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[Vicetrailia]

Dating in the west coast is interesting. I grew up in the Midwest and East coast where the dominant culture for dating is expecting to have monogamous relationships.

But in the PNW you could say that at least on tinder, plenty of fish and other places, I would say that almost 35-40% of the people there are interested in some type of non-monagamous or exploratory situation.

I say this because I recently traveled to the east coast for work, got on Tinder to find booty calls and realized that everything was different compared to the PNW.

In the PNW it has gotten to the point where people commonly say in their profile “if one man/woman isn’t enough that’s just selfish” and “I don’t want to be your third” and “I’m strictly monagamous”

Yes people say the former everywhere, but i’d say that from a statistical standpoint the PNW is leading edge in openness to alternative relationships, and advertising it without shame.

What’s your state like?

 

[Laieon]

Houston is really fucking boring. It's all 24 year olds with 5 kids, horse girls, morbidly obese people, and lately a weird amount of people who don't even live in the state or region using that passport option.

 

[Alright]

UK here and Tinder is the same (PoF and Tinder are owned by the same company) and the fun Tinder years are well and truly over.

Online dating is manufactured to get you to buy more likes/swipes/gold subscription. Sometimes your messages aren't sent, sometimes your messages aren't received. If you're popular on Tinder/PoF and DON'T sign up for the extra fluff, it is held against you using these methods and more.

Ignore everything you see, it's manufactured

Edit: and what's the deal with the constant flood of Chinese women? (this is from last year)

 

[Mistake]

UK here and Tinder is the same (PoF and Tinder are owned by the same company) and the fun Tinder years are well and truly over.

Online dating is manufactured to get you to buy more likes/swipes/gold subscription. Sometimes your messages aren't sent, sometimes your messages aren't received. If you're popular on Tinder/PoF and DON'T sign up for the extra fluff, it is held against you using these methods and more.

Ignore everything you see, it's manufactured

Edit: and what's the deal with the constant flood of Chinese women? (this is from last year)

Among my chinese friends, the UK is second to France as a travel destination. Blame the queen lol. Also because of colleges

 

[Alright]

Among my chinese friends, the UK is second to France as a travel destination. Blame the queen lol. Also because of colleges

I blame tinder. I set my location settings to 10 miles. Then Hyuang Zhuang from 6500 miles away wants to meet.

 

[Azzurri]

Probably has something to do with where you live.

PNW is way more WOKE and Liberal, so it doesn't surprise me there are more non-monagamous relationship's out there.

Mid-west, East Coast, and the South are probably more traditional.

 

[DESTROYA]

I don’t know man but I find the whole concept of Tinder sort of disgusting, I can find chicks to bang anywhere and often it feels shallow and pretty unfulfilling.
Call me a more traditional fellow but I prefer the art of the chase a bit more then the broken bang you anywhere sluts.

 

[thefool]

Not sure what PNW is but tinder is obviously aimed to booty calls. Everywhere in the world.

 

[trickybiff]

Not sure what PNW is but tinder is obviously aimed to booty calls. Everywhere in the world.

Pacific North West. Like Washington/Oregon area

 

[Goro Majima]

I’d imagine you’d have monogamous people cycling in and out of something like Tinder as they got coupled up whereas these “open” people never do. So I’m guessing that even a small percentage of these types of people in the general population will be represented disproportionately on dating apps.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Do people still meet people on the streets? Or is it just a big avoiding of #metoo.

 

[Zeroing]

I blame tinder. I set my location settings to 10 miles. Then Hyuang Zhuang from 6500 miles away wants to meet.

Tinder gave a free trial of “passport” for everyone! Tinder is becoming a swipe and match game now!

 

[Alright]

Tinder gave a free trial of “passport” for everyone! Tinder is becoming a swipe and match game now!

I haven't used it in over a year. I caught them and pof being silly fuckers with my messages so I binned them off

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

Edit: and what's the deal with the constant flood of Chinese women? (this is from last year)

Asians are rumored to have higher iqs on average, so on average asian women should have higher iq than nonasian women, and iq has strong genetic components so good chance of passing part on to offspring. Rumor is that this is one of the reasons certain IVY leagues penalize asian's entry requirements, they do above average in many cases even when coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

If you find them attractive and to your liking seems like it'd have benefits if you plan on having kids. The only downside is if you have male children, as I've heard asian males are disadvantaged in terms of looks in the dating marketplace.

I don’t know man but I find the whole concept of Tinder sort of disgusting, I can find chicks to bang anywhere and often it feels shallow and pretty unfulfilling.

Well sure you can find chicks everywhere, but 10/10 are very rare out in the streets. With tinder you can check potentially thousands of girls at a time, and more easily find 10/10 on looks.

 

[Alright]

Asians are rumored to have higher iqs on average, so on average asian women should have higher iq than nonasian women, and iq has strong genetic components so good chance of passing part on to offspring. Rumor is that this is one of the reasons certain IVY leagues penalize asian's entry requirements, they do above average in many cases even when coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

If you find them attractive and to your liking seems like it'd have benefits if you plan on having kids. The only downside is if you have male children, as I've heard asian males are disadvantaged in terms of looks in the dating marketplace.

I don't find oriental women attractive. At all. I won't call them Asian because Asian to you means Chinese, to me it means Pakistani/bangladeshi/indian.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

UK here and Tinder is the same (PoF and Tinder are owned by the same company) and the fun Tinder years are well and truly over.

Online dating is manufactured to get you to buy more likes/swipes/gold subscription. Sometimes your messages aren't sent, sometimes your messages aren't received. If you're popular on Tinder/PoF and DON'T sign up for the extra fluff, it is held against you using these methods and more.

Ignore everything you see, it's manufactured

Edit: and what's the deal with the constant flood of Chinese women? (this is from last year)

I tried a few times then couldn't be arsed with the messaging part. Too many TOWIE a likes after validation.

 

[Alright]

I tried a few times then couldn't be arsed with the messaging part. Too many TOWIE a likes after validation.

Amen brother. It's a crap way of dating and i would say pretty bad for the self-esteem. Because sometimes your message goes through, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes her message doesn't come through. All three of those end with the person feeling 'rejected' which is a pretty shitty thing for a company to prey upon

 

[haxan7]

PNW is full of depraved commies who aren't capable of having a normal, committed relationship.

 

[DESTROYA]

Well sure you can find chicks everywhere, but 10/10 are very rare out in the streets. With tinder you can check potentially thousands of girls at a time, and more easily find 10/10 on looks.

You don‘t look for women on the “streets” . That’s just stupid.
Yeah and everyone on Tinder is 100% totally honest right? .......LMAO
Look if want like shallow meaningless sex with mostly broken people , go for it but if your looking for something more meaningful then Tinder is a dumpster fire.
Hooking up is easy, having a relationship is hard but much more meaningful and not everyone is just looking to fuck anyone that agrees with it.

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

You don‘t look for women on the “streets” . That’s just stupid.
Yeah and everyone on Tinder is 100% totally honest right? .......LMAO
Look if want like shallow meaningless sex with mostly broken people , go for it but if your looking for something more meaningful then Tinder is a dumpster fire.
Hooking up is easy, having a relationship is hard but much more meaningful and not everyone is just looking to fuck anyone that agrees with it.

By streets I mean in general, in real life. Even in college, I only found like single digit number of 10/10 women throughout all the years I was there.

 

[DESTROYA]

By streets I mean in general, in real life. Even in college, I only found like single digit number of 10/10 women throughout all the years I was there.

OK , that’s just your own personal experience and maybe have have unrealistic standards.
Still find broken desperate people on Tinder not a good alternative.

 

[Alright]

By streets I mean in general, in real life. Even in college, I only found like single digit number of 10/10 women throughout all the years I was there.

There are plenty of tens in Britain. Unfortunately they are -10/10's

 

[quickwhips]

I feel bad for people meeting on tinder. What a shitty story to tell the kids one day.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Those super hot Chinese girls you’re seeing on tinder are all fake profiles

 

[Zeroing]

I haven't used it in over a year. I caught them and pof being silly fuckers with my messages so I binned them off

The app in my case keeps crashing
And using tons of battery so I am done with it.

forever alone but with a fully charged phone!

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

Those super hot Chinese girls you’re seeing on tinder are all fake profiles

rumor is short video requirements are on the horizon to stop men from doing chadfishing. Similar might not happen for women, but you could always ask for a video call before meeting.

 

[Larlight]

UK here and Tinder is the same (PoF and Tinder are owned by the same company) and the fun Tinder years are well and truly over.

Online dating is manufactured to get you to buy more likes/swipes/gold subscription. Sometimes your messages aren't sent, sometimes your messages aren't received. If you're popular on Tinder/PoF and DON'T sign up for the extra fluff, it is held against you using these methods and more.

Ignore everything you see, it's manufactured

Edit: and what's the deal with the constant flood of Chinese women? (this is from last year)

It truly is over. A few years ago, Tinder used to be so much better for meeting people. Now if you don’t pay Tinder all your money, good luck getting a match. All you will get is bots.

 

[Alright]

It truly is over. A few years ago, Tinder used to be so much better for meeting people. Now if you don’t pay Tinder all your money, good luck getting a match. All you will get is bots.

Yep that's what I found. The bot chats are funny with how obvious it is that it's a bot.

They should put a warning or disclaimer on Tinder saying bots operate or your chances of matching are drastically reduced if you don't pay for gold.