Shortness has its advantages. Not having to deal with a large majority of shallow people in the dating pool is a blessing in disguise.
Everyone is shallow. That's the big joke about the height movement. A guy can lambaste a woman for being shallow because she wants a 6'0+ man but then he'll say, "shave your legs", "wear make-up", "why are you fat?!"
Then the argument of "YOU CAN'T CHANGE HEIGHT!!!!" comes in and it's still nonsense because 1) it's a standard whether or not you want to argue and 2) it's not affecting your life like the beauty standards women face.
It's way too much shaming going on in this post. Y'all really letting Tinder hurt your self-esteem? Go out, hit the gym, get some muscles, or get a high paying job, roll up to the club bumping this, and proceed to get some numbers.
Really social media dating apps work?I left those days behind and now just frolic on the low philandering discreetly.I made a killing on some real estate broker during the recession shit with that one app used Facebook as a hookup app.
Honestly you just have to do it. At the very least go somewhere visually interesting and take selfies there if you don't want to be in group shots. There are like a couple dozen photos of me, ever, but I made sure they weren't just in my room.
I'd also just be real and say something about being an introvert and that you don't find broadcasting yourself a natural thing (I'm guessing, because I'm the same way, but whatever you'd call yourself, own it), and maybe make a funny series of photos of you reading books (showing the covers of your favorites) in strange places. There are so many opportunities.
So basically "Doesn't matter because it doesn't really affect guys...ignoring the studies showing its effects on their mental health"
You know many of those "lame ass questions" are the cornerstone of face to face interaction, right? There's almost like a PUA culture surrounding messaging women on dating apps/sites... don't ask "lame ass questions," tell her a corny joke or comment on one of her pics that she uploaded 8 months ago so she won't understand wth you're talking about. Yeah, that's the ticket. Since it worked for some guys that's the way to go, right?
You know how many guys on Tinder are probably starting off with "witty banter" and questions related to their stated interests and still getting nothing in response? I'll give you a hint: It's not witty or original when tons of guys are doing it (and believe me, you're not the only one to comment on her theater background or start with a lame joke that was passed around on reddit).
The rule is simple and the rule is law: If the girl is physically attracted to you on Tinder -- a superficial site that doesn't pretend to be anything else -- she'll reply and ask questions herself. If you're at the bottom of her priority list, you're gonna get boring/lame/ignored.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert on how women think, nor do I pretend to be. I do however have yrs of experience behind the scenes w/ this particular industry (analytics included). I've seen what works and what doesn't, and statistically what works best is being the societal ideal (white, in moderate or better shape, without glaring physical flaws). If you've got that going for you then you're set, just take non-boring looking pics and smile and you're in there. Anything else and your odds are significantly lower, to the point that it barely matters what approach you take. It's just statistics: men outnumber women on dating sites by 40:1 and much higher, depending on the site. It's not hard to figure out where the inflated sense of attractiveness (and therefore pickiness/requirements) comes from; essentially a 5/10 irl equates to somewhere around a 7.5/10 online. Somebody mentioned that fat women have it worse than short guys and that's just false. It's probably nothing to do with how the genders think in general, it's just supply and demand.
Online dating works for some people, and as was mentioned recently in this thread (and as we constantly see evidence of) those people dominate the market. A large chunk of everybody else is kind of on the outside looking in and better off going the traditional route... with "lame ass questions" asked in person. That's not to say the rest of the world can't / won't find some success using apps, because whether you're black/asian/short/fat, there's gonna be somebody at some point who thinks you're worth a swipe right. Some of those are going to be niche based (ie suburban white chick who wants a tatted black dude with dreads and will settle for just a black dude for now) and some will just find you attractive. Those are more likely to be the outliers but hey, those are the ones you want to meet anyway.
Edit: As pertains to the thread title, just treat it as a routine and you'll be a-okay. No app in the world should ever affect your self esteem or feeling of worth. If it does, delete it and any other app that makes you feel that way ASAP.
I'm curious to see these studies that how men are mentally, socially, and financially damaged because of their short height. It always appears to be a very small difference in that every inch means 2.4% increase in pay. Like, where is the damning evidence that short men are financially and socially off-limits? We can show data and anecdotes of how the beauty standard for women has caused many problems but you never see anything about how a 5'6 man's life is engulfed by those tribulations. Whenever height is brought up it's never from the angle of anything truly devastating but "she swiped left" or her profile says "no one under 6'0". How exactly is anyone supposed to care a lot about this movement when it's mostly centered around being rejected?
There was a thread on why it's okay to make fun of short guys with studies posted and you dismissed them because, in your mind, anecdotes trumped studies. So what's the point in bringing them up again?
There was even one that showed that every inch under average for a guy is the equivalent of ever 12lbs over average for a women in terms of loss of potential earnings. That's not in terms of dating, but again, you'll just handwave it away under your arbitrary standards for what is considered a "significant" difference
Tale as old as time, online is stacked against you if your male.
Everyone is shallow. That's the big joke about the height movement. A guy can lambaste a woman for being shallow because she wants a 6'0+ man but then he'll say, "shave your legs", "wear make-up", "why are you fat?!"
Then the argument of "YOU CAN'T CHANGE HEIGHT!!!!" comes in and it's still nonsense because 1) it's a standard whether or not you want to argue and 2) it's not affecting your life like the beauty standards women face.
Everyone is shallow. That's the big joke about the height movement. A guy can lambaste a woman for being shallow because she wants a 6'0+ man but then he'll say, "shave your legs", "wear make-up", "why are you fat?!"
Then the argument of "YOU CAN'T CHANGE HEIGHT!!!!" comes in and it's still nonsense because 1) it's a standard whether or not you want to argue and 2) it's not affecting your life like the beauty standards women face.
You know many of those "lame ass questions" are the cornerstone of face to face interaction, right? There's almost like a PUA culture surrounding messaging women on dating apps/sites... don't ask "lame ass questions," tell her a corny joke or comment on one of her pics that she uploaded 8 months ago so she won't understand wth you're talking about. Yeah, that's the ticket. Since it worked for some guys that's the way to go, right?
You know how many guys on Tinder are probably starting off with "witty banter" and questions related to their stated interests and still getting nothing in response? I'll give you a hint: It's not witty or original when tons of guys are doing it (and believe me, you're not the only one to comment on her theater background or start with a lame joke that was passed around on reddit).
The rule is simple and the rule is law: If the girl is physically attracted to you on Tinder -- a superficial site that doesn't pretend to be anything else -- she'll reply and ask questions herself. If you're at the bottom of her priority list, you're gonna get boring/lame/ignored.
Disclaimer: I am not an expert on how women think, nor do I pretend to be. I do however have yrs of experience behind the scenes w/ this particular industry (analytics included). I've seen what works and what doesn't, and statistically what works best is being the societal ideal (white, in moderate or better shape, without glaring physical flaws). If you've got that going for you then you're set, just take non-boring looking pics and smile and you're in there. Anything else and your odds are significantly lower, to the point that it barely matters what approach you take. It's just statistics: men outnumber women on dating sites by 40:1 and much higher, depending on the site. It's not hard to figure out where the inflated sense of attractiveness (and therefore pickiness/requirements) comes from; essentially a 5/10 irl equates to somewhere around a 7.5/10 online. Somebody mentioned that fat women have it worse than short guys and that's just false. It's probably nothing to do with how the genders think in general, it's just supply and demand.
Online dating works for some people, and as was mentioned recently in this thread (and as we constantly see evidence of) those people dominate the market. A large chunk of everybody else is kind of on the outside looking in and better off going the traditional route... with "lame ass questions" asked in person. That's not to say the rest of the world can't / won't find some success using apps, because whether you're black/asian/short/fat, there's gonna be somebody at some point who thinks you're worth a swipe right. Some of those are going to be niche based (ie suburban white chick who wants a tatted black dude with dreads and will settle for just a black dude for now) and some will just find you attractive. Those are more likely to be the outliers but hey, those are the ones you want to meet anyway.
Edit: As pertains to the thread title, just treat it as a routine and you'll be a-okay. No app in the world should ever affect your self esteem or feeling of worth. If it does, delete it and any other app that makes you feel that way ASAP.
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
To what end? Does this make you feel better about yourself somehow?
I mean, I'm not certain, but I'd contest that men's height pops up more than you'd think.
You're right about women having the right to judge shorter men, but men have the right to be frustrated.
I suppose it's possible that I have, but I feel like this is a generalization that punishes me for the actions of others. That would be, well, frustrating.Men don't really have the right to be frustrated, sure, they can be upset but they brought this on themselves, and while they play victim they continue to dig deep in the female beauty standard. It's self-entitlement at its finest because there's no desire to be open or accepting of anyone else but instead people must accept them 100%. This isn't necessarily a male thing because it happens with both sexes.
Men don't really have the right to be frustrated, sure, they can be upset but they brought this on themselves, and while they play victim they continue to dig deep in the female beauty standard.
This thread is amazing.
It's way too much shaming going on in this post. Y'all really letting Tinder hurt your self-esteem? Go out, hit the gym, get some muscles, or get a high paying job, roll up to the club bumping this, and proceed to get some numbers.
Really social media dating apps work?I left those days behind and now just frolic on the low philandering discreetly.I made a killing on some real estate broker during the recession shit with that one app used Facebook as a hookup app.
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
No but its fun seeing how high I can go, its pretty much a time waster at this point.
Lmao
This is lame af.
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
No, I would never do real catfish.Slowly working your way up to real catfishing huh?
What's with that avi?
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
The female grab is even more problematic.The female gaze is problematic.
This thread is amazing.
It's horrifying lol. It makes me happy that I don't deal with human interactions. 😑
This thread is amazing.
It's horrifying lol. It makes me happy that I don't deal with human interactions. 😑
Wallowing in self-pity on a public forum is human interaction.
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
No but its fun seeing how high I can go, its pretty much a time waster at this point.
Dude, what are you even talking about? You're thinking way too broad. Men have a right to be frustrated with being deemed unattractive because they are short. All short men aren't the ones out here who constructed the female standard for beauty. That's ridiculous. The notion that all men are 'digging deep in the female beauty standard' is absurd, and honestly isn't really a good defense. You can sit here all day and say that women in some to most regards have it worse, but that doesn't just eliminate the problem at its core. Short men are deemed inferior in the dating pool because of their genetics, and they certainly have a right to be frustrated. I don't think that should be directed at women, but to tell them to just suck it up is fucked.
Additionally, I don't see why you're portraying short men as having trouble in the dating pool as such a minute problem in the first place. You do realize that that can sprout up serious insecurities and mental health issues? It's not about this light getting rejected by a woman, so much as it is a measure of general attractiveness.
Still, the problem is most certainly not only limited to dating as you so claim. Generally, short men are portrayed negatively in media. We can look at terms like 'manlet', indicating a lack of masculinity, or the constant barrage of jokes for over-compensating. Of course this idea is not only limited to height, as it is seen in reference to penis size, but you get the overall idea.
Again, I think saying that a problem doesn't exist because women have it worse is a pretty weak argument. I don't think self-entitlement to a woman's attraction really plays a role here beyond the basic desire of the individual to appear attractive to others and ultimately find a relationship. If that's what you mean, then well yeah, that's pretty obvious. And there is a difference between feeling frustrated and being all 'Woe is me. I am short." I'm not advocating that.
Height doesn't affect someone's life? That's mighty ignorant. It affects employment, pay rises, wages, relationship opportunities (you've gotta earn more if you want to be considered attractive), Hollywood, among others. There are only a few states that right now have made height discrimination illegal and there are quite a few legal cases have been won over it.Everyone is shallow. That's the big joke about the height movement. A guy can lambaste a woman for being shallow because she wants a 6'0+ man but then he'll say, "shave your legs", "wear make-up", "why are you fat?!"
Then the argument of "YOU CAN'T CHANGE HEIGHT!!!!" comes in and it's still nonsense because 1) it's a standard whether or not you want to argue and 2) it's not affecting your life like the beauty standards women face.
I stopped taking tinder seriously, now I just put a picture of a hot dude and just keep on swiping to see how many matches I can get. Currently at 250 matches lmao.
Internet interactions are much better and safer
And who said I was wallowing? On an uptick the past few days! Haha.
I have two 6'2 best pals. One is a white male model, the other is an avg short haired black dude. I think over their 2 years in total, I've seen model with 500 matches and black dude with 90 matches.
As a black dude myself, I'm hesitant as fuck. A) I'm black. B) I'm 5'10. Only good thing going for me is I've been deemed attractive by most standards in person, it just sucks that won't translate online and only in person :/
As a black dude myself, I'm hesitant as fuck. A) I'm black. B) I'm 5'10. Only good thing going for me is I've been deemed attractive by most standards in person, it just sucks that won't translate online and only in person :/