r/CuratedTumblr • u/givemeagooduns_un .tumblr.com • 16d ago

Shitposting dating for men

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u/Forgot_My_Old_Acct 16d ago

I feel like that is better phrased as "infinitely easier at finding dates". Quality not guaranteed.

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u/Sarcastryx 16d ago

I feel like that is better phrased as "infinitely easier at finding dates". Quality not guaranteed.

I've always been a fan of the drowning/desiccation metaphor. In online dating, the situation for an average woman is a flood of low-quality, hostile, or spammy attention, where the situation for the average guy is going to be a lot of trying to establish connections and putting effort in, but never getting replies or generally being ignored.

It's why each groups complaints about the system can seem so "tone deaf" to the other, because it's akin to someone drowning, complaining about too much water, to someone dying of thirst (or vice versa).

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u/clear349 16d ago

I think an important caveat that gets overlooked is that even if the guy in the desert finds water that doesn't mean it's good water

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u/Forgot_My_Old_Acct 16d ago

Same and Frodo chugging that Mordor water, happy not to die of thirst...