Tired of Dating Apps, Some Turn to Google Docs

Re:Tired of Dating Apps, Some Turn to Google Docs by unsupp0rted on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:14AM (#36971193)

This was true of me in my 20s, but with experience I realized:

1. Ain't nobody (i.e. me) got time for that

2. There's no correlation between multiple flowery paragraphs trying to sound witty and quirky about oneself and the chemistry you get after sitting across a table IRL for 30 ~ 90 seconds

All the paragraphs and "FAQs about me" just aren't worth it: for me, or for potential matches of mine

> She added that she was undoubtedly a cat in a previous life, “just one of those weirdo bodega ones that like people.”

This is the nonsense I'm talking about. Paragraphs and paragraphs of it.

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Re:Tired of Dating Apps, Some Turn to Google Docs by throwaway22032 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:43AM (#36971605)

This is the fundamental issue with dating apps. Your life partner is not someone that you interact with through a screen.

All of the attempts to fix this are total bollocks. You can sit on a bus and get more of a signal about whether the man/woman sitting across from you is compatible than you can from an app.

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