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Why dating is hard (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

Edit: because a few comments make me worry that some are taking this seriously - this meme is a play on the type of hopeless dating posts you might find in less healthy corners of the internet. The joke is a suggestion that the real problem is that one man in the image has some sort of arrow-attracting superpower.

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[-] termaxima@jlai.lu 10 points 3 weeks ago

The irony of the original graph is that if you draw the arrows that go the other way, they’re symmetrical.

Of course people are more attracted to attractive people. That’s literally why it’s called “being attractive”.

[-] JoShmoe@ani.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

Notice how the third woman in line is aiming for the dick.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Poor #4 had to settle for knees.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Poor #4 had to settle for knees.

Settle? We don't kink shame here, sir.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Every single one of those girls is clearly an arrowhead-repeller. (Men have it so easy.)

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

He was just asking for it, look at the way his knees were dressed

[-] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Dating shouldn't be monetized. Even sending messages often requires a subscription. You'll also notice these dating app companies own several products, like the Match Group. They buy up competitors or spam out the same software under different names with a marketing campaign to try to get people to join. Then they restrict features and charge more to maintain their position. That's without even getting to all the data they collect and sale while also charging you a subscription. Just imagine talking to someone you want to date in real life and having a middle man come up and say, if you want to talk to them you need to give me $20 a month. All the "science" they use to connect people is just bullshit too.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

If dating apps worked, they wouldn’t really “work” under capitalism - you’d find someone, cancel the subscription and move on.

The only really exception is if you focus on hookups or polyamory, but het cis women tend to risk a lot more on hookups (at bare minimum pregnancy and side effects related to whatever precautions are being used to prevent it), so they aren’t going to seek them out and they tend to get flooded with low quality messages anyway.

No matter what your age, race, gender, sex, size, you can always find a man willing to put their dick inside your orifices. Grindr works so well because it’s basically just old school cruising culture with extra frills. Match Group uses it’s monopoly to impose a dating culture that doesn’t really match with how het people form relationships.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Buddy, the edit doesn't help. Repeating propaganda or misinformation and saying but this instance is satirical doesn't help. You're still just spreading their talking points for them.

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

So, women only want men who have magic arrow attracting powers?

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Dating apps are VEERY superficial. You are better off meeting people in real life.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

ouch, my bones

[-] squid_slime@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Sperm retention 😭

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

The reverse reason is also that the pink blobs will receive arrows from all of the blue blobs. Blue blobs just reduce their market value that way.

[-] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Most people's problems are shit profiles and bad swiping.

Find/take good photos. I used photofeeler to test my photos and it helped.

Have a decent short bio that has something the girl can bring up. Mine was my hatred of mayo, almost all my matches brought it up as a discussion point. On Bumble it was most often the ice breaker.

Don't swipe right on the 8/9/10s that you have zero chance at. If a girl out of your range has a profile that describes you sure swipe right otherwise don't swipe on girls you have zero shot with. It messes your algorithm up. If you want to fantasize about hot chicks look at porn otherwise be honest about what you bring to the table and swipe in your realistic range. If you're a 3 a 5 should be your 10.

Advice from a decent looking (but def not hot) slightly overweight at times person, who got my fair share of dates, some hookups, and some girlfriends from online dating in a smallish dating pool.

Met my wife randomly through a coworker 🤷‍♂️.

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh man, one could supply an entire army with the arrows shot at that guy, I'll tell you hwat.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago
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