Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps

  • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    577 months ago

    Good, maybe politely* asking people out in public spaces other than “the fucking bar” will become acceptable again rather than creepy.

    *To clarify, I mean stuff like “I think you look cool, wanna grab some coffee?” not like “Ay lemme taste the inside of your butthole gurl.”

      • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        117 months ago

        Lmao it seems 5 people agree with you. Sorry butthole tasters, I didn’t mean to say I don’t count myself amongst your ranks, as I most assuredly do. I only mean to say that leading with it is probably not the least creepy move one could pull in a grocery store.

    • @Deceptichum@quokk.au
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      107 months ago

      Maybe women like not having men randomly coming up to them trying to express interest and pursue a date, and not having to deal with the fear of what they may do if rejected?

      IDK I’m not a woman.

      • @Coco@sh.itjust.works
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        87 months ago

        Women like not being approached by men they don’t find attractive, but women also like being appreciated and approached by men they find attractive. And you can never know in which group you fall. And if you just always do what other people desire, you will never get anywhere in life.

    • @chrischryse@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I agree, I’ll be honest that’s why I use these apps. Because when I’d try to just talk to a girl in person and be friendly I get the sense they think I’m either being creepy or want to get in their pants. When I’m just an introvert just trying to start up a conversation lol

    • @Coco@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      You can still do that, but as rsuri says, you cannot be so direct. It’s too confrontational and girls don’t really appreciate that. You have to invent some plausibly deniable reason to start a conversation. This also gives the girl an out if she is not really interested. Then you just allude to your interest in her, which don’t worry she will pick up on immediately. At some point you will either hear, “… and my bf and I” or you hear nothing of that genre. At the end you can ask for a number. That’s not exactly the end of the story. Most of the time, the conversation continues through text only for her to drop you before a date is planned. But it’s in any case a way better experience than Tinder, unless you’re some hunk who can write “6’4” on Tinder and get 100+ matches.

    • @Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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      37 months ago

      No, it won’t, because it has never not been creepy. People should be allowed to go into public without constantly being approached. The part you don’t get is that being asked out for coffee once is novel, twice is fun, but after that it gets old really fucking quick. I do not want to have to deal with that every time I just want to do some fucking laundry.

      And 90% of the people who do/did this are legitimately creeps.