to black list it.

[Michael]

I don't know... Are people really judging or suggesting that Gay.com and Manhunt or more suitable or stable than Myspace... Come on... All three sites have sex to sell but I think at least myspace creates a whole world full of not just gay people... and if you think for one second that gay.com and/or my space don't have any of the shirtless... shallowless aspect as myspace you are just being blind... I actually did a test and used just a face shot on manhunt... guess how many people emailed me - NONE... Every website is basically what you make of it... Gay.com / Manhunt is my hook up site (which I never do) and my space just happens to be a social website where I can chat with friends near and far - and find old friends too...

[Brian]

lol @ (which I never do)

[The Gay Guru]

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[anonymous for now]

josh k, do you have a picture of yourself in regards to #1? :o

[Roy]

Hahahahahaha....SO TRUE!!! And Manhunt...that's just one sick site! But the entertainment that I have gotten out of it, is just priceless! I haven't been on gay.com in AGES! Thank god I'm not single anymore :)

[Michael]

Ummm ... I'm guilty as charged. But, #5 had me laughing - because its true. Too true. Either that or its time to move.

[peterparker]

Aaaarrrrrrgh...NO!!!!!!!!!! As someone else pointed out, myspace.com is owned by Newscorp, Rupert Murdoch's company. Murdoch is a big contributor to Republicans. Even though myspace.com is free to use, your prescence there adds up to increased money for them in the form of advertising revenue. Please, don't patronize myspace.

[Astarael Panther]

I also hate myspace... i also am addicted to it... Numbers one through five are all true, and even true of this guy i dated at the other end of the country. Go fucking figure... although Tom Zswastraaga or wtf ever his surname is [fucking twat long surnames...] is a blatant poofter. About as manly as Dale Winton's Abba CD collection, wooly woofter. [giggles to self] It is good to rant on.