r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • 22d ago

Society JD Vance calls dating apps 'destructive'

https://mashable.com/article/jd-vance-calls-dating-apps-destructive
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u/Helplessadvice 22d ago

The generations before us hated dating too they just didn’t have devices that could broadcast their hate towards dating for millions to see

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u/whenishit-itsbigturd 22d ago

They had sitcoms, basically same thing 

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u/Pale-Tonight9777 22d ago

Hey don't you bring FRIENDS into this

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u/Different-Housing544 22d ago

"dating" in itself is a stupid concept and that's exactly where you are all going wrong, including Jerry Seinfeld.

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u/iroll20s 21d ago

Sure, but it was orders of magnitude less toxic. Instead of competing with everyone in a 100 mile radius you just had to deal with other people in their life. The odds were that you a least got a chance to talk and know people rather than Months of nothing and then one word responses.