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So I’m browsing Seventeen Magazine’s website—in search of materials I could use to entertain Japanese high school students ahead of Valentine’s Day—when I find this: Seventeen will e-mail your crushes for you and ask them who they like… and if it matches up, they will e-mail you AND the crush back at the same time.
First off… were they not aware of that ubiquitous spam e-mail that went something like “Someone has a crush on you!!” and then prompted lonely souls to click on spyware loaded links or tricked them into signing up for crap?
Secondly… what if more than one crush confirmed they liked the same person? Wouldn’t that be extremely awkward for the person who started this and now has more than one suitor to deal with?
Thirdly… okay, back in my day, you either got over the stupid little fears in your head and fessed up to a crush, or you wallowed in your dateless emo-teen misery. I am all for technology making our lives simpler, but this is just silly. Teens: I hope you won’t be pansies by actually using this “service.”
