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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Dating apps are as if someone turned the job application experience into a pastime (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by alyth@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Did I get a single date from any of these apps? Nope. But I did get ghosted. Unmatched. Ignored. Etc etc countless fucking times.

Food digging: When restaurants use fake dating profiles to get customers through the door

The idea is to organise a “date” with a victim who then gets stood up but inevitably ends up buying something at the restaurant anyway.