zaterdag 29 september 2012

5 non-standard must-see destinations

Hi all,
Sorry for not writing so much here any more. When I'm not travelling, there is not so much to write about. :)

I have written a guest post for a friend's blog though, with some recommendations for unusual travel destinations. If you want to read it and get inspired, you can find it via this link.

zondag 23 september 2012

Why I am still single

People often come up to me and say: "Laurens! You are such an attractive guy! How can it be that an amazing man like you is still single?" A couple of weeks ago, when asked such a question, I would have given a vague and unclear answer such as "I'm just a happy single", "it must be the fact that I am travelling so much" or, in case I'm in a funny mood, "girls must be intimidated by my magnificient looks". Today I read a couple of articles about online dating that made clear why I am still single. Apparently I am doing it all wrong.

The first article basically describes the link between how successful guys are in picking up women and their profile pictures. It basically states that if a man wants women to be interested in him, he should either take off his shirt or pose with a cute animal. Showing off with your travel photos is NOT a good idea at all. In fact, guys with profile pictures like this have the lowest success rate of all. According to the evidence, it's even better to have a profile picture that shows yourself drinking alcohol. If one girl reads this and can explain to me why my travel photos keep you from liking my pictures, please comment on this blog post and explain it to me.

The second article shows that I buy the wrong gadgets. My camera, a Nikon Coolpix, takes the least sexy pictures of all good cameras (only phone cameras score worse) and also statistical evidence indicates that my phone is keeping me away from sexual intercourse. I have an Android phone, which, according to the data, allows its users to have had on average 6 sex partners at the age of 30. iPhone users on the other hand will have had approximately 10 (men) or even 12.3 sex partners at that age. I will keep that in mind next time I see a girl walking with an iPhone in her hand.

The third article, assuming that the conclusions they reach about female beauty there are also true for male beauty, shows that I am probably looking too normal. I need either tattoos and piercings or big bicepses plus a sixpack to be more successful with girls. I am trying hard to go for option number 2 but so far the results are not really visible (I admit: I'm not trying THAT hard) and I will certainly never go for option number 1, so my chances of being successful with girls in the near future appear to be slim.

Unless of course I buy that new iPhone.



Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that this blog post was written with the purpose of entertaining the reader and does not reflect my thoughts or opinions in any way. All conclusions in the articles are based on statistical evidence and therefore seem to describe reality. However, there are many exceptions on these rules. Being successful in love has nothing to do with the superficial traits that are mentioned in these articles.

Oh, and you were right... In reality no-one ever asks me the question I used to start this blog post. I just thought this would be a nice way to attract your attention.