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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by smegger001 on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:02PM (#41038415)
Its not wrong the 80/20 rule applies to the dating apps in a real way, a small minority of males on them sweep the majority of matches and anyone not it the upper quartile may as well not even apply. When your part of the 80% of males in compilation against eachother for the lower 20% of matches it can be daunting. You can choose free porn, play games, drink, and hang with friends or fight the constant rejection, and pay for dating app middlemen to show you to more women and if you finally score date you still have to pay for both of you and have no guarantee that it will go any where. (Its not unheard of for women to use dating apps as a source of free meals.) So why not opt out.
Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by dsign on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:26PM (#41038746)
To what you said, I will add this is not only about guys. I've female friends who are in the same situation (bottom 80%) and who have opted out. And if you are gay...

I think we should subsidize weight-loss medications.

Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by relaxing on Monday July 22, 2024 @04:52PM (#41039678)
Oh gtfo. No woman is desperate enough for food to put up with shitty dates. They have shelters for those cases.
Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by 10u152 on Monday July 22, 2024 @05:17PM (#41039924)
That’s pretty naive. My mother and her friends love recounting stories about doing exactly that in the 1980s while travelling. Probably just a date at a restaurant but certainly it’s not unheard of. A glamorous date at a nice restaurant vs a soup kitchen? Come on.
Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by bdjsiqoocwk on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @12:45AM (#41042567)
Yikes, you're pretty sheltered.
Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by relaxing on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:33AM (#41047078)
I have many female friends. I hear a lot of worry about avoiding bad dates, not only for their sanity but also for their physical safety. I don’t hear them bragging about free meals.