Are we really this stupid?

I've noticed that if I join a chat room in Yahoo! late at night, I invariably get the same progression of events:

1. Someone says "Hi" in a private message.
2. I look at their profile and guess that he's male.
3. He says "a/s/l".
4. I tell him I'm a 26/m.
5. He says "bye".

This whole exchange is pointless because all of that information is in my profile!

My god, no wonder the most common comment I get out of women online is "wow, you actually have a brain". How hard is it to check someone's profile before you waste their time? Please, guys, learn to use your brain and stop embarassing our half of the species!

(If you want to catch me online some night and help me relieve the boredom of night shift, I'm dthvt on AIM and Yahoo!.)