Some explanations regarding myself:
I am happily married. My first relationship I had with 15 till I got 18. We got in contact through a role playing group online and just liked each other. 2011 I bought my first smartphone and after I got 18 few months later, I met my actual wife through a mutual friend. So I I never thought "I need to find someone so badly omg omg" or whatever, it just happened.
Tbh I somehow think and thought that this is the normal way. My parents, grandparents met the the same way. My cousin got his fiance also the same way and and and. Same goes for known Bolsheviks, their children liked each other and got together.
Few years ago I realised Reddit exist and looked for programming and bird groups. But I also found people talking about meeting people and dating.
First thing: Dating apps and this swiping stuff. It is pretty sus and I can't imagine this works. It is like looking for a new car. Humans are not cars. I saw screenshots, where people mention their political views, what they like or not like. This has to be some joke, I don't know. Not everyone is good in describing themself.
Second: People talked about is: height. I saw some screenshots from people complaining about this. I thought to myself, that this is probably some weird US shit again, buuuut now I hear about this here too.
This isn't real isn't? Or at least not that common? Something about, that you have to be at least 6 freedom units tall, or 7,8,9 idk. However 5 with something is to small and than you have stupid ass people called incels, which wants to kill women or perform plastic surgery on themself.
I mean, being small is annoying because there are spots I can't reach easily. Wife is smaller than me, she has to ask me. A female friend we have is over 180cm tall and she is lucky to be easy reach anything. On the other hand: Do you know how upper arm circumference over 40cm looks on someone who is 174cm tall? Absolute great. When you are 190cm tall, its more meh. But srsly, this all are minor things. It has the same relevance like if you like apples or pears more.
For myself it looks like I am experiencing a new kind of thinking or culture whatever. This is a western thing probably idk.
Bebel wrote a great book called Woman and Socialism. It shows great the genesis and development of marriage, partnership and what capitalism did to it. So many things absolutely still are valid and apply. The things I see here I of course a consequence of capitalism:
The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil [...]
But still wtf is this development at all. I never heard something about height, jawlines, whatever when my peers were dating or had a boyfriend, girlfriend. What happend?
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Such apps are a data privacy nightmare. 100% they are collecting data and selling it.
You are right. I also think those apps have probably a good amount of false positive and false negative results. I probably have to check for studies and statistics to find more data.
Didn't know that. I found articles online where they reported about "unexpected data outflows". Privacy nightmare.
Don't know how to feel about that. On the other hand you are right. But one thing is, that I would have hypothetical used it if it existed 16 years ago to find someone who is male, since I am not straight and also did live in a absurdly homophobic family in a conservative area. I am sure this also apply today to others which are in the same situation I were back then: a possibility to get in contact with someone with the same gender preferences.
Hmm, I agree. So these apps doesnt provide more besides proprietary algorithms to find a person to text with and then idk maybe meet?
Don't know you, but wish you the best. I always think that humanity somehow managed to exist, despite catastrophic environments and events. Humans still find a partner and make new humans. They are still doing it and the population is getting bigger and bigger. You also will find your missing half. This was off topic, but I just wanted to cheer you up!
Sounds like "This ugly son of a removed" memes and that you have to apply this "weird trick".
Got it, its like SAP. You don't use SAP products and tailor them on your needs, but you use it to convert your business process to those offered by SAP.