Dating is at a Record Low: Another Dating Thread

[Nakena]

Social media does more harm than good these days.

People don’t actually do things together anymore as much as they sit tweeting and facebooking each other.

Now I actually go bowling with friends actually go to the pool hall and movie theatre.

You want to actually socialize. Pick up the phone and call me and let’s meet at the bar.

Couldn agree more, but then the internet and soc media have also their advantages when theres no places to go or no friends close.

[First American Empire]

Yes, maybe we should ban porn so more people will actually look for real relationships instead.

If a couple want to film themselves being intimate, I think that's protected under the first amendment, so is lewd artwork.

I wouldn't be against banning all this gross, creepy corporate porn though, it's just prostitution made legal by the presence of a camera; It's all degenerate cuck/incest shit now anyways.

Agreed. 90% of professional porn is run by an incredibly unethical monopoly called MindGeek. Banning it all is worth it just to bankrupt them.

[Ayytaly]

Sex is now a tool for psychological trauma. Just look at the emphasis of penis size.

100th post gone to waste.

[Socialist Heronia]

Sex is now a tool for psychological trauma. Just look at the emphasis of penis size.

100th post gone to waste.

I find this hilarious. I also find stereotypes of different races having different penis sizes disgusting but funny at the same time.

[Felt Karpit]

Honestly, it is way easier to get to know someone as a friend before turning a relationship romantic.

There's a rule for this. It is "don't shit where you eat".

What's funny is in my post I do actually recognize that some people dont like that.

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women. So many of yall never talk to them except when trying to in a romantic context and it shows. If you are friends with more women, those can either transform into romantic ones, or as I said previously, those women will know other women that you can date.

It hasnt been an issue in my life, cause since I am a queer person, I have a diverse gendered friend group, so I have no difficulty talking to different genders. But men who only talk to men? Of course they are terrible at getting dates with women.

[Costa Fierro]

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women.

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.

So many of yall never talk to them except when trying to in a romantic context and it shows.

It's not even in a "romantic" context.

It hasnt been an issue in my life, cause since I am a queer person

And that means you should stay in your lane.

[Novus America]

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women.

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.

So many of yall never talk to them except when trying to in a romantic context and it shows.

It's not even in a "romantic" context.

It hasnt been an issue in my life, cause since I am a queer person

And that means you should stay in your lane.

Umm men actually can gain a lot by being friends with certain (and many) women.
I mean you do not need to be friends with someone just because they are a woman but you should not avoid being friends with women either.

“Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.” is false as a categorical statement.

[Kowani]

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women.

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.
And that means you should stay in your lane.

The fact that you hate women does not mean reality will warp itself to accommodate you.

[LimaUniformNovemberAlpha]

If a couple want to film themselves being intimate, I think that's protected under the first amendment, so is lewd artwork.

I wouldn't be against banning all this gross, creepy corporate porn though, it's just prostitution made legal by the presence of a camera; It's all degenerate cuck/incest shit now anyways.

Agreed. 90% of professional porn is run by an incredibly unethical monopoly called MindGeek. Banning it all is worth it just to bankrupt them.

Does that count professionally drawn porn, or just professionally acted porn?

[Felt Karpit]

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women.

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.

So many of yall never talk to them except when trying to in a romantic context and it shows.

It's not even in a "romantic" context.

It hasnt been an issue in my life, cause since I am a queer person

And that means you should stay in your lane.

I don't need to be straight to know most straight people are shit at communication lol

[Thepeopl]

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.



It's not even in a "romantic" context.



And that means you should stay in your lane.

I don't need to be straight to know most straight people are shit at communication lol

Totes agree.

A friendship between different genders can be warm, accepting and supporting. Not all men are jerks, not all women are bitches.

[The Emerald Legion]

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.



It's not even in a "romantic" context.



And that means you should stay in your lane.

I don't need to be straight to know most straight people are shit at communication lol

Most people in general are shit at communication.

[Socialist Heronia]

I don't need to be straight to know most straight people are shit at communication lol

Most people in general are shit at communication.

This man speaks the truth.

[Rojava Free State]

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women.

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.

So many of yall never talk to them except when trying to in a romantic context and it shows.

It's not even in a "romantic" context.

It hasnt been an issue in my life, cause since I am a queer person

And that means you should stay in your lane.

Damn, fierro is furious

[Stellar Colonies]

Not sure if I'm missing a lot of loners, but I do see plenty of boys and girls pairing up around here.

Although I'd be following this trend, since I'm just not interested in dating or romance on a conscious and decision-making level.

[Costa Fierro]

“Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.” is false as a categorical statement.

It is not.

The fact that you hate women does not mean reality will warp itself to accommodate you.

I do not hate women.

[New haven america]

“Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.” is false as a categorical statement.

It is not.

The fact that you hate women does not mean reality will warp itself to accommodate you.

I do not hate women.

Which is why you admit that you're a misogynist.

[Novus America]

“Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.” is false as a categorical statement.

It is not.

The fact that you hate women does not mean reality will warp itself to accommodate you.

I do not hate women.

It absolutely is false. There are many women that can make good friends.

And clearly you have issues with women in general, as you yourself have stated.

[The New California Republic]

Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.

Wow.

[The New California Republic]

I do not hate women.

Which is why you admit that you're a misogynist.

I mean, their view may have changed in the past two years, but on the basis of their statement regarding friendship with women...I think on balance it's just the same.

[Nakena]

My main focus, saying it more plainly, is that straight men need to learn to be friends with women.

No we do not. Men have nothing to gain from being friends with women.

So many of yall never talk to them except when trying to in a romantic context and it shows.

It's not even in a "romantic" context.

It hasnt been an issue in my life, cause since I am a queer person

And that means you should stay in your lane.

What about Queer/Transwoman/traps though? :^)

Which is why you admit that you're a misogynist.

I mean, their view may have changed in the past two years, but on the basis of their statement regarding friendship with women...I think on balance it's just the same.

Big oof surprise. Or well maybe not so. At least he hasnt yet begun to talk about Femoids.

[Bear Stearns]

Chicks dig tanks.



Just get a tank.

Chicks dig Amex Platinum cards.

[Cappuccina]

Never dated due to being almost comically socially incompetent. in one such instance a girl flat out gave me her number, the latency on "she might like me" was about 2 years. I also once gave a girl a strawberry in an origami box as a valentine's present.

fate has decided I shall be loveless, and I lack the motivation to challenge it

My steps to getting a new girlfriend are literally as follows:

Step 1. Buy a damn car, preferably a 65 chevelle or 73 gran torino.

Step 2. Tell a girl she's cute and maybe we could hang out sometime

Step 3. Hopefully it works

Step 4. That's it, there's no more steps

If that sounds awkward as hell, it's because it is and the only reason I've honestly had girlfriends is probably because of divine intervention of some kind. I'm a somewhat shy and awkward person in real life and when I plan out what I'm gonna say in my head, it comes out horrible

My pick up line: my beautiful sweetheart, come with me back to the casbar

What I actually end up saying: so uh y-you wanna go out and see a film some time maybe like you know uh er deh uh y-y-y-you sshejdiejnekdkchabne"

Most basic bitches don't give a shit about old cars, my guy.

[Ethel mermania]

My steps to getting a new girlfriend are literally as follows:

Step 1. Buy a damn car, preferably a 65 chevelle or 73 gran torino.

Step 2. Tell a girl she's cute and maybe we could hang out sometime

Step 3. Hopefully it works

Step 4. That's it, there's no more steps

If that sounds awkward as hell, it's because it is and the only reason I've honestly had girlfriends is probably because of divine intervention of some kind. I'm a somewhat shy and awkward person in real life and when I plan out what I'm gonna say in my head, it comes out horrible

My pick up line: my beautiful sweetheart, come with me back to the casbar

What I actually end up saying: so uh y-you wanna go out and see a film some time maybe like you know uh er deh uh y-y-y-you sshejdiejnekdkchabne"

Most basic bitches don't give a shit about old cars, my guy.

But a tank gets everyone’s attention, even the ladies ....

[Libertarians]

[edit, quote from OP link]

Meanwhile, sexual activity among 14 and 15-year-olds has dropped by almost 40 per cent since 1991. The average teenager now has had sex for the first time by the time they are 17-years-old, a full year later than the average generation X.

The teenage birth rate hit an all-time low in 2016, down 67 per cent since its modern peak in 1991.

“Teens are spending an enormous amount of time, primarily on their smart phones and communicating with their friends electronically,” Prof Twenge told BBC Radio Four’s Today programme

Not saying that the younger generation's rapid change in means of communication probably doesn't have concerning implications for their mental health, but this made me snort out loud. This is objectively a win, and I question that all of this change is purely because young people "can't" make something that older generations lived to do, or are choosing technology over in-person relationships.

This seems like, despite the fact that young people have thrown out all of the dogma of abstinence-based thinking of sex, they're accessing facts and trends and coming to the same conclusion (just, again, without the dogma). It's not a good idea to have sexual relationships in high school, nothing is fail safe, and having a child before you are ready to support said child is the number 1 decision that leads to poverty.

We as a society yelled that very idea at these kids for hours while thumping a bible and when they start doing it verbatim but without the bible we're like... WTF, damn phones did this.