A Boring Dystopia

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Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 (fortune.com)

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago

Match . com bought almost all of the dating sites. And the rest have consolidated.

If you think that the tech lords didn't set up ways to hurt people they don't like from their perch, or that the government and their connected pals don't have them do that for them too, you are quite mistaken. They did it because they can, it's as simple as that.

You are shown people they decide, you are shown as they decide, by their black box calculations, and their laughably bad matching of people based on their flawed personality tests.

That said, while the tech lords can step on some schmuck surreptitiously, what you describe is far more common. Dinner and a movie and drinks is just so expensive now, it's not even an option for many people. Your costs in your example I consider astronomical, good riddance to her, that personality would leave you for someone richer first chance she found.

Also people just have an idea of what they want and exclude people based on their criteria in a way they wouldn't be so quick to do with people they meet in person, which leads to everyone lying even more, which makes it worse.

These sites aren't geared towards finding mates for life, but for keeping people paying monthly subscriptions indefinitely.