The Post-Date Survey: Creepy, Funny, Or A Smart Way To Determine Compatibility?

Remember that hilarious online dating spreadsheet that was all over the Web in May? (If you don't, here's a little refresher!)

Now it seems that spreadsheets are old news. The latest online dating gaffe to spread across cyberspace like wildfire is a survey. That's right, a 24-year-old finance guy (what's with finance guys and odd online dating habits?) asked women to complete a survey after their dates and, as you can probably imagine, the results are pretty funny.

The survey was shared by a Deadspin.com reader who enjoyed the tale of the hapless spreadsheeter and received the survey after an encounter with its creator in Philadelphia. Mike - the man behind it all - asked dates to provide feedback on just about everything, from his outfit, to his hair, to his body, to his conversation, to the smoothness (or lack thereof) of his moves with the ladies.

The survey arrived as an attachment to an email with a Romeo and Juliet quote - "Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow" - in the subject line. The questions are amusing, to say the least:

• Please rate Mike's outfit on a scale of 1-10, with a higher score associated with how much you wanted to take the outfit off.
• Mike is very self conscious about his hair. Does he have reason to be?
• Mike is very masculine; at any point did you feel he was compensating for anything?
• Are there any questions missing from this extremely well written form or is there anything you would like to add about the date?
• Please feel free to use the space below to draw Mike a picture.

At first glance, it sounds crazy. But at second glance, it might be inspired. Mike responded to the sudden fame of his spreadsheet with a surprisingly rational reason for sending it to his dates.

"While dating you're forced to put on all types of fronts and be this very generic person to attempt to garner some attraction," he told The Atlantic. "It's unbearable. The survey was created to filter out un-date-able women (those, like my date, who do not find it funny), versus women with a sense of humor similar to mine."

It's all about turning social norms on their head, standing out from the crowd of other singles online, and finding compatibility in a unique and funny way. Women who don't get the survey probably won't get Mike, and women who do see the humor in it very well might get Mike on a level that suggests deeper compatibility.

Despite allegations of "creepiness," I'm going to have to crown this "genius."