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Dating site using facial recognition to find people who look like your ex

It will be like you never broke up.

MISS YOUR EX?

Wish you could still wake up to his or her face every morning?

Well, now you can… kind of.

Dating website Match.com is offering users the chance to use facial recognition technology to find a mate who looks like your ex.

For the princely sum of $5,000 (around €3,670) you can avail of the face matching service, as well as a six month membership and consultations with a dating coach.

Newsweek reports that Match.com has paired up with a company called Three Day Rule to provide the facial recognition service. Three Day Rule says that using the technology helps them to narrow the database of potential matches.

Staff at the Washington Post have actually tried it out for themselves and described the results as “uncanny”.

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    Mute Stef
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:03 PM

    Personally I’d want someone who looks the complete opposite of my ex. Someone decent looking

    BOOM!

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    Mute John McCormack
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    Jun 19th 2014, 7:27 PM

    Why did you go out with her in the first place?? You musta been stuck??

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    Mute Anthony Carroll
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    Jun 20th 2014, 3:54 AM

    John, do you know what stockholm syndrome is?

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    Mute David Hannon
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:15 PM

    I’ll just chance my arm with my ex’s sister. They look very alike……what could go wrong!!

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    Mute Ron North
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:26 PM

    Excellent plan, it’d be like trading a Polo in for a Golf, same manufacturer different models.

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    Mute Trevor Beale
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:05 PM

    Dear God, what has the human race become!!

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    Mute Silent Majority
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:28 PM

    Why market it based on your ex? Surely you could put in celebs or whoever else tickles your fancy and the site could find you people with similar features & appearance. By marketing it as “looks like your ex” it sounds like a hub for jilted stalkers. Although maybe they see jilted stalkers as an untapped gold mine & I’m just naive.

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    Mute Emily Elephant
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:08 PM

    I can’t see anything which could possibly go wrong with this.

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    Mute John Quill
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    Jun 19th 2014, 7:56 PM

    Agreed, nothing disturbing about this at all.

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    Mute Mary Cullinane
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:05 PM

    If a relationship goes sour and the couple separate why would you want to meet up with somebody who looks similar to your ex? Even if a partner died it seems creepy to think that you would want to wake up every morning looking at somebody who is like a clone of them. Weird idea I think.

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    Mute family guy
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    Jun 19th 2014, 8:42 PM

    Some people have a type and this would suit them. Personally I always went for personality first as looks fade. But obviously there has to be some physical attraction but I never had a type as such.

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    Mute dayo c
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:14 PM

    It’s your ex for a reason :-)

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    Mute Stan Smith
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:16 PM

    I wonder how many freaks will try get one that looks like their ma

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    Mute Ron North
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:33 PM

    Or their father… I’ve no idea why it sounds more wrong to me this way.

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    Mute mjhint
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:11 PM

    Ffs. Im looking for nothing like my ex including looks or personality.

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    Mute Chief
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:40 PM

    My ex in my head looks like Emma Willis, in reality shes more like a bull dog chewing a wasp. They would probably want to add a lie detector to their software.

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    Mute Paddy Hannigan
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    Jun 19th 2014, 9:19 PM

    So basicaly in my case they are going to cross reference their database with that of Dogs Trust.

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    Mute Anthony Carroll
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    Jun 20th 2014, 3:55 AM

    It’s 3.55am and I’m pretty sure I just woke the house up laughing. Well played sir

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    Mute Ron North
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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:23 PM

    If they can alter the algorithm to make sure your new partner is hotter than your ex I might be interested.

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    Mute Julie Grey
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    Jun 19th 2014, 8:55 PM

    Sure what could be more reassuring than to know you were wanted because you looked like the ex???? Holy Jaysus!

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    Mute Eric McNamara
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    Jun 19th 2014, 9:21 PM

    This is what’s wrong with society today.

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    Mute Tom Spurs
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    Jun 19th 2014, 11:29 PM

    Disturbing

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    Mute Michael Lumley
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    Jun 19th 2014, 11:58 PM

    No way I would like to wake up to someone looking like my Ex, That’s why she’s an Ex.

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    Mute Amanda Ni Mhuiriosa
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    Jun 20th 2014, 3:12 AM

    I’d rather pay the fee to never see my ex again!!!! Jesus

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    Mute Stiofán De Priondárgas
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    Jun 20th 2014, 12:55 AM

    ” yes that is correct jennifer aniston is my ex” seriously who would want someone to look like their ex unless they haven’t got over them? And can they rename then also at that price ?

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    Jun 19th 2014, 6:13 PM
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    Mute Anthony Carroll
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    Jun 20th 2014, 3:52 AM

    For 5k I could do things that sound like alot more fun, such as having someone buried in a shallow grave…

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