Okcupid has beautifully abused their users’ profiles again for some entertaining statistical analysis. This time they extracted unique keywords from profile description by race – and as usual, the commentary is priceless:
If I had to choose over-arching themes for white people’s lists, for men, I’d go with "frat house" and for women, "escapism." Whether one begot the other is a question I’ll leave to the reader.
Some other interesting profile content analysis:
Exhibited writing proficiency vs religion:
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