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[lenovox1]

There is a separate London Olympics thread, but I think this is a funny enough story to be pulled out on its own.

A gay dating website crashed within minutes of the first Olympic athletes arriving in London – due to the volume of demand, say experts.

The Grindr app enables gay men to obtain the locations of potential homosexual partners.

Technicians believe the arrival of Olympic teams on Monday sparked a flood of new customers – and loss of the service in East London.

One Londoner said: “It happened almost as soon as the teams got here. Either loads of athletes were logging on to meet fellow Olympians or were looking to bag a local.

“The Grindr system obviously couldn’t cope. It took 24 hours for the app to get back up and running, much to the relief of all concerned[. . .]”

More at the source.. .

I love it. And London GayGAFers need to head on over to East London for "research."

 

[lunch]

"dating" is the funniest part of this story.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

But I thought Chris Bosh missed these Olympics.

 

[Socreges]

Olympic athletes with other Olympic athletes? These guys are going to make some superhuman babies.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Olympic athletes with other Olympic athletes? These guys are going to make some superhuman babies.

Unlikely.

 

[lunch]

Olympic athletes with other Olympic athletes? These guys are going to make some superhuman babies.

You've discovered a way for two men to reproduce?

 

[shira]

Unlikely.

Life finds a way?

 

[Sai-kun]

Unlikely.

Hahaha.

 

[ivysaur12]

Dating. lol.

 

[Socreges]

Sarcasm detectors malfunctioning everywhere.

 

[Platy]

Considering the importance Hitler gave to the Olympics as the ultimate marketing of the "superiority of the master race", I would love to see the reactions of Neonazis reading this xD

You've discovered a way for two men to reproduce?

They use the belly of a fellow girl athlete/sperm of a fellow boy athlete !

 

[Sol..]

But I thought Chris Bosh missed these Olympics.

you as cold as ice.

 

[Borgnine]

I thought biathletes only competed in the winter games?

 

[Davidion]

Considering the importance Hitler gave to the Olympics as the ultimate marketing of the "superiority of the master race", I would love to see the reactions of Neonazis reading this xD

I think Jesse Owens already took care of that.

 

[marrec]

Interesting if true.

I've not heard of Grindr before now and the numbers don't really add up in my head. I'm guessing this is a PR stunt.

Either way, this Thread Title is something else.

 

[tjohn86]

Overloading a site won't take it down for 24 hours. My guess is they lost an important piece of equipment or encountered a corruption issue and had to rebuild something. Probably just coincidence.

 

[Kyon]

I KNEW Michael Phelps was a Certified Thirsty Bottom !

Spoiler

Grindr....Dating.... doesnt compute...

 

[kirblar]

Overloading a site won't take it down for 24 hours. My guess is they lost an important piece of equipment or encountered a corruption issue and had to rebuild something. Probably just coincidence.

Or this is just a publicity stunt.

 

[CDX]

Interesting if true.

I've not heard of Grindr before now and the numbers don't really add up in my head. I'm guessing this is a PR stunt.

Either way, this Thread Title is something else.

Grindr doesn't need the publicity. Everybody that's interested in Grindr already knows about, I would think.

Grindr is a gay hookup app that tells you the GPS locations of everyone near you that has the app installed on their phone.

 

[freenudemacusers]

"dating" is the funniest part of this story.

Some Dates Are Bigger Than Others

 

[Jackpot]

Fake event to use the Olympics to generate coverage. There's zero facts connecting the arrival of athletes with the site crashing. May as well blame it on the moon.

 

[Escape Goat]

Haha, dating website.

 

[Poyunch]

"Grindr system" makes me think of some sort of Final Fantasy combat system.

 

[Kyon]

Haha, dating website.

I wish i could shop your avatar on a Grindr profile LOL. Your about me would read: SUPERS ONLY. NO VILLAINS SORRY

 

[Dragon]

You've discovered a way for two men to reproduce?

They ARE making a Junior 2.

 

[Majine]

Sarcasm detectors malfunctioning everywhere.

Right.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

why so many "lol dating"?

 

[daemonic]

Sounds purely coincidental. Everyone knows Grindr runs on servers that are always down and require constant maintenance. This was probably just their way of trying to appease their user base.

why so many "lol dating"?

Grindr is used primarily for hooking up and showing off. Not much dating going on there.

 

[MarkusRJR]

Grindr... a "dating" app? ahahahahahahahahah

why so many "lol dating"?

Grindr is an app that finds the closest gay guy who wants to fuck. It's 100 times worse than something like craigslist.

 

[freenudemacusers]

why so many "lol dating"?

Install it and find out

 

[Delusibeta]

why so many "lol dating"?

We're talking about a site called Grindr. I suspect dating isn't the intention of most of its userbase.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Install it and find out

But I'm not gay

 

[Escape Goat]

But I'm not gay

I've heard that one before.

 

[Dead Prince]

should use fitlads.net

 

[joelseph]

Gaf appears well versed on this particular app.

 

[lunch]

But I'm not gay

You can have sex with men and still be straight afterwards.

 

[CDX]

Sounds purely coincidental. Everyone knows Grindr runs on servers that are always down and require constant maintenance. This was probably just their way of trying to appease their user base.

this seems more believable to me then just pure publicity

it seems only straight people don't know what grindr is and they wouldn't be interested anyways

 

[Alligatorjandro]

You can have sex with men and still be straight afterwards.

But I dont wanna do sex with a man.

 

[Platy]

Grindr is used primarily for hooking up and showing off. Not much dating going on there.

So it is a gay male app only ? xD

 

[Koodo]

London GAF should search Grindr for James Magnussen and report the findings.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Gaf appears well versed on this particular app.

The app everyone knows about, but no one has installed

 

[LyleLanley]

I want to meet these "Experts".

 

[Escape Goat]

The app everyone knows about, but no one has installed

I've never used it. I don't have a phone strong enough to run such gay apps.

 

[lunch]

I've never used it. I don't have a phone strong enough to run such gay apps.

Same, not that I would ever install it anyway.

 

[Majine]

But I'm not gay

Come out of the river already.

 

[freenudemacusers]

How strong does the phone need to be?

I'm asking for a friend btw

 

[Dead Prince]

How strong does the phone need to be?

I'm asking for a friend btw

it needs to be a power phone for it to work.

Honestly. the last time i used it was to boost up my ego lulz.

 

[Escape Goat]

How strong does the phone need to be?

I'm asking for a friend btw

 

[PhoenixDark]

Hold on, you use this app and find dudes to bang? Is it set up where you can define what you're looking for like "bbc bro looking for bottom bro, preferably bald with bandana" or whatever?

I wish this type of stuff (but non-sexual) was around for Pokemon back in the day, I could have met so many people to play the card or Gameboy game with.

 

[lunch]

How strong does the phone need to be?

I'm asking for a friend btw

Android, iOS, or Blackberry.