Online-dating company files for IPO

MatchNet hopes investors will find it attractive enough to pony up $100 million.

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[djugan]

Forget the stock -- what does this say about humanity?

It's a sorry male or female who must turn to technology in this way to successfully satisfy their most fundamental emotional and biological needs as a species.

Can there be anything more dysfunctional with a society whose members are no longer willing or able to take the time or make the effort to establish a long-term relationship with a member of the opposite sex?.

Perhaps an investment in an attractive, well-constructed, and anatomically correct manikan would satisfy these customers' needs and allow for instant gratification by simply requesting overnight delivery.

Ohhh, the humanity!!