Gary the Algorithm Judges You
Gary is a sarcastic dating-app algorithm persona. Answer 13 questions about what you actually do when dating and he’ll roast the habits (never you), then give you one tip.
Answer as you usually are, not as you wish to be. Every question has a pass.
For fun, not a clinical test. Inspired by published research on personality and flirting, but it isn’t a validated psychological test and it can’t tell you who you’ll click with.
Free, no signup needed to play. Scored on your device: your answers are never sent anywhere.
See all 6 results
- 📭 The Opener Who Never Closes You open 12 conversations and finish 2.
- 🧪 The Secret Genius Wildly creative date ideas. Your opener is “hey.”
- 🙇 The Apology Machine You apologize to people who ghosted you.
- 📊 The Spreadsheet Romantic Reliable, punctual, same date every time.
- 🎬 Main Character Energy Every date is an episode, and you’re the lead.
- 😶🌫️ The Cool Customer Unbothered. Possibly too unbothered.
If your top two are within 8 points you get a hybrid, like “The Opener Who Never Closes × The Secret Genius.”
How this works
Gary scores five traits loosely adapted from public-domain Big Five markers (IPIP): Main Character Energy (extraversion), Reply Discipline (conscientiousness), Adventure Mode (openness), Softie Index (agreeableness) and Chill Factor (emotional steadiness). His verdict comes from the combination of your highest and lowest traits. Gary is a joke persona: he roasts habits, never bodies, identities or kinks, and he isn’t used for matching.
You get a score from 0 to 100 on each part, a blend, and a lead result. Close calls become hybrids, and exact ties get one tie-break question (never a coin flip). A few light checks (answering very fast, picking the same spot every time, skipping most questions) lower the confidence of a result.
Privacy: scoring happens in your browser. Share links only contain the result name. Nothing is saved unless you’re logged in and tap a save button, and you choose whether other members can see it.
Sources: Hall, J. A., Carter, S., Cody, M. J., & Albright, J. M. (2010). Individual differences in the communication of romantic interest: Development of the Flirting Styles Inventory. Communication Quarterly, 58(4). International Personality Item Pool (ipip.ori.org), public domain. Our questions are original wording.