Thursday, July 19, 2007

hot enough?


That's the question that this Web site, Darwin Dating, asks.

It's exactly what its name sounds like -- dating based on survival of the fittest. Make that survival of the hottest.

"Darwin Dating was created exclusively for beautiful, desirable people. Our strict rules and natural selection process ensures all our members have winning looks," the site says.

Designed for ages 18-35, Darwin Dating bans things like fat rolls, acne, pasty skin and "red hair and too many freckles." Click here to see a full list of banned features.

Applicants are judged based on attractiveness rankings from the site's members.

I think my favorite line is an explanation of how much Darwin Dating costs: "It is completely free to join and use Darwin Dating! If you're hot, you should never have to pay for anything. We'd like to charge ugly people when we reject them, but that might be a bit hard to enforce. If you think of a way to do this, please let us know."

Some people maintain the entire thing is a joke. Read a Seattle Post-Intelligencer column about the site here.

The best part? Charles Darwin himself (pictured above) probably would have been rejected.