Dating Profile

BRIEFLY: Ecosocialist (72) seeks soulmate (60s or 70s) to share all of life, including kisses, hugs, and political activism. Only a great awakening can save humanity from the growing likelihood of extinction by nukes and/or warming. I can’t see “likes,” so write to me. Nashville only please.

LONGER:

Most dating profiles that I’m reading are just lists of favorite entertainments. Well, I like fun too, but I primarily want to share more serious matters. I’m doing the little I can to spread political awareness, in a world as oblivious to its danger as the movie “Don’t Look Up.” And I don’t mean supporting either of the money parties – both of them are making things worse. I’d be better with a partner, but bourgeois reformists need not apply: our culture needs total change, not just a few tweaks.

[“I’m looking for someone to change my life, I’m looking for a miracle in my life” – https://youtu.be/yE0r9QEK5MI%5D

I do lots of reading and blogging, trying to increase my own and others’ understanding. I wear my big peace medallion everywhere I go. And when the weather is tolerable I sometimes hold up a big sign beside a road (see photos). I’d like it better if YOU held a sign beside mine and talked with me. I need a companion for meetings and marches, a coauthor for leaflets and videos, a partner for late-night wrestling with big ideas. (Reform or revolt? Bakunin or Marx?) None of my communiqués has gone viral yet, and sometimes it all feels pointless; maybe YOU are the missing ingredient?

I’m a bit aspergerish, like Greta Thunberg and Mr Spock. That can be seen as good or bad (“focused” or “obsessive”). Star Trek didn’t get Vulcans quite right: The logical thing to do with emotions is not repress them, but accept them and try to understand them. We aspies are weak on small talk, and the first to leave a party. Not everyone is cut out to be an aspie’s partner.

[“Whatever the calling, the stumbling or falling, you follow it knowing there’s no other way” – https://youtu.be/s2o_OXIToeA%5D

My obsession with saving humanity is a spiritual calling, but it’s not like conventional religion. My favorite bits of the bible are socialism (Acts 4:32), inclusiveness (Luke 10:33), preferring works over faith (James 2:17), and avoiding church (Matt 6:5). But if God did anything like what the Book of Joshua says he did, then I don’t want anything to do with him.

[“ ‘ Tis the gift to be simple…” – https://youtu.be/iItnz1_vcxk%5D

I’m a retired math professor, but that’s not what I want to talk about. There is great beauty in math for those who can see it, but I finally understood rather late that the important questions in our lives are not mathematical. The most important question of all is, how can we all live together in harmony?

[“And cares of tomorrow must wait ‘til this day is done” – https://youtu.be/taWruTSOI0w%5D

Saving the world comes first, but that’s only part-time. When I’m not ranting about apocalypse, I’m just a guy: Divorced, INFP, gentle, shy, introverted, lonely, more Lennon than Lenin, sometimes funny but mostly serious. Beard and hair negotiable after the third date; until then I’m going for the Albert Einstein look. When I feel inspired I enjoy writing, as this essay demonstrates. I sing in the shower, badly. I like sci-fi, sherlocks, a few other movies, occasionally a modern art gallery. For Halloween I’m “Super Leafleteer,” with helmet, cape, and political leaflets (see photo), but I don’t fly. Going vegan is good for the planet but probably also good for my health; certainly it has helped me drop a few unwanted pounds.

[“All of us under its spell, We know that it’s probably magic” – https://youtu.be/WS3Lkc6Gzlk%5D

And here are some negatives. I believe in cooperation, not competition, so I don’t like sports. Nature is nice, but I prefer plumbing and wi-fi. I’m not fond of barking dogs. And I’ve finally begun to age. I’ve given up restaurants and travel, for reasons of health, ecosystem, and my wallet – and because, as Proust said, the real voyage of discovery is not to encounter new landscapes, but to see in a new way what is already all around us.

[“Tame me, please,” said the fox to the Little Prince. – https://youtu.be/TFiQielVNls?t=4511%5D

Friends first, but I’m looking for more than friends eventually. Kissing and hugging are particularly important to me. I used to think that part was obvious, but it turns out that different people have different needs. If you think we might be good together, write to me.

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Version of 2023 April 12. I’m 5’11” tall (I used to be taller), 72 years old, straight, male. I’ve posted the text above and similar text on a few dating sites (POF and Okcupid both have all the essentials free). But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.

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