Interesting, this same topic came up in the plenty of fish forums, and most of girls-much to my surprise-advised the guy not to bring any type of gifts or flowers on a first date.
In the thread I saw, even the girls don't really want this-I wonder if it's a demographic thing. The median age on POF seems to be older, and these responses I read in this link sound like teenagers.
They are everywhere and there are millions of them, no need to point them out.
Actually, I completely disagree and think you missed the whole point(s)
1) It is amusing.
2) It reinforces why many of us have come here-we got tired of listening to women tell us what they want, and started listening to other guys who found out what they want for us. Huge point there.
3) It's a reminder for some of us on how far we've come. Remember when
you were the guy bringing the flowers? Those days seem oh-so-long-ago, but it took a lot of learning and facing your fears and accepting some uncomfortable truths for you to get this far.