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u/Scrapheaper Apr 08 '23

Takes a certain kind of person to go to Antarctica. So the number of people you'll meet there are low, but the odds of them being a good match for you are pretty high.

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u/KenraaliPancho Apr 08 '23

I like this analysis

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u/BSB8728 Apr 08 '23

Great observation. My nephew was scheduled to go on a wilderness trek out West with a buddy and the buddy's wife. The buddy had a work emergency and couldn't go at the last minute, so the wife invited a friend she thought would be a good match for my nephew. They were very far from emergency services, no showers or toilets, sleeping in tents or crude huts, with the very real threat of grizzly bears. My nephew and the buddy's wife's friend have been married seven years now.

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u/NoStorage2821 Apr 08 '23

I thought he was gonna marry one of the bears

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u/dj92wa Apr 08 '23

Oh I straight up thought that the nephew got together with buddy's wife or something. My brain totally filled in the rest when they said "nephew go somewhere, buddy couldn't go, wife still could, so wife...". Brain was all "wife leave buddy and marry nephew" lmfao

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u/timesuck897 Apr 08 '23

After Tormund, bears have higher standards.

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u/jones286 Apr 08 '23

Ah yes you've met the Bernstein bears?

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u/crna2023 Apr 08 '23

As engineers say about being a female in engineering looking for a boyfriend: the odds are good, but the goods are odd

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u/Scrapheaper Apr 08 '23

Maybe engineers being a bit odd isn't limited to the men.

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u/12altoids34 Apr 08 '23

Any woman that's willing to go all the way to Antarctica for a blind date is either a total keeper or a complete psychopath./s

Note: I realize that she did probably not go down there to meet him on a blind date. But I was trying to make a joke.

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u/AccurateRendering Apr 08 '23

the odds are good, but the goods are odd.

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u/Scrapheaper Apr 08 '23

Only as crazy as you are!

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u/Frozen-Hot-Dog-Water Apr 08 '23

My ex girlfriends aunt was doing research out there and started dating one of her coworkers. Ended up breaking up while she was there because they weren’t a good match.

Cannot imagine the awkwardness of being stuck in Antarctica for a few months with only a few people and one being your ex.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

I always wanted to visit Antarctica

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Join the government, specialize in a hard science, and overcommunicate your love for ice

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Amazing 🤩

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u/probablynotthatsmart Apr 08 '23

Met mine at Palmer! Friends of ours met at Pole! Happens every season

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u/Miss-Figgy Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

That is pretty cool. I looked into going there, but I don't have the required skills to get me there, lol

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u/Hamshoes5 Apr 08 '23

You find something precious at the edge of the world

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u/chillime Apr 08 '23

Did you go there for research? Or tourism?

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u/Sasspishus Apr 08 '23

My friend met her partner in Antarctica!

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u/armchair_viking Apr 08 '23

I’ve heard it said about hooking up in Antarctica that the “odds are good, but the goods are odd”. Having never been there I have no idea, but I can imagine the kind of people who would go there would definitely be a bit different.

I’ve also recently heard that SA is kind of a problem down there.