This man made a bonkers website to convince women to date him — but it may just be a way to sell 'nutritional supplements'

The INSIDER Summary:

• This man created a cringeworthy website in an attempt to find a girlfriend. 
• He offers a romantic getaway to the right woman — if only she has "a slender, healthy body, a reasonably slim waist, and a very pretty face." 
• I'm not totally convinced it's real. 
• It may be a scheme to sell "nutritional supplements."

Dating profiles have manifested themselves in many ways throughout the years. First it was personal ads, then dating service videos, then online dating profiles, then apps. But one man has proven he is on some other level by creating a website solely dedicated to convincing women why they should give him a shot. 

Nathaniel Rifkin's website, a graphic design nightmare called "DateNate," attempts to convince the reader why they should give him a chance to be their boyfriend.

But it may not be real.

The website seems purposefully cringe-worthy and misogynistic

Before I get into the conspiracy, let's talk about the website itself. Rifkin describes himself as a "passionate businessman" from Denver who is starting his own nutritional supplements business, and is looking for a lucky gal to share a "truly deep, enriching relationship" with him — oh and he'll throw in "a FREE Dream Vacation To a Lucky Woman" if you choose to date him. 

But you see, Rifkin is someone with high standards.

"If you have a slender, healthy body, a reasonably slim waist, and a very pretty face then, quite frankly, you sound like heaven to me!" he writes.

His dream girl must exercise often, not be a fan of sitting on the couch watching reality TV ("I abhor the stuff 95% of the population obsesses over!,") not "sneer" at his spirituality ("anyone who’s never felt such a connection, probably won’t connect with me"), and be OK with him being a "bonafide greedy capitalist pig."

The whole website is absolutely bonkers from start to finish, filled with stock photos, tactics clearly pulled right from a pick-ups artist's playbook, and cringe-inducing gloating. 

Of course, once the internet got hold of this profile, they absolutely ripped Rifkin to shreds. 

But given the evidence, the website may be a clever scheme to sell "nutritional supplements"

I hate to be a truther, but I think our good pal Nate is in on the joke — he put out a press release about his website, which listed him as the news source, and called the site "bizarre." He acknowledged there would be social media backlash in the release.

He also mentions his growing "nutritional supplements" business on his website several times, saying that he's "launching a nutritional supplement business of my own,""putting the finishing touches on advertising campaigns for five different nutritional supplements, and helping coordinate their launches," and listed all of the business conferences he attended for his supplement business. 

A quick internet search reveals that Rifkin seems to be a big advocate for "hydrogen-rich water," creating a filter that infuses water with hydrogen. There's even a video of him selling the filter.

I don't know if trafficking in internet outrage will help him sell supplements, but it certainly got him some Twitter attention. 

Then again, judging from an old blog we found, maybe Rifkin is the real deal

This is not to say that Rifkin is definitely a grifter trying to sell you supplements. He may truly be a guy looking for love on the internet. He has a personal website in which he writes in the same style and hits on a lot of points he makes on his dating one, including meditation, not loving TV or social media, and loving an active lifestyle. 

He even makes his dislike of TV known in his Linkedin profile.

So who knows? Maybe his intentions are pure. After all, as he said in the release: "All the hateful messages and embarrassment will be worth it, if I meet the woman of my dreams."

INSIDER has reached out to Rifkin about his website, and did not hear back at the time of this post.

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