LONDON, Aug. 20 (UPI) — The creator of TheUglyBugBall.co.uk said the British dating site is the world’s first to cater exclusively to people who “weren’t blessed with great looks.”

Howard James of London said the dating site for the “aesthetically challenged” excludes “anyone who is overtly pretty or attractive,” The Sun reported Friday.

“It’s a sad fact that up to half of the U.K. is made up of ugly people yet amazingly nobody has ever thought of providing a dating service for them,” James said. “Some of these will be moderately ugly, but others will have fallen from the ugly tree and hit every branch on their way down.”

James said nearly 1,500 people have joined the site since it went live Monday.

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Actual graph from TheUglyBugBall.co.uk

Perhaps we’ll soon see a similar institution for those residing in the lower range of OkCupid’s bigoted bell curve.

1THICKR0D: Are you a FUCKER, or a TALKER

I want to believe that the success rate of messages such as this is in the low decimal points of a tiny fraction of a marginal percentage… but if that were truly the case, they wouldn’t keep on coming.

Perhaps we ought to be examining this social scenario from a diametric angle: Who is responding to these messages in a manner that suggests such obnoxiousness is erotic, or even acceptable?

I’d like to meet her and tell her that this website is all her fault.

Subject: Great Line

Were your parents retarded? ‘Cause you’re special.

Believe it or not, I hear things like this often.

Subject: hey there

Hi honestly i have to ask you this. why a girl that looks like you and have So much to offer with that great smile and does eyes Will ever be looking for MR right. is the world nuts or Wat. honestly. you amazed me. not to be cheese or anything but. woao. Wat you doing this weekend? any plans..

Honestly, you amazed me too.

Woao. Does eyes hurt or Wat.

Subject: beautiful u are..

This message contained the standard, “U r stunning. Would u like to go for coffee sometime?” body text of most other mass appeal pickup lines — which, I can only assume, must be more effective on the average human female than the hopelessly nerdy subsection I belong to.

Tragically, the author is almost certainly unaware of the unintentional appeal he has garnered with his Yoda-like dialogue. Had his message only referenced my resplendent midi-chlorian count or his affinity for interstellar travel, we could be celebrating on the sanctuary moon right now.

Subject: Red rum

I like how you colour your eyebrows pink, it’s hot…not many girls go that extra mile.

If I saw you in the streets, I’d ask you if the carpet matches the drapes, the last girl I asked said “actually, it does!” and Im willing to bet it’s the same with you.*

*I’m willing to bet that never actually happened… or, if indeed it did, that her reaction wasn’t nearly as pleasant as you make it out to be.

Shockingly inappropriate crotch contemplations aside, I would like to draw attention to the truly disturbing portion of this message. Red rum? RED RUM?!

Subject: Nice bottle of wine ($25)

An upscale hotel room with a view ($225)
The right woman to enjoy a wonderful evening with (priceless)

If you are adventurous, vivacious and fun, let me know….

You already paid the price – in dignity.

Subject: hi

may i live with you?

As it turns out, unsolicited marriage proposals are quite commonplace in the realm of online dating. However, this is the first suitor to have taken the 38% divorce rate into consideration.

I’ve got to admit, he’s on to something. Why bother with all of that wedding hullabaloo? Hell, while we’re at it, let’s skip the getting-to-know-each-other part, too.

Subject: SxE

Do you have lips like Morphine?

What a ridiculous question. Obviously, if I was sXe, I would refrain from recreational drug use.

Subject: friend or foe??

hi , there i’m looking for friend here , not sh***ing not joking
so let me know

I don’t joke about making friends either. Friends and jokes absolutely do not mix. That shit is serious.

I sincerely hope that you are not sh***ing, whatever sh***ing is. It sounds like it could be painful and/or dangerous.