The level of risk is not quite that severe for healthy individuals. People at high risk certainly shouldn’t take any chances, though.

That’s fair. I may generally be a bit over suspicious at times, but the apps definitely struck me as off very early on. As to charging men, while it does suck, I get it. It similar to “ladies’ night” at clubs (do they still do that?). It isn’t hard to get men in the door, but it is significantly harder to get women to attend, oftentimes due to some of the behaviors exhibited by the men. With the gender differences on app usage, it would likely drive that disparity even higher if they charged women.

Will they criminalise denial of the Gaza genocide, you know, the one that is currently underway?

Bubble wasn’t around when I last engaged with dating apps, though I wouldn’t give any app the benefit of the doubt, including in any conceivable future. While there are exceptions to the rule, as you mentioned, I’d say most people will be better off without dating apps, with or without a partner.

I can’t speak to women’s experiences, but as a man, it was pretty clear that these apps were dogshit designed to steal information while keeping you engaged with bots so they can further steal from you, including financially. Much like Facebook, I was an early rejector of dating apps, and I’ve been proven correct on both fronts. From what I can tell, the tech has only gotten better at taking advantage of lonely/stupid men. While dating isn’t really a concern for me anymore, when I was actively dating, it was never difficult to meet women. It just requires a willingness to be open and accept rejection. Also, be willing to cut off interaction for relationships that aren’t healthy. It’s better to be alone than in a shitty relationship.

This is the only use of ai that I approve of. Angering Maga pissbabies.

Some people, yes. I’m not interested in being nice. I’m interested in putting an end to 400+ years of racist trash making life difficult and creating as much suffering as they possibly can.

Life in prison is not enough. That may have been an option after the civil war if they had done what needed to be done at the time. Unfortunately, this go around, there will need to be more drastic measures, and this doesn’t just involve the officials, but the supporters as well. There is a blood debt that will need to be paid if we’ll ever move beyond this for good.

Given the demographic for these “products,” in not surprised.

Canada should not only do that but do it in such a way that it would be time-consuming and costly to reconnect.

One of my favorite moments on reddit was spotting a bot that spouted unrelated nonsense. I checked the comment history and found users responding earnestly to the nonsense. While it was hilarious, it was also quite sad, the state of those people.

It isn’t whataboutism. I’m not listening to anything supporters of genocide have to say. They can’t decide genocide is only bad if it happens to them.

Are they boycotting Israel? If not, they can stfu.

Do you not have a general understanding of European history? That would be quite surprising.

Than you should understand the reference 🤣

I see you don’t know many Europeans.

I’m just going twerk…

Scrolling through that list, all i could think was how dare they call it “Chipotle Mexican Grill.”

That’s fine if you like the appearance of “retro” appliances, but that is certainly not the only way to avoid smart devices. Most microwaves, toasters, etc sold are not smart devices.

Hell yeah, Ms. Showalter was the shit. It didn’t matter that you were 9, there were fitness standards to meet, and she’d be damned if any of us bastards were going to bring her numbers down. That was my first experience with an educator who pushed you when you didn’t believe you could do it and hyped you up when you finally did. She was so gruff, but we all loved her and swarm her at school events, even when she’d pretend she didn’t like all the love 😂.