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Hinge! by Rafiki 10/16/2023, 8:54pm PDT
Ok, I signed up for Hinge and have a date this weekend with a cute chick, so that's cool. I look forward to it being an awkward and humiliating experience. Maybe next week I'll publish a whiny manifesto and shoot up a theater.

Let's talk about what we hate about Hinge, which is mostly just the whole concept of "learning AI." The woman I matched with had a profile that said she was Catholic (I'm an atheist) and not white (I could stunt double for Powder). These were not reasons I chose to match. They were the least important and least interesting parts of her profile. It was my first match, and now my feed has been almost exclusively filled with every black Christian woman within a 100 miles. This despite the fact my match isn't black and I have "atheist" in my profile. There's nothing inherently wrong with this, some of these women are pretty cute, but I pick ONE PERSON and suddenly The Algorithm goes apeshit, funneling exactly one type of woman like I have a fetish. All I could think of was Patton Oswalt's bit about Tivo.



20 years later and no progress has been made.

It also reminds me of how years ago I was dumb enough to buy a Nest thermostat because the learning aspect seemed convenient. Just dial in the temperature whenever you want, and it will learn your schedule and automatically adjust for you! Neat. So, I installed it, went online to set up an account, and then saw a section in the account setup where I could manually set the schedule. I'm a big boy so I knew when I was home and when I wasn't, so I just entered it in. Then I sat dumbfounded as to what the fuck was the point of paying for AI learning when it was 10x easier to just set up your own schedule. I mean, I could spend a month of constantly fiddling with the thermostat and needing to remember to set it so the stupid thing could "learn," or I could set it up in 5 minutes.

This is how I feel about Hinge. Ooooooh! It's going to *~learn~* my preferences! Or I could just enter it in. Like, when I match, they could just ask, "Why did you match," and I could type something in or select an option. But no, a bunch of autistics with CS and statistics degrees have got me covered with some shitty code that has never produced adequate results since the concept of psychologically profiling people with computers was invented.

80 years ago market research and focus groups were invented where businesses just went to people and said, "YOU tell US what you want and that's what we'll give you." Now they've thrown away that simple idea and have instead entrusted their future to a gaggle of fatbeards that are neurologically incapable of relating to human emotions and desires, so now all my suggested dating profiles read, "The key to my heart is... accepting Jesus Christ as lord and savior, and tacos." In unrelated news, New Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm about the Devastating Impact of the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in the United States
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This seems like a good place for dating website notes by laudablepuss 09/02/2020, 9:12pm PDT NEW
    Please keep us posted on the adventure(s) by Pvt. Mysterio 09/02/2020, 10:20pm PDT NEW
        Re: Please keep us posted on the adventure(s) by Mysterio 09/03/2020, 8:35am PDT NEW
            Holy shit, Strindberg and Helium NT by laudablepuss 09/03/2020, 11:46am PDT NEW
    I'm pretty laid back, and don't like drama by laudablepuss 09/03/2020, 7:31pm PDT NEW
        Is anyone looking for someone who’s real? NT by Rafiki 09/03/2020, 8:21pm PDT NEW
    I'm especially enjoying the profiles where they are already mad at you by laudablepuss 09/04/2020, 11:05pm PDT NEW
        The egg timer challenge is apt by DON'T CLICK my dating profile! 09/05/2020, 12:04pm PDT NEW
        They're terrible at it because they can be. NT by Mysterio 09/25/2020, 6:47pm PDT NEW
    Re: This seems like a good place for dating website notes by blackwater 09/05/2020, 11:44pm PDT NEW
        Re: This seems like a good place for dating website notes by laudablepuss 09/25/2020, 6:35pm PDT NEW
    I like my women like my reality shows: naked and afraid NT by New profile 09/18/2020, 5:15pm PDT NEW
        I hate that show by laudablepuss 09/25/2020, 6:37pm PDT NEW
    Fluent in sarcasm | partner in crime | must love the oxford comma NT by Mysterio 10/12/2020, 5:01pm PDT NEW
        haha "must love the oxford comma" by laudablepuss 10/12/2020, 5:31pm PDT NEW
        "Eating ALL the tacos!" NT by lol so random 10/13/2020, 2:46am PDT NEW
    Have you tried Seeking Arrangement? by Mysterio 10/12/2020, 6:36pm PDT NEW
        Haha, too bad Matt Gaetz isn't a lurker on here! NT by laudablepuss 04/12/2021, 2:35pm PDT NEW
        How many Seeking Arrangements/Ashely Madison members were BURNED by yesterday's by emergency test? 10/05/2023, 1:33am PDT NEW
            I didn't post that NT by Me neither 10/05/2023, 3:08am PDT NEW
    A dozen pictures of exotic vistas with her as a tiny, indistinguishable figure NT by (while wearing thick parka) 10/13/2020, 10:36am PDT NEW
        It's also shocking how many profiles Angela White has NT by laudablepuss 10/13/2020, 2:05pm PDT NEW
        30% of all womens' profile are of me! NT by Machu Picchu 10/13/2020, 6:04pm PDT NEW
    Re: This seems like a good place for dating website notes by laudablepuss 04/12/2021, 2:38pm PDT NEW
    I started playing Tinder by Rafiki 10/03/2023, 7:57pm PDT NEW
        No way, $18.99/week? NT by laudablepuss 10/03/2023, 9:02pm PDT NEW
            Oh, it's $18.99 for 1 week (still insane) or $140/6mo NT by Rafiki 10/03/2023, 9:25pm PDT NEW
                I would rather be isolated lol NT by Oh 10/04/2023, 9:44am PDT NEW
        Welcome, Brother! by PUA Chapter Master 10/05/2023, 2:39am PDT NEW
            Forgot my favorite chick profile by PUA Chapter Master 10/05/2023, 6:16am PDT NEW
            Hinge! by Rafiki 10/16/2023, 8:54pm PDT NEW
                Well that's simple by PUA Chapter Master 10/16/2023, 9:08pm PDT NEW
                Coffee Meets Bagle- seeing likes is no longer free by PUA Chapter Master 06/05/2024, 11:47am PDT NEW
        "WORDS OF AFFIRMATION!" NT by fucking barf 10/15/2023, 1:25pm PDT NEW
            u hAev f0rg00tt000en thE c0d3 by thE c0De 06/05/2024, 12:17pm PDT NEW
                The code! The code! by Figure out the code! 03/16/2025, 4:52am PDT NEW
    Unreasonable red flags by Giga Chode 02/25/2025, 11:44am PST NEW
        yoga NT by Comrade Mysterio 02/25/2025, 12:09pm PST NEW
            That's a good one! by forgot it on my list 02/25/2025, 2:00pm PST NEW
        Re: Unreasonable red flags by LurkerDan 02/25/2025, 1:28pm PST NEW
        Re: Unreasonable red flags by Vested Id 02/25/2025, 1:47pm PST NEW
        Vegan/vegetarian by goes without saying 02/26/2025, 2:23am PST NEW
        People should probably exercise...? by Fullofkittens 02/26/2025, 8:43am PST NEW
            That is not the point of the thread. NT by Comrade Mysterio 02/26/2025, 9:01am PST NEW
            FoK! You're trapped in a cult! by We're here to save you! 03/16/2025, 4:49am PDT NEW
                My counter is "that makes team sports a cult" but I do think that NT by Fullofkittens 03/16/2025, 12:18pm PDT NEW
        "Jim Halpert" by Instant swipe left Yesterday, 6:58am PDT NEW
            Did she really say that? NT by ... Yesterday, 12:13pm PDT NEW
                I've seen at least half a dozen of those NT by Instant swipe left Yesterday, 2:18pm PDT NEW
                    So... what you're saying is... NT by ... Yesterday, 3:27pm PDT NEW
                        Looks directly into camera NT by :| Yesterday, 3:32pm PDT NEW
 
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