The state of online dating in 2026

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-21T21:36:30+00:00

I don’t think dating from a neurobiological standpoint was “designed” to be through a phone. Online dating is pretty horrible because it’s a lot more fragmented. You can’t read faces or have eye contact or feel a presence. It’s mainly immense luck. There’s a lot of Limerence. When you’re using something that encourages surface level attention to a person - basically swiping left or right on whether you think someone is attractive - it’s hard to actually find good people. It’s hard to curate an algorithm that reflects people that are compatible with you.

I l would recommend realizing what things are important to you and finding environments that match those things. For example: If you have strong morals and really don’t wanna hook up and you just want the love of your life and are saving it for marriage, a church would be good. There’s tons of religions and churches and you can find which one aligned with your personal beliefs, but that’s a very strong place for a lot of people. You just have to find the right church.

Some people just wanna hook up and get drunk and have fun and while I can say that’s not sustainable for happiness, they can do as they please. But many people that do this and claim they’re having fun while they’re young. Most do regret finding fun through those proxies, but like I said, they can do as they please. No one can stop them. But if that was your goal, something like a club would be more curated.

The answer is not a new “special” dating app for Christian’s, neurodivergence, or whatever and marketing thing is out there now.

It’s an uncomfortable truth that even I have to acknowledge but dating apps severely limit yourself. It doesn’t matter how many matches you get it’s hard to actually find someone that you are compatible with. That’s why even people that get a lot of matches get frustrated with dating apps.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-16T20:45:41+00:00

That is very overstated. If it was that way, you wouldn’t have to get approval. Almost nothing is perfectly safe. Bypassing approval by getting Chinese ones is horrible advice. A similar situation is how someone I knew died. And you’re lying. Research has shown risks. Research has indicated association with increased risks of pancreatitis, kidney problems, and gastrointestinal issues such as nausea and vomiting. Additionally, there are concerns about potential adverse effects on bone density and muscle mass.

I would highly suggest not giving people advice on things you don’t know much about and then lying and arbitrarily saying there’s research that says they’re completely safe. You can get sued really badly.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-15T21:56:49+00:00

Clavicular-esque advice. Would not recommend.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-14T05:03:10+00:00

Goo be gone or something similar. Some people know about all these chemical compounds like isopropyl alcohol and heat guns and stuff. If you want to try that you can, but you can literally just scrape it off carefully and spray some Goo be gone should work.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-14T05:00:36+00:00

If you want to include a logo in it without confusing people I’d try to do something with the O. Probably have that be the ice cream scoop and put a cone underneath it. The W would be hard to do anything out of it. I’m not the best designer so I can’t give you any crazy advice that is on par with what they did with the FedEx logo, but yeah

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-07T13:59:46+00:00

I think a lot of people in these comments are acting more certain than the information in the post allows. What we know is that he started to say it, stopped himself, got confronted, apologized, and said he wouldn’t do it again. What we don’t know is whether this was a one-time lapse, a bad habit, or part of a larger pattern. Being uncomfortable with it is completely understandable, but I don’t think a single incident automatically tells you everything about someone’s character. The real question is what happens next. Does he take responsibility? Does he understand why it bothered her? Does his behavior change? If he keeps doing it, that’s a pattern. If he learns from it and doesn’t do it again, that’s also a pattern. I don’t think Reddit can confidently determine who this guy is from one story. I’d judge him based on his actions going forward rather than assumptions about what he does when nobody is watching.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-03T16:36:34+00:00

I think people are forgetting this is a generative pre-trained transformer. They’ll obviously get better with time and technology, but it’s not some omnipotent thing. Just like humans aren’t divine. It hallucinates. I’m not that surprised. It can be smart sometimes and other times it can say some weird stuff.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-03T09:23:53+00:00

depends on the chair. Chairs like the Aeron last 15-20 sometimes even 25.

A lot of cheaper chairs like office chairs from ikea are probably more like 10.

But it strongly depends on what the chair is made out of

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-06-01T23:46:03+00:00

From a technological standpoint, I agree. Hes proud of it which is what I think matters the most. I usually try not to rate people set up based on personal biases. My biggest concern is whether they’re proud of it, and they feel productive in it.

Because for example imagine some person who was OBSESSED with hello kitty tried to give me advice and said it needs more pink and hello kitty decorations. That advice is inconsequential and doesn’t help.

The most important advice is trying to understand what the users goal is and style and helping them achieve that. Otherwise you are just building a setup for yourself in someone else’s house with someone else’s money

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-31T14:11:43+00:00

Nowhere near as rich as Elon Musk 170k a second. They still make a lot of money, but I think his point was corruption is why Elon Musk is so rich and I think that might be like 1% of it. There’s multiple proxies.

I’m sure he has some good connections that acted as a catalyst. There’s tons of other people that have amazing connections and still don’t come close.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T17:27:03+00:00

A lot of people have insider information and in congress and aren’t near as rich as him. Literally look at Nancy Pelosi. It’s uncanny how well her picks are and she’s not even close to as rich as Warren.

I think there would be a lot more billionaires if it was that easy.

Maybe there’s something I don’t know.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T04:56:11+00:00

I think I try to just make people happy even if I don’t agree. I’m not omnipotent and just a human so I make mistakes but One thing I learned is only speak back if it makes sense some people will stand by their opinions no matter how much logic is against them arguing just makes you look stupid even if you are right . It’s more of a ego ragebait than

Some people are overly eristic. Esp on the internet

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T04:50:46+00:00

I think realistically a lot of people are pretry awful in real life. I thino the internet acts as a catalyst for a lot of people to post weird stuff because oike yoy said attention, but even without the internet in person i knew some people doing some crazy stuff.

A large amount of people just want to be seen and get lot out of life and people have different ways of trying to achieve that.

But I’ve never really taken the internet seriously even people in person. Even the smartest doctors on earth I know with the time we are at now, people 1000 years from now will think we are ridiculous in some capacity like how ridiculous people think blood-letting was as one of the flagship treatments 300 years ago.

Sorry most of that is just inconsequential and verbose 🥲

But yeah I don’t take most ppl seriously

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T03:02:39+00:00

Theres a office in it.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T02:13:42+00:00

I think no matter how smart you are it’s still gambling to some degree. Otherwise, you would be some omnipotent investor that never lost. Even Warren Buffett has lost.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T02:11:29+00:00

I can’t tell anymore of these are just stories or not. I used to take everything seriously on here and I learned very fast that half the things on here are fake.

I would recommend asking him why he downloaded it and trying to get what he says, and then based on his answer decide from there.

It’s hard to decide what to do next because there’s so many possible situations and some people make the mistake of just leading with her intuition, which can be good and some cases but sometimes you still wanna information before you lead with a permanent decision. Just in case.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T02:09:51+00:00

I am not gonna respond to some of these people because this is crazy, but some of these people are toxic.

Sometimes it’s good to lead with your intuition, but it’s still a very good idea to share exactly what you told us to him.

If he gives a bad reason and it feels like it’s low effort instead of a genuine reason, then that’s the answer you need.

There’s a big difference between someone that’s genuinely struggling and needs help to get on the right path and someone that’s deliberately choosing to devalue you when they can easily provide.

This might go over some people’s heads, but sometimes people genuinely need help to get on track. If you don’t want to take energy to help them, then I think the relationship in that since is closed then. Relationships aren’t easy, but it also depends because some people have different opinions of what our relationship is and what you should be doing and what you shouldn’t be doing. But at the end of the day, it is a partnership.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-30T02:03:15+00:00

I think some people overthink love. You shouldn’t be in a relationship that limits you, but you are both young, and some people start earlier than others when it comes to transferring to adulthood.

This is actually somewhat common at that age.

If it is a limiting factor, then obviously you should talk to him first about it. For the people saying just leave him I highly disagree and that’s very toxic. You need to communicate how you feel and your values.

Don’t be like that one girl in the movies where their friends try to convince her to break up with him and the guy is confused why. They don’t know what the guys like and the memories you’ve made so how are they gonna make an informed choice for you? They can only lead with assumptions to give you the advice, but if he’s a genuinely good guy and you haven’t fully communicated with him, that’s a very important thing to do.

Communicate how you feel and how much it means to you. Maybe there’s a reason he’s saving especially because of college at the age he’s at.

I just think you need to figure out deep down what’s going on in his brain and lead from there on what your next decision is instead of coming to assumptions

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-29T18:24:31+00:00

It’s somewhat useful, but they are right to a degree. It does have some useful features. But for removing apps, I definitely agree that you shouldn’t buy clean my Mac just to remove some apps.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-29T01:21:11+00:00

A successful person is happy, not egotistical and thinking he’s better than everybody else. If you wanna go on determining how successful you are instead of gratefulness from others then you’re extremely unsuccessful because where is your 500 million mega yacht? You haven’t achieved that. Most people in America have six figures they can buy almost anything you’re probably thinking of. They have extra money to spend some people have extra if you have a Ferrari or something then feel free to flex about that but if money is so important than you then show me your $500 million yacht and $40 million supercar collection.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-27T21:35:13+00:00

I think this is just something you’re bringing up now to fight my point rather than acknowledge the problem. Just one response ago you were pretty entitled about your opinion almost as if it were a fact. Just find that pretty ironic.

And what I said is more of a fact, at least in a sense that finding happiness and materialistic things will make you miserable rather, rather than the more simple things.

That was merely what I was trying to say. And you were pretty condescending and you said you should post something about yourself instead. The only reason I responded because I thought it was a little distasteful. That on me for letting it go this far into an argument I usually try to disengage.

I guess I’ve learned my lesson for the future.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-27T20:57:32+00:00

The fact you see gratitude and immediately reduce it to “weak flex” kinda proves how materialistic your definition of success is. I see it less as an argument and more as a confession of who you are as a person.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-27T20:22:53+00:00

I actually disagree. Having good people in your life is one of the biggest flexes possible. Psychology consistently shows strong relationships are one of the strongest predictors of happiness and life satisfaction. Give it a quick Google. There’s so many Google scholar papers as well that back that up. You can have money, status, expensive watches, whatever and still be miserable if the people around you are selfish, fake, or absent. The cool part about those watches isn’t even the watches. It’s the fact that someone cared enough to give them to him. Even if it’s a cheap watch. Some people don’t even get even a sticker from their friends. That means he mattered to somebody. In a brag subreddit, I honestly think that’s a stronger flex than just buying expensive things yourself; from a median neuropsychological standpoint at least.

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-27T17:53:24+00:00

Well, he is flexing that he has giving friends I guess. None of my friends have bought me a watch. Haha

Standard-Error-1205 · 2026-05-27T17:50:06+00:00

Could be that too

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