Was it here that someone mentioned Mariah Carey and Chistmas music, this earworming me with "All I want for Christmas is youuuuuuuu [jingle, jingle]"?
Damn youuuuuuuu, whoever you were.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Nov 21, 2005 10:54:26 am PST #6074 of 10006
information libertarian
Wolfram - Nov 21, 2005 10:55:14 am PST #6075 of 10006
Visilurking
No, but except for word-of-mouth*, they only make back one extended subscription per date. That extended subscription brings in $30/month-- let's say 30% of that is profit. So $10/month. How could you hire a beautiful woman that would possibly make it worth the company's money to save one customer at a time?
Why is only 30% of it profit? There doesn't appear to be much overhead for online sites except advertising and bandwith. I'd think 90% of it would be profit. Also, one date can reasonably cause a subscriber to extend for 6 months. So at $27 per month that's $162 not counting word of mouth. And they're probably not paying the woman all that much. After all, she eats free.
Vortex - Nov 21, 2005 10:55:21 am PST #6076 of 10006
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Flea, THANKS FOR NOTHIN'. well, except the EARWORM.
Emily - Nov 21, 2005 10:58:19 am PST #6077 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yeah, no kidding, flea. You could have lit a candle, but no, you SPREAD THE CURSED DARKNESS. Cursed darkness-spreader.
...is yooooooouuuuu.... goddammit.
Jesse - Nov 21, 2005 10:59:19 am PST #6078 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'd bet the word of mouth is huge, too -- I've never considered joining a site if I didn't know people who didn't at least get some decent dates out of it.
Jesse - Nov 21, 2005 11:00:41 am PST #6079 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and shrift, while I am concerned for you, I am slightly more concerned for those around you, if bacon really is the only thing keeping you from choking a bitch. If you see what I'm saying. Good luck!!
beth b - Nov 21, 2005 11:08:27 am PST #6080 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am glad they are looking for other causes -because quite likely there is something else. but I will say for those of us that shot up to the stratosphere with the bp - the medication worked pretty quickly.
erikaj - Nov 21, 2005 11:12:18 am PST #6081 of 10006
Always Anti-fascist!
No, Allyson, you're not my science project...it's like Burrell said. Missed chances, felt bad later.
Steph L. - Nov 21, 2005 11:15:52 am PST #6082 of 10006
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Was it here that someone mentioned Mariah Carey and Chistmas music, this earworming me with "All I want for Christmas is youuuuuuuu [jingle, jingle]"?
Damn youuuuuuuu, whoever you were.
That was me, over in the Music thread, rejoicing that at least I got the earworm of "Da Butt" out of my head.
Connie Neil - Nov 21, 2005 11:16:37 am PST #6083 of 10006
brillig
Hey, shrift, unless your BP has maxed 200+, I win!
Oh, wait, it's not a competition.