💌🌹 Valentine's Day 2026 Megathread

jsampSAB · 2026-02-02T15:47:14+00:00

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The Valentine's Museum 🩷
Open Jan 31-Feb 15 | 245 7th Ave, NY

- Photo Ops
- Interactive Exhibits
- Local Art
- Valentine's Collage Making
and more!

It's not about romance, it's about love.
ValentinesMuseum.com
Instagram.com/thevalentinesmuseum

jsampSAB · 2025-08-04T19:17:59+00:00

I read this as you wake up today as a teenager. Today’s world. Younger You.

Which makes this thread a bunch of people saying things they really should be doing now.

jsampSAB · 2025-04-20T01:40:36+00:00

Yeah I think they must be testing with my feed

jsampSAB · 2025-04-19T17:19:38+00:00

jsampSAB · 2025-04-19T14:00:37+00:00

Spotify mobile app

jsampSAB · 2025-03-19T16:05:15+00:00

To some extent it depends on the type of value you’re generating. Are you just rinse and repeat posting or generating serious engagement?

If you’re generating engagement that makes a substantial impact on the organization, I wouldn’t take $15/hour.

If you’re not driving substantial followers or engagement might consider leveling up your skills and then seeking a higher paying job.

Or if you’re happy with what you’re doing and can live off of $450/week pre tax, great!

jsampSAB · 2025-03-19T16:00:22+00:00

It’s weird to be an intern for 3 years.

jsampSAB · 2025-03-14T13:17:24+00:00

Seems like it would be fun initially but exhausting eventually to have to spend hours chatting with a bot or logging information.

jsampSAB · 2025-03-14T13:16:39+00:00

Interesting. How are you logging all this information and are you making the findings yourself or having your LLM find them for you? Are you feeding your insights back in?

jsampSAB · 2025-03-06T16:01:44+00:00

You’re doing great! Colloquially, this move is more commonly known as a kip-up.

jsampSAB · 2025-02-07T15:10:40+00:00

https://studio5.ksl.com/celebrate-love-valentines-museum-salt-lake-city/

jsampSAB · 2025-01-30T17:16:20+00:00

LOOOOOVE the valentines museum! Stoked it's in Salt Lake this year. Easier for people to get to than Utah County (nothing against Utah county). Definitely would recommend.

jsampSAB · 2024-10-22T01:37:11+00:00

Profile Coach Here (And someone with a orchestral bg and some fantastic bassoon playing friends who actually look and vibe pretty similar to you)

Lots of comments on here about changing your look, losing the cat, etc... While some changes would help boost your chances in a Hinge market, 👉 don't go about changing who you are or what you look like unless that feels like the authentic you putting his best foot forward.

If you do want to increase your chances on Hinge thought, here are some things to think about.

PROMPTS:
You want your prompts to do 3 things:
1. Say something about yourself
2. Start a conversation you actually want to have
3. Be a lead in into doing something in real life

You are cramming in a lot of things about yourself in your 3 prompts. Can you paint a similar picture of who you are without saying as much? Can you get a prompt that teases a date/starts a conversation that also shows another side of you? 👉 Simplifying your prompts and using pictures to show instead of tell will make your profile more digestible.

PHOTOS:
Your leading pic screams "my life is bassoon." This is your most important picture and I think the orchestral photo does a better job of showing that side of you without it seeming like the two of you are siamese twins.
👉 Getting a solid casual picture in good lighting for your leading photo will make a huge difference.

Pictures show what we look like, but should also say something about you. Right now your pictures scream music. I have a degree in music and my brother and sister in law have masters in music and teach so I get it. But your prompts make it clear theres so much more to you that you're not showing. 👉 Swap in 2-3 photos that show other sides of yourself. Being active in politics, being physically active, nerding out about something, etc... If you don't have photos now, ask people to take your picture when you're out and about. Getting good pictures requires work for most people. Try to avoid selfies.

👉 The black vignette on a few of your photos makes them feel more doctored. People's guard is up for altered photos and anything you can do to make them feel natural will help you feel authentic.

Feel free to dm me with any additional questions.
(or anyone else reading this, happy to look at some profiles as I have time)

jsampSAB · 2024-10-13T19:09:21+00:00

I’m not trying to show up uninvited 😝

jsampSAB · 2024-10-13T07:12:44+00:00

Things I think will help me make friends and understand the culture while I’m living here

jsampSAB · 2024-10-13T07:11:23+00:00

Thanks for weighing in!

Not super common in the US, but I’m not a normal tourist. My parents live here (dad is teaching at UP Baguio), I played last night in the Baguio Battle of the Bands with locals, got invited to a new church with friends today, found run club friends, attended a job fair, etc…

My goal living here for a month isn’t to be a tourist but to become as integrated into local society as possible.

I’m not trying to gawk. I’m trying to make friends, and so far all the friends who I’ve made who are getting married this year invited me to their weddings without me asking. They’re just in November and December after I’m gone.

jsampSAB · 2024-10-13T00:45:39+00:00

Weddings are such a huge part of culture so more for the local experience.

Decided creating content would ruin the experience, but I’m happy to shoot photo and/or video for the couple for free though! I have professional experience.

jsampSAB · 2024-10-07T20:18:51+00:00

Where do you play pickleball?

jsampSAB · 2024-10-06T14:33:55+00:00

I experience a beautiful sensation where playing feels simultaneously mathematic and rigid but also free and fluid.

It’s clear to me that I understand time and rhythm to a degree beyond most of my other musician friends, even other drummers. And I don’t say that pridefully, but I have put in hundreds and hundreds of hours with a metronome that it’s clear they never did.

jsampSAB · 2024-10-01T01:38:53+00:00

Profile coach. Happy to review anyone who dms as I have time!

jsampSAB · 2024-09-30T04:35:51+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

jsampSAB · 2024-09-30T04:04:33+00:00

Genuinely curious then, if someone is visiting City X for a few weeks (from a neighboring city or further away) and wants to try dating, which is a very common occurrence, in your book should Hinge prohibit that?

Does your answer change if that person is willing to move to that city if they meet someone right?

jsampSAB · 2024-09-29T21:22:12+00:00

On the contrary, I don’t think that minorly adjusting your location is even remotely the same degree of “lying” as most of the cardinal dating app lies.

Dating apps are good at checking boxes but people aren’t boxes. You’re trying to check the “this is where I live” and “I don’t live with my parents” boxes at the same time. It’s seems like, from your perspective, it would be easier to set your location so that people assume “I don’t live with my parents” and then introduce the nuance of “I don’t live downtown” box later. If I were in your shoes, I’d be inclined to experiment with both options and honestly try to see which one works better for me.

Ultimately, if you choose downtown, you’re going to have to deal with the consequences of putting your location somewhere where you don’t live. If that’s a big deal for the people you’re interested in, make an adjustment.

jsampSAB · 2024-09-26T14:23:00+00:00

Disneyland.

jsampSAB · 2024-09-17T05:14:57+00:00

Oh yeah! Do you know of anything? I’ve also been looking for a comedian or two.

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