Dating app categories could be shaping you more than you know
https://theconversation.com/dating-app-categories-could-be-shaping-you-more-than-you-know-256368
This time last year I encouraged you to nick this brilliant #date idea, and some of you did! And had adorable cute #dates! <3
Cinemagoers tutted – but in Materialists, I finally saw a true reflection of today’s dating market | Elle Hunt https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/17/materialists-dating-market-film-money-relationship #Relationships #Onlinedating #Lifeandstyle #Inequality #Housing #Society #Dating #Money
a slumbering heart
meets another sleeping soul
a new joy is born!
#DailyHakuPrompt - #Joy
#MastoPrompt - #slumber
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/black-magic-modern-heart-art-inverted-sharon-cummings.html
I shit you not...
No, really! I shit you not...
I just got a ping on Feeld.
I don't get pings often. (For those who don't know. A ping is like a super-like.)
I look and... it is a ping from a straight guy. 
(I'm pansexual.)
Oh, but the ping comes with a message. It says, and again, I shit you not:
"Hi there. 
"
This is it! This is the entirety of the message. Wow! I mean, the sexual chemistry here is palpable. You could cut the sexual tension with a knife.
(This was sarcasm.)
Truth be told, I don't need anything sexual in a ping. However, for the love of god, make your message connect with my profile. Examples:
"I'm autistic too!"
"I love squishmallows too!"
"I'm vegetarian too!"
"I was glad when I read 'kindness rules' in your profile."
I don't need a ton of text, but a modicum of indication that you've read my profile does help.
Moreover, this dude's profile explains nothing. It is one of those, "up for anything" profiles.
Celebrities Who You Didn’t Know They Dated 
#shorts https://www.inbella.com/1209350/celebrities-who-you-didnt-know-they-dated-%f0%9f%ab%a3shorts/ #@KristenStewart ##andrewgarfield ##CelebrityRomance ##celebrityupdates ##chrisevans ##HollywoodNews ##shortsfeed ##shortsviral ##TrendingNow #Celebrities #CelebrityFacts #CelebrityGossip #CelebrityNews #chrishemsworth #Dating #elsapataky #EmmaStone #emmastone #FamousCouples #FemaleCelebrities #joejonas #Love #relationship #robertpattinson #TaylorSwift #viralshorts
Narrated by Sean Crisden, This essay hilariously frames a date like a crime scene. Robert's latest date eats his last cookie. How will Robert cope with this loss? https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/80e3e78b/an-obituary-for-a-cookie #Dating #Date #Funny #Humor #Podcast #Podcasts #Audio #Audiobook #Audiobooks
"It’s rare to meet a guy who both knows what he wants and is willing to express it so early, especially when he knows it’ll likely mean that we don’t end up having sex."
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/emotional-honesty-faith-in-dating/
This time in '23, I met a man who restored my faith in #dating.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/emotional-honesty-faith-in-dating/
> Those Stupid Dating Trends Are Ruining Your Chance at Love https://www.vice.com/en/article/those-stupid-dating-trends-are-ruining-your-chance-at-love/
More reminders that, if I am ever single again, it's the #HermitLife for me. Jeebus.
@alisynthesis I spent a decade trying to convince the product team that we needed OkClippy on OkCupid...
"I see you are about to send a picture of a small penis to somebody you have never talked to before. Would you like to reconsider that, or would you just like me to ban you now?"
Not boring, meet at a cafe, 1st date ideas - please contribute your ideas, if you have any. I really dislike boring, typical - let's have coffee 1st dates.
Some of my own ideas/things I'd love to do more, on 1st dates:
- mini-golf fun
- sandcastle building together
- having fun, trying to identity a specific number of natural species in a 1 hour time window, in one beautiful nature space
- creating a fun fingerpainting together, outdoors in a scenic place
- visiting an animals sanctuary/rescue place, open to the public
- having a beach fire & playing my 5 words, storybuilding game
- making a mixed media collage art piece together, in a park
- collecting & using driftwood pieces to build a beach fort or create a piece of collab art
I've Never Sent A Dick Pic: some more thoughts on masculinity and wondering why some men think a picture of their genitals is a useful ad
dition to a conversation.
https://medium.com/@nickbwalking/ive-never-sent-a-dick-pic-0c1258157264?sk=1a0b97c8f03e4f10c3c92b2b9e964513
#masculinity #dating #men
Is it okay to use AI to break up with someone?
Me: Dating is hard, I get it. But I’m not dating a robot, I’m dating a human being. I prefer one screws up personally, to having an impersonal bot regurgitated excuse.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/ai-dating-scene-1.7604276
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Est-ce correct d’utiliser l’IA pour rompre avec quelqu’un?
// Article en anglais //
The beauty of #Loveonthespectrum is the underlying message of #keepitsimple, keep it in the moment.
#relationships #dating
I deserve an equally amazing, courageous partner in life. I won't settle for less than what I know is deserved for me.
That's why I don't waste other people's time & won't go on 2nd dates often. I know who I am & I know what kind of partner is compatible with me.
I'm 50 years old now. I don't waste my own irreplaceable time on anyone who isn't really compatible with me.
Seen in a dating profile:
"Open to alot."
Aww... I'm sure the alot will be pleased.
https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
After three years of relentless tracking, we’ve published a [paper](https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/vextrios-origin-story-from-spam-to-scam-to-adtech/) that, for the first time, exposes the true identities behind VexTrio. This research connects real names to the various companies that form the VexTrio ecosystem. It begins with the origin story—how a group of Italians launched a successful spam and dating business. Over time, VexTrio expanded its operations into malicious adtech and online scams. For over a decade, the group employed deceptive tactics to defraud countless innocent internet users. These illegitimate gains funded the extravagant lifestyles of VexTrio’s key figures—who, despite increasing scrutiny, have yet to be fully stopped.
We’re deeply grateful to all the contributors who helped us reach this research milestone, especially @rmceoin and Tord from [Qurium](https://www.qurium.org/).
I wrote a post about Trust & Safety that I have been meaning to write for a while, but @caseynewton wrote something recently that reminded me.
It acts as a useful mission statement for the advocacy organisation I am slowly creating, which I have talked about in a few interviews, but not gotten around to yet - The problems with C-PTSD and AuDHD in concert mean that everything comes at a glacial start :)
https://superhighwayman.com/2025/the-ones-who-thrive-in-omelas/
#Empfehlungen: Schutzverhalten für queere Menschen
Guidelines zum Schutz vor #Hasskriminalität auf #CSDs und beim #Dating 
https://www.lsvd.de/de/ct/14920-Empfehlungen-Schutzverhalten-fuer-queere-Menschen #LSBTIQ*
The Fediverse is normally not the place to do this, but I figured why not? I will begin with what I want in a partner and/or a friend and then explain a bit about myself. I am also considering this a second introduction, hence the tag. I have resisted adding tags to my interests, but if you boost this and wish to do so, I am not against it.
In a partner, I am seeking a man over sixty who is well-educated, well-dressed (suit/tie), confident, and witty. I have no interest in bdsm, daddy-daughter things, rough play, etc. I simply adore the voices, bodies, experiences, and company of seniors. I would prefer you to either live in or near New Jersey, or to be able to visit me frequently if you don't. No married men (or those in relationships), one-night stands, parents/caregivers, workaholics, or recreational drug users. I am open to both fun with no strings attached and a committed relationship, but I must get to know you first. For friends, I am a lot more lenient. You can be either a man or a woman, should be over twenty-one, and should share at least some of my interests. You don't have to be single or live in or near New Jersey, though if you do, we could become offline friends and go places together. No drugs or drama. Please note that I have no understanding of depression, anxiety, mental illness, low self-esteem, etc.
Georgiana Brummell is not my legal name, but it is what I use. I chose it in honour of Beau Brummell. I live in New Jersey and am forty-one years old. Some of my interests include studying dandyism, nineteenth-century English grammar, Upper Received Pronunciation, the Italian language, British history, the Regency, and MS-DOS and its current varients. I like coffee, tea, wine, cooking, classic literature, nature and historical documentaries, old BBC radio shows, gardening, hot weather, relaxing in the pool, and playing cards and dice. I love opera and operettas, particularly singers from the 1940's and earlier. In classical music, I like Baroque through early Romantic. I prefer antique menswear (usually Edwardian) and accessories. I love wit, wordplay, and dry humour without vulgarity, though I do enjoy adult fun. I am happily childfree and am not religious. I also have no interest in politics or world affairs. I have been totally blind since I was two months old, due to Retinopathy of Prematurity.
You can find more about me, including other ways to contact me, at this link.
