Folks, We Are Unlocking the Swipe World & Exploring the Gender Dynamics of Online Dating. Did You Know Men Swipe Right 3 Times as Much as Women!
It is only in our lowest moments that we all trawl through the dating app profiles and ten minutes of swiping are more than enough to remind us why even technology cannot help the Gen-Z species.
Women can tell. Answering “The quickest way to my heart” with “a knife” doesn’t make you funny. It makes women think you’re unoriginal and can’t make the effort of thinking clever thoughts yourself.
The few times women have swiped right on apolitical profiles, and realised apolitical is just a code for conservative while listening to men drone on about how women need to “cover up” or stop getting tattoos because it’s unattractive to them.
If googled bios are bad, stoners are worse. The problem is making one thing your entire personality. Your bio? 420 blaze it (leaf emoji). Drinks on me if? You can roll the perfect joint.
Nobody wants to see your sunset silhouette photo or an image that’s so zoomed out that you and the tree you’re standing next to can be one and the same.
Love long walks, travel and your dog? Congratulations, you’re part of the cliché brigade. Most people love long walks, travelling and well… we are sure they’d like your dog too.
Starting up a conversation from scratch, that too with a stranger can be awkward. Here’s where a whacko question, like “What’s something good that happened to you this week?”, can help break the ice.
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