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Dating apps lose their luster with college students (www.axios.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Dating apps lose their luster with college students::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Unless you're socially awkward and bad at picking up hints.

[–] Odelay42 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah no doubt. Not saying there's no reason to be on the apps in college. I'm just saying there's less and less opportunity for meeting people in person by chance at social events the older you get, and the more your social life includes people from work, married folks, parents, etc.

College is the densest pool of single people with lots of free time you'll ever experience bar none.

[–] wile_e8 26 points 10 months ago

I mean, that sucks, but it's not like things are going to get better once you're outside of the conditions mentioned

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Then you look for the other person at the party standing there back to the wall looking like a deer in headlights and make friends or at least form a D&D group.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Parties?

You actually don't get what socially awkward means, do you?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ive told my daughter "Always be nice to the quiet ones and the weird ones. Be nice and be friendly, the extroverts of the world will be fine on their own."

[–] pete_the_cat 5 points 10 months ago

You're a great parent 👍

[–] ABCDE 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am, but I could still go be weird at some parties.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess that being laughed at and ridiculed at parties must be very enjoyable in your corner of the world, then.

[–] ABCDE 5 points 10 months ago

Uni wasn't really like that, luckily.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I mean, if I played PC games (more specifically multiplayer), I could definitely see myself attending LAN party. That's the only party that actually sounds interesting.

[–] edgemaster72 10 points 10 months ago

Y'all are going to parties?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

The only college parties I've been to were those with just my friends and ive learned my lesson about dating friends...