Maybe we were too hard on our Douches in the Mist. For all their lameness, at least they were creative enough to describe their creepy values in their own words.

This isn’t the case with many online daters and social networkers. "About Me" identity theft is a rampant problem on sites like Match.com, Jdate and MySpace.

A recent survey found that 9 percent of online daters copy information from other members’ profiles and 15 percent suspect their cyber personas have been lifted by uncreative users.

Our initial reaction to this news was, “How lame.” And no doubt it is lame, if not slightly pathetic, that the physically unappealing aren’t clever enough to make themselves appear emotionally appealing online.

Not to brag, but we’ve had strangers on Facebook compliment us on our profile writing skills. Of course, these people were mostly looking for a casual encounter and didn’t like Craigslist's interface as much as Facebook’s, but we digress.

The point is, if you’re reading this, you’re probably a little bit creative. And in this Web 2.0 era, creativity is the ultimate cultural capital. But just like we have no idea how to split a check, there are some people who couldn’t think of a fun pun to save their lives. And a world without pun is a very sad world indeed.