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Comment on Plummeting interest rate
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Do people really hook up in games 🤨?
corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I was talking about hookups, cuz clearly that’s the case in the pic.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
If people can find true love in WoW, they can find hookups
ignotum@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In runescape you can buy gf, in dating app you no can buy gf, do the maffs
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Runescape.com is not a dating site.
ignotum@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 months ago
11yr old me would have disagreed
Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Depend on app friend
verysoft@kbin.social 6 months ago
It's an instant common demoninator. What's the difference than meeting at another hobby?
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 6 months ago
You know if someone is a 40 year old man or not
verysoft@kbin.social 6 months ago
₊‧.°.⋆˚₊‧⋆. communication ₊‧.°.⋆˚₊‧⋆.
Kase@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Commun… Communica…- you must have misspelled communism, cause I’ve never heard this word in my life. Fellas! I found a commie!! /j
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
This was clearly about a hookup only, why does it matter what she’s into… or what you’re into?
wafflez@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Dating apps are not optimised to help u find a partner, they’re made to keep u on the app
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I met my fiancée at a training thing for work. Everyone canceled except her her, me, and the teacher, so we had a lot of time to talk lol. We are getting married in a year and a half.
wafflez@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Congratulations I am glad it worked out well for you two /pos
I know some people have luck with them, that’s invevitable. I was just saying they aren’t great for most people and more so often are really bad for men’s self-esteem. Some great statistic videos go into depth with the dating pool ratios etc. to explain this.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
And games are made to keep you playing, not find parters.
Regardless, this was just a booty call, my experience is that they’re great for that.
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Cause those apps suck unfortunately.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I would say the exact opposite, they’re great for hookups.
Maybe it’s the thing about some people being shy IRL (which I’m not), so making conversation is difficult for them.
flicker@kbin.social 6 months ago
There was this mean thing people would say back in like the 90s, that the people complaining online win every argument because everyone who had success was busy being in a relationship.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Maybe… that may hold some thruth as well. Or maybe just doing things IRL that people that were more engaged online, didn’t.
It is a fact that our online lives take much of our every day time.
queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Man, I’ve met partners I dated for years because of random shit. Reddit, random interactions on discord, and a few more. My parents met because of a convention my dad organized for a show that was off the air for a few years at that point.
Humans are social creatures and they do be socializing.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Yeah, but the pic is clearly about a hookup only. Dating apps are great for that, you just specify what exactly it is you’re looking for and you’re golden within a week or two.
I have this friend, he litelarly didn’t go out with us for 2 straight years because of dating apps. He once did some math on how many different hookups he had over those 2 years, it was over well over 200. He’s not handsome or anything, not particularly anyway, or hung or anything like that. He’s just friendly, funny and outgoing. Women sink into that, just be friendly and funny and that’s basically it.
It’s not that hard really, even if you are not as outgoing and funny as him, you could still score once every 2 weeks or so… if sex is what you’re looking for.
31337@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Nah, I don’t think that’s common. A lot of men swipe right on every woman, get a match with something like 1% of those, get a chat response with 0.1%, arrange a date with 0.01%, and have 100% back out of the date. At least that was my experience for a couple months of using dating apps, lol.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
That is true, but only if you’re looking for a relationship. Yes, women are picky when it comes to relationships (well, men as well, now that I think about it). If you’re honest upfront and just state that you’re not looking for something serious, just fun, trust me, women are a lot more open to those one night stands than relationships. Why? There are no strings attached. She gets off, you get off, hell, you don’t even have to buy her dinner or anything, just go over to her place or a motel, whatever, and just have a few drinks, smoke some weed, whatever, to get in the mood. After that, you/she leaves and that’s that. The idea is that there are no strings attached from the start, and that’s what’s attracting about this scneario. You don’t put too much effort into it. After that, she can go about her dating as if nothing happened. You bump into her at the store, you pretend you don’t know her… she gives you scared look maybe, like “please, I’m with my bf here, don’t ruin it 😬” and of course, you don’t. Why? Cuz she might break up with him and give you another booty call. Plus, it’s not fair, she was just trying to blow off some steam, so were you, what’s done is done, no need for everyone to know that.
Oh, and don’t mangle with married women… unless they’re some cockold couple or something like that. In any other case, married women are off the table. They usually have jelous/controlling husbands and you’re just asking for trouble fixing up a hookup with that woman. Always ask upfront if she’s married. She might lie, but hell, at least you asked and if you ever get that late night call from her hubby, you can always say that - I asked, she said she wasn’t married 🤷.
Kase@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What’s a picker?
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You pick too much, so you’re a picker.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
cum in bum
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My parents met because of a convention my dad organized for a show that was off the air for a few years at that point.
Alf?
queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Doctor Who
Vibi@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I personally connect with people easier through games. For me, it removes the feeling that I have to entertain someone through some branching conversation. There’s less pressure knowing we’re focusing on the same task or goal and conversations feel more natural based on what we’re doing or observing. It’s also helpful to see how people approach obstacles and how they handle/display their emotions.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Yeah, but none of that matters for a booty call, and it was just that on the pic, nothing more. She/he wanted a sex partner and asked the first person that was online in the game/app she/he was currently on.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I haven’t played online games in literally decades, but in the 90s, when I used to play MUDs, people used them to hook up (or just do the cybersex thing) all the time. I’m guessing the only big difference now is voice and video are in the mix.
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Really? Had no idea to be honest.
ViscloReader@lemmy.world 6 months ago
People hook up everywhere, plus if you meet through a game you already have a common interest and a lot of stuff to chitchat about Win/win
queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Indeed, it’s a win/win
ExLisper@linux.community 6 months ago
Do people hook up on lemmy?
jagungal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Lemmy is like Reddit, but with an even greater concentration of Linux and FOSS nerds, so the likelihood is extremely low.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Open source relationships it is then
asbestos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hey there 😏
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Any pic from a Reddit meetup was enough to convince me that trying to date via Reddit was a no-go zone.
Ibex0@lemmy.world 6 months ago
😐
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
No, because lemmy is actually just me, and then six dogs pretending to be like 400 other active users.
Llewellyn@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Woof, I mean yeah
Mac@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Hey cutie 😏
ExLisper@linux.community 6 months ago
I’m a 40 year old man.
felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I would relly appreciate to hook up on Lemmy because you have to be a nerd to be there. But I m French so I suppose its unlikely
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Yeewww…
Jk I’m French Canadian even worse.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We can certainly make this work. I’m a couple swims into France.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Well there is your problem
0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
But it’s only a booty call, a hookup, and he/she is upfront about it, why does it matter if we have common interests or not.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Republicans don’t get orgasm assistance from me.
I invest a little extra effort to make sure I’m not misallocating my sex.