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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by marcellus23 on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:49AM (#27474887)
But surely you can see how hopeless dating feels for many men when they swipe right on hundreds of women and get 0 matches? I'm not saying they aren't getting many — they're getting none (I know you just have my word on this, but trust me when I say they are not ugly or fat or anything, just nonwhite and without high paying jobs, but otherwise average-looking guys who have dated successfully in the past).

The situation isn't great on either side, but plenty of statistics show it's mostly women having sex off these apps, so clearly there is an actual imbalance.

And you can't write off the sheer hopelessness and isolation that the thought "there's not a single woman out there who would date me" induces in young men. I'm sure it's not fun for women but it is absolutely __brutal__ for many men.

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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by commandlinefan on Friday June 11, 2021 @05:24PM (#27478701)
> nonwhite

Uh, trust me, white men can easily accumulate zero matches too.

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Re:Fewer young men are in the labor force, more are living a... by machello13 on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:24AM (#27483363)
Oh certainly. Their experience is that there’s a huge racial factor in how many matches they get (e.g. having an Indian name seems to be a death sentence) — I was just reporting their experience and didn’t mean to imply anything else!
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