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Maria Bamford’s One Weird Trick for Finding a Husband Online: Pick a Terrible, Terrible Username

Are you swiping your way through all of the dating apps your phone can handle but still haven’t found someone you’d want to be in a loving, monogamous relationship with for the rest of your life? Allow Lady Dynamite’s Maria Bamford, who met her husband on OKCupid, to share her secrets. As Bamford told Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night, she originally had a fairly normal username. You know, sort of cute, sort of witty. But that didn’t work out, so she decided to change her profile name to something absolutely atrocious. And guess what — it worked! I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. HogBook.

Maria Bamford Met Her Husband on OKCupid