This nugget of gold came to us from the good people at Found magazine—and it inspired us to ask Twitterers to tweet us their #idealmate (with the results being only slightly less bleak).

@borrachabaker: Snarky bastard with a heart of gold. Bonus points if he looks like a lumberjack.

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@Josevedo: Is my Netflix Instant account in human form.

@OMGSammiches: Sorry, forgot one: Will take you to get chicken nuggets when you are drunk.

@AndrewRWright: Someone who is willing to put up with the absurd hours of a freelance illustrator.

@lttlmissmayhem: Far but not too far. Close but not too close. Good kisser. Tall so I can wear any shoes and not tower over. Scorpio a plus.

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