It's been trending this way for years, but seeing it graphed out like this is shocking.
What do you think are the effects of this drastic change?
I want to know which couples were meeting online in 1980.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Bulletin board systems (BBS) go back to 1980. Men have tried everything to get laid since the dawn of humanity. It checks out.
As someone who was using BBSs by 1984-ish, I can believe that people met this way. What I can't believe is that it was at a percentage high enough to be represented as anything above zero on that graph.
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Scientists probably.
Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day.
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It's almost like something happened in 2020 to cause a big spike. I wonder what that could have been, and if it is still the case.
Ah, life is full of mysteries.
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Look at the date of the latest piece of data, and you have your answer
I met my spouse online in the naughts, and it was unusual and required explaining to most people.
Huh. I never knew that people really do meet at bars for more than just a one night stand.
It is more that you meet them for a one night stand. Then you decide to hang out later. Then you wake up one day and you two are married with children.
Yeah, one night stands can turn into lasting relationships. I know a decent number of married couples who met in zero-commitment contexts, whether it's a hookup from a bar or while on vacation in a tourist town or things like that. Or even meeting on a hookup-oriented app that somehow turned into a not-just-for-hookups service after becoming acquired by Match, but during the phase when it was most definitely mainly for no-strings hookups.
Met my girlfriend at a bar, but that's not why either of us were there.
Became friends first, didn't start dating till a few months later.
There really just aren't that many places to meet people irl any more, and I simply won't do online dating.
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Why the rise in meeting people at work in the 1980s? Was this when there was an increase in office jobs?
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Surely this graph is wrong? In 1974 couples used to meet while kung fu fighting. A lot of research tends to prove it.
It's hard to get a headcount when people are fast as lightning.
Q: "Why didn't you get in touch with that guy you met at the kung fu fight?"
A: "In fact, he was a little bit frightening..."
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