Part II in our descent into the Craigslist personals. This week we’re looking at people who are looking for people… supposedly for reasons other than sex.
or this they have created the Strictly Platonic section. And yet again Craigslist surprises me, because what did I find here but actual civility. Lots of people looking for people… quite possibly without twisted ulterior motives.
• This poor chap slipped on the ice and is just looking for people to talk to while he rests up at home.
• A great many people are just new to the area and want to meet other people. Still interesting how they will usually put their race in there - SBF, for instance, or a describe themselves as a “33 6′2 225 36w shaved head, clean shaven black guy” looking for a yoga buddy.
• Like cheap-ass drinks on the Northside? Call this guy. And nerds need chat buddies too, BYW.
• Sometimes, you just don’t want to go to a strip club alone.
• This guy likes motorcycles and, incredibly, is NOT using it as a hook to meet women. WOW!
• And to end on an extra-strange note, I’ll just let this type-A personality speak for himself:
"It is past 6AM now and I have been literally watching Frontline reruns on PBS’s website for the past 8 hours straight. In the past 48 hours I think I’ve spent 15 hours reading Internet news, feeds, and blogs, 6 hours reading newspapers and magazines in hard print, and 5 hours watching TV infomercials. I have smoked over 4 packs of menthol cigarettes, and slept only 5-6 inconsecutive hours.”
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Jon Rubin
A lifelong Rhode Islander, Jonathan Rubin is a graduate student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. His worked has appeared in Slate Magazine (where he currently interns), the Chicago Red Eye, The Chicago Defender, and elsewhere. More
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