Dating apps are a fucking shit show.

I was on Tinder, Bumble and Hinge for the last 6 months.

I was genuinely trying to put my best foot forward, be kind, genuine and actually wanted to meet someone. I’m kinda sick of being single after breaking up from a long term relationship last year.

I tried every strategy and technique.

More info on my profile / Less info on my profile. More group pics/ more pics of just me. Being funnier / being more sincere.

I even paid for Tinder plus and Bumble plus.

Did I get a single date from any of these apps? Nope. But I did get ghosted. Unmatched. Ignored. Etc etc countless fucking times.

It absolutely fucked my mental health. My brain is in a good place now after a long time with trying different medications and therapy etc. I like the person I am. I know I have a lot to offer in a relationship. But fuck if my self esteem and mental state didn’t take a nosedive after being on these apps. Putting so much time and effort into presenting yourself as well as you can, putting best foot forward etc and getting zero interest back, it really makes you question who you are and even your value as person.

I fucking hate it.

So yeah, I’m still single. I don’t see that changing any time soon.

For context btw, I’m 189cm / 6’2" tall, 100KG / 220lbs, healthy, active guy in my twenties. I’m in a comp sci college course. I drive, have an income, savings, go to the gym 4 times a week etc In other words, I tick enough boxes/ do all the things, that are supposed to help find a match on these apps. But even with all that said, 6 months and zero dates. I don’t even know anymore. I deleted my accounts on these the other day and I advise others to do the same. The chances of you actually finding someone you like and have chemistry with is basically zero at this stage. Plus the enshitification is rife. They push the premium subscriptions so fucking hard but in the end, they don’t help you find matches or dates. It’s worth noting that Tinder wants to keep you on the app. You deleting it after finding love is bad for business as far as they are concerned. I just wish more people would realize this.

Anyway, sorry for the long post, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

Is there evidence that they are collecting data from the app?

I love Nova launcher but will switch to an alternative if I have to.

It’s the beauty of Flatpak, works both ways no prob

That’s such a great point. I never thought about that.

Just calculated if this good value.

4L of alcohol like this would be €142.80 in Ireland.

So the price in the picture is actually quite good value lol

Absolutely fucked that it’s even a thing in the first place

Another jewel in Godot’s crown. Love to see it

Nobody fucks with the Linux

This feels like satire. If only tho lol

I love my 502

Yeah or if they only offer 2FA via SMS. Like 1) it’s not even that much more secure and 2) it’s just more awkward.

But I also hate how Steam and Blizzard only allow you to verify logins in their mobile app. Fucking ridiculous.

Cool. Their first gen Fair buds were kinda pointless. The headphones though, the Fair buds XL are excellent. I bought a pair recently and I love them.

You misspelled Fedora

I had half a mind to buy one after I graduate college. But I don’t know if I can right now given the fact it directly benefits Elon.

I use Fedora btw

This is so unfathomably based lol

Can someone give me a TLDR please

That’s so cool. I love that.Thanks EA ☺️ This will definitely make the game not a boring mess. You should do same with all your games. Even Sims 4. Cripple Linux compatibility and kill my performance so that we can stop those evil pirates.

/s in case it’s not obvious

Ah yes, famous right winger Killer Mike of Run The Jewels. Much of his music suggests he’d love to run with RFK

“Look at all these slave masters posing on your dollars”

“Kill your masters”

“Where my thuggers and my cripples and my bloodles and my brothers, When you niggas gon unite and kill the police motherfuckas?”

“My name is Michael Render and we are the new avengers. We’re here to tell you all your false idols are just pretenders. They’re corporation slaves indentured to all the lenders. So even if you got seven figures, you still a nigga”

KM endorsed Bernie Sanders in the past. I can’t see him doing a 180 and working with someone like RFK

Just looking at that map makes me crack up as someone from Ireland. Baltimore is a small town here on the south coast of Cork. Dundalk is up in Northern Ireland. Pasadena is a place in California.

I just think it’s funny when America has random place names taken from elsewhere.