A new “Web 2.0″ company called Check Tonight is being launched that combines several trends:

1. The proliferation of cell phones.
2. The proliferation of social communities.
3. The proliferation of “weenie rot”

As with MySpace, members set up profiles (wise guys will call them “member profiles”). But instead of listing the music one likes, users post medical records proving they don’t have an STD no matter how many bands they’ve slept with. What’s more, Check Tonight is launching a mobile service so if you meet a person at a bar, you just slip into the bathroom and look up their profile one the cell phone to check out whether or not they have transferable open sources down under.

The company blog even has some tips on how guys should and should not use the service when first meeting a female target:

Don’t get bogged down in talking about STDs directly; keep it high level. You will have get into the specifics at some point, but be quick and tactful. Hearing the term “STD” more than once is a major buzz-kill and will send her packing. You say “HIV” a couple of times and you’re dead in the water. We don’t care where you are, “I got tested clean for genital herpes” just isn’t pleasant to the ear. It never melted any woman’s heart and it isn’t like winning the Nobel prize.

On that note, don’t get too excited about the fact that you tested clean. If you act as though you just won the lottery, she will and probably should, move on. “Oh sure, I’m a member” will go a lot farther than “Yeah!! I got clean results just last week! Clean for HIV and no Herpes!!” Be subtle gents.

It’s interesting that they used the term “buzz kill” as the entire topic is a buzz kill.

tags: std check tonight

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